On 2017 Feb 07 21:39:38, you wrote to Janis Kracht:
JK>> Hehe.. yes, it happens. Folks may get anxious to get going once they
JK>> are given a node number, but it's best to wait until you are in the
JK>> nodelist (waiting for your uplink to add you to his config also helps
JK>> <vbg>). The problem with posting in an echo before you are
JK>> nodelisted is a little different. If anyone would like to netmail a
JK>> 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?
no... their messages will travel with no problems and replies will come back...
netmail, on the other hand, may need to be host routed until the new node
appears in the nodelist and direct connection methods are publiched... when we
first joined not long before P4 was ratified, we didn't appear in the nodelist
for a few weeks... in Z2, it was well over 6 months before we appeared... we
were all over the echos getting and providing support and participating in
general...
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Do you manage your own servers? If you are not running an IDS/IPS yer doin' it
wrong...
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