Subj : 2021 FTSC Standing Member Election
To   : Oli
From : Andrew Leary
Date : Thu Jan 28 2021 10:06 am

Hello Oli!

27 Jan 21 19:01, you wrote to me:

Ol> Funny, I found this on the ftsc.org wiki:

Ol>   Publication: FTS-0001
Ol>   Revision: 17
Ol>   [...]
Ol>   2.1. Message bundles
Ol>   All nodes must be able to receive and process uncompressed FSC-0048
Ol> PKT type 2+ bundles.

Ol> Can we call this insanity?

That document is not an official FTSC document.  There is also not a wiki of
any kind on the official ftsc.org website.  As a matter of fact, Randy Bush's
copyright on the current revision of FTS-0001 (Rev. 16) only allows for
distribution of unmodified copies at no charge.  Any revisions needed to this
standard would have to be done by a total rewrite, unless Randy grants
permission to use the current version as a base.

Ol> Maybe the new members can revive some more useful old ideas:

Ol>   Suggested list of Fidonet Technical Standards
Ol>   Revision 2, 1997.12.19
Ol>   [...]
Ol>   FTS-6000 Gateways.
Ol>   FTS-6001 FTN netmail - RFC e-mail gateway (both directions)
Ol>   FTS-6002 FTN echomail - RFC news gateway (both directions)
Ol>   FTS-6003 Gateway addressing (both directions, including kludges in
Ol> use) FTS-6004 Message ID translation (both directions, ref
Ol> Gatebau) FTS-6005 Reply address translation (both directions) FTS-6006
Ol> Attachment translation (encoding and decoding) FTS-6007 MIME support
Ol> (how to avoid unnecessary garbage)

Anyone is free to submit proposals to the FTSC in this echo, or via NetMail to
me.

Andrew

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