mark lewis -> David Drummond wrote:
 MvdV>>>> if that actually happened it proves that the Australian
 MvdV>>>> objection to 000- numbers is NOt a a hoax....

 ml>>> no, it doesn't... reread ross' statement again...
"properly override"
 ml>>> being the keywords... properly overridden FTN POTS software includes
 ml>>> international and national dialing codes...

 DD>> You honestly expect someone to code EVERY country's code into
 DD>> their dialler setup???

 ml> no, they don't need to... however, the users of that software need to
 ml> tell that software where it resides and what is considered loacl, long
 ml> distance, or international for their locale... it isn't really all that
 ml> much work...

 ml> FWIW: it was exactly this portion of the setup stuff that caused me to
 ml> really take a look at and study how the teleco's stuff is set up and
 ml> works...

I ran a POTS mailer for years - with no mention of 911 (or 000) in my
configs. I didn't have to because there was no need for anyone to set such
stupid phone numbers in the nodelist.

There is still no such need if people run *proper* TCP/IP mailers. Even
those running kludged POTS mailers do not need this - they can always run a
readily available utility to adjust the nodelist their their personal
peculiar requirements.

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regards

David

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