Re: Updated HTPP Convers server available

From: Joerg Reuter DL1BKE (exzcnsdr@i2network.net)
Date: Mon Jan 31 2000 - 02:58:39 EET

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    > Has the convers server-server protocol been documented anywhere?

    Apart from the "nickname" extensions, there's at least a list
    of commands used for the server protocol in the original
    PingPong Convers source. TPP AFAIK also uses some additional
    commands that will be transparently relayed by normal convers
    servers.

    > Has the convers user command syntax been documented anywhere?

    There's the online help, but commands and server messages
    differ from implementation to implementation which makes it
    impossible to write reasonable client software. Jochen DG6VJ
    implemented a server-client protocol we're currently experimenting
    with, but it is far from being complete. Probably we'll
    rewrite the server or design a new server-server protocol.
    The question is if it's worth it or if we rather should use
    one of the IRC protocols -- which has the same disadvantage, BTW:
    no current protocol definition. IRC is nice, though. And quite
    well to handle unless someone uses a sirc based client which pings
    the server every second or so.

    BTW: /.. is really /\377\200

    73,
    Jörg



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