= Сообщение: 6996 из 7124 ====================================== FTSC_PUBLIC = От : Rob Swindell 1:103/705 27 Dec 23 18:52:35 Кому : Alexey Vissarionov 27 Dec 23 18:52:35 Тема : FSP-10xx-1: BBSID Kludge Specification FGHI : area://FTSC_PUBLIC?msgid=32461.ftsc_pub@1:103/705+29f297c0 На : area://FTSC_PUBLIC?msgid=2:5020/545+658c6380 = Кодировка сообщения определена как: CP437 ================================== ============================================================================== Re: FSP-10xx-1: BBSID Kludge Specification By: Alexey Vissarionov to Rob Swindell on Wed Dec 27 2023 01:22 pm
> Good ${greeting_time}, Rob! > > 26 Dec 2023 15:05:26, you wrote to All: > > RS> Since BBSes that support QWK packet technology must > > Must? > > RS> already have a globally unique ID (the so-called BBS-ID or "Board ID" > > What happens if a BBS lacks such ID?
The QWK packet standard requires a BBS ID. If a BBS supports QWK, it must have one.
> RS> from which their QWK packet files are named), > > What if BBS doesn't use QWK?
Then the BBS may not have a need for a BBS ID.
> RS> it made logical sense to reuse this same ID as the method of > RS> correlating any message received via FidoNet with the avatar data > RS> stored > > Where?
Out of scope of the document.
> RS> for the message author. > > Author or BBS?
Avatars are associated with an author which is a user on a BBS.
> RS> BBSID: <bbs-id> > RS> Where <bbs-id> is a string of between 2 and 8 monocased ASCII > RS> characters, begining with an alphabetic character (betweeen 'A' and > RS> 'Z' inclusive). > > The word "monocased" reduces the characters to letters. > > RS> Only MS-DOS compatible filename characters may be included in a > RS> BBS-ID. > > DOSes are dead for over 20 years. What is the reason for such limitation?
The same answer I gave previous, for QWK packet compatibility. -- digital man (rob)
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