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    From Ozz Nixon@1:275/362 to All on Tuesday, March 26, 2019 20:50:40
    In the pkt and msg headers, the fields cost and baud... are they still used anywhere? I know in a past coversation -- Nick shared with me costing can get complex - but do people still use costing, and why does it matter to the msg, and to the receiving system(s)?

    Ozz

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  • From Alexey Vissarionov@2:5020/545 to Ozz Nixon on Wednesday, March 27, 2019 09:07:40
    Good ${greeting_time}, Ozz!

    26 Mar 2019 20:50:40, you wrote to All:

    In the pkt and msg headers, the fields cost and baud... are they
    still used anywhere?

    No: these should be set to zero when creating the packet and not used when processing it.


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  • From mark lewis@1:3634/12.73 to Ozz Nixon on Wednesday, March 27, 2019 09:34:32

    On 2019 Mar 26 20:50:40, you wrote to All:

    In the pkt and msg headers, the fields cost and baud...

    you should read FSP-1042 ;)

    are they still used anywhere? I know in a past coversation -- Nick
    shared with me costing can get complex - but do people still use
    costing,

    probably not...

    and why does it matter to the msg, and to the receiving system(s)?

    it doesn't matter to the receiving system... it matters to the sending system... storing this information in the message or packet allowed the system to have it handy when rescanning the outbound to qualify mail... the problem was that it wasn't zeroed out when the packet was sent... one reason for not zeroing it out was if the packet didn't go after being qualified, that information was lost...

    in this day in time, cost is generally always zero...

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