Subj : Re: Weekly nodelist report on noteworthy changes (153)
To   : Dan Clough
From : Wilfred van Velzen
Date : Fri Jun 02 2023 17:25:13

Hi Dan,

On 2023-06-02 09:50:00, you wrote to me:

 DC>> The 383 has been actively connected and receiving echomail, must be
 DC>> just a temporary downtime.

 WvV>> I've tried multiple times in the last month, also from US based
 WvV>> servers, and I only get "Connection refused". Maybe he's only
 WvV>> opened his firewall port for you? (That's not how it should be)
 WvV>> Or maybe he's just polling you to exchange mail? Can you connect
 WvV>> to his system and deliver mail direct?

 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, as
 DC> 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.

Pvt is one option, but not the best according to some. A node with the connectability of a point (and no other links), should/could do with a point number, and not be in the nodelist at all... Best would be if he could fix the firewall issue. ;-)

 DC>> The 390 is reconfiguring and should be back up soon.

 WvV>> So Hold should be his current status in the nodelist!

 DC> We've communicated this morning and he expects to be up by tomorrow, so
 DC> I'm gonna just leave it as is...  ;-)

If he keeps his promise, I suppose that is OK. No need to change the nodelist entry twice... ;-)

Bye, Wilfred.

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