Hello mark,
On Wed Feb 08 2017 14:03:36, mark lewis wrote to Nicholas Boel:
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
JK>>> are in the nodelist (waiting for your uplink to add you to his
JK>>> config also helps <vbg>). The problem with posting in an echo
JK>>> before you are nodelisted is a little different. If anyone
JK>>> would like to netmail a reply to you, well, the person is out of
JK>>> luck <g>
NB>> So are you supposed to tell your new applicant not to post
NB>> anything until it's okay to do so?
ml> no... their messages will travel with no problems and replies will
ml> come back... netmail, on the other hand, may need to be host routed
ml> until the new node appears in the nodelist and direct connection
ml> methods are publiched... when we first joined not long before P4 was
ml> ratified, we didn't appear in the nodelist for a few weeks... in Z2,
ml> it was well over 6 months before we appeared... we were all over the
ml> echos getting and providing support and participating in general...
In case you didn't notice, my original reply was complete and utter sarcasm in
response to what I thought was some pretty bad advice (ie: "but it's best to
wait until you are in the nodelist" regarding new applicants and "jumping the
gun" when it comes to echomail).
Regards,
Nick
... "Не знаю. Я здесь только работаю."
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