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To   : andrew clarke
From : Frank Vest
Date : Sun Jan 05 2003 05:18 pm

On (06 Jan 03) andrew clarke wrote to Frank Vest...

Hello andrew,

ac>  ac>> Are there any other common IP protocols other than BinkP &
ac> Telnet  ac>> (ie. FTS-1 over Vmodem or equivalent)?
> I have no idea. I wouldn't call binkp or telnet common in the respect
> of "to every IP mailer", but they seem to be the most common used for
> IP transfer of Fidonet mail.

ac> I just meant protocols used for FidoNet mail transfer.

In that case, I don't know what others may be around.

ac>  ac>> You may as well make BinkP the minimum protocol.
> It really doesn't matter to me what protocol is the minimum.

ac> Well, I mention BinkP because it's by far the most common.  Plus you
ac> can actually send mail with it.  ;-)

True. :)

> The point
> is that Fidonet needs a minimum required IP protocol for connecting
> that each IP mailer can use. Other protocols can be implemented in the
> mailers as well, but each would at least be able to do the minimum.
ac> Yes.
> The next step would be to figure out how to negotiate the transfer
> protocol upon connection.

ac> This can be done manually until such time that the software can
ac> negotiate automatically.

Difficult, but yes.

I think you are on the same page as I am. I just hope that someone
will do something with the ideas.

Frank

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