Subj : Re: Feedback re: Fidonet.org MX
To   : Nick Andre
From : Paul Hayton
Date : Mon Nov 30 2015 19:38:42

On 11/29/15, Nick Andre pondered and said...

Hi Nick

Thanks for the reply... and good to chat about this stuff with you.

 NA> I would prefer, as I'm sure a lot of Sysops would also prefer, that the
 NA> email gating be an "opt-in" feature". As in for example, you would
 NA> specifically Netmail the gateway to confirm that you wish to have an
 NA> email address. In theory, lets say email gated to Netmail is then placed
 NA> on "Hold" status for that system to pick up. If the system does not pick
 NA> up their mail or check-in somehow on a periodic basis, the MX in DNS is
 NA> automatically deleted and mail is refused delivery on the SMTP side. 

That sounds completely fine to me. Running with and opt-in approach and
automatic maintainence of records based on levels of inaction (or otherwise)
is a sound approach.

I was just advocating in general that the feature set should be there in
principle when you asked earlier about the perceived importance of
sysops having access to a fidonet.org email address.

 NA> I can have this scenario 100% automated with a slightly-modified
 NA> D'Bridge installation.

:) The advantage of having some coding nouse... and the power of beer.

 NA> PH> My hope with fidonet.org (and indeed any other html presences of Fidon
 NA> PH> information) is that we can work collaboratively to publish current
 NA> PH> information about Fidonet and how to join, who's involved, how much fu
 NA> PH> can be etc. It's a great hobby BBS... and Fidonet (and othernets) are 
 NA> PH> part of enjoying it.
 NA> 
 NA> Oh absolutely. I intend for fidonet.org to be the "official" domain for 
 NA> Fidonet; after the DNS problem has been resolved, the website is next on
 NA> the list, another huge undertaking.

I'm happy and keen to help with that. At this stage fidonet.org still enjoys
good ranking in Google. Asides the content updates required and any styling
you want to apply I think a big issue is to get linking on fidonet.org to
other fidonet sites updated. This will help with SEO and ranking of Fidonet
content overall.

Best, Paul

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