mark lewis -> David Drummond wrote:
 ml>>>>> field... my mailer doesn't pull connect info from the
 ml>>>>> location field or the system name field because those
 ml>         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 ml>>>>> fields do not contain connection info... ;)

 DD>>>> so... the whole world must bend just to accommodate your
 DD>>>> kludged mailer?

 ml>>> nope... instead the "whole world" must bend to a
kludged nodelist and
 ml>>> kludged software to retrieve information that is in places where it
 ml>>> shouldn't be...

 DD>> You think nodelist flags are a kludge?

 ml> that is not what i said... the points i was going after are still quoted
 ml> in my original statement above... they are now pointed to, too...

It could be suggested that you update your mailer to something more modern
that copes with nodelisting practices of today.

"people running ancient software is what is holding Fidonet back"....

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regards

David

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