ml> NOT with a _properly_ configured mailer... ie: one with a defined inte
ml> dialing code setup... the prefix of the international dialing code com
ml> gates the possibilty of dialing a *local* emergency (or otherwise) num
ml> "local" being the operative keyword as that has been the
whole argumen
ml> since this thing started...

 CS> Mark, never prepend the country code to the 000- spec.  It breaks
 CS> everything the 000- spec is about.

exactly... 000- is the "country code"... i used to send netmails
to folks who were erroneously listed as 1-000-000-0000 but i never heard a
word from them...

 CS> POTS only nodes should be using a dial translation to remove or
 CS> redirect any 000-* entry to either not dial or dial something
 CS> locally harmless. 

right... and ION nodes can handle them just fine... but wot about dualy
connected nodes like mine? ;)

 CS> Adding by pre-pending the country code makes a mess of that.       

exactly...

)\/(ark