On 12/08/2010 07:52 PM, Ross Cassell -> Earl Croasmun wrote:
 RC> Hello Earl!

 RC> Seems a technicality was brought to my attention..

 RC> Confirmed..

 RC> Fidonet echo tags are like passwords, except in case usage sans the unix
 RC> systems..

 RC> The following three echotags:

 RC> ALL POLITICS
 RC> ALL-POLITICS
 RC> ALL_POLITICS

 RC> All might look familiar but are not the same as far as being handled by
 RC> Fidonet, or any other network that utilizes Fidonet Technology (FTN's)

 RC> All three examples are in the International Echolist...

 RC> About ALL POLITICS and ALL_POLITICS, these two echotags are listed by
 RC> Bob Klahn...

 RC> ALL POLITICS is not a valid echo tag, for purposes of Fidonet mail
 RC> processing software, an echotag cannot contain a space and a few other
 RC> special characters... A tosser might recognize the tag as 'ALL' but not
 RC> as what its lister intended it to be. ALL_POLITICS, also listed by Bob
 RC> Klahn, while a valid or legal echotag ____IS___NOT___ in distribution
 RC> with the North American Backbone, Fidonet Zone One, North America.

 RC> This leaves only one echotag of the three mentioned and contained in the
 RC> International Echolist.

 RC> ALL-POLITICS

 RC> Note the hyphen and the absence of a SPACE or UNDERSCORE..

 RC> This echo/echotag ____IS____ distributed by the North American Backbone,
 RC> Fidonet Zone One North America and has been distrubuted by said entity
 RC> for ____YEARS____!

 RC> Furthermore ALL-POLITICS as shown by the most recent copy of the
 RC> International Echolist is listed in ____YOUR____ name!

 RC> You are the rightful moderator of ALL-POLITICS as recognized by the
 RC> Backbone..

 RC> Congragulations.

Does the little dictator from Toledo know this?

Ed

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