Subj : FSP-10xx-1: BBSID Kludge Specification
To   : Michiel van der Vlist
From : August Abolins
Date : Sun Dec 31 2023 14:55:00

Hello Michiel!

 MvdV> ..File request would not work for point systems anyway
 MvdV> and pointing was very popular at the time in The
 MvdV> Netherlands.

Why not?  OpenXP doesn't seem to have a problem with it.


 MvdV> Possibly. But in Fidonet we already have a way to
 MvdV> identify a system: the node number. And that is
 MvdV> guaranteed to be globally unique within Fidonet.

A few years ago, there were some duplicate net/nodes across  
zones.  Not sure of the situation now.

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