>>  RC> That is not the definition of opt-in, however.

 >> you cannot apply internet rules to fidonet operations...

 JD> Huh??  Since when is an OPT-IN an internet rule.  Has
 JD> nothing at all to do with the internet.

neither is it a fidonet rule... truth be known, the phrase doesn't appear
to have been coined until the internet got in widespread use and the
spammers became so prolific...

)\/(ark