On (06 Jan 03) andrew clarke wrote to Frank Vest...

Hello andrew,

 ac>  ac>> Are there any other common IP protocols other than BinkP &
 ac> Telnet  ac>> (ie. FTS-1 over Vmodem or equivalent)?
 > I have no idea. I wouldn't call binkp or telnet common in the respect
 > of "to every IP mailer", but they seem to be the most common used for
 > IP transfer of Fidonet mail.

 ac> I just meant protocols used for FidoNet mail transfer.

In that case, I don't know what others may be around.

 ac>  ac>> You may as well make BinkP the minimum protocol.
 > It really doesn't matter to me what protocol is the minimum.

 ac> Well, I mention BinkP because it's by far the most common.  Plus you
 ac> can actually send mail with it.  ;-)

True. :)

 > The point
 > is that Fidonet needs a minimum required IP protocol for connecting
 > that each IP mailer can use. Other protocols can be implemented in the
 > mailers as well, but each would at least be able to do the minimum.
 ac> Yes.
 > The next step would be to figure out how to negotiate the transfer
 > protocol upon connection.

 ac> This can be done manually until such time that the software can
 ac> negotiate automatically.

Difficult, but yes.

I think you are on the same page as I am. I just hope that someone
will do something with the ideas.

Frank

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