Subj : FIDO echo privacy To : PETER BRADIE From : George Pope Date : Tue Nov 25 2003 10:19 am On (23 Nov 03) PETER BRADIE wrote to GEORGE POPE... PB> GP> semi-equivalent, but still not quite as private) but it is like a PB> rented PB> GP> room at a convention centre, where all attendees must register PB> before PB> GP> gaining admittance. . . PB> PB> GP> A slight difference from a wide open arena (such as a public park, PB> or PB> GP> sidewalk, for example) PB> PB> I'd venture to say that there's at least one lurker, monitoring the PB> messages PB> here, just to see whether they wish to join in. They may have seen PB> the title PB> to the echo, or been invited to join in by a member, but the upshot is PB> they PB> are here although not participating. No registration required, or PB> admission PB> requirements. This is a wide, open area. I didn't mean registered directly with the echo/moderator, but they do have to be part of a BBS, which has to be 'registered', of a sort, with Fidonet (as a node or point) Your friend, <+]::-{)} (Cyberpope(the Bishop of ROM!)) Ask me how to connect with me in any of 5 different Instant Messengers --- PPoint 1.76 * Origin: Cyberpope pointing via the Milky Way! (1:153/307.11) .