On 2018 Jun 27 17:16:36, you wrote to All:   
      
    ON> Okay, a more serious nodelist question...   
      
    ON> What is a nodelist parser supposed to do with a line that has two INA   
    ON> addresses?   
      
   treat them as multiple connection numbers... if you can't connect on one, try   
   the next one... do that for how ever many loops you designate as your retry   
   attempt count...   
      
    ON> Right now, I am taking the second, mainly because one line just has   
    ON> INA:9600, which totally tripped up my address validation code.   
    ON> [fixed].   
      
   that's an invalid entry and it should have been fixed months ago... the two   
   entries i know of do not appear any more since nodelist.131 of 2018 (this   
   year)... sounds like you should get a new nodelist ;)   
      
    ON> There are a couple lines that have for example ITN:domain.address, no   
    ON> IBN, no INA, and phone is -Unpublished-, however, it is not marked as   
    ON> Pvt or Down. What rule of thumb should be applied?   
      
   that's a normal telnet only connection... analogue modem mailers have no   
   number to dial (-Unpublished-) so no danger for them there... the system is   
   not PVT so other internet capable nodes that can perform telnet mailer   
   connections can connect...   
      
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   wrong...   
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