BBS: TELESC.NET.BR Assunto: Re: Weekly nodelist report on noteworthy changes (093) De: Wilfred van Velzen Data: Tue, 7 Apr 2026 11:51:28 +0200 ----------------------------------------------------------- Hi Michiel, On 2026-04-07 11:44:54, you wrote to me: WV>> I don't think IPv4 will ever die completely, at least not in the WV>> foreseeable future. MvdV> "Foreseeable future" is a tricky concept in these days where history may MvdV> change by the day. MvdV> Strange as it may seem, it also depends on what you consider "dead". Indeed MvdV> IPv4 may never die in the sense that it will be not be used at all any more. MvdV> But I think we may see the day that an IPv4 only system will be less usefull MvdV> and so IPv6 will becomse a must. A reversal of what we see today where an IPv6 MvdV> only system is still less usefull than an IPv4 only system. After that MvdV> reversal we may relatively soon get a situation where having IPv4 will have MvdV> little or no added value any more and some manufacturers will stop supporting MvdV> it for new products.. That may be the day when IPv45 is "dead". I'm not going to hold my breath for this to happen! ;-) MvdV> It will not be relevant for Fmail. IPv4 vs IPv6 should not be MvdV> relevant for a tosser and the fossile SMTP function in Fmail is the MvdV> only place where it is relevant. Since that function isn't all that MvdV> usefull anyway, the fact that it will not be usable at all after the MvdV> death of IPv4 is academic. Indeed. MvdV>>> But... if it could sort on UTC instead of sender's local time MvdV>>> it might be useful... WV>> I'll put it on my list. I already did a similar thing in another piece WV>> of software (python script). I even made a Net to TZ table for WV>> messages that don't have a TZUTC kludge. So atleast an educated guess WV>> for the correct TZ could be made. MvdV> Aha. GMTA. You are ahaed of me. I was anticipating the question of "what about MvdV> messages without a TZUTC kludge?" My answer would have been: "make a best MvdV> guess based on Fidonet geography by node number. But you are alread there. MvdV> Even to the net level. ;-) Or it might be on a Region level. I don't remember exactly. Btw: This should be an external config file, because Net structure might change more often then FMail releases... Bye, Wilfred. --- FMail-lnx64 2.3.2.6-B20251227 * Origin: FMail development HQ (2:280/464) ----------------------------------------------------------- [Voltar]