Subj : New Format  vs  DNS
To   : Malcolm Miles
From : Peter Knapper
Date : Thu Oct 10 2002 07:52 pm

Hi Malcolm,

JB> List them as PVT... nothing radical there.

PK> Exactly, thats how I think it could work, PVT node with a flag
PK> pointing to the DNS entry.

MM> No need for a flag to point to the DNS entry. All nodes
MM> have an implicit address of
MM> f999.n999.z3.fidonet.net/org. Use that to query the DNS
MM> for the IP address.

True, howver I was trying to come up with a way of adding useful information to
the Nodelist, not just the DNS. I think it desirable to have both environments
complement each other wherever possible.

Cheers.............pk.


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