Subj : Re: Monitoring FidoNet
To   : Wilfred van Velzen
From : John Dovey
Date : Thu May 27 2021 07:08 pm

Glad to see you, Wilfred!

 WvV> Hi John,
 WvV> 
 WvV> On 2021-05-27 16:14:49, you wrote to me:
 WvV> 
 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> 
 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.
 WvV> 
 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.
 WvV> 
 WvV> Well it didn't sounded like your ISP would fix the situation very soon... 
;)
 WvV> 
 WvV> Bye, Wilfred.

Yeah.. that's just my struggling to deal with the "Manana" attitude here..

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