Fidonet Notices

New User Flags

The following Nodelist flags have been announced for use by the International Coordinator.

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MRVIA

This flag should be used by the Network/Region Coordinator,Host, or Network/Region Echomail Coordinator to indicate the primary path for echomail routed netmail into the net/region.
In a flag field of the nodelist the MRVIA flag would be used indicating the three dimensional node number of that node which will route the netmail to the network/region listed in the node number field for the nodelist on that line. There can be only one MRVIA flag for a network and only one for the region level. This flag is normally on the NEC or REC's nodelist entry.

RVIA

This flag should not be used by nodes whose routing path is covered by either Host routing or an Echo-Routed netmail path list maintained as each zone decides. It should, however, be used if no true routing data is available for a node.
In a flag field of the nodelist the RVIA flag would be used indicating the three dimensional node number of that node which will route the netmail to the node listed in the node number field for the nodelist on that line.

DRVIA

This flag optionally may carry a :Z:net/node uplink primary. Specifically there is to be only one entry of this flag per region and it is used to designate the default region routing site for all nets in that region if no other route is known. It is applied to the primary use number of that node only.

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