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 Message 2005 
 Kurt Weiske to August Abolins 
 Re: "othernets" FTN network aliveness 
 16 Sep 20 12:06:00 
 
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-=> August Abolins wrote to mark lewis <=-

 ml> familynet was officially shut down years ago... "someone"
 ml> rescued the name and it has languished since along with
 ml> many of the other nets that person also "rescued" when
 ml> they were shutdown by their owners...

 AA> "rescue" sounds very apropos.  i.e. Fidonet reference to the dog.

 "Rescue" sounds short-sighted; networks were meant to be ephemeral;
 there's no point in keeping around a zombie network.



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