Subj : human-readable nodelist format
To : andrew clarke
From : mark lewis
Date : Sun Nov 10 2002 01:41 pm
>> erm... the current use of the "BBS Name" field in the currently used
>> St. Louis Format (SLF) nodelist as a domain name instead of the system
>> name is one such example of an alternative use... granted, its not
>> being misused in what you are proposing or working on but it is a
>> possibility that someone may do the same...
ac> Field 3: Node name
ac> FTS-5 = "This is the name by which the node is known"
ac> FTS-5000 = "This is the name by which the node is known. For
ac> IP nodes this field may alternately contain an ip address or
ac> E-Mail address for email tunneling programs."
ac> Nothing about a BBS name there.
thank you! you've helped me in ways that we may not be aware of ;-)
ac> Not that I even run a BBS,
ac> but for people who do, why should they care about what's in
ac> that field anyway? What difference does it make? Maybe the
ac> ZCs can all mark the field with a big X for every node in
ac> their zone. Then it would make the nodelist smaller for all
ac> the people complaining about the nodelist being too big. Then
ac> you'll get people whinging about how the nodelist is shrinking
ac> and we're all doomed. So we're all doomed.
hahaha... yup, as is birth is the beginning of death...
