Hi Ian,   
      
   >> The above is important.. check your settings in bcfg4   
   >> ->local->general->OK_poll_flags. Maybe show us what you have there...   
      
   > I currently have (BND|IBN|ITX|IP)   
      
   >>I don't have the tildes in the first fields, that shouldn't matter though (li   
   >> ~ATR, I just have ATR).   
      
   > The ~ is just a brief pause I believe.   
      
   Yes, that's why I thought it shouldn't matter.   
      
   >>As Kim mentioned to me with this beta that you can dial "most" nodes directly   
   >> without including them in the [node_remap] section... some don't work for me   
   >> either.. generally those systems who put their domain in the bbs name field   
   >> instead of using INA: did not work for me IIRC.  I see that 1:153/7715 does   
   >> have an IBN flag though so I would have expected it to work.   
      
   >I can poll both your nodes correctly.  The difference between your entries and   
   >Dallas seems to be the INA field.   
      
   Yes.   
      
   > Not sure what the correct nodelist syntax i   
   > meant to be, but it appears I can poll correctly if there's an INA field but   
   > not if there's not.   
      
   Well, to me it is preferable to use   
      
    INA:|   
      
   but because of all the various methods used over the years, there is no one   
   "correct" way to list an internet node.   
      
   >What's the correct syntax for the IBN field? You seem to have an alternate por   
   > number listed, but Dallas has a FQDN listed.   
      
   I use a nonstandard and a standard port with INA: and IBN flags in the Z1C   
   listing of the nodelist   
      
     INA:filegate.net,IBN,IBN:24555   
      
   The above states filegate.net is available both on the standard port and port   
   24555 for binkp.  If you look in the nodelist at my 1:0/0 listing that's where   
   I grabbed that INA: line from.   
      
   >Also, I see I'm listed without a INA field - perhaps I should get that changed   
      
   That would make connections easier for systems that run BBBS, and probably   
   easier for other mailers that support INA:    
      
   Take care,   
   Janis   
      
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