Hello Nicholas!
07 Feb 17 21:39, you wrote to Janis Kracht:
NB> Hello Janis,
NB> On Tue Feb 07 2017 13:27:18, Janis Kracht wrote to ED KOON:
JK>> Hehe.. yes, it happens. Folks may get anxious to get going once
JK>> they are given a node number, but it's best to wait until you are
JK>> in the nodelist (waiting for your uplink to add you to his config
JK>> also helps <vbg>). The problem with posting in an echo before
JK>> you are nodelisted is a little different. If anyone would like
JK>> to netmail a reply to you, well, the person is out of luck <g>
NB> So are you supposed to tell your new applicant not to post anything
NB> until it's okay to do so? What if I sent in my segment on time and it
NB> doesn't get processed by my RC for 3-4 weeks (unfortunately this does
NB> and has indeed happened in the past)? Should they not engage in
NB> friendly conversation with others until then due to faults of others?
<Sarcasm> It has? Why was I not notified!</Sarcasm> :)
NB> It's really not that big a deal if someone can't netmail a reply to
NB> you for a bit, when you consider the average overall wait time a new
NB> applicant usually has to wait to be able to post anything in the first
NB> place.
I can count on one hand the number of netmails I've sent or received in the
last 6 months that aren't areafix requests/replies. Back In The Day<tm> It was
quite different (at least for me). Any netmail reply I received from a post in
an echo was usually quite flame-tastic :)
Mike
... Life is not fair...it IS, however, quite a circus.
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