G'Day Janis,

23 Nov 02 01:15, you wrote to me:

 >>>> Can you provide an example of how they would be correctly listed in
 >>>> your zone then.

 >>> I use the method that David Moufarrage introduced me to, when I finally
 >>> had a static ip, though I'll be changing all my listings this week.

 >>> This node has no Pots line, and is decent example I think:

 >>>
,100,filegate.net,Windsor_NY,Janis_Kracht,000-65-206-47-120,300,CM,IBN,I
 >>> TN,IFT

 >> And an example for one that doesn't have a static IP, please?

 JK> IMO, we should not list them at all, unless a node can provide an ip
 JK> address or domain name, or a transx mailbox - or creates a listing that
 JK> showed limited hours would work, as above with txy flags..

Well then I'll rephrase that.

Could you list a correct example for an ION that uses an FQDN rather than a
static IP.

 >> Well as a test flag, would you not have a different segment for transfer
 >> to other zones, or do you send the test flag across as well?

 JK> The test flag flies to the other zones since you folks get the same
 JK> segment as the rest of Zone 1 does.. MakeNl should ignore it if what
 JK> I've read is true .  NlMaint can be told to ignore unknown flags,
 JK> error them out, or let them go unaltered, so I suppose it will depend on
 JK> the other ZC's setup.

So therefore its safe to assume that any ION trialing the test INA flag will
lose its statement of connectivity in other zones (due to the flag not being
used there)?

Cheers,
                Rick

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