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  • Re: OT: Echo rules

    From Randall Schad@1:226/44 to Mike Powell on Tue Sep 10 12:08:40 2024
    I noticed you asked in another (sysop) echo and didn't get much help as
    to how to tell the difference between real names vs. allows aliases echoes.

    There are a couple of FIDO file echoes -- BACKBONE and ECHOLIST -- that might be of assistance. One, or both, are where you can get the latest echo list packet. The ELIST file usually arrives once a month --

    Hey, thanks a ton for that, Mike. Certainly the most thorough of the responses I've received on that.

    I'll have to go back and review. I remember looking through .. uhh ... something (as useful as that is) and had names and descriptions but no high level rules. Will take a closer look over the weekend.

    Thanks again.

    RS

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  • From Lee Lofaso@2:203/2 to Randall Schad on Fri Sep 13 11:41:20 2024
    Hello Randall,

    I noticed you asked in another (sysop) echo and didn't get much help as
    to how to tell the difference between real names vs. allows aliases
    echoes.

    There are a couple of FIDO file echoes -- BACKBONE and ECHOLIST -- that
    might be of assistance. One, or both, are where you can get the latest
    echo list packet. The ELIST file usually arrives once a month --

    There is no official elist/echolist in Fidonet.

    Hey, thanks a ton for that, Mike.

    A bunch of humbug is still humbug.

    Certainly the most thorough of the responses I've received on that.

    First and foremost -

    You do not have to use your legal name anywhere outside of legal
    documents.

    There is no official elist or echolist in Fidonet.
    My own is good enough for me, and any others would be redundant.

    Google allows users to use any name they want across Google services.
    Google even apologized to users for having forced them to use real
    names for three years prior to that change.

    "There are no more restrictions on what name you can use."
    ~Google

    Isn't that great?

    German courts have taken Facebook to task, ruling that Germans
    must be allowed to sign up under pseudonyms to comply with privacy law.

    This has been excpanded to include the EU.

    It is time for Fidonet to join the rest of the universe.

    I'll have to go back and review.

    Use of whatever name floats your boat should not take you
    long to review.

    I remember looking through .. uhh ...

    Please ... please ... please ... do not pull a Joe Biden on us.

    something (as useful as that is) and had names and descriptions but no
    high
    level rules. Will take a closer look over the weekend.

    Rules? There are no Rules ...

    For Life,
    Lee

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