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In article <20010724201759.073F8199F3@mail.cse.psu.edu> you write:
>If it's just between you and the server, go for it.  The protocol will leave
>them alone.

I think he was refering to the stat[n] field in an Rstat message not
having a place to put non-standard stuff.  I suppose he could just tack
a few bytes onto the end, beyond the muid[n] field, and the protocol
wouldn't care.  The ``normal'' libraries might.

	- Dan C.

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