Subj : FidoGazette Vol 11 no 32 Page: 4
To   : All
From : Janis Kracht
Date : Wed Aug 09 2017 17:06:24

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    Errors in INA: Statements in the ZONE 1 Segment
    By Janis Kracht, 1:1/0, janis@filegate.net

    A number of RCs have allowed errors to slip into the ZONE 1
    Segment of the nodelist regarding Internet usage flags.  I
    understand this, given how our eyes can slip over what our brain
    "expects" to see when we examine lines such as those in the
    nodelist.

    I'm asking _all_ RCs however to please correct errors in each of
    their segments this week and get me a new segment as soon as
    possible.

    Obviously it is better if you contact your NCs and have them get
    the corrected version from nodes with errors, but if you cannot
    contact those people with errors because of their vacations,
    etc.  this time of year, I'm asking that you make the change
    necessary.

    The INA: flag should be the last flag in each node's line in the
    nodelist, so when you have a line that looks like this:

    [...]SYSTEM_ABC,SOMEWHERE,SYSOP,-Unpublished-,300,CM,XX,ITN,INA
    :<somedomain>,IBN

    it is using the INA flag wrong.

    I am talking about internet capabilty flags like ITN, IFC, or
    IFT, IBN flags etc.. -preceeding- the INA: flag.  They should
    NOT preceed INA:, they should come after the INA:.

    The above example should look like:

    [...]SYSTEM_ABC,SOMEWHERE,SYSOP,-Unpublished-,300,CM,XX,INA
    :<somedomain>,ITN,IBN

    Here is an example of correct usage from my 1:261/100 node
    listing:

    ,100,<<PRISM_BBS,Slaterville_Springs_NY,Janis_Kracht,
    -Unpublished-,300,CM,INA:filegate.net,IBN:24555,IFT,ITN

    This line above shows an alternate port (not the standard port)
    for IBN, along with other protocols which do use the standard
    port for protocols like ITN, etc.

    If you have any questions, please let me know.

    **Please correct this for all nodes in Z1 and get me a segment
    as soon as possible.**

    Janis Kracht, Z1C


    FIDOGAZETTE  Vol 11 No 32    Page  4         August 09, 2017


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