Hello Herman.

15 Jun 04 23:25, you wrote to me:

 HN> Hi Mike,


 HN>    Quoting: Mike Miller to Peter Knapper
 HN>  Date/Time: 15-Jun-04 / 09:54:46
 HN>    Subject: International Coodinator

 MM>>>> IP addresses shouldn't be listed in the nodelist at all.

 HN> Why not?
 HN> How to call an IP node?
 HN> There _must_ be an IP adres or DNS name in the nodelist.

 You're quoting Malcom there, not me. Ask him.

 PK>>> Ack... Its not my preferred method for listing this info, but as
 PK>>> long as its correct, then it should be a valid method.

 MM>> Talk to Miles on that one, I list my IP address in the nodelist,
 MM>> and it does not appear in the Z3 list AFAIK, because 000 is some
 MM>> emergency number Down Under. I still can't fathom that people
 MM>> would not have their systems configured to not dial such a number

 HN> The telephone field should only be used for the node telephone number.
 HN> Not for an IP adress.

 HN> When my IP adres was in the telephone field, where should my telephone
 HN> number (POTS + ISDN) to be placed??

 HN> IMO using 000-12-456-78-910 in the telephone field should not be
 HN> allowed.

 You've just completely contridicted yourself in one message. First, IP
addresses should be alloed, and now they shouldn't.

There's a difference between an IP address and a FQDN.



Mike

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