Mark,   
      
   ML>sure they'll go BBS hopping hoping to find another BBS with the same echo...   
   ML>back in the day, it was harder than today... if you lived somewhere with a l   
   ML>of BBSes it was as easy as it is today in that you could call all of them fo   
   ML>a   
   ML>local call... doing the hopping thing to get around a ban was one reason why   
   ML>sysops started talking to each other to be able to block users that were doi   
   ML>this... today many systems are available via telnet or ssh or similar so   
   ML>today's users can hop all around the world looking for BBSes with the echo   
   ML>they   
   ML>are blocked from...   
      
     I know that the GatorNet Network has a "Sysop Blacklist Echo", but that's   
   the only "blacklist specific echo" I've seen. I guess the rest of them just   
   deal with it in their specific "Sysop echoes".   
      
     Sadly, it's the small minority of users who make things difficult for   
   everyone else. It hasn't changed in the 25 years I've been a Sysop.   
      
   Daryl   
      
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