15 Aug 16 19:06, you wrote to All:

 RM> Is there some etiquette as far as points? Do you need to request to add
 RM> them to the nodelist or can I just set it up and basically be responsible
 RM> for my points as the node (being as how I would be the only one that's
 RM> pretty easy.)

you maintain points in your local pointlist... it is like a nodelist with some
slight differences... there's two formats of pointlist... BOSS format and i
forget the other one... the format i've been using on my main system
(frontdoor/remoteaccess) looks like this...

BOSS,1:3634/12,system_name,system_location,sysop,phone,speed,flags
Pvt,1,some_system,some_location,some_operator,-Unpublished,9600,flags
2,another_system,another_location,another_operator,###-###-####,9600,flags

basically the BOSS line is used as the base to add the other lines' numbers
to... Pvt points are just like private systems in the nodelist and have
-Unpublished- in the contact number field... those like the 3rd line are
accessible since they are not marked Pvt and they do have a contact number
listed...

Z1 hasn't every had a published pointlist like Z2 has... basically you maintain
it and keep it local to your system... then anyone wanting to netmail one of
your points has to route the mail to/thru your main system and then your main
system would handle routing the mail to the points...

all of my points can connect to my main system at any time... those that i have
contact information for are notified that they should be online accepting
inbound connections during ZMH... especially if i have contact information for
them and they have not specifically specified that their mail be put on HOLD
for them to pick up...

also, don't let anyone tell you that points cannot be contacted by their boss
or others that have their contact information... they can even fly the online
time flags like full nodes... ;)

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