On Thursday, October 17 1996, David Drummond wrote to John Piper ...

 DD> Some of us don't bother to fly an HST flag because, according to the
 DD> Austel Approval Addendum that came with my Courier, the use of B1
 DD> renders my modem non-approved.

 JP> Which has diddly squat to do with your nodelist flags.

 DD> Hmm - Interesting point.

 JP> As you would very well know, all nodelist flags do is indicate the
 JP> protocols your modem supports. Quite possibly, forcing an HST connect
 JP> from overseas may not violate any telecommunications authority
 JP> regulations.

 DD> I suppose so.  I guess if I don't fly a particular flag, and it
 DD> doesn't work when someone tries it, I'm not obligated (in fact if you
 DD> check, I fly very few nodelist flags - what someone else assumes is up
 DD> to them).

You might like to add a flag (V42) to indicate error correction.

John (japp{at}mpx.com.au)

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