->> While engaging targets of opportunity,
Bill Cheek shouted to Marc Blitz...<<-
BC>
BC>  MB> On the fido bases, of course we comply, but on our network,
BC> we dont.
BC>
BC> Not sure what you mean there, but Fidonet's Policy4 is very
BC> enforceable, and there are some things you just don't do.  The
BC> hierarchy structure makes it an enforceable thing and it works.
What I'm saying is that Fido isn't the ONLY net run in Fido style...I'm 
running a total of 4 nets on may machines...On the ones that are "non-fido" 
we do what we want...thats all Im saying. And oh, I'm all too familliar with 
the nazi style imposition of various quirks of fido policy. A lot of fido 
bases are quite tolerant, and others are quite facist.
Consequently, many other nets have sprung up, and are setup as a fido-style.
There are even programs out there that will scramble the 
header/message/footer and allow the insertion of bogus garbage into a base, 
and disguise where it came from. Im sure youve seen them, people are 
screaming that they didn't post what is showing up, etc. and chaos reigns....
Getting back to PGP and such, as I said, on fido, we comply with their rules, 
on the other nets. we don't.
.\\arc
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