FidoNet

[Marc Lewis]

+ User FidoNet address: 1:396/45.1
Hello All.

<On 19Jul2002 23:42 Anonymous User wrote a message to All
regarding Re:FidoNet >

AU> bbs where as FidoNet is.. Also the Internet is expected by
AU> the average internet user to be open to porn and filth.. I
AU> didn't know that a private BBS network was also that way.

And indeed, although it is NOT an official position, flame wars
and overbearing filth are discouraged (or at least *were*).

AU> I said Fidonet is dead for the average person.. Average
AU> person IMO being one that has family using their services..
AU> If my users want that kind of stuff, then just as people do
AU> with newsgroups they can go hunt it themselves.

And there are a *very* few of us in FidoNet that DO care VERY
much about what hits the intended user base: in my case "family
oriented". Not only are some of the notoriously foul-mouthed
echoes excluded from the BBS message base, but each message is
auto-censored for key words that are, in the opinion of the
SysOp (me in this case), offensive to a "G" audience. - And no,
it isn't 100% effective. And no, there is no "thought
purification program" that can filter out some folks obscene
ideas that can be expressed w/o written vulgarities. That has
to be simply "dealt" with, either by ignoring or twitting the
individual that offends habitually.

AU> dirty mouths, flame wars, power struggles and abuse to
AU> females or even each other going to change from BBS to
AU> BBS??? I think not.

See above.

AU> since these were correctely dated and changed every day I
AU> looked, I don't think it was a dead or MIA sysop.

The SysOp seldom has anything to do with the mail tossing. I
know one personally that hasn't looked at his rock-stable system
in over 2 years. I have remote SysOp privileges on it and no,
he hasn't done a local or remote log-on in that period of
time... Annoying, but that's how some people choose to "run"
their systems.

Best regards,
Marc
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[RhythmNp]

>Best regards,
>Marc
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>+ The FidoNet News Gate (New Orleans LA USA) +

You hardcore need to fix your news gate... that message has been duped about 20
times!!! :(

[Marc Lewis]

See above.

Best regards,

Marc
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[marc.lewis@sstar]

In <20020814084024...@mb-dh.aol.com>, rhyt...@aol.comSTOPSPAM (RhythmNp) writes:
>>Best regards,
>>Marc
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>>+ The FidoNet News Gate (New Orleans LA USA) +
>
>You hardcore

What does this mean?

need to fix your news gate... that message has been duped about 20
>times!!! :(

This is the second time that something like this has happened...
looking through the logs I can't find where it's coming from! I'll keep
checking to see if it continues; if it does I'll take newsgate offline
until I can find the source of problem.

Regards,
Marc