Board:   [fsxNet] fsx General
Subject: Re: Testing Mystic echomail
From:    esc(21:3/237)
Date:    Fri Oct 09, 2026 10:04

--- poindexter FORTRAN Said ---
PF> You'd set up a handful of your favorite BBSes to gang-dial, and it'd try
PF> them all in a queue until one of them answered. I'd be in the other room
PF> and hear Telix doing it's connect sound, come sit down and find out
PF> which board answered. Let's see, is this the 1337 board, the shareware
PF> board run by a creepy old guy, the underground board or the board with
PF> Every Fido Echo Ever?
--- poindexter FORTRAN Done ---

Interestingly, of all the boards I called back in the 90s, none of them were on
Fidonet. In fact, none really carried FTN! I remember reading .nfo files
talking about cybercrime but never actually saw a board carrying it myself.

-esc
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