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   Paul Hayton to All   
   Rejecting an incoming connection   
   20 May 21 19:59:44   
   
   TID: Mystic BBS 1.12 A46   
   MSGID: 3:770/100 2a9887ba   
   TZUTC: 1200   
   Hi guys   
      
   As some of you may know I run an othernet in Zone 21 and have a /999 test AKA   
   that nodes who which to test their polling setup to my HUB can use when first   
   setting up and before they apply and get their own node number.   
      
   The problem I have at present is that someone has set up their BBS and is   
   polling the HUB every 2 minutes using the test AKA. This is way too frequent,   
   has been going on for weeks, and despite a netmail to that test system asking   
   for the sysop to contact me to arrange their own node number, there's been no   
   reply and no let up in polling frequency.   
      
   I'm looking for a way for BinkD to reject the incoming connection based on   
   something like SYS or ZYZ info presented. Is such a thing possible using a   
   perl script or similar?    
      
   Note I am not a perl guru so any suggested fix you have I'd appreciate a bit   
   of hand holding to implement it.   
      
   Also of note, setting such a block up is not my preferred choice but I have   
   exhausted options to contact the unknown sysop and want to ensure the test   
   AKA is available for others to send/recieve packets from also...  with a   
   polling frequency of 2 mins the offending system gives no one else a look in.   
      
   Thanks for your thoughts / guidance.   
      
   Best, Paul   
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