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   Martin Foster to August Abolins   
   oxp: Nodelist problem   
   12 Mar 21 09:09:00   
   
   MSGID: 2:310/31.3@fidonet ee5a1ca6   
   REPLY: 2:221/1.58@fidonet ee57de4e   
   PID: OpenXP/5.0.49 (Win32)   
   CHRS: ASCII 1   
   TZUTC: 0000   
   Hello August!   
      
   *** Thursday 11.03.21 at 07:10, August Abolins wrote to Martin Foster:   
      
    AA>>> Huh?  Isn't the "true purpose" to tell OXP that it is OK   
    AA>>> to kickstart the nodelist updates when a new DIFF arrives?   
      
    MF>> Ahbut that's only half the story, it says nothing about the   
    MF>> hitherto unknown fact that a nodelist can be   
    MF>> updated(overwritten) with a new full nodelist. The way I   
    MF>> see it is that the true purpose is that a nodelist can be   
    MF>> updated either by using a diff or by using a full nodelist,   
    MF>> depending on whether the switch is on or off.   
      
    AA> AH!  I like *that* explanation. Put *that* in the Helps.  ;)   
      
   Hopefully, I'll be tackling this later today :)   
      
    AA> I had no idea that oxp could utilize incoming "full" nodelists and   
    AA> update the config that way.   
      
   Neither had I and we have Anna to thank for pointing this out.   
      
   Regards,   
   Martin   
      
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