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   Andrew Leary to Deon George   
   inet hostname overrides system name?   
   18 Sep 18 02:57:17   
   
   Hello Deon!   
      
   18 Sep 18 06:00, you wrote to me:   
      
    DG> In my quest to override nodelist settings with those in mbsetup, I   
    DG> discovered that anytime a setting was put in Inet hostname (7.x.3),   
    DG> any other logging reporting (mbout n ... and log files), show the BBS   
    DG> name as the Inet Hostname. Can figure out why it should change the BBS   
    DG> name?   
      
   The original method for listing an internet hostname in the FidoNet NodeList    
   was in the system name field.  The INA: flag for the internet address came    
   much later.  MBSE was originally designed to look for the hostname in the    
   system name field; then later adapted to other methods of listing the    
   hostname, such as the INA: flag or attached to a protocol flag, or even an IP    
   address in the phone number field.   
      
   Andrew   
      
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