Roy Witt wrote in a message to Thom LaCosta:


 RW> 09 Mar 08 15:30, Thom LaCosta wrote to Roy Witt:

 WD>>> Fidonet is netmail. Echomail is an add-on.
 DS>>   And for some of us, echomail is the only thing that matters in
 DS>>   fidonet.
 RW>> The only thing Fidonet about echomail is that it's carried,
 RW>> distributed, read and replied to by Fidonet nodelisted systems.

 TL> There is an area where Fidonet and Echomail are intertwined, and
 TL> that's the "official" fidonet echoes.

 RW> But those 'official' echoes are not mandated in Fidonet Policy.
 RW> Therefore, they're add-ons.

My point was that while echomail is not part of Fidonet, Fidonet, or any
other net, can use that vehicle to create official channels....and for
those, there may be rules that do not/can not be applied to other echomail.

cya,
thom
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