-=> Quoting Mark Lewis to Nancy Backus on 03-29-04  20:51 <=-

 ML>> connected to 123/500... you can also see that there is more
 ML>> than one path for messages coming to me via 123/500... these
 ML>> are the only known systems connected to this echo... unless
 ML>> someone posts a message from a system not in the above
 ML>> chart, we'll never know if there is anyone else out there
 ML>> connected to this echo...
 NB> Of course, there have been other systems connected in the
 NB> past, and most likely there are lurkers reading this echo on
 NB> other bbs's.  Actually, one could leave out "most likely"...
 NB> as, case in point, I* read this echo on chowda (323/120),
 NB> doc's (123/140), fonix (in GB, zone 2), and collin county
 NB> station in TX, and could theoretically answer from any one of

Actually, correction, Collin County Station doesn't* have this echo, the
one I have to read online locally (no offline doors there either) does,
though, Poorman's BBS here in Rochester NY.

 NB> them, but normally, I answer from only chowda, and lately,
 NB> occasionally doc's.

 ML> yep... without a post from those other systems, there's no way to tell
 ML> who is connected... only traffic from them will tell... ya ought to
 ML> drop a message in from those other two and lets get a larger picture or
 ML> the echo's distribution ;)

I saw in the packet from the day before this, that Jean dislodged a
lurker into posting, from a different bbs than we've been seeing here...
Haven't had a chance to do any further testing etc myself... I managed
to get 3 days behind, and today finally am getting thru last night's
packet...  :)

ttyl         neb

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