Ward Dossche wrote to Alan Ianson:

WD> > I have read only a request for it but I don't know what they are
WD> > requesting.
WD> > What are they requesting, and what is your opinion?
WD>  
WD> The request has already been turned-down at ZCC-level, but anyway.

In that case it's moot, but thanks for the clarification.

WD> The argumentation is purely social and serves no technical purpose.

This is a problem from the get go. Fidonet is a technical organization.
Once the technical stuff is accomplished it can be a social/political
thing too. But that's something else altogether.

WD> Some key-elements of such yet to be written update deal with bringing 
WD> echomail into P4, making policy-complaints on echomailcontent possible.

OK, I'll duck out at this point.. ;)

WD> ZCC decided that the request had little merrit and had the potential of 
WD> causing more harm than good.

This is the most important thing. I am always open to change and new
ideas if they will better our goals. It doesn't appear to me that a new
zone 7 would do anything good for fidonet, technically or otherwise.

 Ttyl :-),
         Al

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