05 Apr 19 02:08, Andrew Leary wrote to Fred Riccio:
AL> 04 Apr 19 22:12, you wrote to Michiel van der Vlist:
FR>> ________
FR>> ; Like all standard AREAS.BBS files, the first NON-COMMENT line FR>> should ; be the name of your system, followed by an exclamation point, FR>> and then ; your name. This name will be used when adding origin lines FR>> to messages ; which were created on your system.
FR>> Somewhere in New Hampshire's White Mountains ! Fred Riccio
FR>> _________
AL> Interesting. This is a leftover from the Opus/Maximus era, I AL> believe.
I think it goes back further than that. I remember QMail, the first tosser I used back when I was a point used that line too.
For AL> maximum compatibility, GoaTED should support this method of defining AL> the AL> default origin line, and not interpret this line as an area AL> definition.
Agreed. It's an undocumented standard from long ago.
AL> In the meantime, adding a semicolon to comment this line out will AL> allow GoaTED to function correctly.
As long as a proper origin line gets attached to his messages.
--- Msged/NT 6.0.1 * Origin: Somewhere in New Hampshire's White Mountains (1:132/174)
