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echo: ftsc_public
to: ALEXEY VISSARIONOV
from: FRED RICCIO
date: 2017-03-27 18:12:00
subject: Proposed changes: FTS-500

28 Mar 17 00:30, Alexey Vissarionov wrote to Fred Riccio:

 AV> EMA should be replaced with IEM.


 FR>> Additions/Changes are marked with ">" in column 1.

 AV> `diff -burN` could be much better...

You could always do it yourself.  I can't because I don't have DIFF.



 FR>> 5.5. Gateway Flag

 AV> Deprecated.



 FR>> 5.8. ISDN Capability Flags

 AV> Do anyone still use it?


 AV> Wrong.

 AV> Must be [:] where internet address is
 AV> [:]>


 AV> Wrong.

 AV> Deprecated: no common method for delivering direct netmail to such 
 AV> nodes.

 AV> Deprecated by IFC.


 AV> Should be changed to "INA-style" only.

 AV> Is there some common method for delivering direct netmail to such 
 AV> nodes?
 AV> Hereafter "common" implies at least "free cross-platform software".


 >>>  EVY    Voyager-compatible

 AV> Is there some common method for delivering direct netmail to such 
 AV> nodes?



 >>>  EMA    Everything not defined by the aforementioned individual flags

 AV> So, how should one deliver direct netmail to such nodes?



 FR>> sender    clearly quoting all the original via-lines.

 AV> s/clearly/safely/



 FR>>     WARNING: the sender's name (in either direction) must *NEVER* be
 FR>>     "PING".

 AV> Wrong: if the sender's name is also "PING", the message _must_ be 
 AV> deleted without notice.



 FR>> 6. User flags
 FR>> -------------

 FR>>   It is impossible to document all user flags in use.  The FTSC makes
 FR>>   no attempt at it.  This document lists those flags which got at
 FR>>   least some kind of official sanction or were deemed of technical
 FR>>   interest by FTSC.

 AV> Here should be a clear notice that user flags _may_ contain anything 
 AV> except "standard" flags, and all unknown flags _must_ be passed 
 AV> through without any changes.

 AV> That means ,U,ENC,BEER is ok.



 FR>>   SDS    Software Distribution System
 FR>>   SMH    Secure Mail Hub

 AV> Both are deprecated.



 FR>>   CDP    This node will accept points auto-created by the CD-point
 FR>>          software.

 AV> Is there any common implementation?



How did so many things slip by the 2016 FTSC review of this document?

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