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|    mark lewis to Dan Clough    |
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      REPLY: 2979.fido_mystic@1:123/115 2682c7bc       MSGID: 1:3634/12.73 621e127b       PID: GED+LNX 1.1.5-b20180707       CHRS: CP437 2       TZUTC: -0500       TID: hpt/lnx 1.9.0-cur 17-02-17        On 2022 Feb 28 20:12:00, you wrote to me:               DC>>> If you're in Zone 1 (North America), why would your Hub be in Zone 3        DC>>> (Australia)? Looks to me like your hub is probably 1:135/300.               ml>> one's hub/feed can be anywhere... it is not required to feed from any        ml>> system in one's net... never was, either... much to the anguish of        ml>> many *Cs/*ECs back in the day... Planet Connect proved that ;)               DC> Well, yes..... but his origin line is from Net 135.              this one is/was, yes... he also has/had a Z3 address...               DC> Wouldn't he likely be hubbing from that Net?              maybe but systems can get a feed from any other system they can set up an       agreement with... long gone are the days when one supposedly had to get their       feed from within their net...               DC> Why would a person have a node number in a Net, and not get mail from        DC> that Net also?              there are any number of reasons, really...               DC> A related question.... why go all the way to Australia for your feed?        DC> :-)              why not? even from way up here on this side of the earth, Oz is less than .5       seconds away ;)              )\/(ark              "The soul of a small kitten in the body of a mighty dragon. Look on my       majesty, ye mighty, and despair! Or bring me catnip. Your choice. Oooh, a       shiny thing!"       ... Patriotism is not who can leak the most Secret documents to the NY Times...       ---        * Origin: (1:3634/12.73)       SEEN-BY: 1/120 123 14/5 15/0 18/0 90/1 105/81 106/201 116/116 120/340       SEEN-BY: 123/0 25 115 131 180 200 755 129/305 330 331 135/300 138/146       SEEN-BY: 138/6502 153/7715 154/10 218/700 222/2 226/30 227/114 229/110       SEEN-BY: 229/206 307 317 400 424 426 428 452 550 664 700 240/1120       SEEN-BY: 240/5832 250/1 266/512 275/100 1000 282/1038 292/854 299/6       SEEN-BY: 300/4 301/1 317/3 320/219 322/757 342/11 200 396/45 460/58       SEEN-BY: 633/280 640/1321 712/848 3634/0 12 15 27 50 119 5020/1042       PATH: 3634/12 153/7715 229/426           |
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