Subj : Nodelist Parser...
To : Ozz Nixon
From : mark lewis
Date : Thu Jun 28 2018 02:11 pm
On 2018 Jun 27 17:16:36, you wrote to All:
ON> Okay, a more serious nodelist question...
ON> What is a nodelist parser supposed to do with a line that has two INA
ON> addresses?
treat them as multiple connection numbers... if you can't connect on one, try
the next one... do that for how ever many loops you designate as your retry
attempt count...
ON> Right now, I am taking the second, mainly because one line just has
ON> INA:9600, which totally tripped up my address validation code.
ON> [fixed].
that's an invalid entry and it should have been fixed months ago... the two
entries i know of do not appear any more since nodelist.131 of 2018 (this
year)... sounds like you should get a new nodelist ;)
ON> There are a couple lines that have for example ITN:domain.address, no
ON> IBN, no INA, and phone is -Unpublished-, however, it is not marked as
ON> Pvt or Down. What rule of thumb should be applied?
that's a normal telnet only connection... analogue modem mailers have no number
to dial (-Unpublished-) so no danger for them there... the system is not PVT so
other internet capable nodes that can perform telnet mailer connections can
connect...
)\/(ark
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