Hi All,
thanks for replying to my previous test.

Now i've set the 'use real name' flag for all the Fidonet msg areas on my bbs.

After all these years, i'm glad (and suprised) that Fidonet is still alive!

Happy new year,
Sebastien (aka TNT).
BEETS BBS.
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Hi Sebastien.

02 Jan 21 08:37:56, you wrote to All:

@TZUTC: -0500
@MSGID: 12.fidonet_fidotest@1:229/1017 2455ad41
@PID: Synchronet 3.18c-Linux master/2a9de5d95 Dec 28 2020 GCC 9.3.0
@TID: SBBSecho 3.12-Linux master/2a9de5d95 Dec 28 2020 GCC 9.3.0
@COLS: 80
@BBSID: BEETS

What is the purpose of this BBSID kludge?

@CHRS: ASCII 1
@NOTE: FSEditor.js v1.104
Hi All,
thanks for replying to my previous test.

Now i've set the 'use real name' flag for all the Fidonet msg areas on my bbs.

Good!

After all these years, i'm glad (and suprised) that Fidonet is still alive!

:D

'Tommi

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Hi Tommy,
Indeed thats strange this kludge. It does not appear on my original message. I'm using SBBS with mostly the default values, so I dont know where this get added... i'll investigate.
Tnx for the feedback.

Sebastien.
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Re: Echomail real name test
By: Sebastien Ruel to Tommi Koivula on Sat Jan 02 2021 05:10 pm

Indeed thats strange this kludge. It does not appear on my original message. I'm using SBBS with mostly the default values, so I dont know where this get added... i'll investigate.
Tnx for the feedback.

If I'm not mistaken..

That kludge is for avatar support. Avatar's have been working for some time in DOVE-Net and I suppose QWK networked areas. I think that kludge is, or will be used for avatar support in FTN areas.


Ttyl :-),
Al

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Re: Echomail real name test
By: Tommi Koivula to Sebastien Ruel on Sat Jan 02 2021 04:40 pm

Hi Sebastien.

02 Jan 21 08:37:56, you wrote to All:

@TZUTC: -0500
@MSGID: 12.fidonet_fidotest@1:229/1017 2455ad41
@PID: Synchronet 3.18c-Linux master/2a9de5d95 Dec 28 2020 GCC 9.3.0 @TID: SBBSecho 3.12-Linux master/2a9de5d95 Dec 28 2020 GCC 9.3.0
@COLS: 80
@BBSID: BEETS

What is the purpose of this BBSID kludge?

It helps to tie a BBS's FidoNet identities (AKAs) together with their QWK BBS-ID. For Synchronet, this helps with the display of user avatars in message headers. It could be used for other purposes in the future.
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Re: Echomail real name test
By: Sebastien Ruel to Tommi Koivula on Sat Jan 02 2021 05:10 pm

Hi Tommy,
Indeed thats strange this kludge. It does not appear on my original message. I'm using SBBS with mostly the default values, so I dont know where this get added... i'll investigate.

It's added by SBBSecho (v3.12+) during export.
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Re: Echomail real name test
By: Alan Ianson to Sebastien Ruel on Sat Jan 02 2021 08:34 pm

That kludge is for avatar support. Avatar's have been working for some time in DOVE-Net and I suppose QWK networked areas. I think that kludge is, or will be used for avatar support in FTN areas.

Right. And the avatars already worked in FTN areas, so long as the SYNCDATA echo is also being imported via FTN on that BBS. However, most Synchronet sysops carry SYNCDATA via DOVE-Net (QWKnet) and therefore don't have all the associated BBS's FTN AKAs (and their published FTN address would be Vertrauen's). The "BBSID" kludge solves this issue with the avatar distribution system.
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Synchronet/BBS Terminology Definition #37:
GIF = Graphics Interchange Format (pronounced "JIFF")
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