Subj : Routing = mess
To   : mark lewis
From : Frank Vest
Date : Mon Nov 26 2001 01:40 pm

On (26 Nov 01) mark lewis wrote to Frank Vest...

Hello mark,

 FV> This may be a stupid question, but... If no
 FV> mail is flowing, what's the point?

 ml> remember, one doesn't need to carry or pass mail to be a node in
 ml> fidonet... i had several listed, at one time, that didn't do any net
 ml> or echomail at all... they wanted node numbers only for the gaming

Well... I took it to mean "no mail, period". IE: Netmail, Echomail or
???  My bad.

 ml> networks they were in... many gaming networks don't issue node numbers
 ml> and deal with all the other FTN network administrivia... once they
 ml> demonstrated to me that they met the criteria of fidonet to carry a
 ml> fidonet node number, i issued them one even though i didn't personally
 ml> agree with the situation...

As long as they receive Netmail, that's all that's required.

 ml> geez, does that make me a nodelist clerk?

Um... If one takes the time to keep an eye on their own node listing,
that makes all of us nodelist clerks. :)


Frank

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