[nos-bbs] Bulletin flood handling

[Boudewijn (Bob) Tenty]

That is right for ax25 bulletins.

The only thing what stayed local were a couple of mailing lists from 
Internet
I had these in the past.  These were on topic (What Internet mailing 
lists already are)

Bob VE3TOK




On 14-08-09 07:35 AM, Michael E Fox - N6MEF wrote:
>
> Thanks Bob.
>
> So, if I read what you’re saying correctly, then the answers to my 
> three topics are:
>
> 1)  no flood – you forward anyway (“I will forward all the bulletins I 
> receive”)
>
> 2)  topic-based vs. flood-based – you sort and forward based on the 
> flood only
>
> 3)  @local flood – you don’t use it (“I will forward all the bulletins 
> I receive”)
>
> Is that right?
>
> Michael
>
> N6MEF
>
> *From:*nos-bbs-bounces at tapr.org [mailto:nos-bbs-bounces at tapr.org] *On 
> Behalf Of *Boudewijn (Bob) Tenty
> *Sent:* Friday, August 08, 2014 5:12 PM
> *To:* TAPR xNOS Mailing List
> *Subject:* Re: [nos-bbs] Bulletin flood handling
>
> I just sort them based on area  @area  ww (world),  eu, vk, etc. only  
> and don't sort them based on the topic as topics change all the time.
> I will forward all the bulletins I receive.
>
> Sorting based on topics is too much work for ax25 bulletins I think.
>
> Bob VE3TOK
>
> On 14-08-08 12:27 PM, Michael E Fox - N6MEF wrote:
>
>     I’d like to get some clarification from the broader group on the
>     generally accepted/expected way to handle bulletin floods.  I
>     guess this is a broader topic than just for NOS, but I’m
>     constrained by the capabilities/limitations of JNOS so I’d like to
>     know what other JNOS users do.
>
>     I’m looking for feedback on a few key points:
>
>     1)  no flood
>
>     I’ve been told that a bulletin addressed to “topic” (no @flood)
>     should remain local on the machine and not be flooded to
>     forwarding partners.  I’ve even received snarky emails from other
>     sysops when I forward a bulletin that did not have a flood in the
>     address.  However, the rewrite files from others I’ve see
>     routinely have rules such as:
>
>     atv*       atv
>
>     or
>
>     wx*       wx
>
>     That is, no distinguishing between atv*@* and atv*.  Everything
>     gets put into the atv mailbox/area.  Then the forward.bbs files
>     from those same sysops forward those areas to partners.  This
>     means that all bulletins, with or without a flood are sent to
>     forwarding partners.  And, if everyone does that, then no flood is
>     essentially the same as @ww.
>
>     Question:  Do most people separate how they handle topic* from
>     topic*@*? If yes, how?  If no, then do you just flood everything?
>
>     2)  topic-based vs. flood-based rewrites
>
>     Most of the rewrite files I’ve seen start with a list of topics
>     that the sysop wants to group into areas.  This makes it easier
>     for the reader to find something of interest.  Example:
>
>     ibm* comp
>
>     linux* comp
>
>     mac* comp
>
>     Then, anything else that’s not listed above gets lumped into
>     flood-based mailboxes.  Example:
>
>     *@noam allnoam
>
>     *@ww allww
>
>     But then the whole list (comp, allnoam, allww) gets forwarded to
>     the forwarding partners.  Of course, a forwarding partner in
>     Europe would not be forwarded the allnoam mailbox.  But they would
>     get the comp mailbox, even if there is stuff in the comp mailbox
>     with @noam floods.  So, in essence, if everyone uses topic-based
>     rewrites, then everything that goes into a topic area ends up
>     being flooded everywhere.
>
>     Question:  Is this what most people do?  If not, how do you handle
>     splitting bulletins into topics for your users while still doing
>     the expected thing for each different flood?
>
>     3)  @local flood
>
>     I’ve been told that the @local flood (i.e. topic at local) should
>     stay on the local machine.  In other words, it’s sort of a
>     pseudo-flood or anti-flood in that it explicitly designates that
>     the bulletin should not be flooded/forwarded to others.  But I’ve
>     not seen that used in the rewrite files I’ve seen.
>
>     Question;  Is the @local “flood” in general use?  If so, how are
>     you handling it?
>
>     Michael
>
>
>
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