-> fidonet is a real names network so real names are required in most   
   -> echomail areas...   
      
   Sounds like a moderator can waive that "requirement"   
      
      
   -> you should have posted this to my attention in netmail; Rule 4 ;)   
      
   I'm not a sysop, only a user. AFAIK, I ain't got no netmail.   
      
      
   -> main thing is for folks knowing who they are conversing with and   
   -> not having "nym hopping" as is seen in some areas.   
      
   -> right now, at this time, i'll allow this topic to be open for some   
   -> discussion but it should not detract from the overall purpose of the   
   -> echo.   
      
   I don't think this echo has any real purpose except for some occasional   
   chit chat between a few old die-hards (myself included).  How important,   
   or relevant, can that really be?   
      
   OTOH, I see posts in alt.bbs.pcboard, dicussing the PCBoard source code,   
   posted a person or persons, who, judging by their "name," wish to remain   
   anonymous. If they can't do that here, seems a loss to me.   
      
   The source code is more relevant than idle chit chat. I'm not opposed to   
   idle talk, but it's surely not as relevant as the source code. If this   
   echo is to have any real purpose at all, contributors to the source code   
   should be welcome, while remaining anonymous.   
      
   --- PCBoard (R) v15.4/M 250 Beta   
    * Origin: Torres Vedras - Portugal (2:362/6)