On 2019 Jun 25 10:37:00, you wrote to Dale Shipp:

 HD>>> Pvt,1466,Owls_Anchor,Columbia_MD,Dale_Shipp,-Unpublished-,9600,XX,MO

 DS>> Not sure why you picked me out of the crowd of PVT nodes that exist:-}}

 HD> It was because someone wrote you had a BBS,
 HD> so I rememberd your name and looked it up.

and your problem is what, exactly?

 HD>>> Sorry, but such systems are only acting as a point.

 DS>> Nope.

 HD> Why no connect info then?,
 HD> not even your IP or E-Mail adress.

you never heard of a private BBS? are you trying to tell dale how to run his 
system? can we all start telling you how to run your system??

 DS>> The entry is what my NC made when he assigned me a node many years ago.

 HD> That's the case for many systems, but onfortunately not updated tot the
 HD> latest situation.

there's nothing wrong with the entry, henri...

 DS>> Reading the nodelist today, I can see that you are right about the
 DS>> 300 versus 9600 ( which was the baud rate of my modem when I had
 DS>> one).

 HD> That was the least mistake.

where's that mirror, henri?

 DS>> I understand your point about the XX, I seem to recall that it simply
 DS>> indicated the type of mailer I had which has been IM and then Argus.

 HD> Yes, but it was not updated for a long time, that's the point.

when was your's last updated, henri?

 DS>> BUT, I do operate a BBS with users even though I do not accept
 DS>> incoming connects -- and never have done so.

 HD> Why not make the connect info public?

because he doesn't want to... that's pretty plain and easy to understand, isn't 
it...

 DS>> I'll send a netmail to my NC and mention that the XX should be
 DS>> removed and baud rate changed to 300.

 HD> Thanks for your kind answers, I hope more sysops and *C's will update
 HD> their NodeList info. It's a much better attitude then what I received
 HD> from Ward and Nick.

if you stick your dick in a bear trap, don't you expect that trap to snap shut 
on it? tend your business, man... or go sailing again ;)

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