Hello mark,

On Saturday October 26 2019 12:43, you wrote to me:

 ml>>> net280, on the other hand, is certainly listed... kees van eeten
 ml>>> is the NC there...

 MV>> Wrong. I am the NC. Kees is the Host.

 ml> my bad for not looking for the NC userflag... apologies...

No prob. A common mistake. Kees and I both started with Fidonet in net 500. The
first net outside North America and originating from before Fidonet was split
into zones.

In met 500 it was customary to split the Host and NC functions. The Idea was
that if the Host goes AWOL, the NC can arrange for a new Host and update the
nodelist. IF the NC goes AWOL, the Host can take over and arrange for a new NC
to be (s)elected. That way continuity is preserved.

Around 2000 the region was reorganised and we all moved to net 280. When I took
over from Jan Vermeulen as NC280, I continued in the net 500 way. Kees had much
better connectivity than I. I had binkp but my POTS was ZMH only. Kees had CM
binkp, POTS and ISDN. So delegating the Host function to him was a logical
step. It works for net 280.

Cheers, Michiel

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