Subj : this results in "z:n/n.p@ " - this is not OK
To   : August Abolins
From : Martin Foster
Date : Sun Mar 31 2019 13:11:00

Hello August!

On 30.03.19 at 23:04, August Abolins wrote to Martin Foster:

 AA> //Resending..  I think I played around with the 5D "Uplinks" part too
 AA> much.//

 AA> Hello Martin,

 MF>> Here's the simple warning I'd already added to the guide:

 MF>> ---------- 8< ---------- WARNING: You are now in the domain field, which
 MF>> is pre-configured to "fidonet". Although it's OK to change this to
 MF>> something else, DO NOT LEAVE THIS FIELD EMPTY. If this field is empty,
 MF>> you may encounter problems when polling your BossNode! ---------- 8<
 MF>> ----------

 MF>> All uppercase words are in bold/red.

 AA> That is excellent.  Maybe put "may" in bold and red too.

Yes, good idea, I'll do that.

 AA> So.. the 5D spec doesn't care what text goes there?

I don't know what the spec says(cue Mark)<g> but the very existence of  
a domain input field suggests that WinPoint supports "othernets".

 AA> Can it be "this cannot be empty" ?

Yes, it can :)

 AA> The warning is most certainly critical.  I can see new user cleaning out
 AA> that field and never suspect why a connection never succeeds.

Yes, precisely.

Regards,
Martin

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