Subj : Echolist Updates
To   : Ross Cassell
From : Allen Prunty
Date : Sun Feb 17 2008 07:48 pm

Ross,

I am sure that with this one... there is a lot of learning curve here. I am 
going to write a GATE-RULE once we get three bots up and running here that will 
outline the entire gating process and how a user can help with the spam.  As 
soon as we get the SPAM-Can-Bot, the TROLL-Bot, and the FLAME-Can-Bot up and 
running users can forward things into the system that will be reviewed and 
added to the filter.

I don't think that filtering on this scale has ever been attempted on a gateway 
before... and I do want everyone to know that everything virus checked, 
scrubbed, and filtered before they go out... there will be modest rules for the 
gateway and will outline everything there I promise.

Ross Cassell -> Allen Prunty wrote:

 RC> DESC This echo is being gated between Newsgroups and Fido.

I will further tweak this into an edit that will be submitted next week.  I 
don't want to bombard Thom's robot any more than I already have today... that 
is a Darned good idea.

I am having a serious Chemo Therapy migraine tonight and have had a terribly 
rough day... please excuse the grumpiness... I also have to leave... my best 
friend will be on the Extreme Home Makeover tonight and we are having a party 
for him.  I -may- be in some of the scenes on the show tonight... I tried to 
avoid the camera as I was recovering from my cancer surgery at the time.

 RC> I think with the concerns expressed to you, all things considered being:
 RC> Once dead echo
 RC> Issues we have had on both ends of a gating arrangement
 RC> Concerns of spam and other things
 RC> This could be your way of meeting in the middle.

 RC> The backbone isnt requiring this of you, just suggesting.
 RC> I am requiring you to change the listing for distribution..

I will take your wisdom under consideration and promise to do exactly that... I 
have e-listed things as "ADOPTABLE" much like your placeholder.  I do not want 
to hold on to these echos forever... I just want people to know that they are 
up and running.

I really want to see things back to what they once were... and I believe  that 
this old net still has a LOT to offer.

 >> DISTribution Backbone, EastStar, Direct Pickup

 RC> The Eastern Star is just one piece of the North American Backbone, while
 RC> I might be flattered that you consider me worthy of a separate
 RC> designation, I am as much part of the backbone as the other 3 systems I
 RC> am meshed with, no system is greater than the whole.

Well... like the echos on the echolist you are the one that's visible on the 
radar screen ... who are these other three stars and who runs them... I did not 
mean to slight them in the least... and apologize if I hurt feelings.  I have 
heard Brenda Donovan's name thrown around a couple of times and was overjoyed 
to hear that she was still around.

 RC> What I do when I list echoes, to avoid ego bruising is on the DIST
 RC> keyword I simply specify:

 RC> DIST All Backbones

That's fair... I promise that they will be updated as such.

 RC> Fairly neutral and generally once the echoes start flowing on the four
 RC> systems of the NAB, they go on out to others.

Take care Ross... and sorry if I've been a bit grumpy today... I've had a rough 
day.

Allen

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