Subj : Re: future for fido
To   : Tim Schattkowsky
From : Ulrich Schroeter
Date : Sat Apr 09 2022 03:24 pm

moin Tim,

09 Apr 22 10:55, from Martin Foster -> Tim Schattkowsky, in URL 
area://FUTURE4FIDO?msgid=2:310/31.3@fidonet+fb436e8c:

 MF> Perhaps folks might like to comment on your suggestion which you
 MF> posted  recently in FTSC_PUBLIC .....

 MF> *** Thursday 10.02.22 at 14:42, Tim Schattkowsky wrote to All:

 TS>> Hello All,

 TS>> when using Fido today I regularly hit the wall when I notice that
 TS>> I would like to *attach at least a picture* to illustrate
 TS>> something. Also, people keep sendig me fido messages that refer
 TS>> to pictures put on their web space. This feels odd.

 TS>> Also, the current practice for *text styles is limited* in
 TS>> application and not well-defined. Still, this seems to be the
 TS>> minor of the two issues.

 TS>> I think this is really something that could/should be addressed
 TS>> in some way to enable relevant contemporary communication through
 TS>> fido.

 TS>> To adress this, I see _at least_ two options:

 TS>> 1) Do it fully email-style by using MIME with HTML text and
 TS>> embedded/referenced    pictures. This will be a lot to implement
 TS>> ...
 TS>> non-compatible systems.

one more idea ...

regular message text in a text folder ...
including a message into a text create a reference link
within the text and put the picture into a subdirectory  attachment

areafolder               with  *.msg         and
areafolder\attach        with  *.pics or other attachments

all to have to be signaled is that this echo and this message has an 
attachfolder

the idea relates to the idea how html pages are stored to your local hard drive
if you save a html pages, the local saved html page often includes a 
subdirectory
that stores the included pictures and other stuff

how the content is transfered from one system to another, there are a couple of 
options:
maybe to combine echo- and fileecho ... or include the attachment through the 
echo distribution with addtl packages and tossers that are able to handle such 
attachment packages

one smooth option is to handle echoes and fileechos in parallel ...
future4fido      as  echo area and
future4fido.att  as  fileecho

future4fido      handled by the tosser in old style way put the message into a 
folder   future4fido.echo
future4fido.att  handled by fileticker in old style way put the attachments (if 
any) into a folder
                                                                                
        future4fido.echo.att

a message with a picture included references / includes the picture with eg  
att\msgid-12345-pic-1234.jpg





regards, uli    ;-)
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