Subj : Netmail Zonegate how?
To   : Thom LaCosta
From : Douglas Connor
Date : Mon Nov 24 2003 07:20 pm

Hello Thom!

24 Nov 03 07:15, Thom LaCosta wrote to Douglas Connor:

 TL> Douglas Connor wrote in a message to Bob Seaborn:

 >>> I have been entrusted with 63:63/1 and all netmail for the zone
 >>> is routed from here.

 BS>>       Z63 is not Fidonet.
 DC>> I know.

 >>> I doubt very much any fidonet system would know where to send
 >>> a netmail for this zone(63).

 BS>>       Nor should they need to.
 DC>> I don't see that it would ever be used.


 TL> Taking our "Fido Only" blinders off, there are situations where a
 TL> node, or number of nodes are members of both Fidonet and othernet(s),
 TL> and thus someone does need to know how to handle the netmail for zone
 TL> 63.
I was just trying to figure how I would make it known that
zone 63 netmail can end up here and I can sort it out from
then on.

 >>> Seems it might need to be a 5d address too?

 BS>>       Why so?
 DC>> If you look in the othernets echo there is a list of
 DC>> othernets most every zone number is duped by more than one
 DC>> network.

 TL> Many folks in othernets have become very facile at handling the
 TL> duplication of zone numbers.
yea I put everything in one net so 63:63/*.* is the only addys we use.
If another net comes along with zone 63 I can only hope they dont have
a net 63.

 DC>> The fidonet way, alienate and shrink.

 TL> Good line...can I use it?
yep


Douglas

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