Re: FSP-1040.001 draft 0
  By: mark lewis to Stephen Hurd on Mon Feb 29 2016 11:18 am

 > with a PKT extension... this is, however, probably outside the range of this
 > document... i dunno...

Yeah, it was pretty clear it was outside the realm of "Type 2 compatible packet
formats" and, if anyone actually uses it, should be documented in a different
spec (since by definition it applies to non-type-2 packets).

 >  SH> Yeah, but it's not the mailers that do the negotiation, it's the
 >  SH> tossers/packers.
 >
 > i don't see how they can do that without some sort of special PKTs addressed
 > to
 > the tosser where the tossers can communicate back and forth on their own
 > similar to the way operators can send areafix messages to the tossers and
 > the  way that offline mail users can communicate with a BBS' offline mail

Basically, when you parse a packet, you save the capability word associated
with the node.  When it comes time to packetize, you look at your saved copy of
*their* capability word, and pick the highest packet format that they support
and use that format.

 > :) that's ok, i can wait... i'd rather be able to point to certain things in
 > the most recent posted as they progress... personally i think it is a good
 > document so far... just a few tweaks here and there to enable it to stand
 > closer to being on its own...

I plan to post the next draft in a couple days to give slow routes time to
provide feedback.

 >  SH> Anyway, the message body is defined as NUL terminated unlimited length
 >  SH> and that's it.  Other standards already define control paragraphs, and
 >  SH> the rest of the things that are defined are presentation details, not
 >  SH> packing details.  No packer should need to worry about soft CRs for
 >  SH> example.
 >
 > true... i agree... FTS-0001 covers more than just mail packers, though...

Yeah, but this is very much *not* a replacement for FTS-0001.  I'm not the guy
who's going to take that job on.  No sir.  This FSP is just for software
dealing with packets.
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