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echo: fidopols
to: Janis Kracht
from: Craig Hutchison
date: 2002-11-02 23:59:42
subject: NodelistGuide or FAQ

G'day Janis,

 In a message dated 01 Nov 02 you wrote:

 >> It's simple, and it works. Get your NC to change your listing to Pvt and
 >> put -Unpublished- in the phone number field. Where's the problem?

 JK> That works as a quick and sloppy fix, IMO.  There are people in the
 JK> nodelist who are _truly_ Pvt, and they are not ION nodes.

And I'll bet pounds to pennies that the ION nodes marked Pvt outnumber
truly PRIVATE nodes by a factor of at least 2 to 1. So what?

An ION already disregards enough of policy, why bother trying to comply
with a couple of selected paragraphs?

 Craig

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