>> True, the zones are irrelevent but they are here to stay. All the FTN
>> software in existance today uses it.

> I don't mean to do away with the Zone feature.  I just mean there is no need
> for different zone numbers.

Right, all the nets in fido today are unique, there are no duplicated nets
anymore so the zones are truly irrelevant.

> Someone in another echo said something like "we need it to at least *see*
> where the message is coming from so that we can understand the cultural
> reason of a posted bad remark.." or something like that.  But
then there was
> an intelligent reply that explained that "we can see the origin (i.e.
> country) of a post from the nodelist data".

That only works if the post in question was posted by the sysop. A user on
a BBS could be away in the distance.

I often look at the origin line of messages to see where it originates.
That was more accurate in the dial-up days, BBS users were usually a local
call to the BBS. That may or may not be the case today.

> Hmm..  There *is* the pride in having something like that.  BUT.. it would
> never be forgotten anyway.  Just look up may name at,

> http://nodehist.fidonet.org.ua/

I was there a year or two ago looking at my nodes history.

I had forgotten all the moving around I did in Vancouver. Life is much
better out here in the country.. :)

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