PASCH@DHDIBM1.BITNET (Berthold Pasch +49 (6221) 404-242) (02/01/90)
This is to inform you that automatic routing table generation by NETSERV will no longer respect subscriptions in the :inform/:info tags of the node entries in BITEARN NODES file. Starting in March 1990 NETSERV will only honour routing table subscriptions done via the :routtab tag in the node entry or via the NETSERV AFD function (Automatic File Distribution). In the current BITEARN NODES file (version 9001) I can see that several nodes have :inform/:info subscriptions for which routing tables may have been received in the past from NETSERV, but these nodes do not have a :routtab tag. This means that routing table support by NETSERV will be stopped unless an appropriate :routtab tag is provided or a subscription is made via Netserv's AFD function. Dear country/network coordinators, dear node administrators, please ensure that the affected node entries will have their correct :routtab tag for the March 1990 version of BITEARN NODES. The following is a list of affected node entries together with the suggested :routtab information (derived from the existing :inform/:info subscription): :node.CANADA01 :routtab.RSCS V2 (NETSERV,TED@CANADA01) :node.HKUCC :routtab.JNET (NETSERV,HCXCLTS@HKUCC) :node.HKUJNT :routtab.JNET (NETSERV,HCXCLTS@HKUJNT) :node.HKUVM :routtab.RSCS V1 (NETSERV,HCXC-LTS@HKUVM) :node.JPNPNCT1 :routtab.RSCS V2 (NETSERV,UMEKI@JPNPNCT1) :node.JPNUNU00 :routtab.RSCS V1 (NETSERV,NEGISNO@JPNUNU00) :node.POLYTECA :routtab.RSCS V1 (NETSERV,MAINT@POLYTECA) :node.TWNSRRC1 :routtab.JNET (NETSERV,KUOTUNG@TWNSRRC1) :node.UMTLVR :routtab.JNET (NETSERV,CHICOINE@UMTLVR) :node.USTHK :routtab.JNET (NETSERV,CCSTEVEN@USTHK) :node.UTORDOP :routtab.UREP (NETSERV,JOHNCW@UTORDOP) :node.UTOROCI :routtab.JNET (NETSERV,SYSTEM@UTOROCI) :node.UTOROCI3 :routtab.JNET (NETSERV,SYSTEM@UTOROCI) :node.UTOROCI4 :routtab.JNET (NETSERV,SYSTEM@UTOROCI) Note: for US and some other countries managed by BITNIC the :inform/:info subscriptions have already been ignored in the past. Therefore these nodes are not mentioned here. Thanks and regards, Berthold Pasch