Hello Wilfred,

On 05 Oct 15 21:23, Wilfred van Velzen wrote to mark lewis:

 WV>>> That doesn't guarantee delivery either.

 ml>> delivering directly to the destination machine doesn't guarantee
 ml>> delivery to the destination recipient, either... especially with
 ml>> some BBS software preconfigured to handle netmail in certain ways
 ml>> and bitbucketing netmail, by default, that it doesn't know who's
 ml>> mailbox to put it in...

 WV>>> And I wouldn't know if his host has the same problem delivering
 WV>>> it...

 ml>> hosts don't have to /deliver/ netmail... they only have to make
 ml>> netmail available for pickup... if the destination system polls
 ml>> once a month and picks up their waiting netmail, the requirement
 ml>> is satisfied...

 WV> You can speculate about it for ever. ;)

 WV> So I contacted his host Michael Luko. And he has lost contact too...
 WV> So sending a routed netmail wouldn't have worked either.

I think by the way it's sounding, Michael Luko is going to start routing
netmail through me that is host-routed to James. James has been feeding here
for over a year now, and I had thought that he still kept a direct link with
his NC exacly for this purpose.. but apparantly I was wrong.

 WV>>> I think I'm gona try email.

 ml>> that may or may not work, too ;)

 WV> So far no response after about 48 hours...

 WV>>> Anyway the nodelist entry should be fixed!

The CM definitely should be removed. He hasn't been up 24x7 in quite some time
now, but picks up mail from me once or twice a week for more than one network.

 ml>> to a certain extent, i agree with you... it would be more
 ml>> important if the network were larger but as small as the network
 ml>> is now? it is pretty easy to find these systems and see how to
 ml>> handle sending mail to them... much easier than it was in years
 ml>> past...

 WV> I think this case is quite simple: If there is contact, James can
 WV> provide a working host name (or other resolution). Otherwise his node
 WV> should be put on Hold, for the moment...

Doesn't need to be put on HOLD, just route the netmail through me if you really
want to get it to him before Michael Luko starts sending that stuff to me. I
was just contacted about it today, so it may take until the next time Michael
checks mail for my reply.

Also, I've netmailed James directly letting him know people are trying to get
ahold of him, and if he cut off his link to his NC, he should either re-create
it, or that I've told him to send me his host-routed netmails so James at the
very least receives them. What he does with them after that is completely up to
him. :)

Regards,
Nick

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