Subj : Netmail Routing
To   : Tom Moore
From : Rob Swindell
Date : Mon Dec 09 2024 11:28 am

 Re: Netmail Routing
 By: Tom Moore to All on Mon Dec 09 2024 11:34 am

> In today's use of dns is the process of using node lists for netmail routing
> still important or is this just something maintained for older systems who
> do not support this?

Not all nodes are Internet-connected or using BinkP.

> Are all nodes registered with the Fidonet dns system or is this a best
> effort practice?

No, not all nodes are. I imagine that whatever parses the node list to create that domain zone file is using nodelist flags to filter-in which nodes should be included in the zone.