On 2018 Mar 17 02:00:00, you wrote to me:

 TK>>>> Looks pretty fast. :D
 BF>>> Thanks to the FidoWeb yes, but still not the most efficient path
 BF>>> from within R20.
 ml>> there is no provision in anything FTN for figuring out and following
 ml>> the fastest path from one system to another

 AV> Most of the Fidonet doesn't need that.

exactly why i pointed it out... especially when some try to use it as an
argument for using one distribution model over another ;)

 ml>> so there's no way to figure any sort of ""efficient path"" from
 ml>> anywhere to anywhere else...

 AV> There is at least one quite similar to OSPF, but documenting it would
 AV> take a whole eternity - first translate the "brief" description from
 AV> Russian, after that write an FSP... just for 10...20 more nodes to
 AV> have a bit faster netmail delivery?

we're talking about echomail, though... but yes, it isn't worth it to try to do
 anything to figure it out... documenting not withstanding... it would require
non-mail traffic and a lot of probing of mailers and tossers to somehow pull
routing information that can be consolidated into some sort of a map... that
was painful back in the day when it was done and many refused to provide such
mappings because it is none of anyone else's business where one's mailer(s)
connect for mail transfers...

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