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   MSGID: 27.fidonet-abled@1:19/33 21416449   
   REPLY: 6.echomailabled@1:267/160 214153ed   
   PID: Synchronet 3.17c-Win32  May 14 2019 MSC 1800   
   TID: SBBSecho 3.07-Win32 r3.114 May 14 2019 MSC 1800   
   Steven,   
      
   SW> DS> The echoes basically are in 3 statuses:   
      
   SW> DS> 1) Dead -- hardly any postings in them.   
   SW> DS> 2) Life Support -- kept alive by autopostings for BBS Ads, etc.   
   SW> DS> 3) Alive -- active with traffic.   
      
   SW> What would you consider the status of this particular echo?   
      
     From our message traffic, "on life support". Otherwise, "dead". :P   
      
     In the BBS and Network Ads areas over here, I turned DUPLICATE   
   CHECKING ON, as several systems were posting the same message for their   
   BBS more than once a day, which obviously means several times a week. I   
   noted in some echoes, the moderators have noted "no more than 2 postings   
   of a BBS ad in a 1 week span", but that seems largely ignored.   
      
     Also, I don't consider messages over 30 days old as being "timely", so   
   once the original post is zapped, a new one can come in, and not be   
   thought of as a dupe over here.   
      
     Besides, folks should logon to a BBS because they WANT to -- NOT   
   because they have to. For me, the BBS is one of the last few hobbies   
   that I can still do, with my declining health. I have over 50 medical   
   conditions, with an 11 page med list (doctors, surgeries, meds, etc.),   
   and they found degenerative disk disease in my spine a year and a half   
   ago. So, while most days, I'm the only logon, I do it for my   
   enjoyment...not only for the doorgames, but the banter in some of the   
   echoes.   
      
   Daryl   
      
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