Hello Bj”rn!

16 Sep 04 17:22, Bj”rn Felten wrote to Vladimir Donskoy:

 VD>> Please answer, which FIDONET's nodelist has
"Othernets" as Zone 7?
 VD>> Other networks are not interesting - it is not FIDONET!

 BF>    Absolutely true, Vladimir!

 BF>    I can't believe some people are actually using that as an argument
 BF> against forming a zone 7. If someone decided to use FTN for their own
 BF> project, that's fine. But if they were stupid enough to use zone number 7,
 BF> when they have at least 255 to choose from, any problems *they* run into
 BF> serves themselves -- to fidonet it's absolutely no problems.

And I have next opinition about this problem: Zone7 in FIDONET may exist
only these cases - in address (nodes), routing tables, links (node to
node).
In address of node - no problem, node of FIDONET not equal node of Othernet
(but node with many AKA exist even our zone2 - for example all coordinators
nodes).
In routing tables - are you route FIDONET massages to Othernet? I'm (for
example) not route these messages, and I know what our hubs don't route it
also.
In links - they may use 5D address, and (or) these sysops know what
Networks have these links. Sysops with AKA at Zone7 (planned FIDONET) and
Zone7 Othernet - impossible, because on territory R50 exist only one
othernet with number 7 - project of FIDONET's Zone7, and it will close when
start real Z7. But now this project is succesfull working with Z2 and Z7
addressing, and have no problem.


So: no problem for FIDONET and Othernets if we will start using Zone7
addresses (with FIDONET nodelist, of course).


Vladimir Donskoy.

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