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To   : Jan Vermeulen
From : Frank Vest
Date : Sat Jan 04 2003 09:16 pm

On (04 Jan 03) Jan Vermeulen wrote to Micael Bulow...

Hello Jan,

 JV>  JV>>     Do you really think that a nodelist is the place to start?

 mb> No. Actually I dont quite get why everyone is starting there.

 JV>     Because the loudest voices are about problems with their nodes
 JV> entry; I am still waiting for a list telling me the who, what and why
 JV> of those problems.

Just my humble opinion.

There's nothing wrong with the SLF Nodelist. The problem is the
implementing of IP. That was not done right to begin with. :(

With PSTN, each mailer is expected to be able to transfer mail at
least at FTS-1 (x-modem?).

With IP, there is no minimum required transfer method. This means that
each protocol (binkp, telnet and such) has to have a flag in the
Nodelist.

To "fix" this, a means needs to be made for IP mailers to determine
the protocol to use during the/a connection. IOW, my IP mailer
contacts your IP mailer and figures out what protocol to use. A
minimum protocol would also be needed which all IP mailers use.

Is this going to happen?? Probably not. :-(

Can you imagine what Fidonet would have been if PSTN mailer-A only
used zedzap and PSTN mailer-B only used x-modem? Just look at the IP
mailers and you can see. Had there been no standards set for minimum
connectivity, PSTN would be like IP is today. Each Node entry in the
Nodelist would have to fly a flag for each protocol supported. EG: a
flag for x-modem, zedzap, emsi and all the others.

Again, just my humble opinion.

Frank

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