Sean Dennis wrote in a message to Roy J. Tellason:

 SD> Hello, Roy.

 SD> On 11 Apr 04 at 04:06, Roy J. Tellason wrote to Sean Dennis: 

 RT> There are some,  in some echos other than this one,  who don't seem to
 RT> see any other point to this hobby.  They could end up being the only
 RT> one left with one other person and they'd still be going at it...

 SD> Yep.  It's sad too: I know a lot of new sysops that refuse to join
 SD> Fidonet because of all the fighting.  Sadly, they don't realize
 SD> that there's more to Fidonet than just the admin echoes...

Hee.  That's funny,  that you point to the admin echos...   :-)

Yeah,  there's more to it.  And an echo is what you make it,  really.  I've
found that out a long time ago,  and have had a lot of good times in a
great many echos since.  Seems to work somewhat similarly in mailing lists
and newsgroups,  too.

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