Re: Just got this ...
  By: Bj”rn Felten to mark lewis on Fri Jun 05 2020 13:21:08


 ml> no... you're not the only target or reader in here, either...
 ml> the reply was also intended for those just reading along who
 ml> don't know how FTN distribution really works ;)

 BF> How incredible it may sound, considering how many years you
 BF> have been in our FTN network, you still don't seem to
 BF> understand the basic principles of our network.

i understand perfectly the basic principles of our network...

you should note that in the beginning of echomail, there was no concept of
passthrough echomail areas... all mail was tossed into the local message
base... then it was scanned out of the local message base to downlinks... it
was not tossed to the local base and to downlinks at the same time... that came
later when CPU speed, memory, and storage space increased...

later, offering the ability to rescan an area was a feature introduced by some
tosser specifically to enable systems to back-fill and build their message
bases... sure, perhaps the idea wasn't completely thought through but it is
here and it is what it is... the addition of the ^aRESCAN control line was a
later addition just like all other control lines that were originally added as
kludges and later became standard control lines...


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