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echo: fidonews
to: DAN CLOUGH
from: DAVID DRUMMOND
date: 2019-03-12 13:59:00
subject: Echolist Keeper

On 12/03/2019 08:50, Dan Clough -> Kurt Weiske wrote:

 KW>> Contrast with Fidonet - "Find a regional coordinator, set up your
 KW>> system with a /9999 address, poll them, and wait an indeterminate
 KW>> time for instructions..."

 DC> Careful, that's a little too clear and concise.  I don't think we
 DC> should tell a n00b to use /9999, they should have to figure that
 DC> out for themselves, like our Grandpas did...  :


Could it be that Grandpa managed to read the Fidonet Policy which documented
that procedure?

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Regards
David

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