Subj : Echo Hijacking
To   : David Drummond
From : Joe Delahaye
Date : Wed Nov 26 2003 04:04 pm

  Re: Echo Hijacking
  By: David Drummond to Joe Delahaye on Wed Nov 26 2003 19:40:24

 > Al salaam a'alaykum Joe
 > 
 > 25 Nov 03 22:01, Joe Delahaye wrote to Sean Dennis:
 > 
 >  >> GP>This seems a clear abuse of Fidonet, am I right?
 > 
 >  >> I wouldn't say that... there's nothing you can do except distribute
 >  >> your ech privately.  I've had people do that in my own echoes before.
 > 
 >  JD> It IS an abuse.  Especially so if the echo rules forbid gating.
 >  JD> Usenet is NOT Fidonet.
 > 
 > Rules don't mean much anymore....
 > 
 > Regards,
 > David
 > 
And why would that be?  Rules can still be used to make a point, or to get rid
of undesireable people, from an echo.
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