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 Message 11199 
 Wilfred van Velzen to mark lewis 
 Re: Observations of the current ELIST.RP 
 09 Jan 22 19:22:08 
 
TID: FMail-lnx64 2.1.0.18-B20170815
RFC-X-No-Archive: Yes
TZUTC: 0100
CHRS: UTF-8 2
PID: GED+LNX 1.1.5-b20161221
MSGID: 2:280/464 61db284b
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Hi mark,

On 2022-01-09 12:21:24, you wrote to me:

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

 ml> i said it was one reason for listing non-distributed echotags... i didn't
 ml> say anything about it being current practise... other reasons are for
 ml> ownership and archives...

Ownership of a dead area? What's the point?

The (current) ELIST is not for archiving. It's for listing active areas IMHO...

 ml> there are others, as well...

Well please mention them. I don't see it...

 ml> whether you agree with them or not is another matter...

;)

Bye, Wilfred.

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