Subj : Number of BBSes?
To   : Jasen Betts
From : Frank Vest
Date : Sat Jan 11 2003 03:20 pm

On (10 Jan 03) Jasen Betts wrote to Frank Vest...

Hello Jasen,

 JB>  ml>> where are you going with this?

 FV> Simple:
 FV> 1. Mailer flags for IP mailers. Let's say:
 FV> XI - Irex XR - Radius/Argus (running IP only. For one that does
 FV> both, I have no idea.)

 JB> X-flags are for the file request mechanism, not for identifying
 JB> mailers.

True, for PSTN mailers. Are the flags still needed in that capacity?
If not, redefine them. If so, redefine them anyway. :-) Seriously. I
realize that these are FREQ flags. Still, it's a way to show
information that won't break PSTN mailers... or the SLF.

 FV> An Ip mailer looks for my node and finds the listing I gave above.
 FV> The first thing is to look at the mailer flag. If it is "XI", the
 FV> mailer knows that the remote is using Irex and can do binkp,
 JB> it doesn't need to know the brand name of the mailer,
 JB> just the porotocols. naming the mailer couild cause confusion if a new
 JB> version is released that does different protocols...

Good point. I was looking at the SLF Nodelist and the list of mailers
as related to the "X" flags.

 FV> Yes, this is just a thought and has problems, I'm sure. It is,
 FV> however, a possible way to make things work with the SLF Nodelist,
 FV> I think.
 JB> all it seems to do is save a few characters. and there's easier ways
 JB> to save charcters...

How, in particular, without an alternate Nodelist format?


Frank

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