Hello James!

L›rdag 15. Januar 2005 19:41, you wrote to me:


 BS>>> Yes but it expires at sometime?

 AA>> Yes..  I think that's the way it still works.  But I am not sure
 AA>> what the expiry rules are anymore.

 BS>> My guess if it's not on the Echolist, it would expire on
 BS>> the hubs at some time.. Let me be sure about that.

 JB> My guess, is with the exodus of BBS's on or around Y2K, moderators
 JB> were hard to come by. As such, very active echoes may have had to
 JB> operate without the requisites that used to be standard.

You mean the hub maintainers?

 JB> I just noticed LINUX was expounded to include a number of branches.

Yes it does.

 JB> Good and well, but if there are fourteen echoes on Windows, a user
 JB> might get frustrated while posting to a little visited echo. The same
 JB> might happen to the plethora of Linux echoes too. I'll use the modem
 JB> echoes as an example. The echo on Zyxel modems, I believe was
 JB> delisted, but the Hayes specific echo may still be around due to these
 JB> relaxed rules. (I'm pulling these names out of my hat, just to
 JB> illustrate my point.) If USR_MODEM and MODEM, and WHATEVER_MODEM, see
 JB> paltry traffic by themselves, maybe the readers would be better served
 JB> by a streamlined, mean and lean MODEMS - all inclusive - echo?

I agree we did do the same in my region for regional echoes.

 JB> --- Maximus 3.01

First time I've seen a post from that board I guess?

Bo


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