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CyberTalk: The communication between Robots
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Introduction
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MailList has a feature which will be enhanced in future versions. I call it
"CyberTalk". I think something mentioned in the help-text of a LISTSERV
robot gave me the idea.
CyberTalk is when two programs communicate without human interference. A
CyberTalk exchange is initiated (for example) when you register your robot.
REGISTER request
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Registering is done by sending to your *own* MailList Robot the request
REGISTER. MailList then sends a REGISTER <host> request to the 'Home of the
MailList' MailList Robot <maillist@cray-3.xs4all.nl>. This robot then adds
your host-address to the list of hosts and then sends an UPDATE HOSTS
request to all registered robots. In the body of that message is a list of
all the robots registered. So, all registered robots "know" of the existance
of all the other registered robots.
A user can then send the request HOSTS to any MailList robot and get an
overview of all the known hosts that use MailList.
UPGRADE request
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Another CyberTalk enhancement is the request UPGRADE. This enables MailList
to upgrade your MailList software as soon as upgrades become available and
you won't need to do any FTP-ing... Read the file 'Policy' to find out about
the upgrade policy.
Future
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Future enhancements of this CyberTalk may be a request similar to the
LISTS GLOBAL request as seen on LISTSERV robots.