Hi *Nancy Backus*,   
      
    NB>> Unrelated (I think) to that weirdness, my normal Fido feed hasn't been   
    NB>> getting or sending messages out.  Turns out that he uses two different   
    NB>> feeds himself, the weirdnesses are probably related to the one feed, and   
    NB>> the lack of in/out is probably related to the other.  His feed for the   
    NB>> latter is Jack Yates who is off on vacation with the bbs on auto-pilot.   
    NB>> So, at the moment, I'm sending messages out from some of my backup bbs's   
    NB>      (snipped)   
      
    SR>> I have seen this happen it is a pain as you never know what is going on,   
    SR>> are people ignoring you or what. Still at least you have it worked out   
    SR>> now    
      
    NB> Oh, I've been around Fido for years...  I learned to have always some   
    NB> sort of backup to, if nothing else, see if my messages have made it out   
    NB> anywhere else...   So I always have been getting my messages from at   
    NB> least 2 bbs's, and always have my messages included in the packet.    
    NB> Messages were always going missing in the GENEALOGY echo... and since we   
    NB> were looking for vital info (pun partly intended), we tended to check up   
    NB> if there'd been no response... "Didn't you get my message? Should I   
    NB> re-send?"  :)   
      
    NB> But I tend to only send out from one bbs, usually...  until a time like   
    NB> this.  And then I don't know how reliable or not a place is for sending   
    NB> out messages until I actually try them out.  But, yes, I've got things   
    NB> worked out pretty well now... for now, anyway...     
      
   I use 3 different links but I have a feeling that they all link anyway   
      
   Sean   
   Strange things happen under the minight sun   
   When men and dogs go hunting for gold   
   ---    
    * Origin: There Can Only Be 1 (2:263/950)