• "othernets" FTN network aliveness

    From Charles Pierson@2:240/1120.976 to mark lewis on Tue Sep 15 09:23:06 2020
    Hello, mark lewis.
    On 9/15/20 9:45 AM you wrote:

    familynet was officially shut down years ago... "someone" rescued
    the name and it has languished since along with many of the other
    nets that person also "rescued" when they were shutdown by their owners...

    That's interesting. You learn something new every day.

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  • From Kurt Weiske@1:218/700 to August Abolins on Wed Sep 16 12:06:00 2020
    August Abolins wrote to mark lewis <=-

    familynet was officially shut down years ago... "someone"
    rescued the name and it has languished since along with
    many of the other nets that person also "rescued" when
    they were shutdown by their owners...

    "rescue" sounds very apropos. i.e. Fidonet reference to the dog.

    "Rescue" sounds short-sighted; networks were meant to be ephemeral;
    there's no point in keeping around a zombie network.



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