-=> Quoting Jean Parrot to Nancy Backus on 03-15-04  19:32 <=-

 NB> I rather thought so, and didn't want to take the chance.  Is* there
 NB> any local message area on this board that can have private messages? 

 JP> On the Win95 echo, the people there keep saying that there is NO
 JP> private mail at all on FIDO. To be kept in mind. That has a good

The echoes* by and large are totally public, as they should be.  Private
mail, whether as netmail or in local message areas, is still available
to be seen by the sysop(s), and any co-sysops that have a rating high
enough to read such.  But at least, it isn't open to just anyone that is
reading the area.  Most bbs's have some* sort of private messaging
possible in some local area, which is why I asked about it for Doc's.

 JP> point, anybody can jump in in a technical theme and debate it his way,
 JP> mostly adding what that person knows. The stuff that I learned there
 JP> is beyond proper appraisal, tremendous. Just as in this BW echo. The

Yes, that is why the echos are so useful.  :)  And, why they shouldn't*
have the capability for being private.  It's one of the things I miss
often in the Usenet message areas, the fact that in Echos, all answers
have to be posted where anybody can see the answers... and learn from
them...   :)

 JP> only way to keep anything private is Internet{at}forum.com :-))

Well, sort of... 

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