-=> Quoting Sean Rima to Nancy Backus on 05-22-06  18:52 <=-

 NB>> Oh, I've been around Fido for years...  I learned to have always some
 NB>> sort of backup to, if nothing else, see if my messages have made it out
 NB>> anywhere else...   So I always have been getting my messages from at
 NB>> least 2 bbs's, and always have my messages included in the packet. 
 NB>> But I tend to only send out from one bbs, usually...  until a time like
 NB>> this.  And then I don't know how reliable or not a place is for sending
 NB>> out messages until I actually try them out.  But, yes, I've got things
  (snipping/editing occurred...)

 SR> I use 3 different links but I have a feeling that they all link anyway

True, with the internet as a vehicle for the feeds, there's more linking
than one might think at first thought...  Like, Craig at Chowdanet in RI
feeding from Jack in GA...  So yours might* be all linked, especially if
they are all in the same region.  But it's not necessarily the case,
other than the ultimate linking of the entire echo system.... :)  At the
moment, I grab message packets (which at minimum contain DADS, MEMORIES
and whatever's left of the genealogy areas, unless not carried by that
bbs) from a number of BBS's, from all over...  Doc's Place in Florida,
Fidotel in Virginia, Thunderbolt in Arkansas (doesn't have DADS,
though), Juxta in Canada (Quebec?), Holodeck here in Rochester NY, as
well as Chowda in Rhode Island.  I used to poll at Fonix in England,
too, until he went down.  There's enough variation in the feed that I
doubt that they are all linked (and besides, they don't all go down
together, either.... ).  

Telnet gives what is essentially local access to bbs's that I couldn't
afford to dial-up long distance... 

ttyl     neb

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