PW>  Instead of a new one how about looking at an
 PW> old proposal I remember reading abt in a back
 PW> issue of fidonews. A binary list which among other
 PW> things used a bit field to represent flags such
 PW> as MO, CM, LO, PVT.

that could be done, true... but what's it really going to save? and is it
going to help those who do actually sit and read the nodelist? no...

IMHO, it is simply not necessary... now, if fidonet were to encompass the
number of machines that the internet does, things might be very
different...

)\/(ark