Subj : Observations of the current ELIST.RPT
To   : Wilfred van Velzen
From : mark lewis
Date : Sun Jan 09 2022 12:21 pm

 On 2022 Jan 09 17:46:26, you wrote to me:

 WV>>> Maybe you are mistaken about the exact number?

 ml>> nope... did you not read the bottom of page 8 of that publication???

 ml>>      When  the  "contact"  is  listed in parentheses it means that the
 ml>>      conference is NOT currently  active  but  the  person  listed  is
 ml>>      interested in STARTING a conference on the topic.

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

i said it was one reason for listing non-distributed echotags... i didn't say 
anything about it being current practise... other reasons are for ownership and 
archives... there are others, as well... whether you agree with them or not is 
another matter...

)\/(ark

"The soul of a small kitten in the body of a mighty dragon. Look on my majesty, 
ye mighty, and despair! Or bring me catnip. Your choice. Oooh, a shiny thing!"
.... Guns don't kill people. Bullets do.
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