Hi Mark,

Friday October 15 2004 12:08, you wrote to me:

 US>> From the past fidonet history (without ip capabilities) this
 US>> point was clear stated, that a node must be online at zmh to
 US>> receive netmail
 ml> period... stop right there... anything added to that is interpretation
 ml> and is not contained in policy...
 US>> from everybody who sends a directmail to a node who is
 US>> only zmh online ...
 ml> no... policy doesn't and never has stated "from everybody..."

if its so, policy paragraph 2.1.6 can never work.
your interpretation contradicts policy paragraph 2.1.6,
that everybody sysops option is to send netmails DIRECT ...

 ml>  WRT zmh
 ml> and/or netmail...
 ml> )\/(ark
 ml>  $ Origin: (1:3634/12)

regards, uli   ;-)

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