Subj : Theoretical situation To : Bob Seaborn From : Gerald Miller Date : Wed Feb 20 2002 09:40 am Hello Bob, Wednesday February 20 2002 09:21, Bob Seaborn wrote to Steve Quarrella: BS> not that I've figured out. It seems to be all-or-none, unfortunately. >> Let's say I want to refuse service to Joe Dork, who occasionally >> routes mail to non-Private systems who are my downlinks. I know I >> can simply go into OTSETUP, Tracker Options, Special Handling, and >> insert the user's node number under ROUTE NEVER after I define a >> template. Now, Joe Dork can't route anything through my system. >> >> Is it possible, though, to configure OT so that Joe Dork -can- >> route mail to my points, who obviously aren't CM like my downlinks >> are, while denying Joe Dork the ability to route non-point mail >> through my system? The objective here is to allow Joe Dork to route >> to my points, while forcing him to get off his ass and spend his >> own resources in connecting to publicly-available systems. >> >> --- >> * Origin: "A parking lot full of whale vomit" (1:393/9005.3) Presuming that you've notified Joe that he can Direct link to the listed nodes, maybe it's possible to use something like NetManager to bounce the messages back to Joe with a notice that he can call fully listed nodes on his own nickel, but the MailHandler (OT) will continue to route to the non-CM (point) systems... ??? Maybe such a suggestion contravenes Fidonet policy, in which case, you never heard it from me! It might not even be worth the effort to set up NetManager to do such a thing if you send Joe an detailed explanation of what is expected (desired ???) of him.... Cheers ... Gerald --- GoldED+/386 1.1.5-1227 * Origin: Never underestimate the power of human stupidity. (1:342/512) .