On 18 Jan 17  20:20:34, Mark Lewis said the following to Nick Andre:   
      
   ML> so what happens when 229/400 joins and is also connected to /100, /200 and   
   ML> /300 when they do the rescan? i thinkg that's the point that wilfred was   
   ML> trying to make but he was making it from the POV of a fidoweb system that i   
   ML> connected to more than one system for the same area without the entire   
   ML> distribution being fully connected to all other systems in the fidoweb...   
      
   Illogical. If 229/400 was already connected to 100, 200 and 300 for ABC echo,    
   then 400 was already receiving messages from them, so a rescan would only    
   produce duplicates, which would be caught and zapped provided all four have    
   properly configured systems and/or four Sysops who can keep their fingers off    
   a configuration when it "just works". Can all four do it? Maybe not...   
      
   Unless I'm hitting a language-barrier with Wilfred, I'm getting the impression   
   its all doom-and-gloom because D'Bridge allows rescans and uses SEEN-BY   
   checking to determine a rescan or not. It reads as if this software is being    
   singled out and not Gecho, TBBS, Fastecho or others *that do it the same way*    
      
   D'Bridge is not everyone's cup of tea, but I refuse to have someone proclaim   
   the sky is falling after drinking my tea... My teas are not THAT potent.   
      
   ML> exactly... yet we have others working on ""hidden"" agendas trying to chang   
   ML> the entire methodology of FTN mail distribution to fit their non-standard w   
   ML> of interconnections...   
      
   My agenda is to run a reliable uncensored mail Hub until either I or the   
   equipment expires, and I don't give a jack-crap about other agendas or   
   politics. Many people use my services and DB in both NAB and Fidoweb    
   topologies. I am personally trusted by many Sysops for this and other reasons.   
      
   Nick   
      
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