-=> Quoting Paul Edwards to John Tserkezis <=-

Hello Paul,

 JT> "... If at first you don't agree, just flick them from the
nodelist! (c) 
 JT> DM"
 
 JT> I have no idea how he would react to that, and I'm not gonna find out. :-)

 PE> Remember that he can't flick you from the nodelist arbitrarily, only
 PE> Ted Harrison can.  But then, Ted also has the bizaare interpretation
 PE> of P4 wrt to your "crossposting".

 It seems a few people do.  I have caught more flack over that innocent help
message rather than the posting of your netmail from DM.  Incredible.

 I haven't received ANY official comment on that netmail posting actually.  One
comment from Charles Yendle and his "P4 according to Charles
Yendle" dibble.
 Ted mentioned once that he would not like to see me getting a PC for
supplying echomail to you.  I don't know what prompted him (it was before the
help posting), but I think it was DM trying to get chummy with him.

 PE>  BTW, does this mean that anyone who
 PE> gates an internet newsgroup, which I happen to post in, becomes
 PE> excessively annoying? 

 This is a rather silly area.  P4 mentions if fido has other networks gated
to come in and out, the gating system must be clearly identified, and if the
foreign traffic is causing a Policy violation, the sysop of the gating system
must rectify the problem.

 So if you were to post in a newsgroup, and that group is gated to fido via
a big name BBS, then technically, the sysop of the gating system would be
responsible for "rectifying the problem".  This is a requirement of P4.

 Bloody stupid if you ask me.  P4 NEEDS changing and the power hungry war
mongers are using the current Policy as an excuse not to change it.  They say
it needs the OK from the International Co-ordinators.  Oops, there is no such
thing as an International Co-ordinator.  Oh dear, how convenient.

 Either way, this *isn't* gating anyway.  It's like I have a mate who wishes
to get some info on some technical aspect, and asks me to post a message for
him because the BodgieNet system he is on happens to have no technical areas.

 That's not gating between fidonet and bodgienet.  Unless you call the phone
link between me and my mate another 'link' in the gateway.  And then that is
against policy because the "voice phone link" was not clearly stated in the
message posted by the gating system.

 Whoo Hoo.  Whoopie whoopie land here we come!

 Policy is looking more and more stupider every time I look at it.

John Tserkezis, Sydney, Oz. Fidonet: 3:712/610  Internet: jt{at}suburbia.com.au

... If it screams, it's best not to eat it. If it moans, you're in luck !!
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