04 Dec 15 18:48, you wrote to Alan Ianson:   
      
    BP>>> just a wish to see MBSE serve as a Direct Connect server and file   
    BP>>> storage   
      
    AI>> What is a Direct Connect server, and what does it do?   
      
    BP> i assumed too much that MBSE users know more then me on what DC+ is,   
    BP> sorry about that :=)   
      
   then you assume too much about FTN in toto...   
      
    AI>> You can connect directly to MBSE via telnet, IFC, ITN and Binkp. :)   
      
    BP> Direct Connect is P2P protocol, that means if i have huge files in   
    BP> fidonet it wont drain my own bandwidth to download it via P2P if MBSE   
    BP> supported DC+ protocol, i cant understand that in 2015 its still just   
    BP> using FTN without P2P support   
      
   of course it is... FTN does not (thankfully!) incorporate any P2P c4rp... if   
   you want P2P, then you aren't looking at FTN stuffs... maybe in the future if   
   someone developes a P2P protocol for FTN, documents it and makes it widely   
   available where other FTN systems pick it up and start using it...   
      
   frankly, i cannot see P2P being used for FTN message transfers ever... that   
   because each packet is specific to each individual system... if you want to   
   try to brainstorm something like this, the NET_DEV echo is available... be   
   prepared to post documentation on the operation and also develop and make   
   availabe binaries for testing... i won't even mention embedding this in an   
   existing mailer so that others can easily acquire and use the new method...   
      
   )\/(ark   
      
   "So let me ask you a question about this brave new world of yours. When you've   
   killed all the bad guys, and when it's all perfect, and just and fair, and   
   when you have finally got it exactly the way you want it, what are you going   
   to do with the people like you? The trouble makers. How are you going to   
   protect your glorious revolution from the next one?"   
   - The twelfth Doctor   
      
   ... Ya..  But if it worked 1st time.. What fun would it be?   
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