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echo: bbs_carnival
to: Philip Lozier
from: Bo Simonsen
date: 2003-12-25 20:22:32
subject: Renegade

Philip Lozier wrote to Bo Simonsen about ''Renegade'':

 BS>> Darryl Perry wrote to Sean Dennis about ''Re: Renegade'':

 SD>>>>  > it is just too bad.  for fidonet =p
 SD>>>>
 SD>>>> That's what feed cuts are for.

 DP>>> Don't bother.  You won't see any more posts from him on from this
 DP>>> BBS.

 BS>> By P4 you are responsible for all posts from your BBS,
 BS>> but that policy is anyway outdated..

 PL> Policy may be a little behind the times, but it is not outdated. 

Well every sysop which is mad at another one, can find a issue in P4 to get
the node excluded.

 PL> It is in effect until it is replaced.  The part of "responsible for
 PL> all traffic", even when changes are made, is 100% not likely to be
 PL> one of the parts changed. 

Like you may not send echomail in ZMH.

 BS>> But "Dream Master" was the "Realname" for him in your
 BS>> configuration?

 PL> That is a BBS SysOp misconfiguration of the area.. he's responsible
 PL> for that. 

No, what it's the software definition of a realname, my software doesn't
care if I enter "Bo Simonsen" or "Dream Master" as a
realname.

 PL>  The BBS user also doesn't need to rely on that, as, it
 PL> is clearly known that so long as the real name apears in the
 PL> message, (such as in the signature), then it is okay, as the "real
 PL> name" is there.

Yes, that's right.

 PL> This user didn't say... "ooops, okay, I'll include it"... rather,
 PL> he said "too bad, for FidoNet".  Cut him, bye-bye, IMO.

Absolutely right.. That's not the fidonet spirit. 

Bo

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