Subj : Re: Net124
To   : Nigel Reed
From : Wilfred van Velzen
Date : Thu Feb 20 2025 10:39:14

Hi Nigel,

On 2025-02-19 18:23:12, you wrote to me:

 >>  NR> Well, it looks like I'm the new NC for Net 124 in R19.
 >>
 >> Congrats! Or my condolences, whatever you feel appropriate. ;-)

 NR> Thanks, I think, or not.

;-)

 >> First I don't think I ever used the "fuck(in)" word. I mostly stick to
 >> technical comments, but sometimes a segment has so many easy to avoid
 >> errors, that the *C deserves a provocative response. ;-)

 NR> Easy for you, maybe not for others. I barely even look at a nodelist let alone
 NR> know all the parameters.

There is plenty of documentation to be found, if one just cares to put a little bit of time into it, or ask help from others, if you don't know where to start...

 >> I haven't seen a change yet in the daily. But if you post it here or in
 >> a private netmail if you like, we can comment up front.

 NR> Host,124,Net_Coordinator,Plano_Tx,Nigel_Reed,-Unpublished-,300,CM,XA,INA:bbs.e
 NR> ndofthelinebbs.com,IBN,PING

The XA flag is definitly wrong. If you have a file request processor active along your Binkd, at best you can have XW or XX if it supports update requests.

 NR> Pvt,1113,Nibbles_&_Bytes,Richardson_TX,Ron_Bemis,-
 NR> Unpublished-,300,XA

A file request flag makes no sense for a Pvt node, so the XA flag can be left out.

 NR> Down,5009,Family_Net_BBS,Sachse_TX,R_Hoffman,-Unpublished-
 NR> ,300,INA:fmlynet.dyndns.org,ITN,IBN:24556,IFT

 NR> ,5016,End_Of_The_Line_BBS,Plano_Tx,Nigel_Reed,-Unpublished-,300,CM,XA,
 NR> INA:bbs.endofthelinebbs.com,IBN,PING

Same remark for the XA flag.

 NR> Down,5019,Southern_Charm_BBS,Plano_Tx,Lawrence_Stockman,-Unpublished-,
 NR> 300,CM,XA,INA:southerncharmbbs.com,IBN

 NR> I expect Southern Charm to show up on the no valid dns list. I'll see if I can
 NR> get hold of Lawrence and figure his intentions.

 NR> Same with Hoffman.

Ok...

 >> If it's just you as only node left in the net, that might be overkill,
 >> just edit it by hand.

 NR> Probably, but you never know. We might get a BBS explosion!

We all have our dreams! ;-)


Bye, Wilfred.

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