Hello Vince!   
      
   I returned to teh original problem, and tried the the example.   
   I appears that all I have been saying about the INA: flag and MBSE is not true.   
      
   MBSE does gets the DNS hostname from any flag in the Flags section.   
      
   08 Mai 14 17:37, you wrote to me:   
      
    >>  Makenl accepts an IP address or hostname as an attribute to  IBN:   
    >> this is used in Z1, but not accepted in Z2.   
      
    VC> Is is NOT in the spec here as taken from the nodelist:   
      
    VC> ;S | IBN[:24554] ......... BinkP protocol   
      
      
    VC> and for INA:   
      
    VC> ;S | INA[:IP-addres] ..... Flag sets the default Internet address used for   
    VC>  ;S |                       any non-email based IP-flag that does not   
    VC> specify  ;S |                       its own.   
      
   Those are the specs that ZC2 accepts.   
      
   Below is what MBSE can handle (See /opt/mbse/etc/nodelist.conf)   
      
   #   field8              - Search in the flags for a FQDN. Valid flags are like:   
   #                         IBN:domain.com                Standard   
   #                         IFC:domain.com:port           Standard   
   #                         IBN:1.2.3.5                   Standard   
   #                         ITN:1.2.3.4:port              Standard   
   #                         IBN:*                         Proposed, use default    
   domain   
   #                         IBN:*:port                    Not yet proposed   
      
      
    VC> In the 20 odd years I have been in fido I have never seen this mode   
    VC> not   
    VC> that I have been looking mind you and as far as I can see if there is a   
    VC> defined location for a ip address/url eg, INA that is good enough for me.   
      
   I think we were talking about this type of notation:   
      
   Hub,1,Rosario_Hub_1,Rosario_SF,Damian_Kleiman,-Unpublished-,300,   
   CM,IBN:osionli ne.com.ar,IMI:osiservicios@fibertel.com.ar   
      
    VC> It would be interesting to see what Ward's options are on this?   
      
    Apparently he has decided against it, as it is not accepted by hist Errorflags   
    filter.   
      
    >>  On the other hand MBSE is one of the reasons to have the INA: as it   
    >>  supports three IP protocols.   
      
    VC> Well I assume you mean all three variations e.g., URL, IP4 & IP6 when it   
    VC> is needed and no I have not tested it for IP6 and coming to think about it   
    VC> have not noticed IP4 as well.   
      
    No I meant the three Fidonet transports ITN, IFC and IBN   
      
    Incoming IPv6 is handled by inetd or xinetd and needs no modifications   
    to the programme. For outgoing IPv6 a few system calls have been replaced,   
    that can handle both IPv4 and IPv6.   
      
    When I started supporting IPv6 I was surprized that I got IPv6 connections   
    wen connecting to the system of Michiel Broek.   
      
    Currently Andrew Leary supports IPv6 on his MBSE system.   
      
    VC> Mbse is not the only one that looks for the URL/Ip address from the   
    VC> INA flag. It is what the INA flags is for.   
      
    Indeed, it even looks for mailbox type adresses and strips the xxxx@.   
    I am not shure if MBSE is choosy behind which flag it finds a hostname.   
      
    So I think this thread comes to an end, I tried to solve a problem that   
    is not there, and the original problem is system specific for the one who   
    posted it.   
      
   Kees   
      
      
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