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Skriven 2004-10-19 15:02:06 av Michiel van der Vlist (2:280/5555)
     Kommentar till en text av mark lewis (1:3634/12)
Ärende: FidoNews 21:38 [09/09]: Fidonews Information
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 >  >>  >> users on my system have free access to netmail...

 >  >>  MvdV> And so they have a nodelisted address..

 >  >> no, /they/ do not... *i* do...

 >  MvdV> If you allow them to use that address to send and receive
 >  MvdV> netmail is becomes their address too.

 > no, sorry... that's my address... not theirs...

Semantics. Let's say they have it on loan then.

But.. so have you...

 > they cannot give it back to fidonet for recycling or other
 > uses... only i can do that or my next level *C can take it
 > from me but he cannot take it from my users without also affecting
 > me...

Since when is that a criterium? The users share the node number with you. Of
course it can not be taken from the one without taking it from the other too.
Still, if they can use the number for sending and receiving netmail, it is
their address too.

 > >>  MvdV> When that address disapears from the nodelist, they
 > >>  MvdV> have no longer access to netmail untill they find
 > >>  MvdV> another sysop willing to provide them with that
 > >>  MvdV> service.

 > >> that, too, is incorrect... if there was a problem with my
 > >> netseg and my entire net was dropped, that would not
 > >> prevent me from being able to write and send netmail...

 >  MvdV> It would prevent /me/ from sending netmail to you...

 > funny, it hasn't stopped me from sending netmail to others
 > who were in the same situation... must be some poorly
 > written software you have over there ;)

Do you have software with ESP capabilities? If you are not in the nodelist how
is my software going to know where to send it too?

 > >> hummm... i wonder how a new system sends netmail with their
 > >> application if they don't have an address listed in the
 > >> nodelist? /999, /9999 or -1/-1 are not required to be
 > >> listed in the nodelist, are they?

 >  MvdV> Don't play silly games with me. You know dammed well
 >  MvdV> how it works.

 > i'm not playing games... your exact statement was false and
 > i proved it to you... refine your statements for accuracy
 > and you won't keep getting shot down like that...

You are arguing for the sake of arguing. You know very well how new
applications work. I know it too and you know that I now. So stop playing
games.

Cheers, Michiel

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