    Document: FSC-0046
    Version:  005
    Date:     30-Aug-94

                A Product Idenfifier for FidoNet Message Handlers

                                Joaquim Homrighausen
                           2:270/17@fidonet or joho@abs.lu

                                  August 30, 1994

             Copyright 1994 Joaquim Homrighausen; All rights reserved.

    Status of this document:

         This FSC suggests a proposed protocol for the FidoNet(r) community,
         and requests discussion and suggestions for improvements.
         Distribution of this document is unlimited.

         Fido and FidoNet are registered marks of Tom Jennings and Fido
         Software.

        Purpose

        This document should serve as a guide for the product identfier, PID
        hereafter, format for FidoNet message handlers. The purpose behind PIDs
        is related to my attempt to remove the requirement of Origin lines in
        conference mail messages.

        While I fully understand that this won't happen in all conferences, I
        would like to provide the facility to those who can use it (i.e. for
        conferences where all the participants are using software that supports
        messages without origin lines).

        Another use for PIDs is to minimize the excessive amount of information
        some programs put on the tear lines which increases overall
        transportation cost and time of conference mail.

        PID

        A PID replaces the program identifier often seen on the tear line of
        conference mail messages and is hidden behind a ^A (ASCII SOH, 01h).
        This also allows for better tracking of software causing problems in
        conferences.

    :   Only one PID per message is allowed and should only be added by the
    :   program that creates the message. I.e. programs passing the message on
    :   to someone else may not add additional PIDs. If a PID is added, no
    :   program information may be present after the tear line.

        A PID also offers the ability to add serial numbers to identify a
        specific copy of a program as being the source of a message with little
        or no effort.

        Format

          ^APID:  [ ]

        Sample

          ^APID: FM 2.11.b

          Would identify FrontDoor's editor, beta version 2.11 and replace:

           --- FM 2.11 (beta)

        Fields

        pID         The ID of the product responsible for creating the message.
                    This should be kept as short as possible. The maximum
                    length for this field is 10 characters.

        version     The version of the product including any alpha, beta, or
                    gamma status. Only the relevant part of the version should
                    be included. I.e. 1.00 should be expressed as 1, 1.10 as
                    1.1 and 1.01 as 1.01. Alpha, beta, or gamma status should
                    be expressed by appending a / or . followed by a, b, or g
                    and optionally a revision indicator, such as a1, b2, etc.
                    The maximum length for this field is 10 characters.

        serial#     The serial number of the product, omitted if irrelevant
                    or zero. The maximum length for this field is ten (10)
                    characters.

        TID

        TIDs or "Tosser IDs" started to appear shortly after the first
        revision of this document was released. They are added by Conference
        Mail ("EchoMail") processors when a message is exported from the
        local message base and injected into the network distribution scope
        for a conference.

        When a Conference Mail processor adds a TID to a message, it may not
        add a PID. An existing TID should, however, be replaced. TIDs follow
        the same format used for PIDs, as explained above.

        List of products

        The accompanying file, PIDLIST.TXT, is a list of products known to
        support the PID proposal. Software authors are encouraged to inform
        the author of this document of changes and additions to this list.

         --- end of file "fsc-0046.005" ---

    Document: PIDLIST.TXT (FSC-0046)
    Date:     30-Aug-94

                         A list of used product idenfifiers

                                Joaquim Homrighausen
                          2:270/17@fidonet or joho@abs.lu

    Product identifiers

    Product                Version  ID        Author
    -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
    !!MessageBase           1.6+    !!MB      Holger Lembke          2:240/500.20
    Alert                   2.1+    Alert     Richard Kail           2:310/25.2
    ANet                    921213+ ANet      Thomas Ekstroem        2:201/411
    ArcMail RISC OS         1.04+   AM        Philip Blundell        2:440/34.4
    Artmail Mailer System   1.00+   ART       Klaus Landefeld        2:247/402
    Auto Message Taker      1.00+   AMT       Patrik Torstensson     n/a
    AVALON                  3.10+   AVALON    Stephan Slabihoud      2:2401/103.6
    CrossPoint              2.10+   XP        Peter Mandrella        2:243/97.80
    EchoSprint              1.02+   ES        Ben Elliston           3:620/262
    Enhanced Mail MAnager   .01+    EMMA      Johan Zwiekhorst       2:292/118
    Enhanced Message EDitor .02+    EMED      Johan Zwiekhorst       2:292/118
    EZMail                  .67+    EZMail    Torben Paving          2:234/41
    F_POINT                 1.1+    F_POINT   Florian Rupp           2:248/107.2
    FastEcho                1.21a+  FastEcho  Tobias Burchhardt      2:245/39
    FileScan                1.5+    FileScan  Matthias Duesterhoeft  2:241/4513
    Freqit (Windows)        1.0+    FIW       Marvin Hart            1:106/462
    Freqit (MS-DOS)         1.0+    FID       Marvin Hart            1:106/462
    FrontDoor APX           1.00+   FDAPX     Joaquim Homrighausen   2:270/17
    FrontDoor (Editor)      2.00+   FM        Joaquim Homrighausen   2:270/17
    FrontDoor (Mailer)      2.00+   FD        Joaquim Homrighausen   2:270/17
    FrontEnd FX             1.00+   FEFX      Eric Theriault         1:132/220
    GEcho                   1.00+   GE        Gerard van der Land    2:2802/110
    GeeMail                 2.00+   GeeMail   Lech Szychowski        2:480/4.7
    HbToSca                 1.00+   HTS       Jani Laatikainen       2:220/150
    HyperBBS                2.00+   HyperBBS  Jani Laatikainen       2:220/150
    JetMail                 1.00+   JetMail   Daniel Roesen          2:243/93.8
    LazyBBS                 .5+     LazyBBS   Franck Arnaud          2:320/100
    Mail FX                 1.00+   MFX       Eric Theriault         1:132/220
    MsgTrack                3.20+   MT        Andrew Farmer          1:243/1
    NewsFlash               1.01+   NwF       Chris Lueders          2:2402/330
    NodeDiff Processor      3.00+   NDP       Serge Vikulov          2:5080/5
    Notify                  2.1     Notify    Frank Schuhardt        2:247/160
    OFFFax                  3.03    OFFFax    Frank Schuhardt        2:247/160
    Pobble                  0.15+   Pobble    Josh Parsons           3:771/340
    QBBed                   2.64+   qbbed     Werner Berghofer       2:310/90.100
    RemoteAccess            1.10+   RA        Andrew Milner          2:270/18
    RASS                    1.00+   RASS      Yossi Gottlieb         2:403/139.75
    SendFile                1.00+   SendFile  Mike Shoyher           2:5020/17.3
    Synchronet              1.00+   SYNC      Rob Swindell           1:103/705
    TB-Edit                 1.10+   TB-Edit   Arjen Lentz            2:283/512
    TB-Mailer               1.97+   TB-Mailer Arjen Lentz            2:283/512
    TB-Point                .10+    TB-Point  Arjen Lentz            2:283/512
    TechBBS                 1.00    TECHBBS   Marcel Tegelaar        2:281/409
    TechMail                1.00    TECHMAIL  Raymond van der Holst  2:281/409.2
    TosScan                 1.10+   TosScan   Joaquim Homrighausen   2:270/17
    TPCS                    .89b    TPCS      Krister Hansson-Renaud 2:201/201.7
                                              Mikael Kjellstrom      2:201/201.10
    XRobot                  3.00+   XRobot    Joaquim Homrighausen   2:270/17
    Xrs Alternative Packer  1.04+   XAP       Jeroen Smulders        2:512/1.8
    ZeroToss                1.00    ZeroToss  Jeff Masud             1:103/115
    -----------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Product identifier registration

    Simply fill in the required information and send this form to the author of
    this document via private netmail.

     Product: _________________________________________

     Version: __________

    PID info: _________________________________________

      Author: _________________________________________

     Address: ___________________________ (eMail address)

    --- end of file "pidlist.txt" ---

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