DD> mark lewis -> David Drummond wrote:

 DD>> You happen to know nothing of the sort. I was "trying to
go after"
 DD>> those luddites who run DOS POTS mailers kludged to believe they're
 DD>> dialling phone numbers when in fact they're dialling IP numbers.

 ml> well, then you have absolutely no idea of what you speak or attack...
 ml> get this straight...

 ml>    FRONTDOOR HAS NOT BEEN KLUDGED TO BELIEVE ANYTHING.
 ml>    IT TRANSMITS WHATEVER IT FINDS IN THE "CONTACT NUMBER"
 ml>    FIELD IN THE NODELIST TO THE FOSSIL DRIVER. JUST LIKE
 ml>    ANY OTHER MAILER, FD WILL APPLY TRANSLATIONS THAT MAY
 ml>    BE CONFIGURED. IT DOES ABSOLUTELY NOTHING DIFFERENT
 ml>    THAN IT ALWAYS HAS IN THAT REGARD...

 DD> How does it cope with a node which lists IP info AND a phone
 DD> number? FD is a POTS mailer.

frontdoor only acts on the data in the "contact number" field
unless it has 
been overridden somehow...

 DD>> How many of those luddites are there in the current nodelist?

 ml> i dunno... can't you tell? you seem to be one that is totally wrapped up
 ml> in what software people choose to run...

 DD> Because a minority wish to run software that appears to need
 DD> specific listings that break many others' software.

oh? and you have accurate and verifiable numbers to back this up??

 ml> do you also care what kind of house they live in or what kind of
 ml> car they  DD> drive?

 DD> Only when that house/car has to interface with my mailer.

then there is no problem...

)\/(ark