-=> LEE LOFASO wrote to WAYNE CHIRNSIDE <=-

Hello Lee

 >WC>Here using Doc's Place BBS I note a recent upturn in
 >WC>the fidonews echo after it went virtually dead for a couple of weeks.

 >WC>Has that moderator - sysop relented and lifted the feed cut or did you
 >WC>relink?

 >LL>"Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain!"
 >LL>- The Wizard of Oz

 >LL>"Every sysop is encouraged to make this echo available to
 >LL>any user, that's interested in reading and writing in it."
 >LL>- Bjorn Felten, Moderator of the Fidonews echo

 WC>Do you have a URL to this document?
 WC>If so I'll post it to Ed Koon at Doc's Place.

 LL> It is posted publicly every month in the fidonews echo.

In which event I've got it archived.

 LL> I am sure he has already read it.  ;)

So aren't I as of yesterday.

 WC>I've no desire in participating in the demise of fidonet.

 LL> There are some remnants of fidonet that remain active.

Some.

 >LL>"The Fidonews editor ... is the permanent moderator of this
echo."
 >LL>- Bjorn Felten, Editor of the Fidonews newsletter, and the Permanent
 >LL>Moderator of the Fidonews echo

 WC>Yes but not the zone 1 mod right?

 LL> There is no such animal.

Steve Asher begs to differ in a post to me in this very echo.

 WC>As I was led to believe those responsiblities are broken down into
 WC>regional authority.

 LL> The only authority that exists is the editor of the fidonews newsletter
 LL> and permanent moderator of the fidonews echo, Bjorn Felten, as stated
 LL> in the official rules of the fidonews echo (document cited above).

Well until I've an actual sysops word for it I can't risk another 
BBS being cut due to myself posting there.

Actually Cassell claims he no longer runs a BBS but rather instead
the Eastern Star NNTPD server.

 >LL>In regards to the fidonews echo, any "moderator" other than
 >LL>Bjorn Felten should be ignored as they are nothing but pretenders
 >LL>to the throne.

 WC>Sounds right but I want confirmation, thusly I'll forward
 WC>this to Steve in this

 LL> Steve already has a copy of that documentation, and has read it.

 WC>echo as well as to Ed Koon to see his response.

 LL> Ed can easily find it posted in the fidonews echo, as it is posted
 LL> each and every month in public for all to see.

 WC>I very much wish to participate in discussions with a certain number of
 WC>Europeans and Scandinavians.

 LL> The moderator of the fidonews echo has banned no one from
 LL> participating.

Nevertheless Ed Koon DID cut my posting privileges for a time
so I guess he either does not accept that view or can't be bothered
to verify your argument.

Other people do have lives you know.

I'm largely bedridden with a computer at my side 18 inches away.

 >WC>Don't worry as I won't post to that echo from your BBS, nor
 >WC>any others suggested to me by someone.

 >LL>It is up to each individual sysop whether to carry, or not to carry,
 >LL>the fidonews echo on his/her system.  The same goes for any other echo,
 >LL>not just the fidonews echo.

Well I can telnet into that BBS you suggested and ASK the sysop there.
ISTR synchonet boards being very Linux telnet compatable.

 >LL>There are many BBSes throughout the world which carry the fidonews
 >LL>echo.  BBS listings can easily be found by doing a search on the
 >LL>web.  Most of those BBSes allow participants to read and write in
 >LL>that echo, paying no heed any pretender(s) to the throne.

 WC>Well yes now that I'm fully back in working order I can find them quite
 WC>easily, unfortunately I forgot passwords to several other quite nice boards
 WC>with the full compliment of fido echos due to the stroke.

 LL> Log on as `new user', go through registration process, and proceed from
 LL> there.

 WC>Then to I've your listings of those references in my text/bbs file.

 LL> There are many more BBSes out there.  Too many to be named or listed.

 >LL>If you are having a problem reading and writing in the fidonews
 >LL>echo from docsplace, use a different BBS.  Problem solved.

 WC>Yup, that one in Scotland for one, synchronet.

 LL> One of many.

 >WC>Fidonet is dying quite fast enough without my enabling
 >WC>someone to speed its demise.

 >LL>Then get some fresh blood, inviting others to join in.

 WC>I don't get out hardly at all or I would do so.
 WC>There is only one  other in this dump with online computers

 LL> It is like planting seeds.  Sometimes it takes a while for a seed
 LL> to grow.  And when it grows, it can grow into a great big tree.

 >WC>There are still a number of quality individuals posting in an ever
 >WC>diminishing number of echos.

 >LL>With fresh blood, and new echoes, that could change.

 WC>An optimistic viewpoint I've little personal optimism for however
 WC>I hope you're right and I am wrong on this.

 LL> "Will I dream?" - HAL 9000 to Dave, in the movie
"2001: A Space
 LL> Odyssey"

Saw that one ages ago when it first came out.

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