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    From Rick Smith@1:340/202.1 to All on Tue Apr 28 15:52:08 2020
    Greetings All!


    I got the sorting squared away.... Is it normal for origin lines to not be included in Netmail I cant recall??



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  • From Alan Ianson@1:153/757 to Rick Smith on Tue Apr 28 17:37:28 2020
    Hello Rick,

    I got the sorting squared away.... Is it normal for origin lines to
    not be included in Netmail I cant recall??

    Tear and origin lines are not needed in netmail. Some BBSs add them and they don't hurt anything, but they are not needed.

    Ttyl :-),
    Al

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  • From Rick Smith@1:340/202 to Alan Ianson on Tue Apr 28 18:23:20 2020
    Tear and origin lines are not needed in netmail. Some BBSs add them and they don't hurt anything, but they are not needed.

    Thanks Al, just want to make sure that I didnt have something configured wrong.. Many thanks to you and everyone while I was getting this setup.

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  • From Karel Kral@2:423/39 to Rick Smith on Wed Apr 29 05:16:33 2020
    Hello Rick!

    28 Apr 20 18:23, you wrote to Alan Ianson:

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    btw, why you have 2 tear lines?

    Karel

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  • From Rick Smith@1:340/202 to Karel Kral on Tue Apr 28 22:01:04 2020
    btw, why you have 2 tear lines?

    Karel

    Its on my auto signature so that it doesnt interfere with areafix etc

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  • From mark lewis@1:3634/12 to Rick Smith on Wed Apr 29 09:27:18 2020
    Re: Origin lines
    By: Rick Smith to All on Tue Apr 28 2020 15:52:08


    Is it normal for origin lines to not be included in Netmail

    origin lines are an echomail thing...

    netmail contains the originating system's address in the header... echomail doesn't because it is a broadcast medium and the header address changes with each system that forwards the echomail to other systems...


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  • From mark lewis@1:3634/12 to Karel Kral on Wed Apr 29 09:30:08 2020
    Re: Origin lines
    By: Karel Kral to Rick Smith on Wed Apr 29 2020 05:16:33


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    btw, why you have 2 tear lines?

    because mystic insists on shoving one in there even if one already exists... it reminds me of the old tear line wars back in the day...

    if you look at the original post's control lines, you might also find a mystic PID line, too... even if the PID spec says to use PID/TID *or* tear line but not both for the same program...


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  • From Alan Ianson@1:153/757 to mark lewis on Wed Apr 29 12:21:30 2020
    Hello mark,

    Is it normal for origin lines to not be included in Netmail

    origin lines are an echomail thing...

    Is that true of tear lines also?

    Netmail that I send from here doesn't include a tear or origin line. Should netmail have a tear line?

    Ttyl :-),
    Al

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  • From Tommi Koivula@2:221/360 to Alan Ianson on Wed Apr 29 22:35:50 2020
    Hi Alan.

    29 Apr 20 12:21:30, you wrote to mark lewis:

    Is it normal for origin lines to not be included in Netmail

    origin lines are an echomail thing...

    Is that true of tear lines also?

    Netmail that I send from here doesn't include a tear or origin line. Should netmail have a tear line?

    Tear and origin line in netmail are just text. You can send netmail with or without. ;)

    'Tommi

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  • From Oli@2:280/464.47 to Alan Ianson on Wed Apr 29 21:38:59 2020
    29 Apr 20 12:21, you wrote to mark lewis:

    Hello mark,

    Is it normal for origin lines to not be included in Netmail

    origin lines are an echomail thing...

    Is that true of tear lines also?

    Netmail that I send from here doesn't include a tear or origin line. Should netmail have a tear line?

    You can add one, if you like. AFAIK tear lines (and origin lines) are undefind for Netmail and are just text.

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  • From Alan Ianson@1:153/757 to Tommi Koivula on Wed Apr 29 12:58:14 2020
    Hello Tommi,

    Is that true of tear lines also?

    Netmail that I send from here doesn't include a tear or origin
    line. Should netmail have a tear line?

    Tear and origin line in netmail are just text. You can send netmail
    with or without. ;)

    That's true, one of the BBSs I run here adds a tear and origin line. That's not a problem as far as I know although I do sometimes get comments about that. :)

    I wonder from a technical point of view if they are needed for any reason, or if they serve any kind of function.

    Ttyl :-),
    Al

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  • From Tommi Koivula@2:221/360 to Alan Ianson on Wed Apr 29 23:11:50 2020
    Hi Alan.

    29 Apr 20 12:58:14, you wrote to me:

    Tear and origin line in netmail are just text. You can send
    netmail with or without. ;)

    That's true, one of the BBSs I run here adds a tear and origin line. That's not a problem as far as I know although I do sometimes get
    comments about that. :)

    I wonder from a technical point of view if they are needed for any
    reason, or if they serve any kind of function.

    No technical reason. They should not harm any program either. But you never know.. :)

    'Tommi

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  • From mark lewis@1:3634/12 to Alan Ianson on Wed Apr 29 19:29:33 2020
    Re: Origin lines
    By: Alan Ianson to mark lewis on Wed Apr 29 2020 12:21:30


    Is it normal for origin lines to not be included in Netmail

    origin lines are an echomail thing...

    Is that true of tear lines also?

    no... tear lines are for tearing everything below them off... signatures in FTN used to be below the tear lines back when BBSes were run on floppy drives and space was a premium... tear lines specifically got their name for the tearing everything below reason... seenbys and paths were generally not stored back then... then folks started adding their signatures to their message bodies and here we are today...

    Netmail that I send from here doesn't include a tear or origin
    line. Should netmail have a tear line?

    that may depend on the software you are using... i think all of mine carry a tear line now... in the past, before sept 2018, if my posts had a tear line, it was naked... like my origin lines used to be...


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