Subj : inet hostname overrides system name?
To   : Deon George
From : Andrew Leary
Date : Tue Sep 18 2018 02:57:17

Hello Deon!

18 Sep 18 06:00, you wrote to me:

 DG> In my quest to override nodelist settings with those in mbsetup, I
 DG> discovered that anytime a setting was put in Inet hostname (7.x.3),
 DG> any other logging reporting (mbout n ... and log files), show the BBS
 DG> name as the Inet Hostname. Can figure out why it should change the BBS
 DG> name?

The original method for listing an internet hostname in the FidoNet NodeList 
was in the system name field.  The INA: flag for the internet address came 
much later.  MBSE was originally designed to look for the hostname in the 
system name field; then later adapted to other methods of listing the 
hostname, such as the INA: flag or attached to a protocol flag, or even an IP 
address in the phone number field.

Andrew

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