>> ml> seems to me that the problem only applies to Z3 and Z3 listings...

>> Not quite... The problem exists only within in AUSTRALIA, and nowhere
>> else (in Z3).

 WD> ... and thus involves all "000-" entries.

how?!!? 000- when used like this is a "country code"... mailers
have to have their local country code defined, somehow, somewhere... they
also have to have their local access area codes defined somehow,
somewhere... these two are generally stripped from the number and only the
needed portion is dialed...

  ie: 1-919-555-0100 is the number
      1- is my country code
      919- is my area code
      my mailer then knows that it only has
      to dial 555-0100 to connect

      1-912-555-0100 is the number
      1- is my country code
      912- is not my area code
      my mailer then knows that it has to at
      least dial 912-555-0100 to connect.
      however, there is another config setting,
      generally called the "long distance"
      setting, that comes into play. in my case,
      that LD setting is to dial a 1 so, the
      number has the 1- stripped and then re-added
      and my mailer dials 1-912-555-0100 and
      attempts to connect...

surely this is the same in other places in the world and works in some
similar fashion with other FTN software than what i currently run...

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