-=> Quoting Sean Rima to Nancy Backus on 05-22-06  18:52 <=-   
      
    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>> 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   
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    SR> I use 3 different links but I have a feeling that they all link anyway   
      
   True, with the internet as a vehicle for the feeds, there's more linking   
   than one might think at first thought...  Like, Craig at Chowdanet in RI   
   feeding from Jack in GA...  So yours might* be all linked, especially if   
   they are all in the same region.  But it's not necessarily the case,   
   other than the ultimate linking of the entire echo system.... :)  At the   
   moment, I grab message packets (which at minimum contain DADS, MEMORIES   
   and whatever's left of the genealogy areas, unless not carried by that   
   bbs) from a number of BBS's, from all over...  Doc's Place in Florida,   
   Fidotel in Virginia, Thunderbolt in Arkansas (doesn't have DADS,   
   though), Juxta in Canada (Quebec?), Holodeck here in Rochester NY, as   
   well as Chowda in Rhode Island.  I used to poll at Fonix in England,   
   too, until he went down.  There's enough variation in the feed that I   
   doubt that they are all linked (and besides, they don't all go down   
   together, either.... ).     
      
   Telnet gives what is essentially local access to bbs's that I couldn't   
   afford to dial-up long distance...    
      
   ttyl     neb   
      
   ... When in doubt...No, don't do that either.   
      
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