-=> Dale Shipp Scribbled to Robert Couture <=-

 DS> {at}MSGID: 
 -=> On 05-30-04  12:19,  Robert Couture <=-
 -=> spoke to Matt Bedynek about International Coodinator <=-

 RC> No, that is not what I was saying.  Policy states that
 RC> /all/ nodes must be able to connect to /all/ other nodes
 RC> during ZMH.  Policy does not state anything about technical
 RC> exceptions.

 DS>   Out of curiousity, I just went and read P4 again with respect to ZMH.
 DS>   In section 1.3.3, it is defined as:
 DS>   ==quote==
 DS>   Zone Mail Hour (ZMH) is a defined time during which all nodes in a
 DS>   zone are required to be able to accept netmail.
 DS>   ==endquote==

 DS>    I do not see that all nodes are required to accept netmail from all
 DS>    nodes, just that all nodes are required to accept netmail.

 DS>    And then later on in section 2.1.8, it is said:
 DS>    ==quote==
 DS>   Any system which wishes to be a part of FidoNet must be able to
 DS>   receive mail during this time using the protocol defined in the
 DS>   current FidoNet Technical Standards Committee publication (FTS-0001
 DS> at
 DS>   this writing).
 DS>   ==endquote==

 DS>   I read that to say "must be able to receive", and not
"must receive
 DS>   any mail sent".

 DS>   I'd never really thought much about these things before, but this
 DS>   reading makes me wonder why some are saying that "all nodes must
 DS>   accept mail from all other nodes".  What say the rest of you?

The way it reads to me means that all nodes must be ABLE to receive
mail, which covers routed netmail.  Its not explicit in the how... 





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