ac> I don't know what alternate use people would use for the
 ac> Uplink keyword, but it won't matter, because the spec won't
 ac> allow them to.  And anyone using broken software that doesn't
 ac> comply to the spec would be risking being denodelisted until
 ac> they stop using it presumably.

erm... the current use of the "BBS Name" field in the currently
used St. Louis Format (SLF) nodelist as a domain name instead of the system
name is one such example of an alternative use... granted, its not being
misused in what you are proposing or working on but it is a possibility
that someone may do the same...

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