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to: MICHIEL VAN DER VLIST
from: WILFRED VAN VELZEN
date: 2015-02-25 18:00:00
subject: Re: File requesting with

Hi,

On 2015-02-25 17:01:16, Michiel van der Vlist wrote to Wilfred van Velzen:
  about: "File requesting with binkd":

 TK>>> But '.dlo' is 'direct' aka 'not routed'. It doesn't necessarily
 TK>>> make the poll as .ilo or .clo do.

 WV>> That's probably the reason why the binkley/binkd developers don't
 WV>> regard the .req file as a flow control file on itself.

 MvdV> Conjecture...

 MvdV> I think they fucked it up. It is not logical. See my previous message...

I agree the current situation is not logical. I think your option number 2 (as
in the mail to Kees) is the better one.

 WV>> Because you only have the one flavour of call. When you control it
 WV>> with a seperate .?lo, you don't have that problem.

 MvdV> What other flavours than .dlo do you really need for a file request in
the
 MvdV> present environment where binkd runs?

It's not just what binkd users need. BSO is also used by other mailers (ip and
phone). There shouldn't be incompatibilities between them.

Bye, Wilfred.


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