• Noob question: Private area?

    From Don Rolo@4:900/102 to All on Sun Mar 29 13:24:48 2020
    Hello & sorry, Iïm new at Fidonet. This is a private area for Fidonet members or shall I classified it as public?

    Do you know where I can get a document that states wich Fidonet msg areas are public or private so I don't bother you people asking this in other msg areas?

    Thanks for any help you can provide me!

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  • From mark lewis@1:3634/12 to Don Rolo on Sun Mar 29 13:11:28 2020
    Re: Noob question: Private area?
    By: Don Rolo to All on Sun Mar 29 2020 13:24:48


    Do you know where I can get a document that states wich
    Fidonet msg areas are public or private so I don't bother
    you people asking this in other msg areas?

    generally speaking, all fidonet echos are public... some just have restricted access...

    as for a document, that would be the rules posted in each echo if they post rules at all... it used to be the most all echos posted the rules at least once a month but with the dearth of posters these days, that doesn't happen so much any more...

    restricted access: some areas may be limited to only members of a zone, region, or net... some may be restricted only to sysops... some allow prospective sysops in addition to sysops... it really depends on the targetted market...

    you might find some more information in the echolist but most of that would be old as there's a new echolist project being developed since the last maintainer passed away a year or so back...


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  • From Rodrigo Pelaez@4:900/102 to mark lewis on Sun Mar 29 18:32:14 2020
    Thanks Mark... Iïm guess I'll google for more info about which areas are open to all...

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