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Message   August Abolins    Martin Foster   this results in "z:n/n.p@ " - this is not OK   March 30, 2019
 9:28 PM *  

Hello Martin,

 MF> Here's the simple warning I'd already added to the guide:

 MF> ---------- 8< ---------- WARNING: You are now in the domain field, which
 MF> is pre-configured to "fidonet". Although it's OK to change this to
 MF> something else, DO NOT LEAVE THIS FIELD EMPTY. If this field is empty,
 MF> you may encounter problems when polling your BossNode! ---------- 8<
 MF> ----------

 MF> All uppercase words are in bold/red.

That is excellent.  Maybe put "may" in bold and red too.  

So.. the 5D spec doesn't care what text goes there?  Can it be "this cannot be
empty" ?

The warning is most certainly critical.  I can see new user cleaning out that
field and never suspect why a connection never succeeds.


../|ug

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