BG>  Happy holidays to you!
Same to you, Bonnie! 
BG> If I had access to some of the Fidonet opersational echos it
BG> would be good topic to talk about there. I know that a number of BBSs
BG> are getting their packets through the Internet now, as well as the Planet
BG> Connect setup, and figured that perhaps somewhere there is archives of
BG> the echos  and a way to get the echos from the Internet.
Our net, 387, gets theirs via a gateway, established with texas.net.  You 
could send mail to George Brann (the new gateway person) or Doug Palmer,(the 
old one) and get the particulars from them as to how it is done.
BG> as most everyone agrees that going the way of a newsgroup is an anarchy
BG> situation, difficult to keep any kind of focus of topic on with
BG> all of the spamming and off-topic messages found in most of them. So,
BG> a
True.. That is why James was leery of going newsgroup.  With no way to really 
moderate the echo, it would be anarchy (especially the ENVIRON echo)
BG>  Please keep me informed on what ENVIRON is looking at for
BG> options, and
BG> great seeing you in here as well as PRO_AUDIO.
Thanks... I haven't heard anything from James about his thoughts on 
integrating (after all it's his echo, and I only co-moderate).  But for a 
while, he was considering doing it via his website.
Nancy
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