-=> Dale Shipp wrote to Dan Clough <=-

 DC> It would amount to what we call here in the US a "spring
 DC> cleaning".  A chance to get rid of the old cruft and useless junk
 DC> that clutters up our houses, and our nodelists.  Everybody gets a
 DC> Zone 1 (or 2, or 3, whatever) address, and by carefully going
 DC> through that during the re-assigning process, most (all?) of the
 DC> dead/useless entries in there go away.  Now, does that help the
 DC> flow of mail work any better?  Maybe not.  But it's still a good
 DC> thing.  It would simplify the process of nodelist updates and
 DC> distribution.

 DS> That dead wood could also go away by the *Cs doing their jobs
 DS> within their respective areas.  Not clear why it would be done
 DS> any better by what you propose.

No argument from me on the *Cs doing their jobs.  The reason my 
way would be better is that it would ACTUALLY GET DONE.  I mean, 
how many decades are we gonna wait for the *Cs to do their jobs?

 DC> If every member of Fidonet was in the same Zone, wouldn't that put
 DC> a stop to the so-called "Zone Wars"?  Yes, a few *C's might lose

 DS> No, it would not.  Because the zone wars are as much about
 DS> cultural differences as they are about the zone numbers that
 DS> label the different areas.  The same disagreements would still
 DS> happen.

Yes, you're probably right on this.  I'll concede that point.



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