Subj : Re: Observations of the current ELIST.RPT
To   : mark lewis
From : Wilfred van Velzen
Date : Sun Jan 09 2022 05:46 pm

Hi mark,

On 2022-01-09 08:52:16, you wrote to me:

ml>>> fido410 speaks of the format of the echolist... it even mentions one
ml>>> reason why a non-distributed echotag may be listed...

WV>> If you mean "Volume 4, Number 10  9 March 1987", I don't see it.

ml> you don't see what? that publication or the reason why a non-distributed
ml> echotag may be listed?

The latter...

WV>> Maybe you are mistaken about the exact number?

ml> nope... did you not read the bottom of page 8 of that publication???

ml>      When  the  "contact"  is  listed in parentheses it means that the
ml>      conference is NOT currently  active  but  the  person  listed  is
ml>      interested in STARTING a conference on the topic.

Maybe that was a good idea in 1987, when Fidonet was totally different. But it is not current practice for the ELIST.


Bye, Wilfred.

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