Subj : Re: testing from Starbug BBS
To   : Wilfred van Velzen
From : Rob Swindell
Date : Thu Sep 21 2023 11:53:28

  Re: Re: testing from Starbug BBS
  By: Wilfred van Velzen to Rob Swindell on Thu Sep 21 2023 01:22 pm

 > Hi Rob,
 >
 > On 2023-09-19 22:24:00, you wrote to me:
 >
 >  >> Except for your real name, the message was ok...
 >
 >  RS> Is that the official policy (real names required) for this echo?
 >
 > It's the general "rule"/practice to use real names in fidonet. So unless
 > otherwise specified it's the polite thing to do, towards the other fidonet
 > users, in any of the echo mail areas...

I don't think so. Unless an echo specifies in their policy that the use of real names is a requirement, there's no "defacto rule" that real names are required.
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