This message was from DARYL STOUT to Tommi Koivula@2:221/1.6
originally in conference E-mail on TBOLT (The Thunderbolt BBS)
and was forwarded to you by DARYL STOUT
I am forwarding this from netmail to echomail to PROVE that I can
receive and send netmail. DS
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Tommi,
All of my netmail connects require a session password.
If that is really the case, you DO NOT qualify as a fidonet node.
You should resign ASAP.
There is NOTHING that PROHIBITS the Sysop from having a password for
BinkP connects. But, this will PROVE to you that I CAN receive and send Netmail. Every connect is A GUEST IN MY HOME...if you're not going to
play by my rules, you are NOT WELCOME. Besides my regular hub connects,
I have some others who have set up a BinkP session password, and they
have not complained about it.
There is also NOTHING that says that EVERY NODE IN THE NODELIST has to
have CM or MO with it.
Hardware and software issues will NOT let Internet Rex run in daemon
mode anymore, but I can run it once a day, during nightly maintenance.
That satisfies the requirement that I can send and receive netmail. When
I applied for the FTN Networks, it said nothing that I had to be able to
up and receive netmail 24/7/365...it ONLY said I had to receive and send netmail...and to me, that means at least once a day, unless the system
is down.
Over the last 30 years, my BBS has been down for the following:
1) Hardware and software issues and repairs. Sooner, or later,
everything in this life, is going to fail...the law of entropy, or the
second law of thermodynamics. That's also one reason why ALL of us are
going to die one day...the other reason is the Scripture of Hebrews 9:27
"It is appointed to ALL to die, and after this, the judgment". Don't
believe me?? Look at the obituaries in the paper. Tomorrow, let alone
the next 5 seconds, IS PROMISED TO NO ONE.
2) Thunderstorms and tornadoes. If you're STUPID enough to tempt fate by arguing with lightning, go for it. No amount of surge protection will
stop a lightning strike that is:
A) As wide as your finger, but 5 miles long.
B) Able to strike from 20 to 200 miles from the parent thunderstorm.
C) 50,000 degrees Fahrenheit, 5 times hotter than the surface of the
sun.
D) Charged with 3 million volts, and 300,000 amps of electricity.
I have noted messages from Sean Dennis (Micronet) and Dave Perussel
(Telnet BBS Guide) that "they are going offline for lightning".
Weather safety rules for tornadoes, severe thunderstorms (with
hurricane force winds and hail that can kill you), flash flooding,
hurricanes, winter storms, etc. are there for a reason...to save your
life. But, if you ignore the warnings, you do so at your own peril.
3) Extended power outages. Last summer, severe thunderstorms with
tornadoes and hurricane force winds (above 75 mph) struck my area. One
storm uprooted a large tree just up the street. It fell on the power
line, ripping a power pole that across the street from my house,
completely in half...and it ripped the electric meter off the north side
of my house. With no power or air conditioning, the indoor temperature
was over 100 degrees...and people die in those conditions every day. I
ended up staying at a local hotel for 2 weeks at my expense. The
insurance company dawdled around on settling the claim, because there
was no roof damage and the house still had running water...and they
wouldn't pay the hotel costs.
Then, in the winter, my area can get paralyzing ice storms. Back to back
ice storms back in 2000, had portions of north Arkansas with NO POWER
for 2 months.
4) Medical issues. At times, all of us have to go to medical facilities.
I would rather be proactive on my health, where an illness is caught
early enough, where I have a greater than 90% chance of survival...than
to be told "I'll be dead in 2 weeks from stage 4 cancer" (as is the case
with so many people). I doubt a single family has escaped that scourge.
In short, if you don't have your health, you have nothing. Gert Kofofed Andersen, who does several BBS Message Networks, was seemingly "gone"
for several weeks awhile back, due to health issues. While his BBS's
were up on auto-pilot, his area likely doesn't have to deal with the
weather extremes that I do.
I reside in Region 1, NOT in Region 2, where you are, and I am NOT
subject to your "rules and regulations". If my Network Coordinator and
hub is satisfied with my efforts, that works for me. If you have a
problem, you take it up with him.
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