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|    Vincent Coen to Matt Munson    |
|    Echo descriptions    |
|    12 Dec 22 15:15:45    |
      REPLY: 1:218/109 639683AB       MSGID: 2:250/1@fidonet 639746a3       CHRS: UTF-8 2       TZUTC: 0000       TID: MBSE-FIDO 1.0.8 (Linux-x86_64)       Hello Matt!              Sunday December 11 2022 17:26, you wrote to All:               > Is there a file that explains detailed extended descriptions of some        > of these echoes that are on ?              IN the monthly and likewise on-demand daily archives sent out in file area       ECHOLIST is two folders called rules and descriptions.              The later contains ALL descriptions known from both the ELIST group and       BACKBONE where the later holds ALL Fido echos.              Of course it is up to a BBS programmer if they add the facility in to their       system to support descriptions and or rules to make them available to BBS       users.              The facility for descriptions has been running since the summer and was       announced here and in echo ECHOLIST.                     Vincent              --- Mageia Linux v8 X64/Mbse v1.0.8/GoldED+/LNX 1.1.5-b20180707        * Origin: The Elist Maintainer (2:250/1)       SEEN-BY: 1/123 15/0 25/0 90/1 105/81 106/201 120/340 123/131 129/305       SEEN-BY: 153/7715 218/700 221/1 226/30 227/114 229/110 111 112 113       SEEN-BY: 229/114 206 317 400 424 426 428 470 664 700 250/0 1 3 4 5       SEEN-BY: 250/6 8 11 12 263/0 266/512 275/1000 282/1038 292/854 317/3       SEEN-BY: 320/219 322/757 342/200 396/45 460/58 467/4 633/280 712/848       SEEN-BY: 712/1321 3634/12       PATH: 250/1 292/854 229/426           |
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