Not always online capsules

[Serg Podtynnyi]

Hi,

Reminds me of FidoNet days, 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FidoNet#Zone_mail_hour

There was /Zone Mail Hour for all nodes on the network  when they MUST 
accept mail traffic from anywhere. Also there were flags in the list 
describing when the node is available for connection.
/

On 21.09.2021 11:41, Alice wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Are there any protocols that could be used with (say) Gemini for 
> capsules that are not always online ?
>
> The expectation that the whole internet is always online feels like a 
> massive waste of resource. It should be ok for a capsule to say "hey, 
> I'm not online. Come back later, or check this mirror". Instead we get 
> fatal looking errors.
>
> Maybe custom TXT DNS entries could specify when to expect the capsule 
> to be available, and where to find mirrors ?
>
> Anyone knows of any such protocol that could be used with Gemini ?
>
> :-)
> Alice
>
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--- Serg Podtynnyi
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