Subj : Re: Nlcheck report
To   : Dan Clough
From : Wilfred van Velzen
Date : Wed Nov 06 2024 22:10:20

Hi Dan,

On 2024-11-06 14:42:45, you wrote to me:

 SM>>> 1:103/1
 SM>>> ,1,bbsdev.net,Lake_Forest_CA,Stephen_Hurd,-Unpublished-,300,CM,XW,IB
 SM>>> N
 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.

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

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

 DC> Yep, apparently I was wrong on this.  Doesn't make much sense to me, but
 DC> Okay.

As Kees said, it is the old way from a time when INA: didn't exist yet. And to remain compatibel with the old way, it's still in the standards...


Bye, Wilfred.

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