Subj : human-readable nodelist format
To   : andrew clarke
From : Frank Vest
Date : Sun Nov 10 2002 03:25 pm

On (10 Nov 02) andrew clarke wrote to mark lewis...

Hello andrew,


 ac> Field 3: Node name
 ac> FTS-5 = "This is the name by which the node is known"
 ac> FTS-5000 = "This is the name by which the node is known.  For IP nodes
 ac> this field may alternately contain an ip address or E-Mail address for
 ac> email tunneling programs."

 ac> Nothing about a BBS name there.  Not that I even run a BBS, but for
 ac> people who do, why should they care about what's in that field anyway?

The "big deal" about the "name field" in the Nodelist was that some
programs were written to generate "BBS" lists from the Nodelist.

Since in the beginning of Fidonet most Nodes did operate a BBS (almost
a requirement to get a Node number), The BBS name in the "Node Name"
field was a "big deal".

 ac> What difference does it make?  Maybe the ZCs can all mark the field

In a technical sense, it makes no difference. The field is "just
another field" and could be defined anyway desired.


Frank

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