Subj : human-readable nodelist format
To   : andrew clarke
From : Scott Little
Date : Sun Nov 10 2002 05:08 pm

 [ 10 Nov 02 16:19, andrew clarke wrote to Scott Little ]

 ac> If there are rules in the spec, they can't be ignored!

Uh, why are we here?  Coz everyone's ignoring the nodelist specs and putting 
shit everywhere under all manner of status flags (Pvt, Hold and whatnot).

 ac> You just can't do that. ;-)

They can and will.. mark my words </cranky old fart>

 ac> I don't know what alternate use people would use for the Uplink

They can use it as their echomail route instead of Host route.  It's more 
likely that you may think...

(fast forward 10 years)

With the demise of Regions and Hubs, there is no now no need for the Uplink 
keyword - the node number itself contains all the information necessary.  But 
since much software uses it to route mail, we can reuse it as the echomail 
route, rather than Host route.

[HRN processors designed to enforce the spec explode because people list 
invalid uplinks; Dale tells them all to upgrade their software or piss off]


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