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echo: fidonews
to: ALAN IANSON
from: BILL MCGARRITY
date: 2015-07-21 14:52:00
subject: Re: New Stuff

-=> Alan Ianson wrote to Bill McGarrity <=-

Hiya Alan...

 BM> True, but as stated above, echomail can be routed because of the PKT
 BM> address, especially when the system doesn't have a CM flag. A lesson I
 BM> learned very quickly.

 AI> Your right, it can. I used to do it back in the dialup days for a
 AI> couple nodes I had connections with. They were long distance to each
 AI> other so they routed stuff through my node so we got it done with no LD
 AI> charges incurred.

I know it can... and the NC was a little ticked.  Naturally I apologized and
quickly resolved my routing issue.


 AI> IIRC I was using fastecho in those days and had to set that up in those
 AI> nodes settings.



As I said, anything is possible.... :)


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Bill

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