Subj : Re: LinuxNet To : All From : Nigel Reed Date : Wed Mar 19 2025 12:20 am On Tue, 18 Mar 2025 22:08:02 -0500 "Dan Clough" (1:135/115) wrote: > -=> Nigel Reed wrote to All <=- > > > > Why not talk to the current owner about taking over if he > > > doesn't have time to work and promote it? That is something I > > > would get behind. I don't think I'd want to try and start > > > another new network from scratch. > > > An update on this... I've tried to contact the current LinuxNet > > operator via Netmail, Email, Echomail, and his local BBS message > > base; for the last three weeks or so, with no response whatsoever. > > So either he's ignoring or is just out of the loop completely. > > > > Not sure what the next step is at this point. I've got an outline > > of a plan for starting a replacement Net and may do that by > > sometime next month. I've got some work/travel demands that will > > keep me too busy until then. > > > > Still interested in comments from you all on whether that's a good > > idea, or some alternatives. I know there is a Fido Linux echo that > > is mostly quiet, and not sure if that is a surefire indicator of > > how a new Net would do, or not. Your thoughts are welcome if you > > have any. > > NR> Just declare yourself 110:0/0 and have the hubs point to you. > NR> Done. > > Hehe, maybe, but it's a little more than that, and not sure how > "ethical" that would be. I guess it's a possibility, but seems a > little unlikely. > > Thanks for the input, and hoping to get some more... ;-) > > > > ... All the easy problems have been solved. > === MultiMail/Linux v0.52 > --- SBBSecho 3.23-Linux > * Origin: Palantir * palantirbbs.ddns.net * Pensacola, FL * > (1:135/115) You want me to have a go and contact him? It's hit and miss sometimes. -- End Of The Line BBS - Plano, TX telnet endofthelinebbs.com 23 --- SBBSecho 3.24-Linux * Origin: End Of The Line BBS - endofthelinebbs.com (1:124/5016) .