-=> Rob Swindell wrote to Dan Clough <=-

 > Yes, but I think what I was trying to say was that you can
 > identify a network by it's zone number.  Like fsxNet is 21:x/x and
 > FidoNet is [1-4]:x/x and so on.  Not sure I'm getting across what
 > I mean here...  But fsxNet (by definition) could not have any
 > zones in the 1-4 range, because those are already "taken" by
 > FidoNet.  That's all I meant by the above...

 RS> With 5D addressing, it *should* have been possible to have
 RS> 1:1/2@fidonet and 1:1/2@fsxnet be two different systems with no
 RS> conflict (that is the entire point of the domain portion of the
 RS> address afterall). But 5D address (domain) support in FTN
 RS> software is not ubiquitous, and frankly quite useless today. :-(

Yes indeed, good point.  (no pun intended)

I guess if everything worked as well as it could/should, this 
whole "hobby" wouldn't be as much fun as it is...  :)

Thanks for your reply, DM.



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