Subj : Re: linked
To   : Frank Vest
From : Bob Short
Date : Mon Dec 16 2002 10:57 am

On 15 Dec 02  20:06:40, Frank Vest said the following to Bob Short:

FV>  BS> That's the whole point, Frank.  But because the software now in use
FV>  BS> is limited, it make the file they read limited.  We need to make it
FV>  BS> de-limited, period.  ;-)
 
FV> That's part of my point as well. Many of the POTS mailers are no
FV> longer under development. Many of the IP mailers are still
FV> under development. It seems better to have the IP mailers make some
FV> changes than to try to get POTS mailers that are "dead" to be
FV> upgraded.

'Zacly...  

FV>  BS> What I'm tring to point out is the differences between protocol types,
FV>  BS> and their relevance.  Until such time that all mailers are able to
FV>  BS> auto-detect a transport protocol, some indicator will be needed as
FV>  BS> a stop-gap measure.  However, in the proper format, one can have as
FV>  BS> many as one wants in the NL without taking up too much room.
 
FV> And it would be just as easy to have the IP mailers look in a DNS
FV> entry or poll a finger daemon or some other IP technology to get the
FV> protocol information.

No reason any or all of these options can't be made available in the IP
section of a ESLF nodelist.  It's time to start demonstrating some of 
this theory, so people can fully understand the potential.

FV> I see more light than some. :-)

:)

Bob

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