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  • New (proposed) door dropfile format up for discussion

    From Digital Man@VERT to All on Wednesday, September 30, 2026 00:53:09
    https://github.com/SynchronetBBS/sbbs/blob/master/docs/dropfile_ini.md

    Up for discussion/debate - purposely has not be implemented anywhere (even in Synchronet) yet, so everything about it is just a proposal. I do plan to add it to Synchronet after an appropriate amount of time to collect reviews/comments/feedback.

    Thanks,
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  • From Accession@VERT/PHARCYDE to Digital Man on Wednesday, September 30, 2026 10:57:46
    Hey Digital!

    On Wed, Sep 30 2026 00:53:08 -0700, you wrote:

    Up for discussion/debate - purposely has not be implemented anywhere
    (even in Synchronet) yet, so everything about it is just a proposal. I do plan to add it to Synchronet after an appropriate amount of time to collect reviews/comments/feedback.

    Am I correct in assuming that this can basically replace ANY other drop file?

    Looks crazy (in a good way). Way more capabilities than any other dropfile out there, from what I can tell.

    Regards,
    Accession

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  • From Digital Man@VERT to Accession on Wednesday, September 30, 2026 13:11:02
    Re: New (proposed) door dropfile format up for discussion
    By: Accession to Digital Man on Wed Sep 30 2026 10:57 am

    Hey Digital!

    On Wed, Sep 30 2026 00:53:08 -0700, you wrote:

    Up for discussion/debate - purposely has not be implemented anywhere (even in Synchronet) yet, so everything about it is just a proposal. I do plan to add it to Synchronet after an appropriate amount of time to collect reviews/comments/feedback.

    Am I correct in assuming that this can basically replace ANY other drop file?

    I don't see why not. Of course, existing drop file support will remain for pre-existing program compatibility.
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  • From Digital Man@VERT to All on Thursday, October 01, 2026 13:39:20
    Re: New (proposed) door dropfile format up for discussion
    By: Digital Man to All on Wed Sep 30 2026 12:53 am

    https://github.com/SynchronetBBS/sbbs/blob/master/docs/dropfile_ini.md

    Up for discussion/debate - purposely has not be implemented anywhere (even in Synchronet) yet, so everything about it is just a proposal. I do plan to add it to Synchronet after an appropriate amount of time to collect reviews/comments/feedback.

    The proposal (it's not any kind of standard yet, don't implement it) is now here:
    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/blob/master/docs/doordrop_ini.md and https://github.com/SynchronetBBS/sbbs/blob/master/docs/doordrop_ini.md
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  • From Digital Man@VERT to All on Saturday, October 17, 2026 14:06:32
    Re: New (proposed) door dropfile format up for discussion
    By: Digital Man to All on Thu Oct 01 2026 01:39 pm

    Re: New (proposed) door dropfile format up for discussion
    By: Digital Man to All on Wed Sep 30 2026 12:53 am

    https://github.com/SynchronetBBS/sbbs/blob/master/docs/dropfile_ini.md

    Up for discussion/debate - purposely has not be implemented anywhere (even in Synchronet) yet, so everything about it is just a proposal. I do plan to add it to Synchronet after an appropriate amount of time to collect reviews/comments/feedback.

    The proposal (it's not any kind of standard yet, don't implement it) is now here: https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/blob/master/docs/doordrop_ini.md and https://github.com/SynchronetBBS/sbbs/blob/master/docs/doordrop_ini.md

    Comments/updates have a slowed down. If no other changes are made by the end of the month (Oct-31), I'll stamp that v1.0 and implement support for it (DOORDROP.INI) in Synchronet BBS software.
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