Board:   [fsxNet] fsxNet Network Discussion
Subject: Proposed changes on Hub 3
From:    John Richards(21:3/232)
Date:    Sat May 16, 2026 01:51

-=> deon wrote to All <=-

 de> * Its marked HOLD after 21 days
 de> * Its marked DOWN after 35 days
 de> * Its DE-LISTED after 45 days

 de> This assessment is done on Sunday's at 1am (GMT+10), so you could
 de> potentially add 6 more days, if they go idle on a Sunday after 1am.

 de> DE-LISTED is semi-destructive in that mail exports are stopped,
 de> uncollected mail is removed and the address is marked as deleted. Its
 de> normally pretty easy to come back - by re-activating the address,
 de> resubscribing, and an areafix to resend uncollected mail. The other
 de> states are non-destructive.

 de> Emails/Netmails are sent to the offending node at each stage, as well
 de> as a post here - so that in case its a surprise, the sysop can look/fix
 de> it or reach out. The only thing they need to do is poll in and collect
 de> mail before DE-LIST, and their status is reset.

 de> What I'm proposing to change this:

 de> * Its marked HOLD after 14 days - mail will continue to be exported,
 de> netmails will still be queued * Its marked DOWN after 21 days -
 de> echomail exports will stop, and netmail will bounce (so the sender
 de> knows they are not here) * Its marked DOWN after 45 days - outstanding
 de> mail is removed, and the address is deleted - I may also look into
 de> bouncing any queued netmails, so the sender knows they never got it.

 de> I've noticed that when sysops go AWOL, they normally dont come back if
 de> they have been away after 21 days, and with my proposed changes, this
 de> means they would have received two emails (and queued netmails) letting
 de> them know.

 de> Any thoughts on these proposed changes?


 de> ...óEón
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No problems here. Still giving plenty of notification and allowing for
correction of absence. Always considered your policies real lenient, myself.


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