REPLY: 2:221/1.58@fidonet d7180a6e   
   MSGID: 1:3634/12.73 5ca6d761   
   PID: GED+LNX 1.1.5-b20180707   
   CHRS: CP437 2   
   TZUTC: -0400   
   TID: hpt/lnx 1.9.0-cur 07-09-15   
      
    On 2019 Apr 04 20:06:00, you wrote to me:   
      
    AA>>> ..and the whole thing hinges on the use of full and proper FN LN for   
    AA>>> the whole thing to work.  I don't think Policy 4 states that real or   
    AA>>> any kind of two-part name with FN LN is even required.   
      
    ml>> it is certainly nothing to do with Policy... policy is for the   
    ml>> network... not the traffic carried other than commercial and   
    ml>> spam/unwanted traffic...   
      
    AA> My bad.  I think I was thinking of an echopol somewhere?  Or, was it   
    AA> just a common expectation in fidonet echo participation via the   
    AA> moderator/ rules?   
      
   there was an echopol that was written which Z1 rejected quite soundly... at   
   least one other zone did accept it but they only use bits and pieces of it when   
    it suits them... i'm not sure about the other zones, though...   
      
    AA>>> Were you ever a member of Compuserve and the discussion areas?   
      
    ml>> i used compuserve for a very little while... never really liked it...   
    ml>> especially since it was on a Model 100 with only a 40 character wide   
    ml>> screen and  i think 10 lines tall...   
      
    AA> Outch.  10 lines tall?   Messaging would seem totally awkward.   
      
   that and the cost is why i didn't stay any longer than i did...   
      
    AA> Compuserve offered a robo-call program that would call up, collect the   
    AA> messages from the areas you were interested in, send off any of your   
    AA> messages or email, and disconnect.  Then the same program was used to   
    AA> read/edit/compose.   
      
   hummm...   
      
   )\/(ark   
      
   Always Mount a Scratch Monkey   
   Do you manage your own servers? If you are not running an IDS/IPS yer doin' it   
   wrong...   
   ... When will it end? When will the global recoil kick in?   
   ---   
    * Origin:  (1:3634/12.73)   
   SEEN-BY: 15/2 57/0 123/1970 153/250 154/10 203/0 221/0 226/17 229/107   
   SEEN-BY: 229/354 426 1014 240/5832 249/206 317 400 267/800 280/464   
   SEEN-BY: 280/5003 292/854 310/31 317/2 3 322/757 342/200 393/68 396/45   
   SEEN-BY: 423/120 712/848 770/0 1 10 100 330 340 772/0 1 500 2452/250   
   PATH: 3634/12 153/757 250 770/1 280/464 229/426