1237c934d672
c_echo



Hello Bill - 

--8<--cut 

BB> I have no idea what a Yahoo Group is, so I don't
BB> understand. I for one am still using Fido. I do have
BB> internet access, but it is separate from Fido. 

It's 'push' technology to automate delivery of each FIDO echo
message as an email at an email account address and reverse the
process to introduce replies into the same FIDO echo. A 'robot'. 

Many moderators used to include a prohibition against any use
of their FIDO echo for 'elist' robots use because it is
detrimental to the BBS community in the long run. No need for
new people to connect to a BBS anymore leaving many who have
invested time/money in the hobby of BBS'g sitting with zero
users even when FIDO echos are active. Sysops become drones
moving echomail and not much else. 

Elisting is the sucking sound the Internet makes as FIDO and
BBS'g are sucked into commercial ventures such as Yahoo to
increase their reach beyond the WWW browsing newbies. 

Lurkers who take in information and give nothing back love
elistings. Less effort for them. ;-) 

>
>        ,                          ,
>      o/      Charles.Angelich      \o       ,
>       __o/
>     / >          USA, MI           < \   __\__
 

--- * ATP/16bit 2.31 * 
... DOS the Ghost in the Machine! http://www.undercoverdesign.com/dosghost/