04 Jul 15 21:49, you wrote to me:

 EV>> ---
 EV>>  . Synchronet . HISPAMSX BBS - The BBS dedicated to the 8-bit MSX
 ml>> computers

 ml>> FWIW: i haven't see that post yet but i'll keep my eyes open
 ml>> and see if it comes through the gateway ;)

 EV> Strange that I should see a message in an echo that You overlooked or
 EV> maybe don't get (NAH that couldn't happen).

nah, nothing like that... the synchronet message areas originate in
DOVE-NET... that's a QWK based network... it uses QWK to transfer the
messages between BBSes... the main difference between network QWK and user
QWK is that users cannot upload messages from other users... (one of) their
name(s) is forced on to posts they upload... by "one of their
names" i mean their real name or their nickname/handle depending on
the message area and the BBS settings for that area... network QWK does not
enforce the name to be one of the users' names...

in any case, DOVE-NET traffic goes through a gateway site to get in to
fidonet... for some reason, not all posts /from/ DOVE-NET make it
through... i have no clue as to the problem but it has been happening for a
long time...

with all that said, i did see someone else's reply to the orginal post and
those characters were converted in that reply so i suspect that it is
something to do with the message base settings and the traditional 7bit
ASCII thing that fidonet has had for so long...

i've thought about maybe adding a QWK network to my main system but i don't
have the software available and don't have the drive to develope it right
now... the two other BBS packages running here do have QWK network
capabilities so we might go that route but that remains to be seen...

)\/(ark

... The only way to be truly misogynistic is to be a woman - Randy Milholland
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