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|    Kurt Weiske to August Abolins    |
|    Re: "othernets" FTN network aliveness    |
|    16 Sep 20 12:06:00    |
      TZUTC: -0700       MSGID: 2231.coffeekl@1:218/700 23c7a5ac       REPLY: 2:221/360.0 5f60e73a       PID: Synchronet 3.18a-Win32 May 30 2020 MSC 1925       TID: SBBSecho 3.11-Win32 r3.173 May 30 2020 MSC 1925       CHRS: ASCII 1              -=> August Abolins wrote to mark lewis <=-               ml> familynet was officially shut down years ago... "someone"        ml> rescued the name and it has languished since along with        ml> many of the other nets that person also "rescued" when        ml> they were shutdown by their owners...               AA> "rescue" sounds very apropos. i.e. Fidonet reference to the dog.               "Rescue" sounds short-sighted; networks were meant to be ephemeral;        there's no point in keeping around a zombie network.                            ... Can you hear me?       --- MultiMail/XT v0.52        * Origin: http://realitycheckbbs.org | tomorrow's retro tech (1:218/700)       SEEN-BY: 1/123 90/1 114/705 120/340 123/120 131 226/30 227/114 702       SEEN-BY: 229/101 424 426 452 664 1016 240/5832 249/206 317 400 292/854       SEEN-BY: 298/25 305/3 317/3 322/757 342/200       PATH: 218/700 261/38 250/1 8 317/3 229/426           |
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