Hi Joe,

 > The Telephone number field in the Nodelist is the 
 > SAME field for ALL Zones,
 > by design it is recognised by Fidonet S/W as a PSTN 
 > Telephone number. If
 > something else is represented there then there is 
 > NOTHING stopping that valu
 > being interpreted by a Node as if it was a Telephone 
 > number and attempt to d
 > it. As it happens, even Fidonet is not happy with a 
 > Node listing an "invalid
 > phone number, let alone an invalid IP address.

 JD> Since nobody but Z1 will ever see it that way, because Malcolm
 JD> converts it anyway, there is no problem.

Malcolm only "converts" for the the Zone 3 segment, he does not
convert for other Zones (as those segments are not his to convert)...

 > The reality of this situation is that a different 
 > "convention" implemented b
 > ONE zone does not stop other Zones attempting to 
 > interpret it as a (invalid)
 > Telephone No.

 JD> Setting your translation table to NOT dial any number with 000 will
 JD> solve the problem.

But that does NOT stop anyone attemting to reach IP 0.0.0.0 (000-0-0-0-0).

Cheers...........pk.


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