Re: Proposed changes: FTS-5001.006
  By: Alexey Vissarionov to Fred Riccio on Tue Mar 28 2017 12:30 am

 FR>> 5.8. ISDN Capability Flags

 AV> Do anyone still use it?

Yes, not R50 though.

 FR>> IFT       21  FTP (RFC-0959); Note there is currently no widely
 FR>> accepted authentication scheme for FTP transfers by
 FR>> Fidonet mailers.

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

Such is not easy to dicern now but I operated that way for 5 years. It allowed 
node to know I had a server and to negotiate with me for a connection.  Any
wthout that, routed.  

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

Ouch.  Radically differnt connection type and the older mailers that use it,
collect from the older label.

 FR>> 6. User flags
 AV> Is there any common implementation?

Germany last check and still in use.


 xxcarol
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