>> that 000-213-134-221-195 sure looks like an IP number to me ;)

 >> in fact, that is (was?) one of the preferred methods of
 >> listing an IP node...

 MvdV> Preferred by whom? Preferred by you perhaps.

preferred by those with capable software AT THE TIME... my software was
capable as were many others using other software packages...

 >> my software (frontdoor) has no problems with it

 MvdV> Mine does. And mine isn't the only one having problems. The
 MvdV> world of FidoNet is bigger than the world of FrontDoor.

maybe it is today, but it wasn't really when this stuff was designed and
implemented... besides, i can't help your software doesn't have the
capabilities that mine does... perhaps you chose to use inefficient
software back during that period... remember, this is history that is
coming under fire along with some apparent rewritting of what really
happened, when and how...

 >> and could connect to it with no problems

 MvdV> Only when supplemented with an emulator programme that fools
 MvdV> it into thinking it is dialling up via classic modem.

so? and your problem with that is??

 >> if it also had the ITN flag signaling telnet mailer access ;) ;)

 MvdV> But it doesn't fly the ITN flag, and Frontdoor can't do Binkp,
 MvdV> so you have no argument.

ahhh... but i do have a binkp mailer online and thus i can still contact
that system... it only took a little bit of extra work to incorporate into
my existing setup... it also took a bit more knowledge than many you
purchased or downloaded turnkey systems or had someone else set everything
up for them ;)

 >> and what's in a location name? O:)

 MvdV> It is supposed to supply useful information about the system's
 MvdV> physical location. "IP" is uninformative.

it seems to tell me that it is "on the internet" O:)

does it tell you anything different?

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