Sun 2003-05-04 21:52, Joe Davis (1:261/1380) wrote to Bob Jones:

 BJ>> Thanks for the note.  The area is probably still marked 
 BJ>> for sysop only, because at one time it was a sysop 
 BJ>> support echo (years ago), with such restictions.  The 
 BJ>> archive is there.....  When I get the chance I'll have 
 BJ>> to re-read the current echo discriptionn and then open 
 BJ>> it up, if allowed....

 JD> I made very few changes to the rules.  For ease and simplicity.

I wasn't aware of such a rule, although it seems to have existed since
at least June 1998 according to my archives (and most likely before
then).  What's the rationale behind that, anyway?

One wonders how a would-be Maximus user with problems setting up their
system could've possibly obtained support through this echo without
already being a sysop.  Catch 22?  Strange rule!

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