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|    Michiel van der Vlist to Oli    |
|    non-CM nodes    |
|    21 Sep 22 16:59:10    |
      TID: FMail-W32 2.1.3.7-B20170919       RFC-X-No-Archive: Yes       TZUTC: 0200       CHRS: CP850 2       MSGID: 2:280/5555 632b2887       REPLY: 2:280/464.47 632a26c4       Hello Oli,              On Tuesday September 20 2022 21:47, you wrote to me:               MvdV>> Theoretically that is possible and a non CM binkp node is not        MvdV>> against the rules. But it is against common sense. Binkp        MvdV>> connectibility requires an internet connection and these days        MvdV>> internet connetions are up 24/7. It takes EFFORT to configure a        MvdV>> binkp system for non CM operation, it strongy reduces        MvdV>> connectivity and there are no benefits that I can see.               Ol> We have to save energy. I'm not reading my mails after midnight, why        Ol> not put the computer to sleep as well.              Because it would seriously degrade my connectivity. The switch from dial up       connection via analog POTS to a "wideband" internet connection brought greater       speed, but for Fidonet the main improvement was going to 24/7 connectivity       without additional cost. That was a major change for the better and the       Fidoweb as we have it now would be impossible without it. Going back to non       24/7 connectivity is not an option for me. I may consider moving from a full       desktop to a Raspbery Pi for the node. It only takes 5 Watt.                     Cheers, Michiel              --- GoldED+/W32-MSVC 1.1.5-b20170303        * Origin: http://www.vlist.eu (2:280/5555)       SEEN-BY: 1/123 15/0 90/1 103/705 105/81 106/201 114/705 709 120/340       SEEN-BY: 123/120 131 124/5016 129/305 331 153/757 7715 154/10 203/0       SEEN-BY: 218/700 840 220/70 221/0 6 226/17 227/114 229/110 111 112       SEEN-BY: 229/113 200 206 275 317 424 426 428 470 550 664 700 240/5832       SEEN-BY: 250/5 8 266/512 267/800 280/464 5003 5555 282/1038 292/854       SEEN-BY: 292/8125 298/25 301/1 305/3 310/31 317/3 320/219 322/757       SEEN-BY: 341/66 234 342/200 396/45 423/120 460/58 633/280 712/848       SEEN-BY: 770/1 100 340 772/210 220 230 2452/250 5019/40 5020/1042       SEEN-BY: 5053/58       PATH: 280/5555 464 770/1 317/3 229/426           |
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