Subj : Re: Nlcheck report
To   : Dan Clough
From : Wilfred van Velzen
Date : Wed Nov 06 2024 15:05:20

Hi Dan,

On 2024-11-06 07:38:06, you wrote to me:

 SM>> 1:103/1
 SM>> ,1,bbsdev.net,Lake_Forest_CA,Stephen_Hurd,-Unpublished-,300,CM,XW,IBN
 SM>> Non Pvt node has no connection info.
 SM>> Am I right?

 WvV>> No. The host name is in the system name. Of course it would be
 WvV>> better/more clear to have it behind the IBN flag or as an INA. But this
 WvV>> line is not wrong.

 DC> I believe it is wrong.  Mailers don't look at the second field to find a
 DC> hostname to connect with.  They look at the INA: field.

Then those (which?) mailers are doing it wrong. ;-)

The script I use to convert the nodelist to a binkd compatible list, is considering the system name field. So I can connect to this node if I want to...

Bye, Wilfred.

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