[nos-bbs] nos-bbs Digest, Vol 71, Issue 6

[Kerry Smith]

jnos should be able to do something like that also.  Would need
a central point of where to get the info but with the alias
and rewrite files, it could be done, with some type of mapping.

One problem  with only one place for mail to go.  Some people
have mail boxes on multiple systems pertaining to multiple 
projects.  Myself, for example, have a mail box mainly for 
CAP mail, one for work mail, one for BS mail, one for the ohh
dredded bill, and so forth.  I'm sure other people have the
same thing simular but in the BBS community.

You asked for comments. :)

Kerry n3nxo


--- On Tue, 6/15/10, Charles Hargrove <n2nov at arrl.net> wrote:

> From: Charles Hargrove <n2nov at arrl.net>
> Subject: Re: [nos-bbs] nos-bbs Digest, Vol 71, Issue 6
> To: nos-bbs at tapr.org
> Date: Tuesday, June 15, 2010, 10:12 AM
> Are we concentrating on SPOC (single
> point of contact) while forgetting
> about SPOF (single point of failure)?  Not all BBS
> operations are 100%
> connected.  If the time that a user wants to check
> their personal packet
> mail over the air to a BBS coincides with an internet
> connection failure
> for that same system would result in the inability to
> retrieve the message
> for that user.  If someone is constantly in motion,
> then they should use
> Winlink.  Most people are not in constant
> motion.  If I wanted to retrieve
> a message on my home BBS while I was away from home, I
> would just use my
> laptop or smartphone to telnet or IMAP a message from the
> home system.
> 
> 
> > Some time in early 2009, I wrote something along the
> line of :
> >
> >> This goes along the same line of thought as GLOBAL
> mailboxes :
> >
> >>   What if I could connect to any
> NOS, FBB, MSYS, whatever system
> >>   and simply direct a mail to a
> callsign (ie, VE4KLM), instead of
> >>   to VE4KLM@#WPG.MB.CAN.NOAM ? Our
> callsigns are **UNIQUE**, so why
> >>   bother with the #WPG.MB.CAN.NOAM
> or somewhere.someplace.com ?
> >
> >> Winlink has it that you simply send to the
> CALLSIGN. Again, I have
> >> seriously been thinking about a global system
> where we just scrapt the
> >> suffix, so that the mail is truly GLOBAL, not
> local to a particular
> >> system. People have suggested a central IMAP
> server with IMAP proxies
> >> distributed globally and then have *participating*
> NOS systems link
> >> into that system. OR something along that line.
> >
> >> That stuff truly exites me.
> >
> > I have been looking into this again lately, and the
> big obstacle that
> > stands out to me is that JNOS is using MBOX format for
> the mail. Just
> > looking at the locking code is enough to give me a
> headache.
> >
> > Now, if it were a MAILDIR based system instead, I
> think it would be
> > immensely easier and much less complicated to
> implement this idea of
> > global mailboxes within the JNOS software.
> >
> > Any comments ?
> >
> > Please, I'd like to hear people's thoughts on this.
> >
> > Maiko Langelaar / VE4KLM
> 
> 
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