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  1.  
  2. MSG stores zone and point numbers in the message headers.  This is the
  3. suggested method given in FTS-0001.A15.  These are specified as "optional"
  4. fields.  Many programs use these eight bytes for storing "date written" and
  5. "date arrived" information, contrary to the FidoNet Technical Standards
  6. specification.
  7.  
  8. Please don't complain to me that you see "funny zone and point numbers" in
  9. message headers.  Instead, determine what program you are using that
  10. inserts timestamps into these fields, and point out this section of
  11. FTS-0001.A15 to the author of the program:
  12.  
  13.    1. Application Layer Data Definition : a Stored Message
  14.  
  15.                                Stored Message
  16.  
  17.        Offset
  18.       dec hex
  19.               .-----------------------------------------------.
  20.         0   0 |                                               |
  21.               ~                 fromUserName                  ~
  22.               |                   36 bytes                    |
  23.               +-----------------------+-----------------------+
  24.        36  24 |                                               |
  25.               ~                  toUserName                   ~
  26.               |                   36 bytes                    |
  27.               +-----------------------+-----------------------+
  28.        72  48 |                                               |
  29.               ~                    subject                    ~
  30.               |                   72  bytes                   |
  31.               +-----------------------+-----------------------+
  32.       144  90 |                                               |
  33. |             ~                    DateTime                   ~
  34.               |                    20 bytes                   |
  35.               +-----------------------+-----------------------+
  36.       164  A4 | timesRead (low order) | timesRead (high order)|
  37.               +-----------------------+-----------------------+
  38.       166  A6 | destNode (low order)  | destNode (high order) |
  39.               +-----------------------+-----------------------+
  40.       168  A8 | origNode (low order)  | origNode (high order) |
  41.               +-----------------------+-----------------------+
  42.       170  AA |   cost (low order)    |   cost (high order)   |
  43.               +-----------------------+-----------------------+
  44.       172  AC | origNet (low order)   | origNet (high order)  |
  45.               +-----------------------+-----------------------+
  46.       174  AE | destNet (low order)   | destNet (high order)  |
  47.               +-----------------------+-----------------------+
  48. |     176  B0 | destZone (optional)   | destZone (optional)   |
  49. |             +-----------------------+-----------------------+
  50. |     178  B2 | origZone (optional)   | origZone (optional)   |
  51. |             +-----------------------+-----------------------+
  52. |     180  B4 | destPoint(optional)   | destPoint(optional)   |
  53. |             +-----------------------+-----------------------+
  54. |     182  B6 | origPoint(optional)   | origPoint(optional)   |
  55.               +-----------------------+-----------------------+
  56.       184  B8 |  replyTo (low order)  |  replyTo (high order) |
  57.               +-----------------------+-----------------------+
  58.       186  BA | Attribute (low order) | Attribute (high order)|
  59.               +-----------------------+-----------------------+
  60.       188  BC | nextReply (low order) | nextReply (high order)|
  61.               +-----------------------+-----------------------+
  62.       190  BE |                      text                     |
  63.               ~                    unbounded                  ~
  64.               |                 null terminated               |
  65.               `-----------------------------------------------'
  66.  
  67.                                -Ron Bemis, 1:124/1113
  68.  
  69.