TID: FMail-W32 2.1.3.7-B20170919   
   RFC-X-No-Archive: Yes   
   TZUTC: 0200   
   CHRS: CP850 2   
   MSGID: 2:280/5555 5f82f47e   
   REPLY: 763.fdn_ipv6@3:633/509 23e78fc2   
   Hello Deon,   
      
   On Sunday October 11 2020 11:50, you wrote to Bj”rn Felten:   
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    DG> @MSGID: 763.fdn_ipv6@3:633/509 23e78fc2   
    DG> @REPLY: 2:203/2 5f820762   
    DG> @PID: Synchronet 3.18c-Linux  Oct  9 2020 GCC 8.3.0   
    DG> @TZUTC: 1100   
    DG> @TID: SBBSecho 3.11-Linux r3.179 Oct  9 2020 GCC 8.3.0   
    DG> @CHRS: ASCII 1   
               ^^^^^^^   
    DG>   By: Björn Felten to Deon George on Sat Oct 10 2020 09:11 pm   
                ^   
   CHRS kludge doesn't match character encoding in use....   
      
    DG> It just seems logical to me, that if you wanted to have a f1d0   
    DG> convention, you would choose hex, since numbers that are used to   
    DG> represent a node can be between 0-32767, and that can be represented   
    DG> completely in a IPv6 address if somebody chose to do so.   
      
   I must admit that from the techie POV there is some logic to this line of   
   reasoning.   
      
   As ever so often in life however, that is not how this evolved. The one that   
   started it - it wasn't me - apparently thought it was a good idea to present   
   the node number in human readable, and human easy to remember, form. iow in   
   the from that node numbers are usually presented to humans: in decimal.   
      
   So far 29 others have followed this idea.   
      
    DG> So, I'm guessing I cant have the little "f" next to my listing? :(   
      
   Sorry, no. Decimal is the game.   
      
   If you do not like the rules you are free to start your own game of course.   
   But if you do, please be so kind to use something other than "f1d0" for the   
   first 16 bits of the host part of the address. "f1d0" is already in use as a   
   keyword for representing the node number in decimal.   
      
      
   Cheers, Michiel   
      
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