Scott Adams wrote in a message to Thom LaCosta:

 -=> Quoting Thom LaCosta to Scott Adams <=-

 TL> The point is if no one posts in an echo...we can safely say there 
 TL> is
 TL> not interest/traffic.....so, someone has to do more than simply read
 TL> the mail(g). 

 SA>  Actually it depends.  A echo may require no posting.  For example,
 SA> in AdventureNet I have a Convention & Events echo that i post 
 SA> frequent postings of conventions, public events, etc. local to 
 SA> nation/internatinoal basis.  

Good point.....I should have said that if an echo nomally has something
othr than automatic announcemnts, is read only, etc...and no one sees any
posts, then it can be regarded as dead.  More often than not, this echo
appears to be dead.


cya,
thom
http://www.tlchost.net/echolist/ 
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