Subj : Re: Weekly nodelist report on noteworthy changes (339)
To   : Michiel van der Vlist
From : Nodelist Police Commissioner
Date : Fri Dec 04 2020 12:37:43

Hello Michiel,

On 2020-12-04 11:58:39, you wrote to me:

 MvdV> [ #20 flag ]

 NC>> I think that the flag just specifies an extra mail hour for the node.
 NC>> If it coincides with a zone mail hour of another zone (existent or
 NC>> not), that doesn't really matter...

 MvdV> That is what FTS-5001 says:

 MvdV> === quote ===

 MvdV> 5.6. Mail Period Flags
 MvdV> ----------------------

 MvdV>   The Mail Period Flags indicate compliance with another zone's ZMH.

 MvdV> === end quote ===

 MvdV> For specifying extra mail times in addition of ZMH, we have the Tyz flags
 MvdV> as documented in FTS-5001  5.7.

 MvdV> And if course the Tyz and #xx flags should only be used for non CM nodes,

I was going by what is in the Z2 nodelist about this:

;S     The following flags define the dedicated mail periods supported.
;S     They have the form "#nn" or !nn where nn is the UTC hour the mail
;S     period begins,  # indicates Bell 212A compatibility, and !
;S     indicates incompatibility with Bell 212A.
;S
;S            Flag      Meaning
;S
;S            #02       Zone 2 mail hour (02:30 - 03:30 UTC) (do not use in zone-2)
;S            #08       Zone 4 mail hour (08:00 - 09:00 UTC)
;S            #09       Zone 1 mail hour (09:00 - 10:00 UTC)
;S            #17       Zone 3 mail hour (17:00 - 18:00 UTC)
;S
;S                         NOTE:  When applicable,  the mail period flags may
;S                         be strung together with no intervening commas,  eg.
;S                         "#08#09". Only mail hours other than what is standard
;S                         for one's own zone should be given. Since
;S                         observance of mail hour within one's zone is
;S                         mandatory, it obviously must not be indicated.

I read that as any hour is ok behind the #...


Regards, NPC.

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