Subj : Nodelist Flags
To   : Paul Hayton
From : Michiel van der Vlist
Date : Sat May 30 2020 04:26 pm

Hello Paul,

On Saturday May 30 2020 22:28, you wrote to Wilfred van Velzen:

Wv>> But that doesn't mean you can put whatever you like in there. It
Wv>> should serve a purpose to the function of the nodelist. BBS
Wv>> connectivity for users doesn't qualify.

PH> by definition a user flag allows for anything the user wants to
PH> define.

There is no consensus about that. In Z2 users flags are subject to the ZC's fiat. Other zones may have other restrictions. FTS-5001 says this about user flags: "advertisement is strictly prohibited".

You want to advertise your BBS, don't you?

There is a nodelist field that has less restrictions: the system name field. AFAIK the only restrictions are that for an IP or email capable node it must not look like an fqdn or e-mail address.

So you could put this in the system name field: "Paul's_BBS:12345"


Cheers, Michiel

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