Subj : Re: New rule
To : Michiel van der Vlist
From : Nick Boel
Date : Thu Jul 24 2025 05:02 pm
Hey Michiel!
On Thu, Jul 24 2025 03:26:21 -0500, you wrote:
> Of course. But I hope and expect that different statistics apply to
> the Fidonet community. Joining Fidonet always required above
> technical knowledge and although it may be easier than in the early
> days, the average Fidonet sysop still is not an average internet
> consumer.
I think at this point applications are accepted as long as applicants can make
a binkp connection, and send a netmail. But, I would like to also hope that
most of us have some kind of technical knowledge. I bet we'd both be surprised
with what is really the case, though. ;)
> He.net has stopped giving away T-shirts many years ago, but I still
> have mine. I was very impressed that they managed to get it deliverd
> exactly on my birth day. A nice and welcome borthday present. :)
I believe I was a sage at one point also, but never ordered a T-shirt.. or
didn't know how to at the time. Eh well, that was the past and now I have
reliable, native IPv6 so I don't have to think about that much any more.
> All in all 100 Fidonet sysops who's node supports IPv6 isn't really
> that bad.
I agree. While there may be more nodelisted sysops than IPv6 systems, There's
definitely less than 100 people that regularly participate in the English
speaking side of Fidonet these days. So if the IPv6 list is bigger than that
active participants list, I'd say it's doing pretty dang good.
> Considering that there is a substantial amount of dead wood in the
> nodelist. I regulatly test the systems in the IPv6 list for activity.
> Contrary to the nodelist in general the vast majority of systems in
> the IPv6 list are active Fidonet systems.
Agreed here, too.
Regards,
Nick
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