Good ${greeting_time}, Andrew!

11 Nov 2018 05:08:48, you wrote to me:

 AV>> Not only references, but the requirements like "dialup nodes must
 AV>> support EMSI protocol as defined in FSC-0056", "IP nodes must
 AV>> support binkp protocol as defined in FTS-1026", "email-based nodes
 AV>> must reply to the PING requests as defined in section 5.10 of
 AV>> FTS-5001 in at most 3 days (72 hours)", "the message editor should
 AV>> support multi-level quoting as defined in FSC-0032" etc.
 AL> The FTSC does not have the power to enact or enforce such
 AL> restrictions. The *Cs would have to act to do so, probably by
 AL> proposing an updated FidoNet Policy document and getting it
 AL> ratified.

Everything above is the current practice: most (likely, all) remaining dialup
nodes use EMSI, 1099 IP nodes use binkp and only 7 nodes are ifcico-only, and
even this message complies to FSC-0032 in quoting style.

So FTSC can and must document this.


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