Subj : human-readable nodelist format
To   : Rick Van Ruth
From : andrew clarke
Date : Mon Nov 11 2002 03:43 am

Sun 2002-11-10 23:19, Rick Van Ruth (3:640/954) wrote to andrew clarke:

ac>> Operating Dialup FTS-1 at
ac>> -Unpublished-,300,CM,XA,IBN:blizzard.dnsalias.org,IEM:[email protected]
ac>> Operating TCP/IP BinkP at blizzard.dnsalias.org Contact E-mail
ac>> [email protected] Contact Fax +61-3-9775-2610

> Why mention binkp twice? Just for backward compatability's sake?

Yes.

> Why does binkp get a line to itself yet email transfer does not?

Because I haven't written a proposal for that.  It could, easily.

> If your system is online 24/7 via IP why is your status private?

Backward compatbility with FTS-5.

> Excuse the questions, but I am not quite following the
> advantages/reasons as yet.

OK.

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