Subj : '-Unpublished-' with speed > 300
To   : Stas Mishchenkov
From : Michiel van der Vlist
Date : Tue Aug 26 2025 12:56:42

Hello Stas,

On Tuesday August 26 2025 04:17, you wrote to me:

 SM> And what about this?

 SM> === Import nlerr.log Start ===
 SM> Finding last nodelist file from D:\Fido\nodelist\NODELIST.*.
 SM> Last nodelist found at 8.000 seconds.
 SM> Nodelist for Tuesday, August 26, 2025 -- Day number 238 parsed, 375
 SM> nodes processed (0 sec)
 SM> 2:5020/400
 SM> ,400,Demos_Plus,Moscow,Gatekeeper,-Unpublished-,300,CM,IBN,IFC,INA:ddt
 SM> .demos.su Starting #037/09 one word sysop names are no longer
 SM> permitted
 SM> 2:5024/12

I think it is a good rule, Fidonet traditionally is real names only, so the sysop field should contain the real name of the sysop. First name and last name. But where did you find that rule?

 SM> except the keyword 'UUCP'.

I wonder if that has still any use...

 SM> Pvt,12,GlobAL_VPL_HOST,Vladimir,Grigoriy_Lyubishev,-Unpublished-,300,Z
 SM> YX,XA Flag 'ZYX' has no meaning  if phone is -Unpublished-.
 SM> 2:5026/9
 SM> Pvt,9,Sit'n'OFF,Ivanovo,Andrey_Sitnoff,-Unpublished-,300,V32B,V42B,XA
 SM> Flag 'V42B' has no meaning  if phone is -Unpublished-.
 SM> Flag 'V32B' has no meaning  if phone is -Unpublished-.
 SM> === Import nlerr.log End ===

 SM> Should it be fixed?

Yes, I think it should. Fortunately a useless modem flag is just useless, it does no harm except take a few bytes extra which in this day and age is not really an issue. Same goes for MO, CM and file req flags for a Pvt node.


Cheers, Michiel

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