Subj : Nodelist Flags
To   : Wilfred van Velzen
From : Andrew Leary
Date : Mon Jun 01 2020 09:10 pm

Hello Wilfred!

01 Jun 20 18:39, you wrote to August Abolins:

 AA>> What purpose does U,MOB serve if not to advertise "hey folks.. i
 AA>> own a cell phone.. but you won't find any useful technical info
 AA>> for your mailer."

 WV> Your absolutely right. And that is why this flag is controversial...

There shouldn't be any controversy about it.  It's a waste of bytes that 
contributes nothing to FidoNet.  It certainly doesn't provide the information 
needed to connect to the node, which is the primary purpose of the nodelist.

Granted, these days with most nodes connecting over the internet, the wasted 
bytes aren't as much of an issue as they would have been back in the days of 
dialup POTS connections, where calls could cost significant amounts of money.

Andrew

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