On Sun, 29 Sep 2013, Holger Granholm wrote to Mark Lewis:

 HG> Also, the FN_SYSOP echo has been very quiet here in Z2 maybe
 HG> because the true and critical inputs from Gerrit Kuehn which were
 HG> all to the point and correct.

ml>i don't know what you are speaking of here...

 HG> After his critical input which was correct and to the point we
 HG> haven't seen Z1 participation in FN_SYSOP.

i think your breakage happened around that time as when the dam broke, you
posts in other echos showed up at the same time as these in WIN95...

 HG> I did also admire his impeccable english, it was a joy to read. 

since i keep 2 or 3 years of posts alive on my system, i might be able to
go back and find it /if/ it made it thru to my system... FN_SYSOP is a
disputed area like FIDONEWS...

ml>the feed to you is through andrew leary and he does not filter...
ml>how can one selectively filter "garbage" posts? AFAIK, filtering is
ml>done on address or username... possibly on a per AREATAG basis but
ml>i'm not really aware of such...

 HG> I don't know. The result is that I don't see any messages in that
 HG> echo coming from Z1. Maybe my node number is in a filter.

no, more likely one or more Z1 node numbers... probably those of the
backbone star systems (which some call a troika while acting like a troika
themselves) but with the traffic flowing, obviously not blocked any more if
ever at all...

FWIW: i am (mildly) curious as to the delay and where it occured... it
could have been as simple a think as a typo in a password or directory name
on any system between you and me (at least)...

)\/(ark