Hello Fred,

On Thursday December 06 2018 10:58, you wrote to me:

 MvdV>> So, a properly configured binkp mailer will see that the IBN
 MvdV>> flag carries a server address. It will use that and nothing
 MvdV>> alse to connect. A binkp mailer will NOT look at the INA flag
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 FR> Jerry Schwartz's Perl script is probably the most popular extraction
 FR> tool used to generate this file.  Up until July of this year a file
 FR> created by this script was hatched into the I-BinkD file echo.

My guess is that the binkp.net method is the most popular method to let binkd
make use of the connect info in the nodelist. IIRC there is also a German
program to male a binkp.txt.

 FR> Carol's entry in that extraction of NodeList.224 is...

 FR>    Node 1:275/100@fidonet  shenks.dyndns.org;shenks.synchro.net    -

 FR> which is causes BinkD to try the dyndns.org host first, if it doesn't
 FR> resolve it tries the synchro.net address.

Then obviously the combination of Jerry's script and binkd does not qualify as
a properly configured FTSC complient software.

 FR> The data attached to the INA flag in this example is NOT dead wood.
 FR> It is usable if you use the software I have mentioned above.

One can always create cheats that will make non complient stuff work. Such
cheats are detrimental to the smooth operation of the network.

One can make a car that turns left when the steering wheel is turned right.
Someone who has never drive a car before can easely be trained to drive it.
However having two conflicting standards for steering a car is detrimental to
road safety.


Cheers, Michiel

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