Subj : IP only nodes with ICM flag
To   : Dan Clough
From : Stas Mishchenkov
Date : Tue Oct 14 2025 21:12:04

Hi Dan!

Thursday October 09 2025 21:39, you wrote to Michiel van der Vlist:

 MvV>>> Net 4624 is dead. Dialling the telephone numbers result in a
 MvV>>> recording that roughly translates to: "this number is not in
 MvV>>> use". Attempts to make a binkp connect result in a time out.

 MvV>>> RC46 does not respond to netmail or e-mail.

 DC>> Sounds like Z2C should be firing some people.

 MvV>> Just firing people is not going to solve the problem. Finding
 MvV>> replacements willing and able to do the job AND acceptable to all
 MvV>> parties concerned in a country at war and partly occupied is next to
 MvV>> impossible...

 DC> Okay, let's do nothing then.

 DC> If we're going to do nothing, why bother mentioning the disfunction at
 DC> all?

 DC> Doing nothing fixes nothing.  Firing people and *trying* to replace them
 DC> may fix everything.  But... let's do nothing.  It's easier that way.

There is a solution, but some sysops may not like it for political reasons. For this point, I fully support Ward's decision to wait for the logical conclusion of current events in the world.

Have a nice night.
          Stas Mishchenkov.

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