On Thu, 1 Apr 1993 21:41:19 +0200 Eric Thomas said: >No. Look, I have already spent a LOT of time providing a mechanism for >people who leave the network to have the addresses changed. Now what >you're asking for is a mechanism to allow people who leave the network >and haven't got an ounce of organization to cover up their mistake after >the fact. Why should I spend my time in that fashion? If you're so >disorganized that you can't even announce your new node 2 weeks in >advance, you deserve the troubles you get. And, by the way, what NAD? If >the node is gone, it hasn't got a NAD any longer. Yeah, you're right about most of that. I suppose the idea is to get people to "do the right thing". >What's wrong with doing ADD after you find out the DEL removed the wrong >address? I don't really worry about it because I am not a NAD, but I would hate to have to fix a couple of hundred subscriptions that aren't even mine, but then again, I would probably deserve it for not doing things "right" in the first place :-). ** ------------------------------------------------------------------ ** ** Geert K. Marien : [log in to unmask] (Bitnet: GKMQC@CUNYVM) ** ** ListOwner: AIRLINE, RAILROAD, STAMPS, The INDIA List ** ** (All contents are my own opinions - unless otherwise stated) ** ** ------------------------------------------------------------------ **