Subj : something new..
To : All
From : August Abolins
Date : Wed Feb 01 2023 09:18 am
https://clrghouz.bbs.dege.au/about
"The FTN Clearing Houz is both an FTN Mailer and FTN message
tosser, where mail is stored internally in a DB, and files in
an S3 bucket. It can also hatch and toss files into FTN
networks for both upstream and downstream nodes.
"It was created as an idea to bring modern technology and
capabilities to that legacy computing network that existed in
the 1980's and 1990's, where many of those programs from the
1980's and 1990's are still in use today too.
"For the BBS sysop, the FTN Clearing Houz has the following
features:
Supports BINKP network transfers
Supports EMSI network transfers (for legacy "frontend" mailers)
Supports PING responses (to netmails)
A consistent reliable echomail/netmail hub for your BBSes, while you reconfigure your BBS.
If you have more than 1 BBS, then the Clearing Houz can receive all your mail from your uplinks and feed them to your BBSes.
"For the FTN network operator, the FTN Clearing Houz has the following features (or planned ones):
Supports BINKP network transfers
Supports EMSI network transfers
Automatic route configuration, routing netmail directly where links exist, or to the next uplink/downlink
Manages ECHO areas and FILE areas
Supports PING and TRACE responses (TRACE to be implemented)
Nodelist Management
Self service FTN Network Applications being implemented
Dynamic mail bundling for upstream and downstream nodes (no more "inbounds" and "outbounds")
Automatic delisting of idle nodes
"Other ideas that may make it into this tool:
SMTP integration
PGP signed mail and mail verification
SQRL simple authentication (so there is 1 less username/password you need to remember)
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