Hello Everybody,

                  -=begin request=-

A BBS newbie made a request to Bj”rm Felten that may be
impossible for him, or any other Fidonet sysop, to grant -

MJ>I want all Fidonet echomail messages ever created.

BF>LOL! I don't think you understand what you are asking for.

BF>I have every message created in this echo since I was elected
BF>moderator in 2002. It takes up 268MB of space here, meaning that
BF>it's probably more than a quarter of a million messages. This is
BF>from almost ten years after Fidonet's peak -- there's probably
BF>another quarter of a million messages from the years before that.

BF>Can your BBS handle even this one echo? It's not even the biggest
BF>one...

                    -=end request=-

I do hope all sysops can help Bj”rn to fulfill the lady's request.
After all, he did admit the task is far too great for him.

Thanks in advance.

--Lee (top troll in Fidonet)

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