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   Hello Janis!   
      
   05 Aug 24 16:55, you wrote to me:   
      
    >>>> 1.  The nodelist is showing that 1:261/38 accepts BinkP on the   
    >>>> standard port (24554).   
      
    >>> That's correct.  There is a standalone BinkD server/client on   
    >>> 24554, the standard BinkD port.  If you have not been instructed by   
    >>> me to pick up traffic at filegate.net:24554, there will be no   
    >>> traffic there for "you". I only use that port for some people.   
      
    >> If that port is listed in the nodelist, ALL FidoNet nodes should be   
    >> able to connect to it to deliver mail.   
      
    JK> Of course they can, a number of folks have.   I was simply mentioning   
    JK> the obvious... If I did not tell a node to pick up their traffic at my   
    JK> 24554 binkp port, then there will be no traffic there.  It DOESN'T   
    JK> mean no one can CONNECT there :)  :)  Most people connect with my bbbs   
    JK> port, 24555.   
      
   "Connection refused" means that I (among others) cannot connect there.   
      
    >>>> 2.  I get "Connection refused" from both ports (24554 & 24555)   
    >>>> This situation has been ongoing for months.  If your system indeed   
    >>>> only accepts connections on 24555, the nodelist entry needs to be   
    >>>> corrected ASAP.   
      
    >>> I'll try to get to it ASAP.   
      
    >>>> In any case, it seems you need to check your firewall, as several   
    >>>> people (myself, Vince, and Wilfred to name a few examples) cannot   
    >>>> connect to your system.   
    >> If those ports are not available to ALL FidoNet nodes, they should   
    >> not be listed in the FidoNet nodelist.   
      
    JK> You are being a bit silly, IMO, Andrew. As I've said, anyone can   
    JK> connect there. This month has been especially nasty _weatherwise_,   
    JK> though, and for example my Internet connection was DEAD for almost a   
    JK> week.  No one can help that.. That was caused by my ISP being down,   
    JK> Point Broadband (right now we are connecting fine however. As 'they'   
    JK> say, S___ happens :) )   
      
   Your internet being down for a week doesn't explain why I haven't been able to    
   connect on either port for several months.   
      
    >> I would appreciate it if you would respond to the multiple emails   
    >> I've sent you regarding this.   
      
    JK> You are probably sending email to my OLD email address which was   
    JK> janis@filegate.net.  I _closed_ that account quite a _long time ago_,   
    JK> and have posted my new one here in fidonet!  My new email address is   
    JK> jmklou@gmail.com. Dallas Hinton knows this email address, several   
    JK> others do.  Sorry you did not seem to know about it.   
      
   Try again, Janis...  Do you really want me to post the emails that I sent to    
   your gmail.com address, which have received ZERO responses?   
      
    JK> So... please change my email address to jmklou@gmail.com.   
      
   I haven't used the filegate.net address in quite a while.   
      
   Andrew   
      
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