Subj : Re: ET phone home
To   : Nick Andre
From : Wilfred van Velzen
Date : Sat Jan 07 2017 07:50 pm

Hi,

On 2017-01-07 13:04:08, Nick Andre wrote to Wilfred Van Velzen:
  about: "Re: ET phone home":

 WV>> When there were still duplicate nets in fidonet, zone-gates and
 WV>> seen-by stripping was needed. And this wasn't a good idea. But
 WV>> fidonet has changed.

 NA> I still see no reason to enable the PATH detection code... on the basis
 NA> that nobody in the last several years has complained about it.

Some people are complaining now about an excess of dupes. What's wrong with 
catching a few extra? You said the code is already there, so it would be easy 
for you to enable it!

 WV>>  NA> It is a misconception that code that has worked for decades
 WV>> needs
 WV>> to b
 WV>>  NA> updated to support some new "modern" Fido technology...
 WV>>
 WV>> Yes please, put your fingers in your ears, close your eyes, and keep
 WV>> repeat the mantra "fidonet is not changing" for as long as you can.
 WV>> Maybe it will have become a reality when you're done... ;)

 NA> Do you honestly think ANY of the existing kludge or packet formats are
 NA> going to be changed? :)

Of course not, and that was not what we were discussing.

Bye, Wilfred.


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