>  AP> Sadly, it would reduce our numbers even more... but I guarantee many
 >  AP> nodes that are listed are just no longer active and some are unwilling
 >  AP> to remove them because they don't want our numbers to drop.

 >  No, not in Fidonet. ;(((

I am talking to a few that used to be in our little "net family" that
are interested in the possibility of coming back.  One has even donated
a "legacy" system that will hopefully run my software a little better
since my system does better under XP than Windows 10.

 >  Some may be temporarily off line, but will be back real soon now.
 >  I have also been told that some nodes only return an IP address from DNS
 >  during ZMA. So getting a "host not found" from DNS for almost 800
consecutive
 >  days is normal for a CM system.                  

That may be true, but I'm finding the domains parked or taken over by
Cyber Squatters.  You know the "Chinese" this domain is forsale for an
unreasonably large amount of money.

Do you run the BBS under Concord?  I think I've called your system.
It's mighty impressive!

Allen
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