Subj : Re: ET phone home
To : Nick Andre
From : Wilfred van Velzen
Date : Sat Jan 07 2017 07:50 pm
Hi,
On 2017-01-07 13:04:08, Nick Andre wrote to Wilfred Van Velzen:
about: "Re: ET phone home":
WV>> When there were still duplicate nets in fidonet, zone-gates and
WV>> seen-by stripping was needed. And this wasn't a good idea. But
WV>> fidonet has changed.
NA> I still see no reason to enable the PATH detection code... on the basis
NA> that nobody in the last several years has complained about it.
Some people are complaining now about an excess of dupes. What's wrong with
catching a few extra? You said the code is already there, so it would be easy
for you to enable it!
WV>> NA> It is a misconception that code that has worked for decades
WV>> needs
WV>> to b
WV>> NA> updated to support some new "modern" Fido technology...
WV>>
WV>> Yes please, put your fingers in your ears, close your eyes, and keep
WV>> repeat the mantra "fidonet is not changing" for as long as you can.
WV>> Maybe it will have become a reality when you're done... ;)
NA> Do you honestly think ANY of the existing kludge or packet formats are
NA> going to be changed? :)
Of course not, and that was not what we were discussing.
