[ 01 Jan 03 14:03, Charles Cruden wrote to Scott Little ]

 CC> I tried a few entries with nlmake here, and it didn't seem to
 CC> complain, nor did FDNC.  (Mind you, FD/FDNC has some accounting for IP
 CC> nodes, so that probably helped.)  For nodelist compilers in general,
 CC> I'd imagine the worst it would do would be to reject that node, which
 CC> given it's an IP node to begin with would exactly be a bad thing.  For
 CC> segment compilers it becomes more of a problem.  OTOH, there are fewer
 CC> segment compilers to worry about....

If segment processors were the only problem here there'd be no problem -
they can easily be replaced.  The problem is the software on little ol'
nodes that make use of the nodelist.

 CC> I suggested the IP# heading, but if something can be found that all
 CC> agree on, it can be pretty much anything.

Like domain names, if IP# doesn't cause BBSs everywhere to barf because the
phone number isn't to spec, go for it.

 CC> end up at the same spot.  Then you just choose which address you want
 CC> to use based on the contact method you want to use.

How does a user know what protocol an address uses?  Do I need to manually
look in the nodelist for everyone I send direct mail to to check if they
have another listing?  They have to be linked together with yet another
flag so software can dynamically route.


-- Scott Little  [fidonet#3:712/848 / sysgod{at}sysgod.org]

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