Subj : syncterm bbs port discovery
To   : fusion
From : deon
Date : Thu Jul 07 2022 22:02:35

  Re: syncterm bbs port discovery
  By: fusion to Digital Man on Thu Jul 07 2022 05:55 am

 > Keep having this idea pop in my head.. maybe a solution in search of a problem.. DNS servers often have text strings with all
 > sorts of stuff.. spf for ips allowed to send mail on behalf of a domain, domain ownership verfification.. yadda yadda
 >
 > Could perhaps throw one in there like BBS=2323 or something so syncterm can find nonstandard ports on it's own.

So "SRV" records a really for this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SRV_record

But your idea is good - could Syncterm read them? Best to find deuce in IRC or post a feature request on sourceforge


....лоеп

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