michael kleerbaum (2:2432/203) wrote to Alle at 14:25 on 22 May 2004:

 mk> I shouldn't be at all surprised if Steve and the other zone-1-nodes
 mk> and - points are not longer able to read the mails in this echo
 mk> from zone 2. 

 mk> Because of the very stupid quarrel between Ward Dossche and Janis
 mk> Kracht many zone-2-nodes schedule to cut links to all zone-1-echos
 mk> and close the borders of zone 2 for zone-1-echos to protest
 mk> against some political decisions...

 mk> FidoNet in 2004 need this childish behaviour, of course... This
 mk> will bring us back to the golden ages... :-((

 mk> Sometimes I read areas like FN_SYSOP oder ENET.SYSOP, I feel like
 mk> living in a kindergarten.

I decided years ago that I would not bother with that echo. 

 mk> Steve, please tell us, that you can read our last mails!

This one got through as did your earlier one to which I will be replying. 
AS for closing the borders, we have no intention of doing so.1111

Take care,

Steven Horn (steven_a_horn{at}yahoo.ca)
Moderator, ALASKA_CHAT 
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