Board:   [fsxNet] fsxNet Network Discussion
Subject: Re: Proposed changes on Hub 3
From:    Jafo(21:3/241)
Date:    Sat May 16, 2026 06:55

 de>
 de> I'm thinking of making some changes on Hub 3, mainly to reduce the
 de> unnessary work that clrghouz does - but also because I'm planning on
 de> playing with something new (for shits and giggles, time permitting).
 de>
 de> At the moment, when clrghouz doesnt see a node for a period of time, the
 de> node transitions through various states:
 de>
 de> * Its marked HOLD after 21 days
 de> * Its marked DOWN after 35 days
 de> * Its DE-LISTED after 45 days
 de>
 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> 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>
 de> Emails/Netmails are sent to the offending node at each stage, as well as
 de> a post here - so that in case its a surprise, the sysop can look/fix it
 de> or reach out. The only thing they need to do is poll in and collect mail
 de> before DE-LIST, and their status is reset.
 de>
 de> What I'm proposing to change this:
 de>
 de> * Its marked HOLD after 14 days - mail will continue to be exported,
 de> netmails will still be queued
 de> * Its marked DOWN after 21 days - echomail exports will stop, and
 de> netmail will bounce (so the sender knows they are not here)
 de> * Its marked DOWN after 45 days - outstanding mail is removed, and the
 de> address is deleted - I may also look into bouncing any queued netmails,
 de> so the sender knows they never got it.

All good with me ...

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