Subj : Echolist Updates To : Allen Prunty From : Ross Cassell Date : Sun Feb 17 2008 07:16 pm Hello Allen! 17 Feb 08 19:03, you wrote to me: RC>> I am going to pick nits here... AP> It will be a couple of days before Thom's system picks them up... but AP> everything will be edited to say this... I hope this won't delay AP> distribution any further for these echos. There are some people that AP> are waiting for these. AP> TAGname BEATLES AP> TITLe WorldWide Gathering of Beatles Fans from Across the Universe AP> MODerator Allen Prunty, 1:2320/100 AP> DESC Very active echo discussing all things Beatles... and a AP> DESC good place to trade memories and collectibles. AP> VOLume 2500/month AP> ORIGin 1:2320/100 AP> DISTribution Backbone, EastStar, Direct Pickup AP> GATEway rec.music.beatles.moderated Filtered The Gateway keyword is good, but I was thinking along the lines of this: DESC This echo is being gated between Newsgroups and Fido. I think with the concerns expressed to you, all things considered being: Once dead echo Issues we have had on both ends of a gating arrangement Concerns of spam and other things This could be your way of meeting in the middle. The backbone isnt requiring this of you, just suggesting. I am requiring you to change the listing for distribution.. >DISTribution Backbone, EastStar, Direct Pickup The Eastern Star is just one piece of the North American Backbone, while I might be flattered that you consider me worthy of a separate designation, I am as much part of the backbone as the other 3 systems I am meshed with, no system is greater than the whole. What I do when I list echoes, to avoid ego bruising is on the DIST keyword I simply specify: DIST All Backbones Fairly neutral and generally once the echoes start flowing on the four systems of the NAB, they go on out to others. == Ross Fidonet Feeds Or Fidonet In Your Newsreader: http://www.easternstar.info E-mail: ross(at)cassell(dot)us | Blogs/Other Places: http://links.cassell.us .... A DEMOCRAT: Someone who thinks they are entitled to your money. --- GoldED+/W32 1.1.5-30413 * Origin: The Eastern Star - Spartanburg, SC USA (1:123/456) .