Hello Michiel.

30 Oct 02 08:14, you wrote to me:

 MG>> I lack the programming skill, otherwise I would be
 MG>> attempting to write such a program already.

 MV> Indeed you do. If you did have the skill, you would realize that what
 MV> you suggest is NOT a solution.

 MV> One can not make a universal nodelist compiler that will work for
 MV> /everyone/. There is just too much stuff around. Not every mailer uses
 MV> the V7 standard you know. As a programmer and an expert I tell you
 MV> that what you want is not possible.

What's so difficult? Can not a program make a text-based output, by making
translations on the input file which is another text based document? I may
not be a programmer, but I know enough about programming to know that it
would not be all that difficult for a program to parse the nodelist looking
for any IP based flags along with a pre-determined string in the phone
number field (like a 000- string), and translate all listings that include
them into a Pvt, -Unpublished- format in a *TEXT* based output, which would
solve the problem for /any/ POTS based mailer, regardless of how they
compile the nodelist.

But no, you'd rather sit back with your hidden agenda to keep IP based
nodes second-class, and make the claim that it's impossible. Nothing is
impossible, especially such a simple thing. If an entire server operating
system like Linux can be built on an open source effort, why would such a
small thing as a flexible nodelist compiler be so difficult to achieve?

 MV> If you believe I am wrong then prove it by writing the dammed
 MV> thing yourself. If you can not do that shut up and stop claiming
 MV> it is possible.

What I /do/ believe is that you are a small-minded man who lacks vision,
and who does not care enough about this hobby to even want to /attempt/ to
work towards a solution. You've already made up your narrow mind that POTS
nodes are first class nodes in this network, and that all else must be
subjugated to your narrow point of view.

In short, if you've got nothing good to say, don't say anything at all.
You're not a part of the solution, so you are a part of the problem.


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