Mike,   
      
    > I am not sure if I have access to the sysop echo on this BBS.   
      
    MP@> No, as it is restricted to sysops you should not have access.  Let me   
    MP@> know if you do.  :)   
      
     With the BBS packages I've run (GT Power, Synchronet, and now VADV32), I   
   used to set the [ADM] and Sysop areas for Confirmed Visiting Sysops. Now,   
   I just set them to my level (255, the highest allowed)...then no one else   
   gets access to them. Besides, if the Visiting Sysop is part of a same BBS   
   message network that I am, they should have that area, and be able to reply   
   to it, on their BBS.   
      
     As a side note, I know that GT Power handles netmail and echomail   
   differently than FIDONet...and one HAS to be running GT Power software   
   to get the netmail and echomail. I knew that current developer Tom Watt   
   had made it freeware for non-commercial use, but that the GT Power Sysop   
   echoes and the netmail programs were PROPRIETARY for GT Power Sysops. But,   
   I think he was going to get away from any further development on the   
   netmail programs, and messages would be transferred by QWK Networking   
   with the BGNet utility (I think B.J. Guiliot made that freeware awhile   
   back, but I'm not sure...I know BGFAX is now freeware). Former GT Sysop   
   Bill Watts had files on his system that allowed GT Sysops to integrate   
   FIDONet style networks into their system.    
      
     Over here, while the FIDONet to GT utilities are available to all users,   
   I've kept the Netmail programs access ONLY to Confirmed GT Power Sysops,   
   who provide the garbled Netmail password for versions 14-19.   
      
   Daryl   
      
   ... A computer's attention span is limited by its power cord.   
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