Subj : File, file; who's got the file
To   : David Calafrancesco
From : Jack Yates
Date : Thu Aug 30 2001 12:30 am

 JY>> group complain about her polluting the FDN.  Foxy apologizes and
 JY>> ceases the practice, and sets up a separate FDN for this
 JY>> particular purpose; the Distribution systems and downlinks now

 DC> She didn't create a new FDN, she merely used her status as ZEC to
 DC> hatch in the REC's regional routing list FDN.

However it happened (and there have been several versions which just goes to
show that my memory is as faulty as anyone's) the file was moved from BACKBONE
upon request.

 DC> I suppose if she wanted
 DC> to she could appoint the IRN Route committee the status of 'official
 DC> loyal opposition' route list and it too could be legit for Z1_REC. Or
 DC> one of the 10 RECs might decide that it is an accurate representation
 DC> of their region and endorse it and hatch it there as well. But that
 DC> hasn't happened.

Would it solve this problem without creating another?  If it would, I wouldn't
be adverse to the idea.


 DC> Those who complained, complained about the release... the location was
 DC> irrelevant. The fact of releasing something that he had no right to
 DC> release was the overriding factor.

 JY>> Then Ross releases backbone files pertaining to his system in
 JY>> BACKBONE, people complaing that he's polluting the FDN. Ross
 JY>> apologizes, stops the practice and all is well.

 DC> I must have missed that... where was the witch hunt? I haven't seen it
 DC> here...

I guess there wasn't one, or somebody tried to give a witch-hunt and nobody
came.  My error.



 DC> As the 'official' route list has a history of gross innaccuracies with
 DC> regards to connections to and from most Z1B hubs, yes, we determined
 DC> that this other routing file was an important info file for our
 DC> operations.

Ummm...ERNROUTE wasn't very accurate upon its inception either, IIRC.

It's my belief that both files got better with time.



 DC> Then I reserve the right to create additional echos to move echomail
 DC> from certain people I and my down links don't want to see. It isn't
 DC> right when applied to echomail, nor is it right when applied to files.

What you suggest here is a twit filter of sourts.

David, I understand what you're trying to convey here, but I don't quite agree
with your analogy.  Messages between/among people in this echo are
inter-related, IRNROUTE and the backbone/backstat files are not.
Traditionally, the remedy for objectionable messages in an echo is to de-link
the complainant from the echo altogether.  I can't do this with BACKBONE, my
donlinks depend on the other files in the FDN, and I have one link who wants to
receive IRNROUTE and I read it over myself so cutting the FDN from the
complaining downlink or deleting the file is not an option.

Were the file intertwined with the other files in BACKBONE, I would agree with
you.



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