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<TITLE>A Product Identiefier for FidoNet Message Handlers.</TITLE>
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Document: FSC-0046
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Version: 005
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Date: 30-Aug-94
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A Product Idenfifier for FidoNet Message Handlers
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Joaquim Homrighausen
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2:270/17@fidonet or joho@abs.lu
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August 30, 1994
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Copyright 1994 Joaquim Homrighausen; All rights reserved.
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Status of this document:
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This FSC suggests a proposed protocol for the FidoNet(r) community,
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and requests discussion and suggestions for improvements.
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Distribution of this document is unlimited.
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Fido and FidoNet are registered marks of Tom Jennings and Fido
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Software.
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Purpose
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This document should serve as a guide for the product identfier, PID
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hereafter, format for FidoNet message handlers. The purpose behind PIDs
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is related to my attempt to remove the requirement of Origin lines in
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conference mail messages.
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While I fully understand that this won't happen in all conferences, I
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would like to provide the facility to those who can use it (i.e. for
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conferences where all the participants are using software that supports
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messages without origin lines).
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Another use for PIDs is to minimize the excessive amount of information
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some programs put on the tear lines which increases overall
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transportation cost and time of conference mail.
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PID
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A PID replaces the program identifier often seen on the tear line of
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conference mail messages and is hidden behind a ^A (ASCII SOH, 01h).
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This also allows for better tracking of software causing problems in
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conferences.
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: Only one PID per message is allowed and should only be added by the
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: program that creates the message. I.e. programs passing the message on
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: to someone else may not add additional PIDs. If a PID is added, no
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: program information may be present after the tear line.
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A PID also offers the ability to add serial numbers to identify a
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specific copy of a program as being the source of a message with little
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or no effort.
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Format
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^APID: <pID> <version>[ <serial#>]<CR>
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Sample
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^APID: FM 2.11.b<CR>
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Would identify FrontDoor's editor, beta version 2.11 and replace:
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--- FM 2.11 (beta)
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Fields
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pID The ID of the product responsible for creating the message.
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This should be kept as short as possible. The maximum
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length for this field is 10 characters.
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version The version of the product including any alpha, beta, or
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gamma status. Only the relevant part of the version should
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be included. I.e. 1.00 should be expressed as 1, 1.10 as
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1.1 and 1.01 as 1.01. Alpha, beta, or gamma status should
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be expressed by appending a / or . followed by a, b, or g
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and optionally a revision indicator, such as a1, b2, etc.
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The maximum length for this field is 10 characters.
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serial# The serial number of the product, omitted if irrelevant
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or zero. The maximum length for this field is ten (10)
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characters.
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TID
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TIDs or "Tosser IDs" started to appear shortly after the first
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revision of this document was released. They are added by Conference
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Mail ("EchoMail") processors when a message is exported from the
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local message base and injected into the network distribution scope
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for a conference.
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When a Conference Mail processor adds a TID to a message, it may not
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add a PID. An existing TID should, however, be replaced. TIDs follow
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the same format used for PIDs, as explained above.
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List of products
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The accompanying file, PIDLIST.TXT, is a list of products known to
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support the PID proposal. Software authors are encouraged to inform
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the author of this document of changes and additions to this list.
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Document: PIDLIST.TXT (FSC-0046)
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Date: 30-Aug-94
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A list of used product idenfifiers
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Joaquim Homrighausen
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2:270/17@fidonet or joho@abs.lu
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Product identifiers
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Product Version ID Author
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!!MessageBase 1.6+ !!MB Holger Lembke 2:240/500.20
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Alert 2.1+ Alert Richard Kail 2:310/25.2
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ANet 921213+ ANet Thomas Ekstroem 2:201/411
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ArcMail RISC OS 1.04+ AM Philip Blundell 2:440/34.4
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Artmail Mailer System 1.00+ ART Klaus Landefeld 2:247/402
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Auto Message Taker 1.00+ AMT Patrik Torstensson n/a
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AVALON 3.10+ AVALON Stephan Slabihoud 2:2401/103.6
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CrossPoint 2.10+ XP Peter Mandrella 2:243/97.80
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EchoSprint 1.02+ ES Ben Elliston 3:620/262
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Enhanced Mail MAnager .01+ EMMA Johan Zwiekhorst 2:292/118
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Enhanced Message EDitor .02+ EMED Johan Zwiekhorst 2:292/118
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EZMail .67+ EZMail Torben Paving 2:234/41
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F_POINT 1.1+ F_POINT Florian Rupp 2:248/107.2
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FastEcho 1.21a+ FastEcho Tobias Burchhardt 2:245/39
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FileScan 1.5+ FileScan Matthias Duesterhoeft 2:241/4513
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Freqit (Windows) 1.0+ FIW Marvin Hart 1:106/462
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Freqit (MS-DOS) 1.0+ FID Marvin Hart 1:106/462
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FrontDoor APX 1.00+ FDAPX Joaquim Homrighausen 2:270/17
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FrontDoor (Editor) 2.00+ FM Joaquim Homrighausen 2:270/17
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FrontDoor (Mailer) 2.00+ FD Joaquim Homrighausen 2:270/17
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FrontEnd FX 1.00+ FEFX Eric Theriault 1:132/220
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GEcho 1.00+ GE Gerard van der Land 2:2802/110
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GeeMail 2.00+ GeeMail Lech Szychowski 2:480/4.7
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HbToSca 1.00+ HTS Jani Laatikainen 2:220/150
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HyperBBS 2.00+ HyperBBS Jani Laatikainen 2:220/150
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JetMail 1.00+ JetMail Daniel Roesen 2:243/93.8
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LazyBBS .5+ LazyBBS Franck Arnaud 2:320/100
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Mail FX 1.00+ MFX Eric Theriault 1:132/220
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MsgTrack 3.20+ MT Andrew Farmer 1:243/1
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NewsFlash 1.01+ NwF Chris Lueders 2:2402/330
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NodeDiff Processor 3.00+ NDP Serge Vikulov 2:5080/5
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Notify 2.1 Notify Frank Schuhardt 2:247/160
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OFFFax 3.03 OFFFax Frank Schuhardt 2:247/160
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Pobble 0.15+ Pobble Josh Parsons 3:771/340
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QBBed 2.64+ qbbed Werner Berghofer 2:310/90.100
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RemoteAccess 1.10+ RA Andrew Milner 2:270/18
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RASS 1.00+ RASS Yossi Gottlieb 2:403/139.75
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SendFile 1.00+ SendFile Mike Shoyher 2:5020/17.3
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Synchronet 1.00+ SYNC Rob Swindell 1:103/705
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TB-Edit 1.10+ TB-Edit Arjen Lentz 2:283/512
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TB-Mailer 1.97+ TB-Mailer Arjen Lentz 2:283/512
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TB-Point .10+ TB-Point Arjen Lentz 2:283/512
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TechBBS 1.00 TECHBBS Marcel Tegelaar 2:281/409
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TechMail 1.00 TECHMAIL Raymond van der Holst 2:281/409.2
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TosScan 1.10+ TosScan Joaquim Homrighausen 2:270/17
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TPCS .89b TPCS Krister Hansson-Renaud 2:201/201.7
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Mikael Kjellstrom 2:201/201.10
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XRobot 3.00+ XRobot Joaquim Homrighausen 2:270/17
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Xrs Alternative Packer 1.04+ XAP Jeroen Smulders 2:512/1.8
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ZeroToss 1.00 ZeroToss Jeff Masud 1:103/115
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Product identifier registration
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Simply fill in the required information and send this form to the author of
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this document via private netmail.
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Product: _________________________________________
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Version: __________
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PID info: _________________________________________
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Author: _________________________________________
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Address: ___________________________ (eMail address)
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--- end of file "pidlist.txt" ---
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