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   Message 244 of 1,725   
   Andrew Leary to Kees van Eeten   
   Error in the Region 17 / Net 153 segmmen   
   03 Nov 12 21:43:01   
   
   Hello Kees!   
      
   Friday November 02 2012 15:12, Kees van Eeten wrote to All:   
      
    KvE>  For quite a while the following error shows in the Nodelist.   
      
    KvE> ;E DOWN,779,RoadRunner_X,Grande_Cache_Alberta,Randy_Sommerfeld,   
    KvE>         -Unpublished-,9600,XX,CM,V32b,V34,V42b,IBN:rrx.ca   
    KvE> ;E  -- Invalid keyword -- 'FILES'   
      
    KvE> This concerns 1:153/779 and my best guess is that the error is   
    KvE> generated on his system. That would be consistent with the second   
    KvE> error line as FILES could be the next keyword in te configuration   
    KvE> file.   
      
   This is caused by combining Down, with an -Unpublished- phone number, which is   
   not permitted in FTS-5000.  I quote:   
      
        Alternatively, this field may contain the string "-Unpublished-"   
        if the node has no conventional phone number, and uses the "Pvt"   
        or "Hold" keywords.  It is recommended that software be able to   
        recognise this string as an indicator to never attempt to dial   
        this node by PSTN/ISDN, no matter what the keyword.   
      
    KvE> As the system is apparently down, no corrections are sent.   
      
   Down nodes are supposed to be removed from the nodelist in a timely manner.   
      
    KvE> Had the host segment been processed, by a current makenl, then DOWN   
    KvE> would have been converted to "Down" and the line a valid entry.   
      
   No, the line in question is not a valid entry, as the standards are currently   
   documented.   
      
    KvE> Can someone contact Dallas Hinton or Bob Seaborn, to correct this   
    KvE> line   
    KvE> in their segment.   
      
   Dallas should remove this line from his nodelist segment.  I am currently   
   working on fixing the "Invalid keyword -- FILES" error message that is logged   
   with the combination of Down, and -Unpublished-.  This combination is an   
   error, but the error message is incorrect.   
      
   Regards,   
      
   Andrew   
      
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