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|    August Abolins to Kurt Weiske    |
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|    04 Sep 21 19:51:00    |
      MSGID: 1:153/757.21@fidonet f41f04df       REPLY: 484.chat@1:218/700 2598d8ad       PID: OpenXP/5.0.50 (Win32)       CHRS: ASCII 1       TZUTC: -0400       Hello Kurt Weiske!              ** On Friday 03.09.21 - 07:29, Kurt Weiske wrote to Alan Ianson:               -=>> Alan Ianson wrote to Richard Miles <=-               AI>> Next we'll have to get the area listed in the echolist        AI>> and try to get some hubs linked so interested folks can        AI>> connect.               KW> There have been a couple of Fido echoes that have been        KW> distributed locally - there's nothins stopping people from        KW> connecting to your system to get a local echo. If        KW> anything, it's a nice proof of concept that there's some        KW> interest before going onto the backbone.              But with so few users at any one system, plus the fact that        most echo participants would be scattered sysops running their        own boards, a "proof of concept" or rather a proof of interest        for an echo, would be hard to reach between just two or even        just a handful of bbses. Today, an initial rollout or        distribution is essential to get the participant numbers high        enough to foster good chatter.                     --        ../|ug              --- OpenXP 5.0.50        * Origin: Mobile? Join CHAT here: https://tinyurl.com/y5k7tsla (1:153/757.21)       SEEN-BY: 105/81 129/305 134/100 153/757 802 7715 218/840 221/6 229/426       SEEN-BY: 229/428 664 700 282/1038 301/1 322/757 770/1       PATH: 153/757 221/6 229/664 426           |
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