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   Hello Aaron,   
      
   >LL>things so much simpler, even telnet is pass*.   
   >                                               Is there any daily activity   
   > in non-politics echos? I think we are the only people using Fido.   
      
   There is a little bit of activity in the Fidonews echo.   
   And some activity in one of the Cooking echoes. The JamNNTPd   
   echo sometimes has some activity. Fidogazette echo is mostly   
   just the newsletter, but does have some activity from time   
   to time.   
      
   >Fido should clean out all the dead echos and add a few new ones, to keep up   
   > with the times better.   
      
   Which ones are active, and which are not? How does a sysop   
   make that determination?   
      
   Look at it this way -   
      
   Each sysop is master of his/her own board.   
   He/she can carry whatever echoes of his/her own choice.   
   Or not.   
   There is no "official list of Fidonet echoes".   
   Only echoes that have been created by individuals.   
   Aside from the Fidonews.   
   Which existed before Time Itself.   
      
   I am master of my own creation.   
   Steve Asher handed me the CONSPRCY echo.   
   That makes me the "owner" of that echo.   
   Sysops are free to list it on their system.   
   Or not list it on their system.   
      
   You might decide to create an echo of your own.   
   Call it by whatever name you choose to give it.   
   Let's call it MONSTER.   
   Sysops are free to list it on their system.   
   Or not to list it on their system.   
      
   As "owner" of the MONSTER echo, you can   
   place restrictions as to who can post, etc.   
   But sysops are the masters of all, and get   
   to choose if they want to list your echo.   
   Or not.   
      
   --Lee   
      
   --    
   We're Great In Bed   
   --- MesNews/1.08.05.00-gb   
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