deon wrote to Ward Dossche <=-

Re: Re: New report on nodelist.fidonet.cc
By: Ward Dossche to Wilfred van Velzen on Sat Feb 14 2026 12:22 am

Why does Fidonet still need to be "geo" based?

I have not been around long enough to really answer this question in
detail, but the short answer is because the master document says so and
has not been updated to reflect the changing times in any way.

Tom


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Re: Re: New report on nodelis
By: Tom Moore to deon on Sun Feb 15 2026 07:58 am

Howdy,

I have not been around long enough to really answer this question in
detail, but the short answer is because the master document says so and
has not been updated to reflect the changing times in any way.

What master document is that?


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deon wrote to Tom Moore <=-

Re: Re: New report on nodelis
By: Tom Moore to deon on Sun Feb 15 2026 07:58 am

Howdy,

I have not been around long enough to really answer this question in
detail, but the short answer is because the master document says so and
has not been updated to reflect the changing times in any way.

What master document is that?

Well, P4, I would presume.


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Re: Re: New report on nodelis
By: deon to Tom Moore on Mon Feb 16 2026 07:56:55

Re: Re: New report on nodelis
By: Tom Moore to deon on Sun Feb 15 2026 07:58 am

Howdy,

I have not been around long enough to really answer this question in detail, but the short answer is because the master document says so and has not been updated to reflect the changing times in any way.

What master document is that?

The FidoNet policy document that defines the structure of the network and how traffic is handled.

https://www.fidonet.org/policy4.txt

Tom
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Tom,

What master document is that?

The FidoNet policy document that defines the structure of the network and how traffic is handled.

He knows that ... he's just trying to antagonize you, or me, or someone else ... 8-)

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Re: Re: New report on nodelis
By: Ward Dossche to Tom Moore on Mon Feb 16 2026 05:02 am

Howdy,

What master document is that?

The FidoNet policy document that defines the structure of the network and how traffic is handled.

He knows that ... he's just trying to antagonize you, or me, or someone else ... 8-)

By "He", did you mean me? And if so, what made you think I was looking to antagonize somebody?


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Deon,

He knows that ... he's just trying to antagonize you, or me, or

someone else ... 8-)

By "He", did you mean me? And if so, what made you think I was looking to antagonize somebody?

Adding the "smiley" at one time could be interpreted as "do not take this all too seriously" ... but then maybe that meaning has gotten lost to today's society ...

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Re: Re: New report on nodelis
By: Ward Dossche to Tom Moore on Mon Feb 16 2026 05:02 am

Howdy,

What master document is that?

The FidoNet policy document that defines the structure of the network and how traffic is handled.

He knows that ... he's just trying to antagonize you, or me, or someone else ... 8-)

By "He", did you mean me? And if so, what made you think I was looking
to antagonize somebody?

Well, why else would you ask a question like that, that you almost
certainly know the answer to already?




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Re: Re: New report on nodelis
By: Ward Dossche to deon on Mon Feb 16 2026 12:45 pm

Howdy,

Adding the "smiley" at one time could be interpreted as "do not take this all too seriously" ... but then maybe that meaning has gotten lost to today's society ...

I dont think its got lost - I understandstand the smiley, but the setup to the smiley wasnt there for me.

Anyway, I didnt take it seriously, I was more curious in what triggered the comment.

I describe this medium, (any every other text medium) to many as 2D, and without the third dimension any statements can be taken in any direction, and its up to the reader to choose which way they want to go with it.

Sadly, I see way to many (and myself included sometimes) go down the wrong path.


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Re: Re: New report on nodelis
By: Dan Clough to deon on Mon Feb 16 2026 01:59 pm

Howdy,

Well, why else would you ask a question like that, that you almost
certainly know the answer to already?

You think I knew the answer, so I asked anyway? That's odd.

My head was in FTSC docs, and I was thinking that the response was going to tell me which document - as I didnt recall seeing it (not that I've looked at them all).

I didnt even think of P4, I dont think I've ever looked at that...

For a moment, I forgot that many like to stick to it like glue, even though the world has moved on.


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Anyway, I didnt take it seriously, I was more curious in what triggered
the comment.

Ever since my wife passed away I sometimes need to write or say something silly and it's also a bit as I stated before: Fidonet is a hobby which unites us, but also which separates us because it's very difficult to transmit emotions, feelings, tonalities. It's lie I try to write a joke about a black cat, and the recipients cat died that day ... totally inappropriate without the intention.

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Re: Re: New report on nodelis
By: Dan Clough to deon on Mon Feb 16 2026 01:59 pm

Howdy,

Well, why else would you ask a question like that, that you almost
certainly know the answer to already?

You think I knew the answer, so I asked anyway? That's odd.

My head was in FTSC docs, and I was thinking that the response was
going to tell me which document - as I didnt recall seeing it (not that I've looked at them all).

I didnt even think of P4, I dont think I've ever looked at that...

I guess I thought you'd been around FidoNet longer than you have. That
was the first thing that I thought of when I read the question, and
thought anybody/everybody would have done the same. Mea culpa.

For a moment, I forgot that many like to stick to it like glue, even though the world has moved on.

That's fairly irrelevant, as it is still the "master document" of
FidoNet, whether one likes it, or believes in it, ... or not.




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Hello Dan!

16 Feb 26 21:59, you wrote to deon:

For a moment, I forgot that many like to stick to it like glue,
even though the world has moved on.

That's fairly irrelevant, as it is still the "master document" of
FidoNet, whether one likes it, or believes in it, ... or not.

In the past of course. But even now, some of us still have traffic separated (international against domestic), in regards of cost.

Karel

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