SID letters

FBB software presents a SID which looks like : [FBB-7.00-AB1FHMX$]

What is a SID ?

• SID means System IDentifier
• A SID allows a system which connects the BBS to know if standard (or specific) features are supported or not

Protocol

• The SID is always sent by the BBS as the first line after the connection
• A SID is composed of fields (at least two, maximum three) separated by a hyphen "-" .
• In FBB SID, I use three fields which are :
  
• The author string ("FBB" in my case)
• A version number or author data ("7.00" for instance)
• A list of features symbolized by letters optionnaly followed by a digit giving the version number. If no digit is given, version 0 is assumed
• The version number (ot author data) is optionnal
• The features of FBB software are :
  
• A : Acknowledge for personal messages
• B : FBB compressed protocole V0 supported
• B1 : FBB compressed protocole V1 supported
• F : FBB basic protocole supported
• H : Hierarchical Location designators supported
• M : Message identifier supported
• X : Compressed batch forwarding supported
• $ : BID supported (must be the last character of the list)