CC> Swiftly moving back to the topic, I keep seeing messages
CC> here announcing that the echo is about to be closed down,
CC> taken off the back-bone, or some such technical term, for
CC> lack of messages. But I keep seeing messages. Do you know
CC> what is happening? I would hate to see such a useful echo
CC> close. I have even communicated with Semware themselves
CC> through the echo (Hello, George DeBrun!).
There are minimum amounts of traffic required by the backbone.  If traffic 
doesn't go up then it will cease to be an echo.
jason
mouse@mouse.net
http://www.mouse.net/mouse
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