Subj : Re: MetroNet
To   : Atreyu
From : deon
Date : Thu May 26 2022 10:31:51

  Re: Re: MetroNet
  By: Atreyu to Deon on Wed May 25 2022 08:47 am

 > You need to have many links to really see and understand this first-hand. You  don't see these with a dozen. You see it when you get into the
 > hundreds.

Well, as I say, I dont see the challenge you are describing and I have a bit more than a dozen. And yes, I could see a single hub sweating if it had hundreds of downlinks, especially if using 1990s software.

 >
 > I just don't like something trying several times a day trying to establish a connection to a dead-end. Theres no point. I'd rather put the onus on
 > the  other guy to call here for his mail. If he can configure his mailer, he can setup a poll-event.

Fair enough...

 > I'd rather not automate some aspects of this. Sometimes there is a valid
 > reason a downlink goes down for a period of time and I make an exception to
 > the rule of nuking piled-up mail. I don't mind housekeeping sometimes.

Well technically, that too can be fixed - or as a last result, a rescan would address it? But yes, a rescan might be a challenge for some "Sysops".

 > The concept of centralized hubs or tree structure is long obsolete... except for Netmail, which unfortunately many Sysops do not know how to route
 > properly.

Well it doesnt need to be. It's how this ancient hobby used to work and most folks are using ancient software - or using modern versions of ancient software built with ancient thinking...


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