Subj : Info Pack
To   : Mike Powell
From : Barry Martin
Date : Thu Aug 31 2023 07:06:00



Hi Mike!

 >  MD> I know that there is no weekly infopack or nodelist sent out.  I
 >  MD> would be happy to assist with this, if you wish.  My last one was
 >  MD> in 2018.
 > Let me get back to you on that -- seems to have been a reason why we
 > disontinued but not enough coffee in my system to remember.
 MP> It might have gone something like "some sysops want a weekly
 MP> nodelist, but there is no reason to update a nodelist that has
 MP> not had any updates."
 MP> I am on another network where this issue came up. We get a weekly
 MP> nodelist but it often doesn't change week-to-week which was
 MP> causing some sysops with automated nodelist processing to run
 MP> into issues... their processor would burp on the "new" old
 MP> nodelist, and they expected the net coordinator to figure out the
 MP> issue.

Right: one reason I didn't want to immediately say 'no' just because I 
thought we didn't need it.  I use Wildcat! and that system doesn't need 
but Syncronet systems are assigned to you because you're familiar with 
its nuances.  I figured if Sychronet (for example) needed a file it 
would have been created and generated as needed.


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