<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div>It's a fine idea. As a first pass:<br></div> - select candidates as above<br></div><div> - email the address with a "are you still there?" message<br></div> - anything that bounces -> cull<br></div> - anything that doesn't respond within x days -> cull<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 21 April 2015 at 10:12, Ryan Abbenhuys <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:sneeze@alphalink.com.au" target="_blank">sneeze@alphalink.com.au</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<pre>Can I garner any support for a simple node database cull? Something along the lines of any nodes where the age is greater than 1800 days (approx 5 years) and their status is still only "Interested", "Gathering", or "Testing".
I would think that anyone still at that stage after 5 years has lost interest and the risk of deleting a node still interested is minimal. In the unlikely case that a node still interested (but hasn't accessed in 5 years?!?) is culled, they can surely recreate a new node listing.
With the node database as it is currently, it really is of little to no value and even gives false hope to those setting up thinking there's other nodes nearby.
I've emailed every node within cooee of my access point and haven't heard boo. Some internet snooping even shows some of these people have actually moved house and don't even live at their node location anymore!!
-Ryan
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On 21/04/2015 9:06 AM, James Fysh wrote:<br>
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<div>I tried to contact the owner of the KRD node, and it looks
like Optus has re-used the E-mail address for another
customer.</div>
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<div>Any chance the contact details for this user can be removed
from the Melbourne Wireless database? No point in annoying
someone who's not interested in Melbourne Wireless (and not
even living in the state of Victoria!).</div>
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<div>Regards,</div>
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<div>James</div>
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<div>P.S. Doesn't the re-use of an e-mail address (which might
still be the recipient of confidential e-mails intended for
it's previous owner) smack of really poor security measures!? </div>
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From: <b class="gmail_sendername">MMMagic</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mmmagic@optusnet.com.au" target="_blank">mmmagic@optusnet.com.au</a>></span><br>
Date: 19 April 2015 at 06:01<br>
Subject: Re: [Norton AntiSpam]New node in your area<br>
To: James Fysh <<a href="mailto:james.fysh@gmail.com" target="_blank">james.fysh@gmail.com</a>><br>
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<div><font face="Georgia" color="#0000ff">Hi James,</font></div>
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<div><font face="Georgia" color="#0000ff">Thanks for your
prompt reply. No I've never participated in the
Melbourne Wireless group.</font></div>
<div><font face="Georgia" color="#0000ff">I live in
Queensland if that helps.</font></div>
<div><font face="Georgia" color="#0000ff">Thanks for
letting the group know.</font></div>
<div><font face="Georgia" color="#0000ff">Cheers</font></div>
<div><font face="Georgia" color="#0000ff">Vanessa</font></div>
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<div style="FONT:10pt arial;BACKGROUND:#e4e4e4"><b>From:</b>
<a title="james.fysh@gmail.com" href="mailto:james.fysh@gmail.com" target="_blank">James
Fysh</a> </div>
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<div style="FONT:10pt arial"><b>To:</b> <a title="mmmagic@optusnet.com.au" href="mailto:mmmagic@optusnet.com.au" target="_blank">MMMagic</a> </div>
<div style="FONT:10pt arial"><b>Sent:</b> Saturday,
April 18, 2015 9:23 AM</div>
<div style="FONT:10pt arial"><b>Subject:</b> Re:
[Norton AntiSpam]New node in your area</div>
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<div>Hi,<br>
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Just to confirm - you've definitely not
participated in the Melbourne Wireless group
in the past? I'll let the group know -
hopefully someone from the group can remove
your E-mail address and you wont be bothered
any more.<br>
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Regards,<br>
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James<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On 18 April 2015 at
05:35, MMMagic <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mmmagic@optusnet.com.au" target="_blank">mmmagic@optusnet.com.au</a>></span>
wrote:<br>
<blockquote style="BORDER-LEFT:#ccc 1px solid;MARGIN:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;PADDING-LEFT:1ex" class="gmail_quote">Hello<br>
I have been given this email address by Optus.<br>
Please remove from your data base.<br>
Thanks<br>
Cheers<br>
Vanessa<br>
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----- Original Message ----- From: "James
Fysh" <<a href="mailto:james.fysh@gmail.com" target="_blank">james.fysh@gmail.com</a>><br>
To: <<a href="mailto:mmmagic@optusnet.com.au" target="_blank">mmmagic@optusnet.com.au</a>><br>
Sent: Saturday, April 18, 2015 4:52 AM<br>
Subject: [Norton AntiSpam]New node in your
area<br>
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<blockquote style="BORDER-LEFT:#ccc 1px solid;MARGIN:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;PADDING-LEFT:1ex" class="gmail_quote">Regarding
<a href="http://melbourne.wireless.org.au/maps/view?KRD" target="_blank">http://melbourne.wireless.org.au/maps/view?KRD</a>
:<br>
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I'm about to move onto Bowen Road (node
KVW). Just wondering if you were still
participating in the Melbourne Wireless
group?<br>
<br>
If you are interested, our line-of-sight
isn't all that bad - it wouldn't be the most
challenging wireless setup (we're .35km
apart, apparently), but could be a good way
to get started.<br>
<br>
Regards,<br>
<br>
James<br>
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