-=> On 01-06-98  12:37, James Root said to Roger Nelson,<=-
-=>"About Bama?...,"<=-
 
Hi, James;
 
 JR> Hi there Roger,
 JR> As I have discovered, you are the moderator of the BAMA echo, is that
 JR> true?
 JR> Also, as this echo is not available on the Bulletin Board that I
 JR> freq, I asked the SysOp to do an areafix for that echo (which scans
 JR> all possible echos that the main gateway for FidoNet, Alt-Net, and
 JR> other networks, here in Toronto. It stated "not available".
 JR> That could mean that it's not carried here in Canada, or that the
 JR> actual name for this echo is something other than "BAMA".
 
Yes, it IS available in Toronto, and everywhere else in North America.
Here is the listing from the January 1998 FidoNet Elist:
 
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BAMA
     Odyssey Fringe Science Research Echo
          An echo dealing with Fringe Science/Fortean subjects.
          This is the official Fringe Science Echo of the Odyssey
          Fringe Science Research Network. Newsclippings, UFO Sightings,
          FileFixs and File Announcements are announced as well as
          general discussions of Fringe Science Events.
     Origin:       1:123/10
     Distribution: Z1-Backbone
     Gateways:
     Language:
     # Nodes: 115      Volume: 100/week      Rules: 
     Flags:
     Moderators:   Roger Nelson, 1:3828/7
     Moderators:   Jack Sargeant, 1:379/12
     Moderators:   Jym Fox, 1:123/10
     Last changed: 06 Dec 97 by Jym Fox, 1:123/101
 
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So the BAMA echo IS available all over FidoNet Zone 1, which includes all
of the U.S. and Canada!  (I carry it on my BBS!)
 
If your BBS's host does not show it, they are using a VERY OLD Elist,
because it has been available for several years, or else someone has
decided not to make it available for some reason!
 
All your SysOp has to do is to send netmail to his/her hub suggesting
that they get an up to date Elist, then your SysOp can send an AREAFIX
message to turn on the BAMA echo.
 
I hope this clears it up for you and that you should have it available in
a couple of days.
 
Catch you later... Happy '98.
   Ivy
 
 
 
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