Subj : Weekly nodelist report on noteworthy changes (153)
To   : Dan Clough
From : Michiel van der Vlist
Date : Fri Jun 02 2023 17:34:40

Hello Dan,

On Friday June 02 2023 09:50, you wrote to Wilfred van Velzen:

 DC> Ahhh, yes, it does seem to be a firewall issue on his end.  Can't
 DC> directly connect, and he requested his echomail be in a Hold status,
 DC> as he polls a few times a day to get it.

 DC> Is that not allowed?  Should he be a "Pvt" node because of that?  Not
 DC> sure.

I go a step further. IMNSHO he should not be a node but a point. Fidonet is a peer to peer network. Nodes should be able to act both as client and as server. The rules provide for exceptions but these should benefit the network as a whole. In the past we had (echo)mail distributers that were behind a PABX so that they could only call out. The telephone costs were covered by sponsoring. *1) Such a situation could justify a Pvt node. Nowadays with FOTI, cost is no longer an issue, so there is no justification for such Pvt nodes. Sysops that want to run their systems in client mode only should run their systems as a point.

*1) Sometimes without the sponsor knwowing it but that is another story...


Cheers, Michiel

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