Subj : i've been duped ... or was i?
To   : Maurice Kinal
From : Kai Richter
Date : Fri Dec 04 2020 05:38:14

Hello Maurice!

03 Dec 20, Maurice Kinal wrote to Kai Richter:

 MK> For my part I am attempting to make 1:153/7001 a potential wireless
 MK> access point for offline readers and am going to keep everything to a
 MK> bare minimum.

Offline Readers is a another chapter and i do not know much about that.

 MK> So far it looks like only the MSGID is required to successfully
 MK> transverse the whole of fidonet.  Thus a point-like setup between
 MK> 1:153/7001 and any user on the wireless should have the user's app
 MK> generate it's own MSGID that will ensure uniqueness no matter if
 MK> another user on the wireless generates the EXACT same serialno since
 MK> the origaddr will ensure uniqueness due to the point part of the
 MK> origaddr.

As far as i remember offline readers like QWK are an interface to a BBS and act like online BBS users. And like online BBS users they are operating with the main aka of the BBS.

 MK> This isn't that far off from a numbered userbase on a BBS where by
 MK> default the sysop is listed as number 1.

I can't remember how QWK uses the usernumber index. Maybe that was part of the BBS responsibilties.

 MK> Thus whether universal or AREA based any half-assed dupechecker
 MK> should have no issues with the output.

 MK> For the record I am using the "^AMSGID: origaddr serialno" format as
 MK> specified in fts-0009.001.

If you're going to use point numbers then you do not have an offline reader - it's a point software. "Offline reader" could be used even for fully featured node systems too, just because fidonet is an offline network. It's basics are store and forward if connected and disconnect after packages sent.

Regards

Kai

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