PQ> Hi! Mvan,

 PQ> In a message to Peter Knapper you wrote:

 ML> Policy 4, Section 2.2 - "How to Obtain a node number" does not
 ML> require a valid node address to send netmail to the NC for a FidoNet
 ML> application.

 PQ> What happens if you use a 1:343/999 -aka- instead?  
 PQ> (Or, insert your nearest NC's Net number... for the 
 PQ> purposes of the exercise.)

Unless the procedure's to use node 999 ... 

Nope. BinkleyTerm refuses to operate with an unlisted address.

From my understanding if it's a valid address then it might get routed. But
0:0/0 or -/-1 or even 1:65535/65535 shouldn't, and the destination system's
mail processor should place those messages to a defined BAD_AREA.

The applicant would then contact their NC by phone to let them know mail's
waiting. Or they could simply wait until the NC inspects their BAD_AREA.

For the purpose of applying for a node address, an applicant should only
need to demonstrate that their system can send Netmail.

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