MSGID: 1:153/7715.0 2092d0c1
CHRS: IBMPC 2
Hi, All!

I just asked Nick to turn off all Alt.* echoes to me and to remove any
auto-add settings for those. Here's what he says I'm now connected to, fyi

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1:153/7715 is now active for the following:

10TH_AMD                10th Amendment Echo
229426DBEAT             ** 1:229/426 daily heartbeat **
229426HBEAT             ** 1:229/426 hourly heartbeat **
229426HSTAT             ** 1:229/426 hourly Echomail stats **
AARP_FRAUD              Fraudulent AARP activities
ABLED                   disABLED Users Information Exchange.
ADEPT_SYSOP             AdeptXBBS Sysop-Only Help and Discussion
AFTERSHOCK              The Aftershock software client
ALASKA_CHAT             Alaska Off Topic Chatter
ALL-POLITICS            Politics Unlimited
ALLFIX_FILE             Allfix file requests / search requests
ALLFIX_HELP             I'ntl ALLFIX Support
ALT-BBS                 ALT.BBS newsgroup from 1:396/45
ALT-BBS-ADS             ALT.BBS.ADS newsgroup from 1:396/45
ALT-BBS-LISTS           ALT.BBS.LISTS newsgroup from 1:396/45
ALT-BBS-MYSTIC          ALT.BBS.MYSTIC newsgroup from 1:396/45
ALT-BBS-SYSOP           ALT.BBS.SYSOP newsgroup from 1:396/45
ALT-BBS-WILDCAT         ALT.BBS.WILDCAT newsgroup from 1:396/45
ALT-BBS-WWIV            ALT.BBS.WWIV newsgroup from 1:396/45
ALT-RADIO-AMAT-DX       ALT.RADIO.AMAT.DX newsgroup from 396/45
AMATEUR_RADIO           AMATEUR RADIO / HAM RADIO
AMIGA                   Amiga International Echo
ANNOUNCE.024            File announcements from Region 24
ANTIQUES                Collecting old stuff...
ANTI_VIRUS              Anti-Virus Discussion & News
APPLE                   Apple and general Steve Jobs worship
AQUARIUM                Fishkeeping, fresh and marine tank
ARGUS                   Argus Support Echo
ARROWBRIDGE             ARROWBRIDGE Doorgame by Mark Sinclair
ARTWARE                 TimEd, NetMgr, WIMM Support Conference
ASCII_ART               The true origins of computer porn
ASIAN_LINK              International chat echo - members on 6 c
ASTRONOMY               Staring up at the stars...
AUDIO                   Because our amplifiers go up to eleven?
AUTOMOTIVE              Anything to do with cars
AVIATION                Aviation echo, airline-related news
BABYLON5                Babylon 5 Discussions.
BAMA                    Science Research Echo
BASH                    Bash-your-way to working Linux
BATPOWER                Batch Language Programming
BBBS.ENGLISH            The International BBBS Support Echo
BBS-SCENE               Whats left of our little hobby...?
BBSDOOR_DISCUSSION      The BBS Doorgame and Utility Discussion
BBS_ADS                 ADVERTISE and Promote YOUR BBS!
BBS_CARNIVAL            BBS Software Chatter
BBS_INTERNET            DOS/Win/OS2/Unix Internet BBS Applicatio
BBS_PROMOTION           The BBS Promotion "Team" Join Us!
BIBLE                   International Bible Conference
BINKD                   The ubiquitous BinkD TCP/IP FTN mailer
BLUEWAVE                Blue Wave Mail System Support Echo
BSD                     Discussions about the BSD OS's
CANACHAT                Canadian chat conference
CATS_MEOW               The Cats_Meow Sanity Check Echo
CBM                     Commodore Computer Conference
CFORSALE                Commercial for Sale Echo
CHAT                    CHAT echo
CHWARE                  Cheepware support
CLASSIC_COMPUTER        Classic Computers
CNET_BBS                The CNET BBS echo
COFFEE_KLATSCH          Gossip and chit-chat echo
COMM                    Communications Echo
CONSPRCY                Conspiracy Discussions
CONTROVERSIAL           Controversial Topics, current events, at
COOKING                 National Cooking Echo
CRAFT-BEADS             Bead Work and Jewelry Making
CROSSFIRE               Politics and Current Events
CYBER-DANGER            Internet security and threats
DADS                    Discussions amongst fathers
DARKREALMS              *** Local stats from Darkrealms BBS ***
DBRIDGE                 D'Bridge Support Echo
DC_UNIVERSE             DC comic books and related chatter
DEBATE                  DEBATE Conference
DOGHOUSE                International Dog Lovers Echomail Confer
DOOM                    DOOM (and other 3D games) discussion and
DOORGAMES               BBS Doorgames and discussions
DOS                     DOS operating systems
DOS_INTERNET            Connecting DOS to the Internet
DR                      Free-for-all chat from Darkrealms BBS
EARTH                   Uhh, that 3rd rock from the sun?
ECHOLIST                [ADM] EchoList Access Conference
ECHOMODS                Something to do with echo moderators
ECHO_ADS                Advertise FidoNet Echos Here - New - Exi
EC_SUPPORT              Ezycom BBS Support for Sysop's
EC_SYSOP                Ezycom Sysop Chat Echo
EC_UTIL                 Ezycom 3rd Party Utilities
EDGE_ONLINE             End Times - Mystery Babylon and the Beas
ELIST                   [ADM] ELIST Conference
EMERGCOM                Emergency and disaster communications by
ENGLISH_TUTOR           English Tutoring for Students of the Eng
ENTHRAL                 I think its support for Enthral software
ESPOMEN                 I have no idea
ESSNASA                 Earth & Space Sci-Tech + NASA
FDECHO                  FrontDoor support conference
FDN_ANNOUNCE            File Distribution Networks Files, Info,
FE_HELP                 The FastEcho Mailprocessor Support Confe
FIDO-REQ                I think its for requesting files?
FIDOGAZETTE             FidoGazette: An Alternative Newsletter
FIDONET.ORG             Fidonet.org management and discussion
FIDONET.TELEGRAM        Some weird Fidonet/Telegram gateway crap
FIDONEWS                Fidonews (Zone 2 feed)
FIDOSOFT.GER            FIDOSOFT.GER, from Germany I think
FIDOSOFT.HUSKY          General discussion on Husky Software
FIDOTEST                Fidonet TEST echo and malfunction confer
FIDO_SYSOP              The International FIDO SYSOP Conference
FIDO_UTIL               Fidonet Related SysOp Utils and Apps Dis
FILEFIND                ALLFIX International FILEFIND Echo
FILEGATE                IFDC FileGate Project(sm) International
FILE_MOVERS             File/TIC announcements
FLASHMARIO              Support for the Flash Mario game I think
FMAIL_HELP              Fmail support
FNEWS_PUBLISH           I think its just the Fidonews ezine only
FN_SYSOP                [ADM] FidoNet Sysops
FTSC_PUBLIC             Public discussion of FTSC documents
FUNNY                   FUNNY Jokes and Stories
FUTURE4FIDO             Suggestions for improving Fidonet
GECHO_HELP              Gecho processor support
GENEALOGY               Don't we all come from adam and eve?
GOLDED                  GoldED Public Release discussion.
GUITAR                  Guitar/Bass Guitar Topics
GUNS_N_SUCH             I think its about guns and such?
GUN_CONTROL             Issues pertaining to gun control laws
HAM                     Amateur Radio Interest
HAM_TECH                Amateur(HAM) Radio TECHnical Conference
HOLYSMOKE               Religion Debate Echo
HOME_COOKING            Home Cooking and Related Topics
HOME_N_GRDN             Home and gardening
HOROSCOPE               Today you will Areafix this echo...
HOTDOGED                Support for the HotDogEd software
I&UK_GENE               Ireland & UK Genealogy
IBBSDOOR                InterBBS Games
IC                      Fidonet International Coordinator echo
IFDC                    Something originating from 261/38
IIHF                    I have no idea
INTERNET                Discussion about the Internet.
IPV6                    Discussion for IPV6 protocol
IREX                    Internet Rex (FTN <=> Internet) Public S
JAMNNTPD                Support for the JAMNNTPD software client
JAZZ                    Jazz music echo
JNODE                   Discussions about Jnode
KNIGHT-RIDER            Discussion about the NBC Show Knight Rid
LEAGUE1                 Discussion about InterBBS League-1
LINUX                   Linux operating system (OS), a Unix vari
LINUX-UBUNTU            The Ubuntu Linux Distribution Discussion
LINUX-USER              Chat for general Linux user experiences
LINUX_BBS               Linux BBSing
LIVE_AUDIO              Sound reinforcement tools & techniques
LORD                    L.O.R.D. Door Game Discussion
LS_ARRL                 Bulletins from the ARRL
MAKENL_NG               MakeNL Next Generation.
MARVEL_UNIVERSE         Marvel comic character universe chatter
MATZDOBRE               The Mad Dog Matzdobre Echo
MBSE                    The Linux/FreeBSD MBSE BBS Support Echo
MBSEBBS                 MBSE BBS software support
MEMORIES                Nostalgia for better times...
MICROSOFT-PUBLIC-WINDO  MICROSOFT.PUBLIC.WINDOWS newsgroup from
MINISTER                Not sure, possibly Christian related
ML_BASEBALL             Major League Baseball chatter
MOBILE                  I think its to discuss tablet/app stuff?
MONTE                   Not sure about this one
MOVIES                  Movies & TV Discussion
MUFFIN                  Support for Maximus BBS software
MUSIC                   Rock on...
MYSTIC                  Discussion and chat about the Mystic BBS
NET_DEV                 Forum for Fidonet developer questions
NFL                     NFL football discussions
NHL                     A good ol' hockey game...
NODELIST-POLICE         Self-righteous bullshit from 2:280/5555
NODES.024               Some German Sysop echo I think
OS2                     Fidonet International OS/2 Conference
OS2BBS                  Support For OS/2-Based BBS Software
OS2DOS                  OS/2: DOS and Windows applications
OS2DOSBBS               DOS-Based BBS on OS/2
OS2HARDWARE-L           OS2 HARDWARE mailing list gated from e-g
OS2PROG                 The FidoNet OS/2 Programming Echo
OS2REXX                 The FidoNet OS2REXX Echo
OS2USER-L               OS2 User mailing list gated from e-group
OTHERNETS               OtherNets: Information on Networks other
PASCAL                  Pascal programming language discussions
PASCAL_LESSONS          Pascal Programming Lessons
PCBOARD                 PCBoard Support directly from Clark Deve
PDNECHO                 Public Domain files echo, I think
PERL                    Support for the Perl scripting language
PKEY_DROP               Public-Key Distribution Echo
POINTS                  Point usage discussion and systems suppo
POLITICS                Political Discussions
POL_DISORDER            Political Disorder Discussion Area
POL_INC                 Politically Incorrect
PRISM                   I think its for 261/38 BBS support
PUBLIC_KEYS             Public-Key Discussion Echo
PYTHON                  Support for the Python language
QUIK_BAS                QuickBASIC Programming Echo
R18FILE                 Region 18 file announcements?
R50.SYSOP               Region 50 / Russian Sysops conference
RAILFAN                 Trains, model railroading hobby
RAR                     RAR compressor program discussion
RA_32BIT                32Bit RemoteAccess Discussion Echo
RA_MULTI                RemoteAccess Multi-Node Sysops Echo
RA_SUPPORT              RemoteAccess Support Echo
RA_UTIL                 RemoteAccess Utilities Echo
RBERRYPI                Support for the Raspberry Pi device
RECIPES                 Cooking recipes and tips
RENEGADE_BBS            Renegade Software Discussion Area
RGN17-ADMIN             Region 17 Sysops only
RUSSIAN_TUTOR           Learn Russian by example
SCANRADIO               HAM radio scanning discussions I think
SHAREWARE_SUPPORT       ShareWare Software Support Conference
SLACKWARE               Discussions about Slackware Linux
SPITFIRE                Global Spitfire BBS Support Echo
STARGATE-ATLANTIS       Chat about the show Stargate Atlantis
STARS                   Echo for the "star" distribution system
STATS                   Echomail Stats & Info
SUPER-BITCH             Used to be an old flame echo, dead now
SURVIVOR                Cancer/Leukemia/blood & immuune system/c
SWL                     Not sure about this one
SYNCDATA                Synchronet Distributed Databases
SYNCHRONET              Synchronet Discussion
SYNC_PROGRAMMING        Synchronet/Baja/XSDK Programming
SYNC_SYSOPS             Synchronet Multinode BBS Software Suppor
SYSLOGS                 Not sure
SYSOP                   Yet another Fido Sysop conference
TAGLINES                
TEAMOS2                 OS/2 User Groups and Promotion
TERMINAT                Terminate, The Final Terminal, Global su
TG_SUPPORT              Telegard BBS Support
TORNADO.SUPPORT         Tornado BBS Software Support Echo
TREK                    Star Trek General Discussions
TUB                     Squish EchoMail Tosser, Help & Support
TUXPOWER                Advocacy for the Linux operating system
TWITLIST                Discussion of a net-wide BBS twit filter
UFO                     Unidentified Flying Octopus
UTF-8                   UTF-8 encoded messages
VADV                    Support for the Virtual Advanced BBS
VATICAN                 News direct from the Vatican Information
VIASOFT_SUPPORT         Support for VIASOFT products
WEATHER                 Automated National weather reports
WHAT'S_HOT!             Supposed to be for current events
WHO                     The Int'l Doctor Who and British SF TV C
WIKILEAKS               Chat about the WikiLeaks project
WILDCAT!_SUPPORT        Support for the Wildcat BBS software
WIN95                   Chat about Windows 95, 98, ME systems
WINDOWS                 Microsoft Winows International Echo
WINPOINT                Support for the WinPoint software
WORDS_WORDS             The FidoNt Words Conference.
WWB_TECH                Not sure about this one
WWIV                    WWIV BBS software
WX_TALK                 Not sure about this one
X-FILES                 Chat about the X-Files TV show
XCODE                   Not sure about this one
YAHOONEWS               Chat about articles from Yahoo News
Z1C                     [ADM] Zone 1 Coordinator Contact Confere
Z1DAILY                 Zone 1 Daily Nodelist status messages
Z1REGCON                Zone 1 RC echo
Z1_BACKBONE             [ADM] Zone One Mail Backbone - Users
Z1_ECHOMAIL             [ADM] Zone 1 Echomail
Z1_ELECTION             Chat for when a ZC1 election is called
Z1_POLICY               [ADM] Zone One policy
Z1_POLITICAL            [ADM] Zone One politics
Z1_ROUTING              [ADM] Zone 1 Echo Routed Netmail Discuss
Z1_SYSOP                [ADM] Zone 1 Sysop conference
ZCC-PUBLIC              Public discussions with the Fidonet ZCC
ZEC                     [ADM] Zone One Echomail Coordinator

261 ECHOmail areas are active.

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Cheers... Dallas 

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