26 Mar 16 18:45, you wrote to me:

 DS> With FIDONet, systems that are linked to the echo, see posts from
 DS> other downlinks...sometimes before they get to the
 DS> sponsoring/moderating system...and before they are dealt with by a
 DS> moderator. I've wondered though, that even with a feed cut, would an
 DS> offending poster try another way to get to the echo??

sure they'll go BBS hopping hoping to find another BBS with the same
echo... back in the day, it was harder than today... if you lived somewhere
with a lot of BBSes it was as easy as it is today in that you could call
all of them for a local call... doing the hopping thing to get around a ban
was one reason why sysops started talking to each other to be able to block
users that were doing this... today many systems are available via telnet
or ssh or similar so today's users can hop all around the world looking for
BBSes with the echo they are blocked from...

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