Hello Bj”rn,

 >>> It is virtually impossible to accidentally
 >>> configure a mailer to, at the same time,

 MvdV>> Actually it is very easy. A dial translation table like this:

 > DIAL 31- 0
 > END

 >    Key word here is *accidentally*.

A new sysop (node- or point) could easily make this mistake. He found out
that he needs to remove the country code of his own country and replace it
with the trunk access code, but he does not know yet that for international
calls he must prefix the number with the international access code. So long
as he only makes national calls (calls his hub/host) he will not discover
his mistake.

 >    The sad thing about this entire 000 hoax is, that, based on
 > some totally unsubstantiated claims (no names, no time, no
 > details what-so-ever), the entire fidonet is made to suffer

I see it different.

IMNSHO this 000- thing was a bad idea from the start. For a variety of
reasons. The Australian emergency number issue just being one of them.

The main reason I think this was a bad idea is that POTS mailers were never
designed to have to deal with numbers that should never be dialled. POTS
mailers expect a dialable number or "-Unpublished-" and nothing
else. One simply can not expect all legacy  mailers to handle the situation
correctly.

I see no gain in using this method, only loss.

Cheers, Michiel

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