Hello Carol!

On Friday December 01 2006 19:51, you wrote to me:

 MvdV>> And the sysop in question is still nodelisted, but without any
 MvdV>> contact information.

 CS> Are you objecting to the fact that Bin Li is still listed?

Yes, I was referring to Bin Li. And yes, I object to that listing.

 CS> He's still reliably ¨picking up traffic

So are my points. And you just have to take my word for it.

My points - like Bin Li - have a Binkp client. That does not qualify them
for a line in the nodelist.

 CS>  and is PVT listed.

He is also listed a as host. *without* contact information.

 > Host,654,Shanghai_Net,Shanghai,Bin_Li,000-0-0-0-0,300,XA
 > Pvt,1012,Red_Hurst_BBS,Shanghai,Bin_Li,-Unpublished-,300,XA

Face it Carol, as it is Bin Li does not qualify for node status. Nodes do
not just poll their uplink for mail, they can be polled as well. To qualify
for node status one has to run a server (POTS, ISDN or IP) and the server's
contact informaton needs to be in the nodelist so that others can contact
it. Providing contact information is the main purpose of the nodelist.

Yes, I know, there is such a thing as a private node. Private nodes can not
be host though.


Cheers, Michiel

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