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G6KUI > SYSOP 14.02.08 14:31l 75 Lines 2426 Bytes #999 (0) @ WW
BID : 21688_G6KUI
Read: GUEST
Subj: Re: PSE PUT G0TEZ in Reject
Path: IZ3LSV<IW2OHX<OE6XPE<DB0RES<ON0BEL<ZL2BAU<GB7MAX<GB7DBY<GB7DBY
Sent: 080214/1129z @:GB7DBY.#23.GBR.EU NPF2.54c [G6KUI PMS Alvaston Derby]
Firstly, let us all stop getting hot under the colar.
*ALL* of us sysops are guilty of forwarding the old bulletins.
Trev M1CUK wrote.....
}
} But you didnt bother looking at the R:Lines that clearly show g0tez was
} not the person responsible for sending the old mail out.
}
Well Trev, I think I looked a bit further than you.
The *ORIGINAL* R:Line (the ones generated by G0TEZ) clearly are in error.
The date given are yet to arrive, another 12 years or so for one that
starts R:20 .
The correct format is R:YYMMDD/HHMMZ
Take this bulletin as an example :-
R:080214/1129z
Now one of TEZs bulletins show
R:20041006/1733 GMT
The date most BBS software will translate that to
Year 2020
Month 04 (April)
Day 10
So it is quite likely to be floating around the packet network until
a week or so after that date.
Now as most of our BBS software uses the *ORIGINAL* R:Line date as a judge
of if it should be forwarded or not then *THAT* is the problem.
R:Line dates *SHOULD* be correct. Whoever supplies the 1st R:Line (be it
the bulletin writer or his BBS) is responsible for that line.
The fact that most packet users are oblivious to what R:Lines they are
generating is no excuse for them doing wrong.
My own PMS packet program generates it's own R:Line, and displays it as
the first line of my bulletin. It's *MY* responsibility to ensure that
it is correct. I can edit it as I wish, but if *I* get it wrong and it
causes mayhem then it's *MY* fault, not the fault of some sysop the other
side of the world who subsequently relies on that R:Line some years into
the future.
73, Pete G6KUI
} its messages like yours that will kill packet off in the end, please in
} future get your facts right and while your at it I think you owe an
} apology to g0tez for your unwaranted outburst.
}
} > Chief SYSOP CSC Packet System
}
} actually with sending messages like the above you sound more like a
} cowboy sysop than a Chief sysop!!
}
} Please get the facts right in future..
}
} 73
} Trev,
} SysOp gb7fcr.#16.gbr.eu
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