HD> Yes, almost ALLWAYS! HD> If there is no BBS, the node should be listed with an MO flag.
should be but they are not always listed as mail only...
HD> Or the system is not well configurated, or the nodelist entry is HD> wrong.
that depends on one's perspective(s)... not everyone in fidonet thinks the same way ;)
HD> No MO-Flag, there should be a BBS, and a mailer, both! period. MO HD> flag, than BBS-users have no access, only mailers.
RW> The CM flag indicates that the node is in Continuous Mail mode.
HD> You are confused. HD> That's CM flag is to indicate the node is 24 h online and always HD> accept mail, also outside ZMH.
true...
HD> First there were BBSes, then they were connected to exchange mail HD> too. And later on many are Mail Only withouth a BBS, hence the HD> MO-flag. The CM flag does not indicate there a BBS or not, i.e. HD> irrelevant. The MO flag does wat it tells you, Mail Only, so No HD> BBS.
true for the most part... MO was also implemented when there were a lot of BBS callers using the nodelist to locate BBSes they wanted to call and visit... adding the MO flag helped to indicate to them that there was no BBS available... however, it didn't stop all callers... plus MO doesn't mean that there is not a BBS, either... perhaps it is a private BBS that is not advertised to the public? ;)
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