Hello Nick,

 LL>> That is exactly what Bj*rn Felten did after Frank
 LL>> Vest handed him the keys to the kingdom for the
 LL>> Fidonews echo.  He had it elisted, and made no
 LL>> changes since, thus had no need to update it.
 LL>> So what happened?  Some dude named Andrew Leary
 LL>> hijacked it and claimed it for himself.  With
 LL>> the full approval of the NAB.

 LL>> Maybe Nick Andre can explain to you the reeasons why.

 NA> Eh?? What do I have to do with Echomail?

I have no idea.  You tell me.

Here's a hint (from EP1) -

V.  STATEMENT OF POLICIES

1.   BASIC ECHOMAIL  POLICY:   The basic policy of Echomail is to
promote  communication  in  Echomail  Conferences  in  a  lawful,
friendly  manner   consistent  with  the  general  principles  of
FidoNet.

What are "the general principles of FidoNet"?

We can start with -

No private elist/echolist has any official status in Fidonet.

Wouldn't you agree?  After all, you are the duly elected Z1C.

--Lee

-- 
I Take A Sheet In The Pool

--- MesNews/1.08.05.00-gb