Hi! mark,

On 11 Dec 07 20:35, you wrote to me:

 PQ>> Warning - look out for a new version 1.02.10 coming soon.  I've
 PQ>> just seen the new Zone 3 version nodelist, and it does -not- have
 PQ>> a Zone 6 listed!
 ml> because there is no zone 6 any more...

Agreed.  But the 'placekeeper' should have remained.  The only overhead is
a single line of text (ignore the follow-on semi-colon).  What's the harm?

 PQ>> (Recall that I used it as an 'end of data' marker,
 PQ>> for a temporary Zone 5 list particularly.)  A very bad decision
 PQ>> on the part of the Fido IC, IMHO.

 ml> in what way? there is no zone 6 because there is no one there... the
 ml> bad decision was in not simply reading until the end of the file OR
 ml> until the next ZONE keyword ;)

Cheeky!  You do realise how long a sequential read on a nodelist takes
using batch stuff, don't you.  I found a shortcut method that worked
excellently.  Of course I'm upset.  :)

Cheers,
Paul.

... "Ah!  Now that's entertainment!" -- Vlad the Impaler.
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