Hi Vladimir,

 VD>> As I write previos - same question: is it "node" or
"end system" at
 VD>> netmail route? "Node" must distribute mail to another
systems, "end
 VD>> system" must only receive mail and not send it beyond.

 DD> A "node" can also be an "end system", as you put 
 DD> it, as in a "leaf node".

 VD> This is may be translator problem: in my dictionaries 
 VD> "node" equal "bundle, nodul, cross, unit (of a 
 VD> multidude)" (this is backward translate from Russian to 
 VD> English). 

I think the problem is that our dictioniaries appear to be treating
"Node" as a Adjective, while FIdonet is using the term
"Node" as a Noun.


 VD> So term "node" assume "cross of the links", 
 VD> and without few links (more then 1!) is incorrect. Is 
 VD> this translate right?

I would not read it that way at all.


 VD> "End system" in my opinion "one-link system", as sample 
 VD> - point of FIDO without AKA (but it have incoming calls 
 VD> and responsible for his traffic in difference from point).

 DD> A node is a system that is nodelisted.

 VD> Yes of course, but it is a FIDONET term.

Fidonet has chosen to use the term "Node" as a Noun, not an adjective.

Cheers............pk.


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