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    From deon@1:103/705 to apam on Thu Jul 7 22:03:52 2022
    Re: syncterm bbs port discovery
    By: deon to fusion on Thu Jul 07 2022 10:02 pm

    Hey Apam,

    Keep having this idea pop in my head.. maybe a solution in search of a problem.. DNS servers often have text strings with all
    sorts of stuff.. spf for ips allowed to send mail on behalf of a domain, domain ownership verfification.. yadda yadda

    Could perhaps throw one in there like BBS=2323 or something so syncterm can find nonstandard ports on it's own.

    So "SRV" records a really for this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SRV_record

    But your idea is good - could Syncterm read them? Best to find deuce in IRC or post a feature request on sourceforge

    This would be a nice idea for MagiTerm too...


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  • From Nelgin@1:103/705 to All on Fri Jul 8 00:29:20 2022
    On Thu, 7 Jul 2022 22:02:35 +1000
    "deon" <deon@VERT/ALTERANT> wrote:

    Re: syncterm bbs port discovery
    By: fusion to Digital Man on Thu Jul 07 2022 05:55 am

    Keep having this idea pop in my head.. maybe a solution in search
    of a problem.. DNS servers often have text strings with all sorts
    of stuff.. spf for ips allowed to send mail on behalf of a domain,
    domain ownership verfification.. yadda yadda

    Could perhaps throw one in there like BBS=2323 or something so
    syncterm can find nonstandard ports on it's own.

    So "SRV" records a really for this:
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SRV_record

    Keep in mind an SRV record hostname must point to a servers A or AAAA
    address and not a CNAME. Otherwise, seems reasonable.
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