Hello Steven.

11 Nov 02 22:23, you wrote to me:

 RVR>> Isn't that what started all this? How *C's are ignoring those
 RVR>> standards? How stupid things like 1-000-000-000 (or
 RVR>> 000-000-000-000) are used for phone number fields? How they allow
 RVR>> IBN and other such flags without including the FQDN or IP address?

 SH> One should be careful.  If one does not like being listed as a private
 SH> node, there's very little one can do other than use a non-functional
 SH> phone number in that field.  As for the IBN flag, I was told that once
 SH> my IP address appeared in the BBS name, adding it to the IBN flag was
 SH> redundant.

 SH> I add that using one flag to serve two different purposes is
 SH> unacceptable. What is used to designate a POTS node as unreachable
 SH> should not be used for an IP which is accessible 24/7.  Instead, accept
 SH> the Zone 1 solution because it works.

I don't remember your ZC telling me it was allowed when I asked her.. in fact
I think she said the opposite.....

As I said before, no-one's asking you to become a private node, however you
and I disagree what Pvt means. I see it as "ION node", you see it as
"Private".

On another note, I would rather have "Pvt" then
"Region" in front of my node
number - you seen all the garbage that gets thrown against these people that
fly the "Region" flag? And most of them don't even post in the echos!

:-)

Cheers,
                Rick

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