,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, : Bottles FAQ :=== ``````````````` Q) What is this thing? A) A "smolnet" implementation of messages (and replies) in "bottles". Q) How do replies/posts work? A) Enter as a continous line; ENTER submits. Empty entries are ignored. Q) What about included URLs? A) All ":///" URLs are parsed into valid(?) links. Q) Are these posts anonymous? A) Mostly; the host likely logs network traffic. Use torsocks for privacy. Q) Do these bottles stay around forever? A) No, bottles sink to oblivion after period of inactivity (~7 days). Q) Is bottle content moderated? A) Minimally; pranks, spam or offensive content may be deleted. Q) Why doesn't my Gopher client work? A) Some clients miss-handle dynamic content or UTF-8 encoding. Q) Which clients are known NOT to work? A) UNM Gopher, Lagrange, Gopherus, web proxies. Q) How was the CGI implemented? A) AWK and Unix scripts.