On 2017 Mar 08 21:27:54, you wrote to me:

 ml>> hehehe... the actual bug that this showed was that my rules files had

 BR> I remember you mentioning that problem in great detail {chuckle}.

hahaha, yeah, at one time i did post about it...

 BR> Rules nowadays are posted manually by the moderators as they see fit.

that's always been the way, AFAIK...

 BR> The Rule keyword and Rule files have been deprecated in the new
 BR> system. Everything else used with Mod Upd submissions will be
 BR> available.

my understanding of the idea was that the echolist would possibly have a copy
of an echo's rules so that sysops wanting to join an area would have them
readily available instead of having to wait until they were posted to the echo
they were interested in...

 BR> The old Echobase program had the ability to auto-post existing Rules
 BR> files on a ad hoc basis, though it was never used to my knowledge. :)

i never knew that... as a moderator, i'd rather post them myself or set up an
arrangement with some system that would post them on my behalf... i provide
such a service, too :)

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