Subj : FTS-4010 Final Review
To   : Carlos Navarro
From : Andrew Leary
Date : Mon Jun 07 2021 09:58 pm

Hello Carlos!

07 Jun 21 21:44, you wrote to Kees van Eeten:

KE>>  Although limits on the maximal length of line have been lifted
KE>> to some extent, why do these two flag have a unprecedented
KE>> length.

KE>>  As these two flags are likely to come as a pair, 11 characters
KE>> are needed for their presense. E,g. PG and TR would only use 6.

CN> Maybe PING:T instead of PING,TRACE ...?

The FTSC documents current practice in FidoNet.  The PING and TRACE flags were
implemented this way by ZC2, followed shortly by ZC1.  Personally, if the
length of the flags were a serious issue, they could easily be shortened to
PNG and TRC, but this would have to be done by the *Cs, not directly by the
FTSC.

Andrew

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