Hi Richard,

>> I"m with you MIke!!!

> 

>> AS is often said, "preach it brother, preach it!"

>> Perhaps we it would be a good idea write up an operations 'guide'
>> for using switching services on telephone lines and mailers.. you
>> know, RingTone kind of things.. So many sysops have forgotten 'so
>> much' about that kind of thing...

> YEp, there are those using the distinctive ring thing quite
> successfully.

It was one of the things that carried us through the days of expenses of
operating a bbs and feeding our families   People didn't have to
worry (and still don't) about giving an extra dime to the phone company. 
Even now with our calling plan, I can make it a touch easier for nodes to
stay connected to Fidonet by calling and delivering their mail as soon as
it comes in.

>  I"m working on something which spins off
> Mike's comments here, but I"d like to see you go forward
> with some more groundwork first in fg.  THat's not for this
> echo I guess 

I dunno.. if it has to do with someone leaving what's not broke in the
Maximus code, it belongs hehe

> bringing it back around, wehther the back end behind
> something web accessed or pots, Maximus has some good
> facilities for message handling geared for tech support or
> other support services which could also be quite useful in
> such capacities, even with the occasional pots access.
> The "ownership" and other audit trail capabilities of
> Maximus messaging systems make it quite usable pretty much
> out of the box in such an application.

Agree there... I played with the linux maximus code way back.. I should
pick it up again.  When I switched drives here, I didn't bother copying it
over
.. this drive has tons of space so.. :)

Take care,
Janis

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