Subj : [--- No BBS ---] To : Steven Horn From : Winston Smith Date : Sat Mar 22 2003 09:22 pm -> * Origin: northof60.tzo.com, Whitehorse, YT, Canada (1:17/67) -> -> Which gives you the details of the system from which the message -> originates. ...but how do I deduce that the IP address is a mailer that shouldn't be contacted? ...especially when new Alaskan board like JumpStart and PolarBBS are springing up? Most of the BBSes running WildCat! and Synchronet do not have FidoNET nodelist lookup capability (and those that do do not normally list flags, and to be compliant with modem dialers, public Telnet FidoNET systems have to use the 'PVT' private flag, which used to be used for private systems...). Your average 'Joe User' is just going to see a Telnet address in the message footer and try it, most likely.... --- ViaMAIL!/WC v1.60d * Origin: Chowdanet (401-331-0615) telnet://chowdanet.com (1:323/120) .