Regarding off topic posts Gary said:
 > Jeez Sue, how do you keep your sanity?  These kind of post seem
 > to crawl out of the woodwork!  I applaude you for keeping your cool with
 > them!!
Thanks Gary...it's a skill honed over years of experience. ;D
 > Isn't there some way to put pressure on the sysops that
 > subscribe to this echo to keep people like this out?  How about a "three
 > strikes & your out" sort of thing!  If the sysop has has abusers that
 > exceed a certain number of warnings, they they lose the echo.
Occasionally I've cut a BBS out of the echo loop, but only because the sysop 
was not willing to be cooperative when one of his members was being 
disruptive. Some sysops have boards that attract troublesome people perhaps, 
or maybe they're located in areas where people are more argumentative and 
brash, but I'd really hate to resort to wholesale cutting of feeds if I can 
avoid it.
 > Maybe that would encourage them to police THEIR users a bit more so
 > you wouldn't have too!
The majority of sysops are actually very responsive when I have to finally 
write and let them know about one of their users.
Even though sysops are responsible for every message that leaves their 
system, it's not reasonable to expect them to read every message as far as 
I'm concerned.
 > It's too bad that we should even have to contemplate this sort
 > of thing.
That's the real issue. If more people who own modems would realize that it is 
a privelege to be able tocall some guy's BBS and have access to all the echos 
and other features... rather than assuming it's their right to do what they 
please, we'd all be better off.
Thanks for the good words Gary.. and enjoy the echo.!
Regards,
Sue
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