Re: 5D address (domain) support
  By: August Abolins to Rob Swindell on Sun Mar 17 2019 03:02 am

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

"the fidonet protocols" is not a very explicit set. Certainly BinkP supports 5D
addresses. And type-2.2 packets (FSC-45) support 5D addressing, though they are
not widely used. Most other combinations and packets and protocols do not
support domains (5D addresses).

 > Sorry, but I "stepped away" from fidonet-things after 2006.

That's cool. 5D packets have been around since 1990, before even I joined
FidoNet. They just never really found their need.

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