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On 15 Dec 17  15:37:40, Carol Shenkenberger said the following to Alexey Vissa

CS>  AV> If you run large echomail distribution node, you most likely are ready
CS>  AV> you develop FTN software, you most likely are ready.
CS> 
CS> Alexey feels you have to be a current mail distributor to some 50 nets or
CS> coding mailers/bbs software.  Fact is there is a need for folks with a deep
CS> understanding of a zone or nodelist issues and other things.  Also a need t
CS> make sure Z4 works with anything new.

Let me ask the non-technical people here. You know who you are. Tell me why we
even need an FTSC anymore?

It is not the job of the FTSC to make sure Z4 works with anything new, nor
does the FTSC "hold hands" with people who cannot grasp how to properly run 
mailers or cannot understand how a nodelist works.

The role of the FTSC is to document new stuff that becomes accepted as
standard, and to clean up/help Michiel revise existing documents. Like him or 
not, at the very least he keeps the interest going for maintaining them.

But it would be very logical going on 2018 now to "call it day" and dissolve
the FTSC altogether; it is highly unlikely a new Fido technology is going to
be adapted like BinkD was.

The existing documents for the most common, popular transfer methods and 
storage of Fido mail is clear enough that a developer can write his own
mailer, tosser, nodelist compiler, editor etc.

What else is there now to do? Other than patchwork?

Cue now to the noise...

Nick

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