Subj : FSP-10xx-1: BBSID Kludge Specification
To : Michiel van der Vlist
From : August Abolins
Date : Sun Dec 31 2023 02:55 pm
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.
