Subj : Re: Most recent elisting of this area
To   : Wilfred van Velzen
From : Charles Pierson
Date : Sat Jan 23 2021 14:48:07

On 23 Jan 2021, Wilfred van Velzen said the following...
 Wv>  CP> Bobby Queen is a familiar name. From years ago as you said.
 Wv> 
 Wv> I don't remember him.

I think I recognize his name from BATPOWER. I followed that Echo a lot.
 Wv>  CP> Yeah, me and my exploring echos.  Probably skewing the stats for
 Wv>  CP> people.
 Wv> 
 Wv> Maybe you should let these dead areas R.I.P. ! ;)

They way I see it, they might get used again, or sysops will clean them off
their systems so they can vanish into the night.

 Wv>  CP> Real Names or Handles, I'm good either way.
 Wv> 
 Wv> Fidonet is mostly Real Names only. The less exceptions the less
 Wv> confusing it is, and the less discussions it will trigger.
 Wv> 

I don't get that. If you don't like the rules of an echo, don't use the Echo.
simple enough.  

 Wv>  CP> It's not even something to worry about unless it starts getting actua
 Wv>  CP> traffic.
 Wv> 
 Wv> It's nothing to worry about unless someone misuses his freedom.

There is that.

 Wv>  CP> By the way,  where do you find thise old listing Wilfred?
 Wv> 
 Wv> A while back I downloaded all the old elisting files I could find, so I
 Wv> have an
 Wv> archive that goes back as far as 1987. But the early years are far
from 
 Wv> complete.
 Wv> 
 Wv> Janis also has a lot of them: http://www.filegate.net/echolist/

Thanks. I'd like to check those out.

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