Subj : Re: Fido
To   : poindexter FORTRAN
From : Vk3jed
Date : Sun Apr 05 2020 15:07:00

-=> On 04-04-20 10:09, poindexter FORTRAN wrote to Vk3jed <=-

 pF> That's true, and IMO part of the role of a moderator is to consolidate
 pF> or close it up if there's no activity. Fido, for example started
 pF> consolidating some of the echoes, but getting echoes off of systems is
 pF> the challenge - it's too easy for sysops to leave dead or disconnected
 pF> echoes on systems.

Yes, that's the toughest part - closing down dead echos. :(

 pF> What I've always wanted is to have a BBS that, when connected to the
 pF> entire backbone, if it receives a message would auto-create a BBS area
 pF> and keep a tally of when areas were last accessed. An area isn't
 pF> accessed for a year? Auto-remove the area.

 pF> The monthly ghost-town moderator rules postings would break that
 pF> though.

Yeah, another tough one.  Perhaps there needs to be ignore parameters - ignore
certain posters and topics when calculating the idle timeout.  That would at
least allow echos to be closed down, even if there are auto posting.


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