SP> I know that some of the sysops would like to receive incoming   
    SP> connections on the phone so that hotdoged can action as a node.    
      
   as a sysop of a bbs i would say no. a scheduled call to the bbs for the   
   lasted fidomails is a must-have-feature today. if hotdoged checks all XX   
   minutes for new messages is this what i need as a point and as a sysop of a   
   bbs-system.   
      
    SP>    
    SP> It's not a big deal to implement this with some restrictions: no points   
    SP> and downlinks, only one uplink.    
      
   if it is no big-deal i would say: make your feature list bigger and disable   
   it by default.   
      
    SP>    
    SP> Does anyone really needs this? I've heard this feature will be in the   
    SP> next version of AfterShock, yet it is a secret and I didn't tell you   
    SP> anything :)   
    SP>    
   it is an open source secret :D but things thats rudi wrotes in a answer-mail   
   of this mail from you sergey are right. some people out there running whole   
   bbs-systems on a rasberry pi. and if your hotdoged can handel in future more   
   than one uplink some people can plug in there old android tablets to   
   powerline and let it run 24/7 for much lesser powerconsum than a PC or   
   anything else. And if i imagine to the next step my mind was comming up to   
   things like: HDSPA/GPRS/LTE Android FidoNetNodes... they are reachable if   
   fixnet-telephone/internet lines goes down and powersupply is down as well.   
      
   and as a sysop of a bbs system i must say: yes this option to keep alive my   
   fidonode if my bbs is down (power/internet) i want it! :)   
      
   but dont leave the focus to make hotdoged with ftn to an easy app for the   
   fido access ;)   
      
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