Hello David and others,

Tue. 12 Nov 2019, 07:38:48, David Drummond wrote to Oli:

DD> How do Wards useless nodelist flags affect your system?

Very simple, it affects all FidoNet systems and Points who want to crashpoll
a ,MOB node, because most ,MOB systems do not have connect info publisched
in the NodeList, the FidoNet phonebook.
Every ModeListed system should be on line for receiving mail, at least at ZMH,
by analogue modem at POTS or ISDN lines, or by TCP/IP via internet, or both.
But if no connect info is given, than it is a PVT system, and should be
marked as such. Easy he?
In reality that ,MOB systems are acting as Points, not as connectable Nodes.

The problem is Ward, and all others who use this flag,
do not want to be corrected at this point.
So the only solution is to stop your system from making crash net mail polls
autimatically, because the phonenumber is missing, and the IPinfo is missing
either.
When the ,MOB systems were flagged as Private, there was no problem.
The only hope is IPv6 for 3G/4G/5G mobile systems coming in the (near) future.

Henri.


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