> 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.

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

 > 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.
 >

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

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