Subj : Blam BBS List question
To   : alterego
From : Al
Date : Sat May 30 2020 14:13:46

Hello alterego,

 vo>> User access information should be done via another mediam.

 al> Why?

Because the nodelist does what it set out to do, and does it well. There are many nodelist utilities that we could break by changing the format.

A BBS list and a nodelist are two different things. A BBS list is what we need here. The Telnet BBS Guide is one such list that would be well suited for this purpose.

It would be convenient if the nodelist had the details we need for this. It has a start but not all the details we need.

If the nodelist supported these details I would add my own if and when I have a BBS online. I often have the urge to add my BBS telnet details to the nodelist but I don't because it is wrong and would confuse telnet capable mailers like BBBS and MBSE.

Actually it wouldn't confuse BBBS since it answers both mailer and user calls on the telnet port but in most cases it would cause errors.

 Ttyl :-),
         Al

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