Subj : Weekly nodelist report on noteworthy changes (328)
To   : Dan Clough
From : Andrew Leary
Date : Fri Nov 24 2023 23:38:40

Hello Dan!

24 Nov 23 18:53, you wrote to Wilfred van Velzen:

 DC> I believe many NCs/RCs believe that the ITN flag means the *BBS* is
 DC> reachable via telnet.  Unless I'm mistaken it means that there is a
 DC> *MAILER* there answering on a telnet port, which is quite uncommon.

You are correct.  The nodelist is primarily intended for FidoNet systems to be 
able to communicate with each other.

 DC> Very commonly mis-used flag in the nodelist.  :-(

Unfortunately, you are correct on this as well.

Andrew

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