Subj : something new..
To   : All
From : August Abolins
Date : Wed Feb 01 2023 09:18 am


https://clrghouz.bbs.dege.au/about

"The FTN Clearing Houz is both an FTN Mailer and FTN message  
tosser, where mail is stored internally in a DB, and files in  
an S3 bucket. It can also hatch and toss files into FTN  
networks for both upstream and downstream nodes.

"It was created as an idea to bring modern technology and
capabilities to that legacy computing network that existed in
the 1980's and 1990's, where many of those programs from the
1980's and 1990's are still in use today too.

"For the BBS sysop, the FTN Clearing Houz has the following  
features:

    Supports BINKP network transfers
    Supports EMSI network transfers (for legacy "frontend" mailers)
    Supports PING responses (to netmails)
    A consistent reliable echomail/netmail hub for your BBSes, while you 
reconfigure your BBS.
    If you have more than 1 BBS, then the Clearing Houz can receive all your 
mail from your uplinks and feed them to your BBSes.

"For the FTN network operator, the FTN Clearing Houz has the following features 
(or planned ones):

    Supports BINKP network transfers
    Supports EMSI network transfers
    Automatic route configuration, routing netmail directly where links exist, 
or to the next uplink/downlink
    Manages ECHO areas and FILE areas
    Supports PING and TRACE responses (TRACE to be implemented)
    Nodelist Management
    Self service FTN Network Applications being implemented
    Dynamic mail bundling for upstream and downstream nodes (no more "inbounds" 
and "outbounds")
    Automatic delisting of idle nodes

"Other ideas that may make it into this tool:

    SMTP integration
    PGP signed mail and mail verification
    SQRL simple authentication (so there is 1 less username/password you need 
to remember)

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