On (20 Nov 96) Robert Jones wrote to Moderator...

 RJ> I've recently started 3 pairs of games with people in various parts
 RJ> of the world but have not received any thing from them for nearly a month.
 RJ> Is there a problem with the echo or is it just the usual Fido black hole
 RJ> that swallows messages? Am I (we) getting out of Australia? I'm receiving
 RJ> messages about files on the backbone but nothing from Andrey Zhelezny
 RJ> Ukraine 2:4631/13, Alex Shoffner USA 1:104/352 and Bruce Moon USA
 RJ> 1:356/4.27.

   My fault -- at least partially.  I had a message to you slated to go out in
   my last group, but it got overlooked.  Then I had a series of distractions,
   not the least of which was bad weather (including high winds, lightning,
   torrential rain, and flooding).  Before I realized it, 2 weeks(!) had passed
   and other messages needing replies were piling up.  I should have some moves
   in this packet -- at least that's how I sending them.

   As for the other 2 names you mentioned -- I also have games going with
   Andrey Zhelezny, and I have heard nothing for a month or so as well.
   Although I don't have any games going with Alex Shoffner, I do try to follow
   all the activity in both chess echoes, and I can't recall seeing any
   messages from him in the last few weeks.

 Later,
 Bruce Moon