Hey Charles!

 CP> How do you know that it's actually dead people you are
 CP> communicating with? It could be aliens or Sidhe.

I like the special nodelist flag idea so that certain nodes could be used as
portals and/or gateways between the living and the dead.  That way messages
created by the dead people using an well thought out digital Ouija board could
be transcribed to the ftn msg format and then distributed to those living
persons concerned.

As for aliens or Sidhe I believe regular msg'ing apps could be deployed since
they probably don't use Ouija boards for communications.  They'd just need a
nodenumber and someone(s) to connect with for echomail distribution.

Keep it simple I say.

Life is good,
Maurice

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