Subj : Theoretical situation
To   : Bob Seaborn
From : Gerald Miller
Date : Thu Feb 21 2002 02:57 am

    Wednesday February 20 2002 22:21,
    Bob Seaborn wrote to Gerald Miller:

 >> Presuming that you've notified Joe that he can Direct link to the
 >> listednodes, 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...  ???

 BS>             I did just this for Steve Winter, back when he was active, and
 BS> in case he attepted to route anything through my system.  I also told
 BS> one other Fido member, unfortunately still around, that she was not to
 BS> route anything throgh my system also.  However I'm yet to impliment
 BS> anything to actively stop her.

Cases of "behavior modification"  ???  <g, d & r>

 >> Maybe such a suggestion contravenes Fidonet policy, in which case,
 >> you

 BS>             Policy requires that any _valid_ netmail routed through a
 BS> system be either passed along it's way, or returned.  There are some
 BS> exceptions, such as encrypted messages, and/or gated email>netmail
 BS> traffic.  Of course, these can be done with advance permission, but NOT
 BS> without such.

I've been curious about this (and I will take this to netmail is you should
request): Permission from ALL systems within the routing?

 >> never heard it from me!  <vBg>  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....

 BS>                                                .....Bob

I suppose Steve Quarrella was seeking a solution to his "Theoretical
situation" to be totally within the realm of OT.

I gave thought to the various Robot tools available to Sysops....  I could
have /fun/ programming the robots to send the "RoBoT BaseBall Rulz" to
local downlinks, whereby each player gets 3 warning messages (deemed on his
action/behavior) with progressive degrees of seriousness communicated via
the Robot Origin.

I'm sure that Mr. Quarrella has been active for a considerable time and has
dealt such _similar_ theoretical situations successfully in the past.  <g>
I would be interested in hearing of what manner Steve (Q) will decide to
use to effectively handle a hypothetical case as he has outlined.

                     Cheers ... Gerald

.... "`GOD TOLD ME' is no excuse for stupidity." -Steve Quarrella

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