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ref:qwk [2021/01/16 13:06] – Mention the utf8 key in the "Character Set" section. digital manref:qwk [2021/04/13 14:17] – [HEADERS.DAT] Add missing "In-Reply-To" header field digital man
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 | Utf8           | Header fields and body text use the UTF-8 character set (when ''true'') rather than CP437 (the default) | | Utf8           | Header fields and body text use the UTF-8 character set (when ''true'') rather than CP437 (the default) |
 | Message-ID     | RFC822-style unique message identifier | | Message-ID     | RFC822-style unique message identifier |
 +| In-Reply-To    | RFC822-style message ID of message that this message is a reply to, if relevant |
 | WhenWritten    | Date/time (in ISO-8601 format) and timezone (in hexadecimal [[http://cvs.synchro.net/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/src/smblib/smbdefs.h|SMB format]]) | | WhenWritten    | Date/time (in ISO-8601 format) and timezone (in hexadecimal [[http://cvs.synchro.net/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/src/smblib/smbdefs.h|SMB format]]) |
 | WhenImported   | Date/time/zone message was imported into the originating system's message base | | WhenImported   | Date/time/zone message was imported into the originating system's message base |
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 | SenderProtocol | Name of protocol used by sender (e.g. "Telnet", "SSH", "RLogin", "SMTP, "NNTP", "HTTP", etc.) | | SenderProtocol | Name of protocol used by sender (e.g. "Telnet", "SSH", "RLogin", "SMTP, "NNTP", "HTTP", etc.) |
 | Organization   | Name of sender's organization (e.g. BBS) | | Organization   | Name of sender's organization (e.g. BBS) |
-| Reply-To       | Address to direct replies |+| Reply-To       | The network address to direct replies to this message |
 | Subject        | Message subject | | Subject        | Message subject |
 | To             | Message recipient name | | To             | Message recipient name |
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   * [[ftp://vert.synchro.net/modem.madness/SMMOLMRS/QWKDOCS.ZIP]]   * [[ftp://vert.synchro.net/modem.madness/SMMOLMRS/QWKDOCS.ZIP]]
   * [[ftp://vert.synchro.net/modem.madness/SMMMAXIM/MXMS_161.ZIP]]   * [[ftp://vert.synchro.net/modem.madness/SMMMAXIM/MXMS_161.ZIP]]
 +
 +==== Conference Names ====
 +
 +The message area (conference) names included in the ''CONTROL.DAT'' file are only used for reader information/display purposes. The conference *numbers* are references used to identify specific message areas between the reader (or QWKnet node) and the host/hub BBS.
 +
 +=== Length ===
 +According to "QWK Mail Packet File Layout" (qwklay) by Patrick Y. Lee (version 1.6 - December 19, 1992), the conference names are limited to "13 characters or less".
 +
 +According to "The Mysterious QWK-File Format" by Jeffery Foy (April 25, 1991), the conference names are limited to "10 characters or less".
 +
 +According to "QWKE Specifications 1.02" by Peter Rocca, "conference area names are no longer limited to 13 characters, they are limited to 255 characters now [in QWKE]".
  
 ===== Extended QWK (QWKE) Format ===== ===== Extended QWK (QWKE) Format =====

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