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echo: alaska_chat
to: THEODORE NIKODEM
from: JIM WELLER
date: 2006-10-16 22:04:00
subject: Moribund echo

-=> Quoting Theodore Nikodem to All <=-

 -> Sadly, I believe you're right. Time to pull the pin.

 Maybe I spoke too soon!
 
 TN> Unfortunately, I think "FidoNet has outlived its usefulness" is
 TN> probably more accurate. At least in Fido echos we neer got the spam and
 TN> the bomb attackes of the newsgroups.

Some echoes are still thriving. Cooking has about 30 regulars, and
averages 40 messages a day. We have just had two new members show up. We
even meet for for a picnic once a year. And no spam, except the canned
pork kind.

Almost all the other food echoes have disappeared though.



Cheers

Jim, in Yellowknife




... You mean this network has OTHER Echoes!
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