Subj : Re: Pondering Echomail Changes
To   : deon
From : Avon
Date : Sun Feb 02 2025 11:20 am

On 30 Jan 2025 at 09:52a, deon pondered and said...
 
 de>   Re: Pondering Echomail Changes
 de>   By: Avon to All on Tue Jan 28 2025 02:05 pm
 de> 
 de>  > Retiring
 de> 
 de>  > FSX_ENG - the echo is largely inactive and I think posts covering Enigm
 de>  > could be covered in FSX_BBS
 de>  >
 de>  > FSX_MAG - the echo does has some activity but again, perhaps best to mo
 de>  > chatter to FSX_BBS?
 de>  > Pondering
 de> 
 de> Its a shame, the BBS focused areas are great to get updates on those
 de> specific BBS tools, but if there arent any updates :(
 de> 

That's my thoughts also, I was happy to spin up the echos when there was real level of activity about the software packages...and it made sense to have a dedicated space to focus that content in to one discoverable echo.

The Mystic echo was the second echo created after FSX_GEN for that very reason and held off for a long time creating other echos taking a very conservative approach to echo creation.

The bugger is once you create an echo and then say opt to shutter it, even if you unsub all node and post updates to say this echo is no more, you will still BBSes on auto pilot (sysop is MIA) sometimes posting stuff to a now defunct echo etc.. HUBs that can reject those posts are a good thing IMHO else we end up back around the roundabout again with more content going out on what should be a defunct/retired echo.

So the ponderings I've been sharing about re purposing current echomail areas for a wider topic brief vs creating a new echo are partially based on that concern.

 de>  > 2) Keep crypto echo or not? I like the idea of an echo for encoded post
 de> 
 de> Yeah, I'd like to do more with areas that add a security element to them.
 de> Thinking about it, it doesnt need to be a public area (echomail) - it
 de> could be done via netmail...

I also like the topic/subject and am reluctant to loose the echo on that basis also, even if at the moment it's not that active... ZC privilege I guess :)

 de>  > 3) Keep HAM echo, albeit that's it fairly quiet.
 de> 
 de> Maybe HAM morphs into more "radio" related BBS activities? I'd love to
 de> do more with LORA for example - I just cant find the time to focus on it
 de> ... I've even found out that my city has a free LORA network, so
 de> wondering how I can tap into that (but I might be just out of range of
 de> it)...
 
I really like this idea and think we'll do this, it's an easy win. Will look for others to chime in on this one.

Kerr Avon [Blake's 7] 'I'm not expendable, I'm not stupid and I'm not going'
avon[at]bbs.nz | bbs.nz | fsxnet.nz 

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