Subj : eenie meanie chili beanie, the spirits are about to speak
To   : Daryl Stout
From : Maurice Kinal
Date : Wed Sep 30 2020 16:37:50

Hey Daryl!

 DS> Communication with the dead (necromancy) is dangerous

So far it hasn't happened that I am aware of but with fidonet it is likely tempered with poorly thought out protocols and 'standards'.  I am still not sure how an echomail based Ouija board would actually work within the context of currently accepted ftn practices.  Offhand I am guessing it would have to be a ANSIfied doorgame type dealie.  Also the dead might require nodenumbers with some sort of nodelist flags that could be deployed to differentiate them from a regular dead fidonet nodes.

 DS> Folks doing this are literally "playing with fire".

Cool.  Echomail could use the excightment methinks.

Life is good,
Maurice

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