Subj : Re: Startup message.
To   : August Abolins
From : Wilfred van Velzen
Date : Sat Apr 17 2021 18:03:36

Hi August,

On 2021-04-17 08:27:00, you wrote to me:

 AA>>> Ah.. ok.  I guess that is what the DISTrib tag in the elist bot
 AA>>> system is for?

 WvV>> If it ever was in the elist, you could find out...

 AA> Yes.. I guess I could look through all the elist files on Janis'
 AA> system after I've downloaded them all.  :(   But I wondered if
 AA> someone new for sure, and could post a segment of one.

I took a look in my archive and found some mentions:

CanaChatter                                                            CANACHAT
         A general chatter echo, but the topic is "Canada", things Canadian,
         and world events and how they relate to Canada.
     Moderator: Warren Sealock            1:134/42       Last Updated: 01/26/91
     No. of Nodes: 50      Volume: 150/week    Restr:
     Distribution: FIDONET BACKBONE
     Gateways:     1:134/55 ACTS AS GATEWAY TO METRONET Rule File: n/a
                   NET 5500 (CALGARY)
     Seen-by: n/a
     Paths:   n/a


The International EchoList - Edition 405                       as of:  1-May-94

CanaChatter                                                            CANACHAT
         A general chatter echo, but the topic is "Canada", things Canadian,
         and world events and how they relate to Canada.
     Moderator: Warren Sealock            1:134/42       Last Updated: 01/26/91
     No. of Nodes: 50      Volume: 150/week    Restr:
     Distribution: FIDONET BACKBONE
     Gateways:     1:134/55 ACTS AS GATEWAY TO METRONET Rule File: n/a
                   NET 5500 (CALGARY)
     Seen-by: n/a
     Paths:   n/a

CANACHAT
     Cross Canada Chatter
          An international forum for and about Canadians and this wonderful country
          that we live in. Canadian content is a requirement and is enforced, so
          that the echo does not degenerate into a mindless chatter forum.
          This echo is owned by MetroNet Canada. For questions, contact
          sugimotl@cuug.ab.ca.
     Origin:       1:134/46.960
     Distribution:
     Gateways:     From MetroNet *TO* FidoNet.
     # Nodes: 140      Volume: 125/day      Rules:
     Flags:
     Moderators:   Mike Sugimoto, 1:134/46.960
     Moderators:   Mike Sugimoto, sugimotl@cuug.ab.ca
     Moderators:   Steve Baird, 1:134/46
     Moderators:   Ric Steins, 1:3404/143
     Last changed: 04 Mar 96 by Mike Sugimoto, 1:134/46

CANACHAT
     Cross Canada Chatter
          An international forum for and about Canadians and this wonderful country
          that we live in. Canadian content is a requirement and is enforced, so
          that the echo does not degenerate into a mindless chatter forum.
          This echo is owned by MetroNet Canada. For questions, contact
          phloem@islandnet.com
     Origin:       1:134/242
     Distribution:
     Gateways:     From MetroNet *TO* FidoNet.
     Language:
     # Nodes:       Volume:       Rules:
     Flags:
     Moderators:   Mike Sugimoto, phloem@islandnet.com
     Moderators:   Mike Sugimoto, 1:134/242
     Moderators:   Steve Baird, 1:134/46
     Moderators:   Ric Steins, 1:3404/143
     Last changed: 09 Apr 97 by phloem@islandnet.com

It was no longer present in the June 1998 elist.

It doesn't seem to exclude distribution outside Canada...

 AA>>> --- OpenXP 5.0.49
 AA>>>  * Origin:  (1:396/45.29)

 WvV>> The Origin still contains no text, but that isn't a
 WvV>> problem. The rest looks OK now...

 AA> OH!  You mean the text BETWEEN "* Origin:" and "(1:396/45.29)"?

Yep.

 AA> If that's the case, I hadn't programmed anything in OpenXP yet.

But now you did.

 AA> BTW.. I think the message I am replying to now arrived via Al's
 AA> linkup which means the gap has been patched?

Maybe my linking it on 12 extra systems, stiched some "pockets" together? ;)

 AA> --
 AA>   ../|ug

 AA> --- OpenXP 5.0.49
 AA>  * Origin: Telegram: @aabolins, Matrix: @oggyman:matrix.org (1:153/757.21)

Better! ;)

 AA> SEEN-BY: 106/127 124/5016 153/757 7715 203/0 221/1 6 360 229/664
 AA> 280/464
 AA> SEEN-BY: 280/5003 288/100 292/854 8125 301/1 310/31 335/364 396/45 423/81
 AA> SEEN-BY: 423/120 712/848 770/1 4500/1
 AA> @PATH: 153/757 221/6 1 280/464

More systems...

Bye, Wilfred.

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