> I have just seen the beginnings of Lotus Notes in action, and
 > was wondering if someone could tell me what protocol it uses?

I don't know, but I'm interested in what you find in Notes that would be
useful to FidoNet?

 > I presume it is neither of FTS-1, FTS-6 or EMSI.

:-)


 > Is it X.??  When did Lotus Notes come out anyway?

X.??

I've heard of Lotus Notes for quite some time now, maybe a year or more.  I
don't know squat about it though.  I wouldn't be suprised if it's more than
two years old.


 > Perhaps we should adopt that as our standard?

Perhaps you should provide some information for us about it - primarily,
what advantages would it provide to FTN systems and developers.


 > Is it possible for a company to actually stop us using the same
 > handshaking they use, via copyright or patent?  BFN.  Paul.

Depends of course on the particular interface they use.  If the interface
Lotus uses to communicate is public domain, then obviously anyone can use
it.  If it's proprietory Lotus technology, then I would assume there would
be a charge on access to technical specifics, perhaps restrictions on its
implementation. This is assuming the technical documents are available to
the public.  Common sense really..


ZeeYa...
Andrew.

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