Subj : Re: Echo Rules
To : Bj�rn Felten
From : Reverend Shaft
Date : Tue Sep 10 2024 11:50 am
BF> Well, Randall Schad, as you may have seen by now, not even the Z1C
BF> (yes, that's the guy who just told you that Fidonet is so small and
BF> insignificant it doesn't matter anymore) abides by the real name rule.
I see what you did there. Top notch sleuthing. :)
BF> Once upon a time, every echo distributed on the Fidonet had to abide
BF> by the real name rule. Local echoes were, of course, exempt from this
BF> rule.
It's been a long time. I could have sworn there were groups that allowed aliases, but could be quite obviously mistaken there. I think my original node went offline back in 1997 or somewhere thereabouts, so there's a lot of synapses that need a good dusting.
RS
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