Subj : NEWS::: DogBone
To : John Dovey
From : Rob Swindell
Date : Mon Jun 28 2021 01:31 pm
Re: NEWS::: DogBone
By: John Dovey to Rob Swindell on Sun Jun 27 2021 05:41 pm
> Re: NEWS::: DogBone
> By: Rob Swindell to August Abolins on Sun Jun 27 2021 15:06:03
>
> RS> The "model" you're referring to appears to be the FidoNet nodelist. I
> RS> haven't used a FidoNet nodelist on my BBS in over 20 years and echomail
> RS> and netmail are working fine. Or am I missing some fundamental here?
> Rob,
> You make my point for me. Not just in this post, but in the way you've built
> a "better mousetrap". You literally demonstrate by what you said here, and
> by the software you've written, that the FTN model is simply a choice. The
> QWK Networking model you've built into SBBS with it's auto-routing and other
> features proves this point probably more eloquently than anything I could
> say!
Nice of you to say, but I really was just looking for more clarity on your
point (about the nodelist "model"?). QWKnet routing (introduced in Synchronet probably back around 1992) was more of a useful thing back when phone-modems were used to transfer mail and long-distance charges were a concern. As I think you've seen with DOVE-Net, QWK networks are not nearly as "distributed" these days and so the routing of QWK netmail is a much-less used feature. With Internet email so prevelant, QWK (and Fido) netmail is generally just not used so much these days anyway.
With DOVE-Net, I just wanted a sort of auto-pilot network: pretty much any BBS can join immediately (no manual "approval" or "address assignment" process involved) and if/when that node drops (stops logging in), it just eventually disappears from the network and its "address" is automatically available for reuse. It's worked pretty well for my intentions, but I don't think that's what FidoNet is all about: Traditionally, FidoNet is a more "controlled" network.
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