>> erm... the current use of the "BBS Name" field in the
currently used
 >> St. Louis Format (SLF) nodelist as a domain name instead of the system
 >> name is one such example of an alternative use... granted, its not
 >> being misused in what you are proposing or working on but it is a
 >> possibility that someone may do the same...

 ac> Field 3: Node name

 ac> FTS-5 = "This is the name by which the node is known"

 ac> FTS-5000 = "This is the name by which the node is known.  For
 ac> IP nodes this field may alternately contain an ip address or
 ac> E-Mail address for email tunneling programs."

 ac> Nothing about a BBS name there.

thank you! you've helped me in ways that we may not be aware of ;-)


 ac> Not that I even run a BBS,
 ac> but for people who do, why should they care about what's in
 ac> that field anyway? What difference does it make?  Maybe the
 ac> ZCs can all mark the field with a big X for every node in
 ac> their zone.  Then it would make the nodelist smaller for all
 ac> the people complaining about the nodelist being too big.  Then
 ac> you'll get people whinging about how the nodelist is shrinking
 ac> and we're all doomed.  So we're all doomed.

hahaha...  yup, as is birth is the beginning of death...

)\/(ark