James Coyle wrote to Leslie Given:

JC>  LG> 203/0   = Bjorn Felton in Norway. and or..
JC>  LG> 221/1 0 = Tommi Koivula in Ylojarvi, Finland.
JC>  LG> The same people who posted about just removing the Mystic echo months
JC>  LG> ago.
JC>
JC> *IF* that is true and there are people intentionally restricting my posts
JC> then wow thats sad :(

My impression of Tommi (although I don't know him) is that he is a mail
mover, part of the solution not the problem.

Bjorn mentioned something about removing the mystic echo becuase he thought
it was a gated newsgroup. I think it was in the fidonews echo. I told him
it was not and a few others also chimed in to let him know that as well.

I don't think he removed it but I am not sure what happens in his part
of the world.

JC> The MYSTIC echo has been around since the 1990s.  Its more active and more
JC> on topic than most any other echo.  What motivation could someone
JC> possibly have to blindly do something malicious like that?

I dunno. I think there was probably some technical problem somewhere.

JC> Its a shame too because Mystic has decent a presense here on FidoNet.  The
JC> network would be doing itself a pretty big disservice if it tries to push
JC> Mystic and its SysOps off the network.

Indeed, Mystic has a large presence in the networks and the BBS scene
generally. You do have support, regardless of who pushes what we do have
solutions.. :)

 Ttyl :-)
        Al

... Sir, the Romulans do not take prisoners!

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