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to: Jasen Betts
from: Scott Little
date: 2002-11-13 18:27:42
subject: human-readable nodelist format

[ 11 Nov 02 18:56, Jasen Betts wrote to andrew clarke ]

 ac>>           Where [TCP/IP] is "TCP/IP" or
"TCPIP" or "TCP" or "IP",
 ac>>           case neutral.
 JB> more synonyms... :(

Technically IP is more correct.  I never liked "TCP/IP" since
there's no rule TCP is involved at all...

 ac>>     Where [start time] specifies the time when a node begins
 ac>> operation.
 ac>>     Where [end time] specifies the time when a node ends
 ac>> operation.

 JB> what if you're online from 23:00 to 01:00

Would it be easier to implement if the start and duration were specified
instead?  Thu 23:00/2H, Fri 09:00/12H, etc.

CM and ZMH should also die - each node should just list it's online time,
whether or not it's required online time doesn't mean anything to a mailer,
and means the mailer doesn't need to be configured with a lookup table for
the ZMHs of each zone.


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

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