On Wed, 07 Jan 2015, Joe Delahaye wrote to mark lewis:

 ML> there might be but how is "dead wood" being determined? counting 
 ML> posts from a system can't be used because that's never been a 
 ML> requirement for membership... in fact, the only requirement was 
 ML> the ability to send and receive netmail... right? 

 JD> If a system cannot be contacted, or does not contact his NC etc, I 
 JD> would consider that pretty dead in most cases.  I have one or two 
 JD> nodes, but I occassionally see posts by them, so I know they are 
 JD> still alive.

how would you have viewed my system when it ran on auto-pilot for a year or
two while i was burnt out and staying away from it and most other
electronics?? i /might/ have posted 5-10 messages in that period... i think
i peeked in on the system once every 3 or 4 months... it certainly wasn't
dead or deadwood... it was very active processing and distributing mail and
files...

)\/(ark