Subj : Re: Female Spam is *not* To : Dale Shipp From : Sean Rima Date : Fri Feb 15 2002 12:46 pm Dale Shipp was alleged to have said to Sean Rima something about Female Spam is *not* DS> -=> On 02-14-02 20:11, Sean Rima <=- DS> -=> spoke to Dale Shipp about Re: Female Spam is *not* <=- DS> DS> SR> I don't see how you can say that he is not gating. BBS DS> DS> Because gating is sending the messages into another network. He is DS> not doing that. No, that is propogating, not gating. DS> SR> protocols like QWK, Bluewave etc are all used and designed DS> SR> as part of a BBS package and to the controls of BBSing. DS> SR> NNTP is a completely different kettle of fish. DS> DS> And his making the messages available via NNTP *FORMAT* is provided by DS> the BBS system he is using. Likewise, many sysops make the Fido DS> messages available via HTTP format, readable by a web browser such as DS> MSIE or Netscape. That is not gating anymore than allowing the DS> messages to be read by a newsgroup format reader. It is gating, gating is what happens when you link 2 networks together that have seperat transmission protocols. DS> SR> It is a gateway, it is a gate between BBS/Fido and NNTP. No DS> SR> matter how you look at it. And saying that echos are being DS> DS> See above. And apart from the fact that the SUSE had a specific ban n NNTP access. DS> SR> made publically available, should that include SYSOP only DS> SR> echos. DS> DS> Separate issue -- and one that Shannon may well need to do something DS> about. If he is making sysop only or otherwise restricted echos DS> available to the general public then he does need to do something to DS> tighten up his controls. I might say that he is not the only one for DS> whom that is true. DS> yes he said he was sorting this out and power to him. Sean .... A linux machine! because a 486 is a terrible thing to waste --- BBBS/LiI v4.01 Flag-3 * Origin: TCOB1 The home of LinuxNet (2:263/950) .