On Thu, 30 Apr 2015, Wilfred van Velzen wrote to mark lewis:

 WvV>> so I think Mike had a free account there. Which ceased to exist 
 WvV>> when they abolished free accounts.

 ml> that's a logical conclusion... either he knows about it or he 
 ml> doesn't and hasn't found another free service or hasn't decided to 
 ml> pay a small yearly fee for the service...

 WvV> If he knows about it, he forgot to update his origin line.

that's one reason why i don't put anything other than that info that is
/required/ in my origin lines  ;)  O:) 

 WvV> If he doesn't know about it... Well it has been more then a year 
 WvV> ago since dyndns changed there business model.

really? it doesn't seem like it... i guess that all came about when m$
stuck their nose into things and snatched a bunch of domains without first
notifying the controlling parties (eg: dyndns)...

 WvV> So in either case it seems Mike isn't really active with his bbs. 
 WvV> :-( 

it isn't really a requirement... at least not posting in echomail areas...
he may be pretty active in local message areas and with games he hosts...
as long as the system runs and the mail flows, everything is quite
alright...

)\/(ark