Short: Information on the Melody Mailers Author: robert@ecs.mtlnet.org (Robert Williamson) Uploader: robert ecs mtlnet org (Robert Williamson) Type: comm/fido Architecture: generic Information on the Melody Mailers for YOU Robert Williamson FidoNet#1:167/104.0 There are three Melody Mailers: POP by Denis Turcotte, and JAZ and RAP by Robert Williamson. The original design concept of the minimal point mailer is by Denis Turcotte, as are the names, POP and RAP. The design criteria of Melody Mailers is transparency to tosser software, minimal size, speed, and simplicity of configuration and operation for points. Each of the mailers attempts to meet these requirements. POP: The smallest and fastest, it features a simple log, a scrolling status window and XPR transfer display. JAZ: Somewhat larger, and a bit slower, it does not have the XPR display or the log but does feature a two region window, The upper portion is a realtime display with various fields, while the lower is a scrolling display. RAP: Even bigger, and slower, this one features the XPR status display, buffered logfile and a three region display with realtime, scrolling and log display portions. Information on the Melody Mailers for your BOSS Robert Williamson FidoNet#1:167/104.0 Melody Mailers are intended for POINTS ONLY, they CANNOT be used by nodes. This is because they do not do FTS1. They also do not do EMSI. To keep things simple, they do WAZOO (FTS6) handshake only, with a single protocol, ZEDZAP. They are fully 5D and present the domain in the wazoo handshake. These design contraints necessitate that the BOSS node be capable of ROUTING all mail to the points primary address if the point is connected to more than one FTN domain. This capability is present in virtually all modern ftn software. -eot-