26 Mar 16 18:45, you wrote to me:   
      
    DS> With FIDONet, systems that are linked to the echo, see posts from   
    DS> other downlinks...sometimes before they get to the   
    DS> sponsoring/moderating system...and before they are dealt with by a   
    DS> moderator. I've wondered though, that even with a feed cut, would an   
    DS> offending poster try another way to get to the echo??   
      
   sure they'll go BBS hopping hoping to find another BBS with the same echo...   
   back in the day, it was harder than today... if you lived somewhere with a lot   
   of BBSes it was as easy as it is today in that you could call all of them for   
   a local call... doing the hopping thing to get around a ban was one reason why   
   sysops started talking to each other to be able to block users that were doing   
   this... today many systems are available via telnet or ssh or similar so   
   today's users can hop all around the world looking for BBSes with the echo   
   they are blocked from...   
      
   )\/(ark   
      
   Always Mount a Scratch Monkey   
      
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