Subj : 466/0
To   : Stas Mishchenkov
From : Michiel van der Vlist
Date : Wed May 28 2025 14:08:13

Hello Stas,

On Wednesday May 28 2025 04:12, you wrote to me:


 SM> The nodelist is the base of Fidonet connectivity.

And if there is gabage in it, it affects us all...

 MvdV>>>> RC46 is no doing his job. That begs the question how much
 MvdV>>>> more dead woord there is in R46.

 SM>>> Most of all.

 MvdV>> Then it needs to be cleaned up.

 SM> Yes. Among other things, dead souls in the nodelist can influence the
 SM> results of various types of voting.

Among other thing...

 MvdV>>>> Time for another RC?

 SM>>> No. There is no better sysop for this position now.

 MvdV>> How can you be so sure?

 SM> Because I was an R46C myself.

Hmm...

 MvdV>> Has it been discussed in the R46 sysop area?

 SM> Yes.

 MvdV>> If there is indeed no one who can clean up the Region then that
 MvdV>> is a sad situation...

 SM> No one can be better than the current R46C. Why he doesn't do this,
 SM> you need to ask him.

He does not respond. But it is firstly the responibility of the sysops of R46 and the ZC.

 SM> This is a deeply technically literate person who has done and
 SM> continues to do a lot for the development of FidoNet.

He has done much for Fidonet indeed. I may mention the maintenance of Binkd. But he does not respond any more. That can happen. But if it does, it is time to hand over the hat.


Cheers, Michiel

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