Subj : Re: Monitoring FidoNet
To   : John Dovey
From : Wilfred van Velzen
Date : Thu May 27 2021 05:38 pm

Hi John,

On 2021-05-27 16:14:49, you wrote to me:

 JD>>> I'm posting this message from a node that is completely
 JD>>> unreachable from the net. It sits on my local network and I'm
 JD>>> fighting with my ISP to allow me to create a DMZ where incoming
 JD>>> traffic is allowed. Be that as it may, it is in the Nodelist with a
 JD>>> "HOLD" tag, which in practice means that this node has to call out
 JD>>> (poll) for mail and only users inside my network can connect to it.

 WvV>> Hold is for temporary situations, that last for a couple of weeks at
 WvV>> most, afaik. This node should be marked Pvt in the nodelist.

 JD> No, it?s supposed to be available, it should be available, I was made
 JD> promises about it?s availability. Told it would be manana. Which is why
 JD> it?s hold and not private.

Well it didn't sounded like your ISP would fix the situation very soon... ;)

Bye, Wilfred.

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