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Skriven 2008-03-24 16:16:58 av Alexey Vissarionov (2:5020/545)
   Kommentar till text 1345 av mark lewis (1:3634/12.0)
Ärende: Proper nodelist format for Internet-only nodes?
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Good ${greeting_time}, mark!

23.03.2008 16:47, you wrote to me:

 ml>> $ >nslookup f0.n154.z1.fidonet.net
 ml>> Name:    bbs.sobbs.org
 ml>> Address:  68.254.169.60
 ml>> Aliases:  f0.n154.z1.fidonet.net
 AV>> All necessary information for contacting a node MUST be published
 AV>> in the nodelist,
 ml> if that's the case, then why are there so many who do not? most all
 ml> of them are binkp nodes, too...

Ask this question to *Cs...

 AV>> FSP-1026 and fidonet.net domain provide an additional service
 AV>> (sometimes it is useful, but always is unnecessary).
 ml> FWIW: i find that this depends on what mailer is being used on the
 ml> originating system... however, even with my hybrid system running two
 ml> mailers, side by side, i can't make use of any of the nodelist
 ml> internet domain stuff (outside of field 6), at all... both require
 ml> some sort of behind the scenes assistance :(

Yes, it MAY require some additional actions - but all the necessary and
sufficient information MUST be published in the nodelist.

 LK>>> There are about 15 entries with similiar problems in Zone 1.
 ml>> you need to spend more time in the FTSC documents and figuring out
 ml>> how everything meshes together ;) :P
 AV>> Follow your own advise - start with FTS-5001 and look for "INA"
 AV>> flag there.
 ml> uh... i _know_ how it all fits together... i've been here and doing
 ml> this for much too long to not know...

So, you know about this stupid practice and do nothing?

 ml> hell, i've been around fidonet since before P4 was even put out as a
 ml> proposal... i even cast a vote in the process that made P4 our
 ml> current policy document ;)

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You know what to do with this, don't you :-)


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