Subj : Echo Hijacking
To   : Steve Asher
From : Thom LaCosta
Date : Sat Nov 29 2003 05:50 am

Steve Asher wrote in a message to Dale Shipp:

 SA> Mulling over Dale Shipp to Steve Asher 28 Nov 2003

 SA> If you browse to http://www.relaynet.org/Subscriptions.htm you will
 SA> find a list of RelayNet Conferences you can subscribe or unsubscribe
 SA> to, including MENS_ISSUES. Most appear to be existing "FidoNet"
 SA> echoes. 

 DS>   I went and took a look at that site.   The list does not include
 DS> all fidonet echos, in particular it does not include the echo I
 DS> help moderate (COOKING). I also see that it includes echos that
 DS> used to be fidonet echos but no longer exist (e.g. InterCook).

 SA> Yes, I doubt that Rime has "hijacked" any echoes, they probably had
 SA> prior permission of a previous moderator to gate them.

As I recall, there were some discussions that a large number of Fido echoes 
were added to Rime once Bobby Queen relisted them after expiration.

cya,
thom
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