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to: MICHIEL VAN DER VLIST
from: WILFRED VAN VELZEN
date: 2015-02-25 18:05:00
subject: Re: File requesting with

Hi,

On 2015-02-25 17:05:31, Michiel van der Vlist wrote to Wilfred van Velzen:
  about: "File requesting with binkd":

 WV>> We are still discussing the discrepancy between a FTS document and
 WV>> current practice.

 MvdV> Are we?

That's my perception. ;)

 WV>> There isn't fixed anything yet, that might possibly break. ;) You can
 WV>> either fix the FTS document, or extend functionality of some mailers.
 WV>> I think the consensus is going in the direction of fixing the FTS
 WV>> document, and leave the funtionality of the mailers as is...

 MvdV> I am not ready to call it consencus. I still think adding "autosendreq"
 MvdV> capability to binkd is a usefull extension. Having a *.req initiate a
 MvdV> connect all by itself sounds much more logical, given that it already
has
 MvdV> the desination in its name just like a *.?ut or *.?lo file.

I agree it's more logical behaviour.

 MvdV> I have changed my mind about the default behaviour though. Let
 MvdV> autosendreq not be the default. In order not to annoy the
 MvdV> conservatives...

You just did! ;)

Bye, Wilfred.


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