Subj : Re: "othernets" FTN network aliveness
To   : August Abolins
From : Kurt Weiske
Date : Wed Sep 16 2020 12:06:00

-=> August Abolins wrote to mark lewis <=-

 ml> familynet was officially shut down years ago... "someone"
 ml> rescued the name and it has languished since along with
 ml> many of the other nets that person also "rescued" when
 ml> they were shutdown by their owners...

 AA> "rescue" sounds very apropos.  i.e. Fidonet reference to the dog.

 "Rescue" sounds short-sighted; networks were meant to be ephemeral;
 there's no point in keeping around a zombie network.



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