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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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