Downside with this (like Usenet) is that it can end up with lots of groups with little traffic (think fido) where really want you want (i my view) is some overarching management of group creation - much like the early days of Usenet (Big 8) - so you don't get runaway groups being created.
It might take a bit of thought. Certainly Usenet style distribution
could work, but there might need to be some control protocols to allow management of group(echo) creation. Unless it breaks something, I would still like to see some look of FTN addressing, even if the underlying transport is something totally different to what we know as FTH echomail.
On 12-20-18 12:59, Avon wrote to Vk3jed <=-
I'm not wedded personally to using established FTN addressing. I can't
see any benefit if we're thinking in a broader bolder fashion to create something new. I do like the underlying methodology of Usenet and how information is shared between peered systems etc. I think there's something in that idea for a future BBS interconnected message
network(s) :)
Imagine something more along the lines of torrent tech that allowed B to just announce they were available to the wider network to share/se messages to others.
Many many years ago I did have the start of "MysticNet" which was
similar to what you're speaking about. But I am hesitant to push for
it. I think some of the Synchronet people did something like that
too... At the end of the day the BBS scene is too small to segregate too much based on proprietary protocols, and so we end up getting stuck with FTN.
I'm not wedded personally to using established FTN addressing. I can' see any benefit if we're thinking in a broader bolder fashion to crea something new. I do like the underlying methodology of Usenet and how information is shared between peered systems etc. I think there's something in that idea for a future BBS interconnected message network(s) :)
While we are talking echomail, what if someone wants to netmail someone who's on the new technology privately from a legacy system, how do we ensure that happens in a transparent matter? Sure we can do the Fidonet
- email style gateway thing, but that is ugly, especially for the non Fidonet side. :)
I think it's timely to discuss new ways of doing things and how
interested parties might collaborate on turning those ideas into reality.
A place that offers network resilience and redundancy between nodes,
I would like to see this increased. We can bandaid FTN as I am already doing, but a much better system could be created.
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