Hi, Roy!  Recently you wrote in a message to Ardith Hinton:   
      
    ak>   * Origin: *** nntp://rbb.bbs.fi ***   
    ak>  Lake Ylo *** Finland *** (2:221/361)   
      
    AH>  Finland, eh??  Wonderful, wonderful!   
      
    RW>  He's posting from a BBS in Finland operated by   
    RW>  Tommi Kiovula   
      
      
             Ah.  I'd seen posts from Tommi elsewhere & thought I remembered that   
   he was in Finland.  I meant to check on who the SysOp of 2:221/361 is, but you   
   beat me to it.  You're quite correct... it is Tommi.   
      
      
      
    RW>  that doesn't mean that Alexander is necessarily   
    RW>  in Finland.   
      
      
             Uh-huh.  AFAIK Alexander lives in Russia, and while he usually posts   
   via Moscow he posts via Australia too.  In the "global village" of today I see   
   other Fidonet users & SysOps doing much the same thing from time to time.  :-)   
      
      
      
    AH>  We don't always know who's carrying the echo unless   
    AH>  somebody posts a message from their system.  Glad to   
    AH>  know we've made it to Finland too....  :-)   
      
    RW>  Do you know how to read the hidden kludges in a msg?   
      
      
             Yes... my message editor allows me to toggle them on or off.   
      
      
      
    RW>  The 'seen-by' kludge tells you which nodes are receiving   
    RW>  these msgs, but not necessarily reading them. For instance,   
    RW>  Tommi may be connected to the echo, but I havn't seen any   
    RW>  posts from him yet.   
      
      
             Exactly.  He could be lurking and/or carrying this echo just because   
   somebody else asked for it.  I don't know.  But I do know now that he's making   
   it available to users, that it's not simply a passthrough.  I can't be sure of   
   the latter from the kludge lines alone.  I hope it is not too late to say "Hi,   
   Tommi, I'd be glad to hear from you as well... and thanks for your help."  :-)   
      
      
      
      
   --- timEd/386 1.10.y2k+   
    * Origin: Wits' End, Vancouver CANADA (1:153/716)