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Hello Tom_torfs,- 

>> There has been discussion intitated by Bob Stout and
>> 'friends' who access this echo via Yahoo about moving that
>> elist to another robot. From what Bob has said I gather it's
>> a server that Bob has access to but he has been a bit vague
>> other than reference to a 'recent discussion' with you about
>> moving this from Yahoo to this other server? If there has
>> been such a discussion and you are considering moving from
>> Yahoo could you share your thoughts with the echo here on
>> FIDO? 

to> Such discussion indeed took place. The main problem with
to> the Yahoo setup is that all Fido-originated mail appears as
to> coming from "tomtorfs{at}village.uunet.be" (with corresponding
to> Author tag in the body). Also, if you want to read the list
to> online (most convenient sometimes) you have to wade through
to> a bunch of ads from Yahoo sponsors. 

I haven't noticed a great number of messages being posted here
in the c_echo originating from the Yahoo email listing (until
recently). Prior to your recent 'discussion' has anyone
complained about Yahoo and if so, how many of the contributors
(this would have zero effect on the lurkers).

to> Having a dedicated mailing list server that would be
to> "Fido-aware" (e.g. coupled to my gateway-software) could
to> solve these problems. Bob seems to be in the best position
to> to provide hardware/software for such a setup. 

I've never been in favor of email-listed echos. FIDO has always
been a separate message system for the BBS community and not a
part of usenet or WWW. I'm surprised that any active FIDO sysop,
a 'ZC' no less, would be in favor of sucking FIDO echos dry to
augment the Internet or become a revenue source for one
individual.

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>      o/      Charles.Angelich      \o       ,
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