AWL> 1/ AVTECH is a FidoNet echo, XT_ETC isn't...

PE> What's wrong with being a "fidonet echo"?

AWL> I'm not a FidoNet Sysop... NFSE

So?  You can start your own echo without being a sysop.  In fact,
Frank, Brenton + Bob did exactly that here.  Called WANK_FOREVER
or something.  Totally passthrough here, but no-one else can hook
into it.

AWL> 2/ XT_ETC can be got to Melbourne, I don't think AVTECH 
AWL> exists down there...

PE> Yes it does.

AWL> Where? I know some folk who'd probably like to see it...

Ask Edward Livermore.  Also ask Rowan Crowe and Andrew Clarke.
David Nugent even posted in AUST_AVTECH once, so try there too.
Just look at the origin address of the messages and look up the
nodelist yourself.

AWL> 3/ AVTECH is large, XT_ETC will probably never go much over 
AWL> a dozen messages a week...

PE> So will slot into AVTECH easily.  BFN.  Paul.

AWL> Not from the point of view of AVTECH being a FidoNet Echo...

What possible disadvantage do you see in that?  BTW, what are you
calling a "Fidonet Echo"?  Is LOCUSER a fidonet echo?  What about
FOURTH_REICH?  BFN.  Paul.
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