Subj : Dead Sysops and their BBS
To   : Donald Tidmore
From : George Pope
Date : Sun Jul 08 2007 03:49 pm

DT> They might not ever know about the situation if someone does not notify one
DT> the Fidonet managers I would guess.  If you know a sysop has died, you can
DT> notify that sysop's Fidonet region coordinator if you know them. Or you can
DT> notify Janis Kracht who is head of Fidonet in North America via Netmail, or
DT> her email address [email protected].

Well, Janis was personally acquainted with both the sysops that died here.
(Gordon Lewicky & Bob Satti)

DT> When Gordon Lewicky died in July 2005, which was two years ago now, I have
DT> idea how long people kept his BBS listed in the Fidonet records until someo
DT> noticed that the bbs no longer existed.  Its always possible that the Fidon
DT> organization has robots that check on connections frequently to see which o
DT> respond as being in existence, or indicate that they are offline by the fac
DT> that the robot can't login to the site. Donald

'sfunny, his boss knew almost immediately, but I guess he didn't go into the
list and edit details. . .

DT> P.S. We all forget at times to change the Subject of messages, but you woul
DT> expect that to be done eventually.  So I've done that for you George.

Thanks! :)

Normally I'm the guy to do that, but as you say, we all forget at times. . .

Because I care,
|<+]::-{)}  (Cyberpope(the Bishop of ROM!))

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