Hi Robert,   
      
   > I moderate an echo that has the ! and _ characters in the echo tag.  However,   
   >when I go to add that echo to Aftershock,  I get an error mentioning something   
   >about special characters. is there any possibility that this could be fixed in   
   > an upcoming release?   
      
   There are no 'special characters' in the backboned echotag AFTERSHOCK   
      
   Could there be an extraneous character in your setup maybe?   
      
   From BACKBONE.NA:   
      
   AFTERSHOCK          The International AFTERSHOCK Android Client.   
      
   From my bbbs config over here:   
      
   X AFTERSHOCK                    Fido.AFTERSHOCK [akas] [nodes]   
      
   Take care,   
   Janis   
      
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