10 Mar 08 23:27, Dale Shipp wrote to Jeff Smith:

 JS>> Now you've done it.  I would be concerned about placing limits
 JS>> decided on by one or a few people. If the majority of the users
 JS>> agreed to a limit then I would be ok with it. Maybe a longer time
 JS>> period between when echos expire and when they can be updated/added
 JS>> by someone OTHER than the listed updater/moderator.

 DS>   If there were a grace period of 90 days (as there once was), then
 DS> the
 DS>   effect is exactly the same as requiring that the echotag listing be
 DS>   renewed at least once during the six month plus 90 days.  Active
 DS>   moderators who use the echolist have no problem with maintaining
 DS> their
 DS>   listings at least once every six months -- many do it every month
 DS> or
 DS>   two.   Extending the period to nine months would accomplish little,
 DS>   and a grace period would be the same as extending the period.

In the good old days of Souvestre backbone law, If an echo expired in the
nodelist, there was a period of time that it was still carried and if not
renewed, then dropped from distribution. 90 days I think. This may be what
Jeff was thinking.


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