Subj : defnode
To   : Tony Langdon
From : mark lewis
Date : Sat Aug 20 2016 04:08 am


20 Aug 16 08:08, you wrote to me:

 ml>> this is *best* done with the new format... especially for those in
 ml>> multiple FTN networks... the new format is

 ml>> domain fidonet /ftn/outbound/fidonet 1    binkp.net
 ml>> domain foobarz /ftn/outbound/foobarz 1234 foobarz.net
 ml>> domain barfood /ftn/outbound/barfood 321  barfood.org

 TL> What version of binkd do you need to be able to use this format?

TBH, i'm not sure... i pointed out the problem with using root-domain and being 
in multiple FTN othernets and binkp.net doing only fidonet addresses some time 
back... one of the developers told me about this format but it has been several 
years ago... i don't recall their name but i think it was stas degteff as he 
helped me with other aspects of a full 5D configuration and what the outbound 
directory tree would look like... this alternative method of listing DNS lookup 
domains is not specific to 5D, though... on my main machine, i have locked 
several messages in my message base to keep them from being purged... those 
discussions were back in 2012 but apparently i failed to lock the ones 
concerning this format of the domain lines and i don't see anything in the FAQ 
about it :(

 TL> It's certainly much better, as I had issues with using the root-domain
 TL> configuration, with my othernets.  I'd have kept using binkp.net, if I
 TL> could restrict its use to Fidonet addresses.  It plays havoc with
 TL> othernets, so the above per domain format makes more sense.

it absolutely does make more sense... the real trick is to get othernets to set 
up their own DNS lookup domain zones...

)\/(ark

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