Subj : OT: Echo rules
To   : Randall Schad
From : Lee Lofaso
Date : Fri Sep 13 2024 11:41:20

Hello Randall,

 MP>> I noticed you asked in another (sysop) echo and didn't get much help as
 MP>> to how to tell the difference between real names vs. allows aliases
 MP>> echoes.

 MP>> There are a couple of FIDO file echoes -- BACKBONE and ECHOLIST -- that
 MP>> might be of assistance.  One, or both, are where you can get the latest
 MP>> echo list packet.  The ELIST file usually arrives once a month --

There is no official elist/echolist in Fidonet.

 RS> Hey, thanks a ton for that, Mike.

A bunch of humbug is still humbug.

 RS> Certainly the most thorough of the responses I've received on that.

First and foremost -

You do not have to use your legal name anywhere outside of legal
documents.

There is no official elist or echolist in Fidonet.
My own is good enough for me, and any others would be redundant.

Google allows users to use any name they want across Google services.
Google even apologized to users for having forced them to use real
names for three years prior to that change.

"There are no more restrictions on what name you can use."
~Google

Isn't that great?

German courts have taken Facebook to task, ruling that Germans
must be allowed to sign up under pseudonyms to comply with privacy law.

This has been excpanded to include the EU.

It is time for Fidonet to join the rest of the universe.

 RS> I'll have to go back and review.

Use of whatever name floats your boat should not take you
long to review.

 RS> I remember looking through .. uhh ...

Please ... please ... please ... do not pull a Joe Biden on us.

 RS> something (as useful as that is) and had names and descriptions but no high
 RS> level rules. Will take a closer look over the weekend.

Rules? There are no Rules ...

For Life,
Lee

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GOP thinks banning guns won't elminate guns.
GOP thinks banning abortion will elininate abortions.

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