Board:   [fsxNet] fsxNet Network Discussion
Subject: Re: Proposed changes on Hub 3
From:    Warpslide(21:3/110)
Date:    Sat May 16, 2026 07:49

On 16 May 2026, deon said the following...

 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.

Curious why the assessment is only done once per week?  I have this as part of my nightly maintenance.  Of course I don't have anywhere near the number
of nodes you handle.

 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
 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.

I think this is a good balance.  You are more lenient than I am, I do:

More than 7 but less than 14 days:
 Mark as down in the nodelist, set all mail to hold

More than 14 but less than 21 days:
 Delete all mail, unsubscribe from all areas & set node to %PAUSE

At 21 days the node is removed from the nodelist and its configuration is removed.

I used to set the node to "Hold" in the nodelist at 7 and then "Down" at 14 days just to make a distinction, but since they're usually not reachable just opted for "Down".


Jay

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