*** Quoting Rick Van Ruth from a message to Steven Horn ***


 SH> And I can't change my status as an RIN because I've been one for 7 out
 SH> of the last 11 years.  The only time my node became part of a network
 SH> was when I was NC of Net3409 and that net disappeared 4 years ago.

RVR> The whole point here that you are missing is the fact that you aren't
RVR> private (Pvt) node system. You are an ION that is forced to use the Pv
RVR> to overcome the deficiences in nodelist compilers. Just because you th
RVR> the Pvt keyword at the beginning of your entry does not make you a pri
RVR> node in the P4 sense of the word.

Correct.  In RIN case, HOLD is the authorized version for ION RIN's.

                                       xxcarol

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