Subj : Re: Weekly nodelist report on noteworthy changes (143)
To   : Michiel van der Vlist
From : Nodelist Police Commissioner
Date : Sat May 23 2020 11:52:10

Hello Michiel,

On 2020-05-22 12:56:21, I wrote to you:

 NC>>> New node in net 153:
 NC>>> ,802,Canadian_Rebel,Prince_George_BC,Dave_Labbey,-Unpublished-,300,I
 NC>>> NA:canadian.synchro.net,IBN

 NC>>> No connect, but the node doesn't have a CM flag.

 MvdV>> Some seem to think that ommiting the CM flag is equivalent to a Pvt
 MvdV>> listing. But of course one still has be on-line during ZMH.

 MvdV>> But why - in the age of Fido over IP - would one want to be ZMH
 MvdV>> only? In the POTS age it made sense, one could use the line for
 MvdV>> other purposes during the day. But now it just makes thing
 MvdV>> complicated. One has to make an /effort/ to be ZMH only and I do not
 MvdV>> see any benefits....

 MvdV>> My suspicion is that this is just another example of incompetence...

 NPC> You are probably right. ;)

I've now tested it twice (yesterday and today) during Z1 ZMH. Still no connect. So we can assume your suspicion is correct. :-/

Regards, NPC.

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