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- Date: 11 Jul 88 00:30:18
- From: Roeland Meyer on 132/101, BBS Source Ar of New England-N, Nashua NH
- To: Randy Bush on 105/6, DawgGone Disg of VanPort Net, Portland OR
- Subj: Bundle name format
-
- I thought I'd bring back something we discussed a few months ago for your
- enjoyment. I am doing a router and thought I might try to add this
- capability as an option.
-
- As you can see, this is already part of a .H file. The router will only
- build this type of bundle if specifically told to do so. Otherwise, it will
- build a standard Opus style bundle. It will be able to process a mix of
- both types.
-
- Oh yeah, the router will also "peek" at the Inbound area for any PassThru
- bundles. The router is specifically designed to work with Binkley as the
- mailer. There is no nonsense about delta addresses and such. The name of
- the bundle is the address of where it has to go. If this is not the current
- system then the router will tell Binkley to send it.
-
- If there exists a bundle of the same name and sequence number on the target
- machine then Binkley will automatically increment the sequence number. This
- is a current feature of Binkley.
-
- Notice the special Flags for Files and EchoMail. The router will allow
- routing for both, if desired. There is also full Zone and Point support,
- something which oMMM is desparately lacking.
-
- There are three major routing goals:
- 1) least cost routing.
- 2) Conservation of disk space.
- 3) Zone and Point support.
-
- How do I propose this nameing convention to the FTSC?
-
-
-
- /****************************************************************************
- New address specifier
- This is designed for the new bundle nameing convention of
-
- ZNNNOOPP.Fxx
- | | | | ||
- | | | | |`--> Incrementing sequence number, base 10, max = 99d
- | | | | | Starts at 0 and counts to '99' then wraps
- | | | | | back to 0. No "Day-of-week" bullshit.
- | | | | | This is strictly to avoid bundle collisions.
- | | | | | An 'empty' version of the bundle is kept
- | | | | | around to help the router remember what the
- | | | | | last sequence number was.
- | | | | |
- | | | | `-----> Flag to indicate bundle type
- | | | | Allowed values:
- | | | | '1' to 'V' are not allowed here.
- | | | | 'W' - <Reserved>
- | | | | 'X' - File bundle
- | | | | 'Y' - Echo Mail bundle
- | | | | 'Z' - Normal mail bundle
- | | | |
- | | | `--------> Point address, base 32, max = 1,024d
- | | | Allowed values: '00' to 'VV'
- | | | This is the Point part of the destination
- | | | address of the bundle.
- | | | Special values:
- | | | '00' - Destination is the Node given by
- | | | ZNNNOO, not forwarded to any Points.
- | | | 'VV' - This a broadcast bundle to ALL Points
- | | | under the Node given by ZNNNOO, as
- | | | well as, the Node given by same.
- | | |
- | | `----------> Node address, base 32, max = 1,024d
- | | Allowed values: '00' to 'VV'
- | | This is the Node part of the destination
- | | address of the bundle.
- | | Special values:
- | | '00' - Destination is the Net Host given by
- | | ZNNN, not forwarded to any Nodes.
- | | 'VV' - This a broadcast bundle to ALL Nodes
- | | in the Net given by ZNNN, as
- | | well as, the Net Host given by same.
- | |
- | `------------> Net address, base 32, max = 33,824d
- | Allowed values: '000' to 'VVV'
- | This is the Net part of the destination
- | address of the bundle.
- | Special values:
- | '000' - Destination is the ZoneGate given by
- | Z, not forwarded to any Nets.
- | 'VVV' - This a broadcast bundle to ALL Nets
- | in the Zone given by Z, as well as,
- | the ZoneGate given by same.
- |
- `--------------> Zone address, base 32, max = 32d
- Allowed values: '0' to 'V'
- This is the Zone part of the destination
- address of the bundle.
- Special values:
- '0' - Destination is the current ZoneGate.
- 'V' - This a broadcast bundle to ALL
- ZoneGates given by the NodeList, as
- well as, the ZoneGate given by same.
- EXAMPLES:
-
- 10020304.Z01 - Destination = 1:2/3.4 Point 4 under 1:2/3
- 10020300.Z01 - Destination = 1:2/3.0 Node address Zone 1 Net 2 Node 3
- 10020000.Z01 - Destination = 1:2/0.0 Net Host of Zone 1 Net 2
- 10000000.Z01 - Destination = 1:0/0.0 ZoneGate of Zone 1
- 00000000.Z01 - Destination = 0:0/0.0 ZoneGate of current Zone
- 100203VV.Z01 - Destination = ALL Points under 1:2/3
- 1002VV00.Z01 - Destination = ALL Nodes under 1:2/0, no Points.
- 1VVV0000.Z01 - Destination = ALL Net Hosts in Zone 1 only, no one else.
- V0000000.Z01 - Destination = ALL ZoneGates in the Nodelist.
- 1002VVVV.Z01 - Destination = ALL Nodes and Points in Zone 1 Net 2.
- 1VVVVVVV.Z01 - Destination = ALL Points, Nodes, and Nets in Zone 1.
- VVVVVVVV.Z01 - Destination = All Points, Nodes, and Nets in all Zones.
- VVVV0000.Z01 - Destination = All Net Hosts and ZoneGates in all Zones only.
- 1002VVVV.Z01 - Destination = All Nodes and Points in Zone 1 Net 2.
- 1VVV00VV.Z01 - Destination = All Points on all NetHosts in Zone 1
- 0VVVVV00.Z01 - Destination = All Nets and Nodes in the current Zone
-
-
- ****************************************************************************/
-
- typedef struct
- {
- Byte Zone ; /* Binary 00 to 32 Zone address */
- Word Net ; /* Binary 00 to 33824 Net address */
- Word Node ; /* Binary 00 to 1024 Node address */
- Byte Point ; /* Binary 00 to 1024 Point address */
- } NetAddr, *NetAddrPtr;
-
- The router will only generate this type of bundle if it is told that a
- particular target Node can accept it. If it receives this type of bundle,
- and the router has not been told that the Node it is sending to can process
- it, than the router will transform the bundle into the current style of
- bundle acceptable by Opus. This means more processing, but, should allow
- for a smoother transition.
-
- --- ConfMail V3.31
- * Origin: Computer Linguistics,Huntington Beach,CA (1:103/507.2)
-