From: Bob Stout 

On 9 Nov 2003 Charles.Angelich!1.106.2000.0{at}filegate.net wrote:

> I would ask how all the other people's names come out correctly and mine
> is garbled but since it stops my OLR from flagging this as a message to
> me I think I already know the answer.

I don't understand your question... So far, all Fidonet participant's
names, including yours, have shown up on this side of the gateway in the
form "firstname.lastname!zone.net.node.point{at}filegate.net". If I
were going to do anything maliciously special to yours, I would simply not
let posts from "Charles.Angelich!1.106.2000.0{at}filegate.net"
through to the Internet side of things, which would render you essentially
invisible here.

This is a new system which only began working in the last 48 hours. Despite
what you may think, I'm nowhere near ready to start tweaking with it, and
especially so simply out of spite.

If the format causes problems with your, or anyone else's, OLR, now would
be a good time to let us know so things can be tuned to everyone's benefit.

> I think you missed my point. The difficulties involved in getting access
> to FIDO was a 'pretest' that thinned the herd.

I understand that. What I don't understand is why such a pretest should be
useful in qualifying people to discuss C programming.

> RBS> This isn't about collecting code for SNIPPETS, it's about
> RBS> extending the life and usefulness of the C_Echo by
> RBS> expanding its user base to a larger audience. If we can
> RBS> wind up with as many active participants as during the best
> RBS> Fido years, then I'll have accomplished my goal. The
> RBS> collection of SNIPPETS is only a fringe benefit of a robust
> RBS> online community.
>
> Correct me if I'm wrong but this sounds like quantity over quality to
> me?

Quality happens everywhere. You have to mine tons of dirt to come up with
one even one large gem-quality diamond. By increasing the available supply
of dirt (I know you'll appreciate the analogy), you're a lot more likely to
find diamonds.

> If the arrangement makes Janis, Jon, and Bob happy them I am happy.

Actually, first of all, it had to have Tom's blessing since he's the
Fidonet C_Echo moderator. He's the one who had the final say whether to
proceed or not. I asked about it and he agreed, so the project moved
forward. The link is just as easy (a lot easier, as it turns out) to
dissolve than it was to set up in the first place. It will remain in place
ad long as it has has the C_Echo moderator's support. If you'd like to
change it, then run for the moderator's job.

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