Subj : Re: Most recent elisting of this area
To   : Wilfred van Velzen
From : Charles Pierson
Date : Sat Jan 23 2021 17:26:44

On 23 Jan 2021, Wilfred van Velzen said the following...
 Wv>  CP> I think I recognize his name from BATPOWER. I followed that Echo a lo
 Wv> 
 Wv> Another one of those dead areas? I see some of my links have it, but it
 Wv> doesn't
 Wv> exist on my system.

Yes. It's dead now. But I learned a lot back in the days when I did Batch
Files.  Those are some  archives that I'd like to find.

 Wv>  Wv>> Maybe you should let these dead areas R.I.P. ! ;)
 Wv> 
 Wv>  CP> They way I see it, they might get used again,
 Wv> 
 Wv> There is always someone that asks if the area is still active in those
 Wv> areas. :-/
 Wv> 

That's from Sysop's not taking dead areas off of their system. Users either
see the area and question it, or downlinks see it available and do so.
 Wv> Some do, but don't bother to disconnect it from their links. So if there
 Wv> is a message, they still get it and the area might get auto created
 Wv> again.
 Wv> 
 Wv> Which ever way, areas never vanish completely...

That's not necessarily a bad thing.

 Wv>  CP> I don't get that. If you don't like the rules of an echo, don't use
 Wv>  CP> the Echo. simple enough.
 Wv> 
 Wv> With these dead areas "the rules" don't exist anymore.
 Wv> 

So what room does anyone have to complain about what happens then?

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