Subj : human-readable nodelist format
To   : andrew clarke
From : Jasen Betts
Date : Wed Nov 06 2002 07:14 pm

  >> Mainly leting a node have multiple addresses (since many do) and
  >> thus saving repeating the same node with the same connection info
  >> and thus make the nodelist easier to maintain?

 ac> I don't see any reason why a single node shouldn't be able to have
 ac> multiple connection methods listed in a new format nodelist.

I agree, what I'm suggesting is where one physical fidonet system has
multiple fido addresses (eg as an NC and as a regular node)
they could somehow list both addresses in the single nodelist record.

in the current nodelist you see some entries where the same system is
listed twice because they can't fit everything the want on a single
nodleist line.

OTOH  I guess they could just list the other addess as a preferred uplink
and that'd probably do most of what's needed.


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