HI Dan

Dan Ceppa wrote in a message to Richard Webb:

 RW> One of the best arguments I've read yet.

DC> The Yellow Pages anaology is also a good one.  

YEs it is.

 RW> NOw before somebody splits hairs and argues you can't have an echo
 RW> local to a bbs, used to do it all the time when I had numerous points.
 RW> IN southeastern Iowa we had a couple local echoes, a local for sale
 RW> and a general local info echo. I also had an echo just to disseminate
 RW> info that might be of interest  to my points. 

DC> Yes, that can be done.  But, it limits the range where such an  Echo
DC> can be broadcast.  And, if there is already another Echo  with that
DC> name extant in general distribution, I'm sure it can  lead to some
DC> interesting interfacing requiring some slight of  hand on the sysops
DC> involved where both Echoes migh be interfacing.   

YEs, but i made sure nothing in any of the files of the time, fidonet.na
etc. showed those echotags in use.

I probably wouldn't have elisted them even at that time as there was no
need, they were local in scope and distribution.



Regards,
           Richard
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