diff --git a/core/ftn_mail_packet.js b/core/ftn_mail_packet.js
index c8312eeb..25d2d6be 100644
--- a/core/ftn_mail_packet.js
+++ b/core/ftn_mail_packet.js
@@ -169,8 +169,10 @@ exports.PacketHeader = PacketHeader;
 //	*	Writeup on differences between type 2, 2.2, and 2+:
 //		http://walon.org/pub/fidonet/FTSC-nodelists-etc./pkt-types.txt
 //
-function Packet() {
+function Packet(options) {
 	var self = this;
+    
+    this.options = options || {};
 
 	this.parsePacketHeader = function(packetBuffer, cb) {
 		assert(Buffer.isBuffer(packetBuffer));
@@ -574,6 +576,10 @@ function Packet() {
 			
 					if(messageBodyData.tearLine) {
 						msg.meta.FtnProperty.ftn_tear_line = messageBodyData.tearLine;
+                        
+                        if(self.options.keepTearAndOrigin) {
+                            msg.message += `\r\n${messageBodyData.tearLine}\r\n`;
+                        }
 					}
 					
 					if(messageBodyData.seenBy.length > 0) {
@@ -586,6 +592,10 @@ function Packet() {
 					
 					if(messageBodyData.originLine) {
 						msg.meta.FtnProperty.ftn_origin = messageBodyData.originLine;
+                        
+                        if(self.options.keepTearAndOrigin) {
+                            msg.message += `${messageBodyData.originLine}\r\n`;
+                        }
 					}			
 					
 					const nextBuf = packetBuffer.slice(read);
diff --git a/core/message_area.js b/core/message_area.js
index 4d47b31e..97565416 100644
--- a/core/message_area.js
+++ b/core/message_area.js
@@ -69,6 +69,8 @@ function getSortedAvailMessageConferences(client, options) {
 //  Return an *object* of available areas within |confTag|
 function getAvailableMessageAreasByConfTag(confTag, options) {
 	options = options || {};
+    
+    //  :TODO: confTag === "" then find default
 
 	if(_.has(Config.messageConferences, [ confTag, 'areas' ])) {
         const areas = Config.messageConferences[confTag].areas;
diff --git a/core/multi_line_edit_text_view.js b/core/multi_line_edit_text_view.js
index cfc6341f..63c5e20b 100644
--- a/core/multi_line_edit_text_view.js
+++ b/core/multi_line_edit_text_view.js
@@ -266,24 +266,21 @@ function MultiLineEditTextView(options) {
 		}
 		return lines;
  	};
-
-	this.getOutputText = function(startIndex, endIndex, includeEol) {
-		var lines = self.getTextLines(startIndex, endIndex);
-
-		//
-		//	Convert lines to contiguous string -- all expanded
-		//	tabs put back to single '\t' characters.
-		//
-		var text = '';
-		var re = new RegExp('\\t{1,' + (self.tabWidth) + '}', 'g');
-		for(var i = 0; i < lines.length; ++i) {
-			text += lines[i].text.replace(re, '\t');
-			if(includeEol && lines[i].eol) {
-				text += '\n';
-			}
-		}
-		return text;
-	};
+     
+    this.getOutputText = function(startIndex, endIndex, eolMarker) {
+        let lines   = self.getTextLines(startIndex, endIndex);
+        let text    = '';
+        var re      = new RegExp('\\t{1,' + (self.tabWidth) + '}', 'g');
+        
+        lines.forEach(line => {
+           text += line.text.replace(re, '\t');
+           if(eolMarker && line.eol) {
+               text += eolMarker;
+           } 
+        });
+        
+        return text;
+    }
 
 	this.getContiguousText = function(startIndex, endIndex, includeEol) {
 		var lines = self.getTextLines(startIndex, endIndex);
@@ -1018,7 +1015,7 @@ MultiLineEditTextView.prototype.addText = function(text) {
 };
 
 MultiLineEditTextView.prototype.getData = function() {
-	return this.getOutputText(0, this.textLines.length, true);
+	return this.getOutputText(0, this.textLines.length, '\r\n');
 };
 
 MultiLineEditTextView.prototype.setPropertyValue = function(propName, value) {
diff --git a/core/scanner_tossers/ftn_bso.js b/core/scanner_tossers/ftn_bso.js
index 6414ee35..b674a833 100644
--- a/core/scanner_tossers/ftn_bso.js
+++ b/core/scanner_tossers/ftn_bso.js
@@ -806,7 +806,9 @@ function FTNMessageScanTossModule() {
 	this.importMessagesFromPacketFile = function(packetPath, password, cb) {
 		let packetHeader;
 				
-		new ftnMailPacket.Packet().read(packetPath, (entryType, entryData, next) => {
+        const packetOpts = { keepTearAndOrigin : true };
+        
+		new ftnMailPacket.Packet(packetOpts).read(packetPath, (entryType, entryData, next) => {
 			if('header' === entryType) {
 				packetHeader = entryData;