Subj : Re: a sync solution for fidonet
To : August Abolins
From : Tony Langdon
Date : Fri Apr 05 2019 05:53 pm
-=> On 04-04-19 18:25, August Abolins wrote to Tony Langdon <=-
AA> Do you thing something like what IMAP does for email might work?
AA> When I configure people's email from SMTP to IMAP they are impressed
AA> that it makes no difference whether they use their laptop, desktop or
AA> mobile device. Webbased access to their mail is a bonus if the usual
AA> pc/device is not useable.
Yes and no. Yes, in that IMAP synchronises prefectly between devices, no in
that most implementations still leave you tied to the network back end in real
time - I know you can go offline with IMAP too, but I know in Thunderbird, it's
a bit quirky - That's more an implementation issue than an IMAP issue.
TL> HotDogEd and AfterShock aren't a solution, because for me, a point on a
TL> phone has the same synchronisation issues as NNTP, if not worse, because
TL> is effectively a separate FTN system.
AA> Fidonet of the old is literally grounded on pcs in a fixed location.
AA> No doubt, the "point" idea is the same - a fixed location.
And back in the 90s, a point worked really well, especially one like mine which
was a fully functional BBS (that normally didn't listen for calls), from which
I could download a QWK/Bluewave packet for use on a borrowed laptop or to carry
around on a floppy disk (I had Bluewave on another floppy).
The modern reality is we are highly mobile nowadays, and some of us do swap
devices fery frequently, depending on needs at the time.
... Try this chicken. It tastes just like rattlesnake.
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