Subj : Re: linked
To : Frank Vest
From : Bob Short
Date : Mon Dec 16 2002 10:57 am
On 15 Dec 02 20:06:40, Frank Vest said the following to Bob Short:
FV> BS> That's the whole point, Frank. But because the software now in use
FV> BS> is limited, it make the file they read limited. We need to make it
FV> BS> de-limited, period. ;-)
FV> That's part of my point as well. Many of the POTS mailers are no
FV> longer under development. Many of the IP mailers are still
FV> under development. It seems better to have the IP mailers make some
FV> changes than to try to get POTS mailers that are "dead" to be
FV> upgraded.
'Zacly...
FV> BS> What I'm tring to point out is the differences between protocol types,
FV> BS> and their relevance. Until such time that all mailers are able to
FV> BS> auto-detect a transport protocol, some indicator will be needed as
FV> BS> a stop-gap measure. However, in the proper format, one can have as
FV> BS> many as one wants in the NL without taking up too much room.
FV> And it would be just as easy to have the IP mailers look in a DNS
FV> entry or poll a finger daemon or some other IP technology to get the
FV> protocol information.
No reason any or all of these options can't be made available in the IP
section of a ESLF nodelist. It's time to start demonstrating some of
this theory, so people can fully understand the potential.
