Hi *Nancy Backus*,

 NB>> Unrelated (I think) to that weirdness, my normal Fido feed hasn't been
 NB>> getting or sending messages out.  Turns out that he uses two different
 NB>> feeds himself, the weirdnesses are probably related to the one feed, and
 NB>> the lack of in/out is probably related to the other.  His feed for the
 NB>> latter is Jack Yates who is off on vacation with the bbs on auto-pilot.
 NB>> So, at the moment, I'm sending messages out from some of my backup bbs's
 NB>      (snipped)

 SR>> I have seen this happen it is a pain as you never know what is going on,
 SR>> are people ignoring you or what. Still at least you have it worked out
 SR>> now 

 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> Messages were always going missing in the GENEALOGY echo... and since we
 NB> were looking for vital info (pun partly intended), we tended to check up
 NB> if there'd been no response... "Didn't you get my message? Should I
 NB> re-send?"  :)

 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
 NB> worked out pretty well now... for now, anyway...  

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

Sean
Strange things happen under the minight sun
When men and dogs go hunting for gold
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