Board:   [fsxNet] fsxNet Network Discussion
Subject: RE: Proposed changes on Hub 3
From:    Terry Roati(21:5/100)
Date:    Sat May 16, 2026 21:23

If they are not connecting to pickup mail / files then the only communication
left is email so a weekly email after the first gives them no excuse, the only
other option is a SMS.

Terry

On May 16, 2026 09:52am, deon wrote to All:

 d> Howdy,

 d> I'm thinking of making some changes on Hub 3, mainly to reduce the
 d> unnessary work that clrghouz does - but also because I'm planning on
 d> playing with something new (for shits and giggles, time permitting).

 d> At the moment, when clrghouz doesnt see a node for a period of time, the
 d> node transitions through various states:

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

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

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

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

 d> What I'm proposing to change this:

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

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

 d> Any thoughts on these proposed changes?


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