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 Message 7853 
 Wilfred van Velzen to August Abolins 
 Re: anyway the wind blows 
 15 Apr 21 10:57:31 
 
TID: FMail-lnx64 2.1.0.18-B20170815
RFC-X-No-Archive: Yes
TZUTC: 0200
CHRS: UTF-8 2
PID: GED+LNX 1.1.5-b20161221
MSGID: 2:280/464 60780064
REPLY: 2:221/1.58@fidonet ef697c7e
Hi August,

On 2021-04-14 18:18:00, you wrote to me:

 MK>>> @MSGID: 1:153/7001 tmCYOYVw
 MK>>> Please note the MSGID of this reply.

 WvV>> Besides not conforming to the standard, and maybe cosing
 WvV>> problems in software down the line...

 AA> It seems to be a problem for WinPoint when building a reply
 AA> message.  The REPLYID seems to result in 00000000.

So that is the first discovered problem. There are probably more. And probably
harder to discover...

 WvV>> Because it doesn't conform to the standard (not strictly
 WvV>> hex chars),

 AA> You are adding words to the spec.  "strictly" does not appear.

 AA> ;)  However, "may" is very clear.  :D

I beg to differ...

 WvV>> my tosser uses a different method for calculating a hash
 WvV>> for this message (for dupe detection), which uses more cpu
 WvV>> cycles. And thus heating up the planet more than a
 WvV>> standard conforming MSGID. :-(

 AA> They're all just a bunch of 1's and 0's in the end.  It's all
 AA> the same stuff.  :D

But how we get there isn't...

Bye, Wilfred.

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