• How to move foward

    From HusTler@1:103/705 to All on Sun Aug 25 08:11:12 2019
    Can a Synchronet SysOp suggest how I should handle my fidonet problem? As I predicted last week my HUB claims his end is fine and the problem is entirely mine. He advised me to ask my "West Coast Synchronet Friends" for help. I am still getting the same error I posted early last week. I am not receiving the "whole file" as the log states in the last line of the poll. What can I do about this? Dropping Fidonet completly is a consideration.

    8/25 07:57:10 evnt Semaphore signaled for Timed Event: BINKPOLL
    8/25 07:57:10 evnt Running timed event: BINKPOLL
    8/25 07:57:10 evnt BINKPOLL BinkIT/2.27 invoked with options: -p
    8/25 07:57:10 evnt BINKPOLL Attempting poll for node 1:267/800@fidonet
    8/25 07:57:10 evnt BINKPOLL JSBinkP/1.121 callout to 1:267/800@fidonet started 8/25 07:57:10 evnt BINKPOLL Connecting to 1:267/800@fidonet at capitalhub.dyndns.org:24555
    8/25 07:57:10 evnt BINKPOLL Peer version: Mystic/1.12A43 binkp/1.0
    8/25 07:57:10 evnt BINKPOLL Authentication successful: secure
    8/25 07:57:10 evnt BINKPOLL Receiving file: /sbbs/temp/event/00000280.fr0 (4194304.0KB)
    8/25 07:57:10 evnt BINKPOLL Timed out receiving packet data from remote: 1:267/800@fidonet,1:267/0@fidonet
    8/25 07:57:10 evnt BINKPOLL Failed to receive the whole file '/sbbs/temp/event/00000280.fr0'.
    8/25 07:57:10 evnt Timed event: BINKPOLL returned 0

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  • From Mortifis@1:103/705 to HusTler on Sun Aug 25 11:12:16 2019
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    Can a Synchronet SysOp suggest how I should handle my fidonet problem?
    As
    I predicted last week my HUB claims his end is fine and the problem is entirely mine. He advised me to ask my "West Coast Synchronet Friends" for help. I am still getting the same error I posted early last week. I am not receiving the "whole file" as the log states in the last line of the poll. What can I do about this? Dropping Fidonet completly is a consideration.

    8/25 07:57:10 evnt Semaphore signaled for Timed Event: BINKPOLL
    8/25 07:57:10 evnt Running timed event: BINKPOLL
    8/25 07:57:10 evnt BINKPOLL BinkIT/2.27 invoked with options: -p
    8/25 07:57:10 evnt BINKPOLL Attempting poll for node 1:267/800@fidonet
    8/25 07:57:10 evnt BINKPOLL JSBinkP/1.121 callout to 1:267/800@fidonet started 8/25 07:57:10 evnt BINKPOLL Connecting to 1:267/800@fidonet at capitalhub.dyndns.org:24555
    8/25 07:57:10 evnt BINKPOLL Peer version: Mystic/1.12A43 binkp/1.0
    8/25 07:57:10 evnt BINKPOLL Authentication successful: secure
    8/25 07:57:10 evnt BINKPOLL Receiving file: /sbbs/temp/event/00000280.fr0 (4194304.0KB)
    8/25 07:57:10 evnt BINKPOLL Timed out receiving packet data from remote: 1:267/800@fidonet,1:267/0@fidonet
    8/25 07:57:10 evnt BINKPOLL Failed to receive the whole file '/sbbs/temp/event/00000280.fr0'.
    8/25 07:57:10 evnt Timed event: BINKPOLL returned 0

    Did you look at the file size of what was actually recieved compared to what was intended on? ie: 4194304.0KB

    Personally, I have been seeing many such errors from Mystic Systems so perhaps before you give up on FidoNet completely you may be able to find a hub that runs SBBS :-)


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  • From Alterego@1:103/705 to HusTler on Sun Aug 25 23:15:31 2019
    Re: How to move foward
    By: HusTler to All on Sun Aug 25 2019 08:11 am

    8/25 07:57:10 evnt BINKPOLL Receiving file: /sbbs/temp/event/00000280.fr0
    (4194304.0KB)

    Did you get information on this file being sent to you?

    There were doubts about its real size...
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  • From HusTler@1:103/705 to Alterego on Sun Aug 25 11:39:16 2019
    Re: How to move foward
    By: Alterego to HusTler on Sun Aug 25 2019 11:15 pm

    8/25 07:57:10 evnt BINKPOLL Receiving file: /sbbs/temp/event/00000280.fr0 (4194304.0KB)
    Did you get information on this file being sent to you?

    I emailed my Hub and he told me nothing is wrong on his end and that the problem is entirely mine. At this point I'm not sure if Fidonet is worth all this trouble. I've emailed Janice so maybe she can help with a solution. I don't know enough about it to be chasing SysOps around. Thanks for your reply.

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  • From echicken@1:103/705 to HusTler on Sun Aug 25 12:12:46 2019
    Re: How to move foward
    By: HusTler to All on Sun Aug 25 2019 08:11:12

    Can a Synchronet SysOp suggest how I should handle my fidonet problem? As
    I predicted last week my
    HUB claims his end is fine and the problem is entirely mine. He advised
    me to ask my "West Coast
    Synchronet Friends" for help. I am still getting the same error I posted
    early last week. I am not
    receiving the "whole file" as the log states in the last line of the
    poll. What can I do about this?
    Dropping Fidonet completly is a consideration.

    Your hub operator has a bug up his ass about Synchronet. He's entitled to his opinion but silly to be intractable about it. If he cared, he'd help solve the problem - it'll only make things easier for him and others going forward. Synchronet is prolific and isn't going anywhere.

    Whether to drop Fidonet is your choice, but you could always just find another hub, and someone more helpful. There are probably people around here who could set you up. This isn't the POTS era, so you don't have to stay with this guy just because he's in your area code or whatever.

    8/25 07:57:10 evnt BINKPOLL Receiving file: /sbbs/temp/event/00000280.fr0
    (4194304.0KB)

    The file size is highly suspect. You're not receiving the whole thing because he doesn't actually send that much data to you and never will.

    I'll have another look at BinkIT. It's possible that something's wrong with how that expected file size is being received/parsed/calculated. Maybe we need greater debug logging or something.

    '/sbbs/temp/event/00000280.fr0'. 8/25 07:57:10 evnt Timed event: BINKPOLL
    returned 0

    Does this file still exist on your system? Is it empty or does it have something in it? Might be useful to look at; not sure.

    It may be difficult to figure this out without your hub's cooperation. This could be our bug or it could be a problem on his end. You should probably get your feed elsewhere, because this dude sounds like a bad hub operator; biased, unhelpful, and probably in the wrong hobby altogether.

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  • From echicken@1:103/705 to HusTler on Sun Aug 25 12:24:01 2019
    Re: How to move foward
    By: HusTler to Alterego on Sun Aug 25 2019 11:39:16

    I emailed my Hub and he told me nothing is wrong on his end and that the
    problem is entirely mine.

    Could you ask him what steps he took to arrive at that conclusion?

    He's got some outbound files waiting for you to pick up, and they're failing to transfer. How many files? What are their sizes? Does he have any tools that can examine them and look for anything weird?

    If he hasn't checked anything, he doesn't know that nothing is wrong on his end. If he *has*, then it might give us some clues as to where to look and what to fix, if the bug is ours (it probably isn't).

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  • From HusTler@1:103/705 to echicken on Sun Aug 25 15:30:39 2019
    Re: How to move foward
    By: echicken to HusTler on Sun Aug 25 2019 12:12 pm

    Can a Synchronet SysOp suggest how I should handle my fidonet problem? As I predicted last week my
    HUB claims his end is fine and the problem is entirely mine. He
    advised
    me to ask my "West Coast
    Your hub operator has a bug up his ass about Synchronet. He's entitled to his opinion but silly to be intractable about it. If he cared, he'd help

    YES He does. He told me that when we talked on the phone to verify me.
    I won't say anything more in a public forum.

    Whether to drop Fidonet is your choice, but you could always just find another hub, and someone more helpful. There are probably people around
    I feel at this stage to continue carrying Fidonet I would need another HUB preferably a Synchronet HUB.


    could be our bug or it could be a problem on his end. You should probably get your feed elsewhere, because this dude sounds like a bad hub operator;

    Here's what I know so far. The Hub verbally told me he had a problem and had to restore his system with what he said "Very reliable backups".

    I don't know how to go about getting a new hub. I asked another Synchronet SysOp but he wants me to get permission. From who???

    Question....lets say my echolist got messed up on his end. Could that possibly cause he system to send an over sized file? I have made NO changes myself but could that be one possibility of 20? I'm really at a loss at this point. The question is...Is Fidonet worth the aggrivation? I'm very content with Dovenet, Fsxnet, Retronet, Micronet, Scinet and Usenet. You guys have been around a long time. Is Fidonet even worth setting up with another SysOp? I enjoy the Politics discussions but I don't need to carry the backbone for one group. ;-) HA!

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  • From Digital Man@1:103/705 to HusTler on Sun Aug 25 13:11:59 2019
    Re: How to move foward
    By: HusTler to All on Sun Aug 25 2019 08:11 am

    Can a Synchronet SysOp suggest how I should handle my fidonet problem?
    As
    I predicted last week my HUB claims his end is fine and the problem is entirely mine. He advised me to ask my "West Coast Synchronet Friends" for help. I am still getting the same error I posted early last week. I am not receiving the "whole file" as the log states in the last line of the poll. What can I do about this? Dropping Fidonet completly is a consideration.

    8/25 07:57:10 evnt Semaphore signaled for Timed Event: BINKPOLL
    8/25 07:57:10 evnt Running timed event: BINKPOLL
    8/25 07:57:10 evnt BINKPOLL BinkIT/2.27 invoked with options: -p
    8/25 07:57:10 evnt BINKPOLL Attempting poll for node 1:267/800@fidonet
    8/25 07:57:10 evnt BINKPOLL JSBinkP/1.121 callout to 1:267/800@fidonet started 8/25 07:57:10 evnt BINKPOLL Connecting to 1:267/800@fidonet at capitalhub.dyndns.org:24555
    8/25 07:57:10 evnt BINKPOLL Peer version: Mystic/1.12A43 binkp/1.0
    8/25 07:57:10 evnt BINKPOLL Authentication successful: secure
    8/25 07:57:10 evnt BINKPOLL Receiving file: /sbbs/temp/event/00000280.fr0 (4194304.0KB)
    8/25 07:57:10 evnt BINKPOLL Timed out receiving packet data from remote: 1:267/800@fidonet,1:267/0@fidonet
    8/25 07:57:10 evnt BINKPOLL Failed to receive the whole file '/sbbs/temp/event/00000280.fr0'.
    8/25 07:57:10 evnt Timed event: BINKPOLL returned 0

    You could switch to BinkD for your mailer, that'd eliminate Synchronet from the BINKP equation. And then if/when the problem still happens with BinkD, that's proof the problem is with the hub.

    Or you could switch to a different hub. And with today's "FidoWeb", there's no harm in having multiple hubs.

    digital man

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  • From Digital Man@1:103/705 to HusTler on Sun Aug 25 13:23:24 2019
    Re: How to move foward
    By: HusTler to echicken on Sun Aug 25 2019 03:30 pm

    Question....lets say my echolist got messed up on his end. Could that possibly cause he system to send an over sized file? I have made NO changes myself but could that be one possibility of 20?

    His system is trying to send you a file with a size of "-1". That's negative one. Clearly the problem on his end and has nothing to do with an echolist. My guess is that his mailer thinks there's a file waiting for you but that file doesn't actually exist on the disk or he's having some kind of permissions issue opening the file. A file size of -1 usually indicates an error of some kind (file does exist, can't be opened, etc.) and it sounds like that error value isn't being caught by his mailer.


    digital man

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  • From echicken@1:103/705 to HusTler on Sun Aug 25 17:04:49 2019
    Re: How to move foward
    By: HusTler to echicken on Sun Aug 25 2019 15:30:39

    I don't know how to go about getting a new hub. I asked another
    Synchronet SysOp but he wants me to
    get permission. From who???

    That sounds overly bureaucratic. I'm sure someone could just set you up with a new address and you can tell your current hub to remove your old one from the list.

    If you end up having to ask permission for some reason, I'd just go straight to the Zone Coordinator. No point in wasting time trying to find some "proper" escalation path. It's just Fidonet after all.

    Question....lets say my echolist got messed up on his end. Could that
    possibly cause he system to
    send an over sized file? I have made NO changes myself but could that be
    one possibility of 20? I'm

    Nah. There's something wrong with a specific file he's trying to send. The fact that the "file size" is so insane and close to a max uint value suggests that there's something wrong on his end (his mailer can't read the file or get the file size and sends this garbage value). There are things he could check, but it sounds like he'd rather just blame Synchronet.

    I'll entertain the possibility that there's something we need to fix on our end, but I'm 99.9% certain the problem is on his side. Too bad he won't take the same approach. You should get another hub regardless; based on this, you'll have more trouble with this guy going forward anyhow.

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  • From HusTler@1:103/705 to Digital Man on Sun Aug 25 18:23:57 2019
    Re: How to move foward
    By: Digital Man to HusTler on Sun Aug 25 2019 01:23 pm

    His system is trying to send you a file with a size of "-1". That's
    negative
    one. Clearly the problem on his end and has nothing to do with an echolist. My guess is that his mailer thinks there's a file waiting for you but that file doesn't actually exist on the disk or he's having some kind of permissions issue opening the file. A file size of -1 usually indicates an

    So how do I "Diplomaticaly" suggest he should look for the problem on his System without hurting his ego? If he had a system failure (As he already admitted) I'm sure he's stressed out about it. Is it possible the problem will correct itself? He runs Mystic with a BinkD mailer. He claims he "has a very reliable backup and none of my settings on his end were affected". I know nothing about Mystic, BinkD, or how he backs up his system. That said I don't feel comfortable making suggestions on how to fix the problem. Maybe he could start with lacting the file his system is trying to send? Makes sense to me but
    what do I know right? I'm no BBS genious but there are ways to trouble shoot this stuff. His last email to me said: "Because you don't run your system locally it's too difficult to fix" What he's saying is that if I ran Mystic he
    would be better able to help me. I dunno..I'm getting flashbacks of the fidonet
    sysops I dealt with in the 90's.:-(

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  • From Digital Man@1:103/705 to HusTler on Sun Aug 25 17:01:26 2019
    Re: How to move foward
    By: HusTler to Digital Man on Sun Aug 25 2019 06:23 pm

    Re: How to move foward
    By: Digital Man to HusTler on Sun Aug 25 2019 01:23 pm

    His system is trying to send you a file with a size of "-1". That's
    negative
    one. Clearly the problem on his end and has nothing to do with an echolist. My guess is that his mailer thinks there's a file waiting for you but that file doesn't actually exist on the disk or he's having some kind of permissions issue opening the file. A file size of -1 usually indicates an

    So how do I "Diplomaticaly" suggest he should look for the problem on his System without hurting his ego? If he had a system failure (As he already admitted) I'm sure he's stressed out about it. Is it possible the problem will correct itself? He runs Mystic with a BinkD mailer.

    Oh good, have him check his binkd.log file then. For that file that it's trying to send you with an invalid file size.

    He claims he "has a
    very reliable backup and none of my settings on his end were affected".

    It doesn't sound like a "setting" issue. It sounds like a file system or data issue.

    I
    know nothing about Mystic, BinkD, or how he backs up his system. That said don't feel comfortable making suggestions on how to fix the problem. Maybe he could start with lacting the file his system is trying to send? Makes sense to me but what do I know right? I'm no BBS genious but there are ways to trouble shoot this stuff. His last email to me said: "Because you don't run your system locally it's too difficult to fix" What he's saying is
    that
    if I ran Mystic he would be better able to help me. I dunno..I'm getting flashbacks of the fidonet sysops I dealt with in the 90's.:-(

    But... the problem appears to be on *his* end. You sent us he log output, he's trying to send you a file that is 4294967295 bytes in length. That's FFFFFFFF in hexadecimal, which is -1, an error indicator.

    *His* BinkD log should have more details. Nothing more on your system is going to help solve this.

    digital man

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  • From Al@1:153/757 to HusTler on Sun Aug 25 17:53:58 2019
    What can I do about this? Dropping Fidonet completly is a consideration.

    Don't drop fidonet because of this issue. It's something the two of you need to work out.

    Keep this detail in mind also:

    Your NC is the one who asigns you a node number and I think you should have a working session with your NC for netmail at least but there is no requirement for you to get your selected mail/file areas from your NC.

    You are free to get mail/files from the node or nodes of your chosing. If you would like I'd be happy to connect with you here for mail and files, just netmail me and we'll get it done.

    All that said, I think if you and your link can compare notes and keep working on the issue a solution can be found.

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  • From HusTler@1:103/705 to Digital Man on Sun Aug 25 21:22:09 2019
    Re: How to move foward
    By: Digital Man to HusTler on Sun Aug 25 2019 05:01 pm

    Re: How to move foward
    His system is trying to send you a file with a size of "-1". That's
    negative

    Thanks for all your input. I've asked the hub to take a look at the file his system is sending me. If he's willing to work with me great. If not my Fidonet days will be short lived (6 months). I've left emails to other Synchronet SysOps asking if it's possible for them to feed me. I think I've taken it as far as I can go for now. Thanks for all the advice.

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  • From HusTler@1:103/705 to Al on Sun Aug 25 21:54:31 2019
    Re: How to move foward
    By: Al to HusTler on Sun Aug 25 2019 05:53 pm

    What can I do about this? Dropping Fidonet completly is a consideration.

    Don't drop fidonet because of this issue. It's something the two of you
    need
    to
    work out.
    Keep this detail in mind also:

    Your NC is the one who asigns you a node number and I think you should have a working session with your NC for netmail at least but there is no
    You are free to get mail/files from the node or nodes of your chosing. If you would like I'd be happy to connect with you here for mail and files, just netmail me and we'll get it done.

    Thanks for your advice and your offer. I feel my hub is too quick to tell me how everthing he does is perfect and how long he's been a hub in Fidonet. He constantly reminds me he's feeding me free of charge. He can't help me with anything because he's a Mystic Guy and wamts me to switch. There's more but I'll shutup. Anyhoo I'll have to sleep on it. I don't know all the fidonet rules and have no desire to read them all trying to figure out my next move. I'm not going to lose sleep over giving up my node number. I never asked for one in the first place. Being a point would have been just fine with me. I'll admit I have some "old tapes" about Fidonet playing in my head and it's effecting my judgment. Like I said ..I need to sleep on it. Thanks again.

    PS I feel like I'm in a 1995 dejavu. The good news is I didn't have to pay 100 bucks to get a node number this time around.

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  • From Al@1:153/757 to HusTler on Sun Aug 25 19:55:38 2019
    Thanks for your advice and your offer. I feel my hub is too quick to tell me how everthing he does is perfect and how long he's been a hub in Fidonet. He constantly reminds me he's feeding me free of charge. He can't help me with anything because he's a Mystic Guy and wamts me to switch. There's more but I'll shutup.

    Yep, some folks are easier to work with than others.. :)

    Anyhoo I'll have to sleep on it. I don't know all the fidonet rules and have no desire to read them all trying to figure out my next move.

    I suppose there are rules. P4 for example is a good guidline, at least in 1995.

    I just play nice and everything works well for me.

    I'm not going to lose sleep over giving up my node number. I never asked for one in the first place. Being a point would have been just fine with me.
    I'll
    admit I have some "old tapes" about Fidonet playing in my head and it's effecting my judgment. Like I said ..I need to sleep on it. Thanks again.

    A point is also an option for you. I don't have any points currently but have had a couple points over the last couple years that have gone on to become nodes. Point or node, makes no difference to me.

    PS I feel like I'm in a 1995 dejavu. The good news is I didn't have to pay 100
    bucks to get a node number this time around.

    I have never paid anything in all of my fido experience. I link with 8 or so nodes for incoming and about that many connect here to collect mail/files.

    The subject of $$$ has never been discussed, it has never come up and I can't think of any reason why it would.

    When I first joined fidonet in 1995 I read the big shots here in net 153 talking about a CRP that nodes would pay a certain amout each but no one ever asked me for money so I have never had to pay anything.

    That was in the dial-up days. Today in the era of TCP/IP connected nodes that is all a thing of the past. Nodes anywhere can connect to other nodes anywhere so it is easier today to arrange links as needed.

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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@1:103/705 to HusTler on Sun Aug 25 19:57:00 2019
    HusTler wrote to echicken <=-

    I don't know how to go about getting a new hub. I asked another Synchronet SysOp but he wants me to get permission. From who???

    Just unlink from all of your hub's echoes except for any housekeeping/admin echoes specific to your local region, and contact a hub elsewhere. There's
    no requirement to get echomail from your region, just to check in for them
    to send you nodelist segments and routed netmail.

    Fidonet has a couple of active echoes and some good eggs amongst the bad.
    It's worth keeping around just to have a Fidonet node number, since most
    BBSes have a Fido presence.

    I'm happy to provide a feed, send me netmail at 1:161/418 to discuss.


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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@1:103/705 to echicken on Sun Aug 25 19:59:00 2019
    echicken wrote to HusTler <=-


    That sounds overly bureaucratic. I'm sure someone could just set you
    up with a new address and you can tell your current hub to remove your
    old one from the list.

    There's no need to change addresses. HusTler would just have to unlink from his present hub and link to another hub. Maybe set up a job to poll the old hub once a week for any pending mail.





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  • From echicken@1:103/705 to poindexter FORTRAN on Sun Aug 25 23:57:44 2019
    Re: Re: How to move foward
    By: poindexter FORTRAN to echicken on Sun Aug 25 2019 19:59:00

    his present hub and link to another hub. Maybe set up a job to poll the
    old
    hub once a week for any pending mail.

    Old hub would still be handling some of his mail. Old hub is bad and he should get away from it altogether.

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  • From Tony Langdon@3:633/410 to HusTler on Mon Aug 26 16:01:00 2019
    On 08-25-19 18:23, HusTler wrote to Digital Man <=-

    So how do I "Diplomaticaly" suggest he should look for the problem on his System without hurting his ego? If he had a system failure (As he already admitted) I'm sure he's stressed out about it. Is it possible
    the problem will correct itself? He runs Mystic with a BinkD mailer. He

    Well, BinkD is very reliable. I've been running it for years (with Synchronet in my case). Not sure what systems my BinkD interacts with (at least 2 are Mystic). As for Mystic, I use Mystic as a hub for VKRadio, and it has been reliable with all of my downlinks, which run a variety of mailers, including BinkIT and BinkD (one of those BinkD downlinks is my own SBBS system). The mailer I've had the most trouble with is Internet Rex, but that's not unusual.

    I tend to agree with everyone else in that the file size looks very suspect, and the problem is on the end of your hub.

    If your hub would at least answer factual questions like "What files are waiting for me and what are their sizes?", troubleshooting would be possible.

    And if he's restored from a backup, then permissions problems are highly
    ikely!

    claims he "has a very reliable backup and none of my settings on his
    end were affected". I know nothing about Mystic, BinkD, or how he backs
    up his system. That said I don't feel comfortable making suggestions on how to fix the problem. Maybe he could start with lacting the file his system is trying to send? Makes sense to me but what do I know right?

    The output of "dir" (Windows) or "ls -l" (Linux) on the relevant outbound directory on hid end would shed a lot of light on the issue.

    I'm no BBS genious but there are ways to trouble shoot this stuff. His last email to me said: "Because you don't run your system locally it's
    too difficult to fix" What he's saying is that if I ran Mystic he
    would be better able to help me. I dunno..I'm getting flashbacks of the fidonet sysops I dealt with in the 90's.:-(

    I've been able to help people debug all sorts of setups, including ones I'm not
    familiar with - in those cases, I have to provide what facts I can and hope the
    sysop on the other end can find something in that which helps explain the
    ssue.


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  • From HusTler@1:103/705 to poindexter FORTRAN on Mon Aug 26 09:59:01 2019
    Re: Re: How to move foward
    By: poindexter FORTRAN to HusTler on Sun Aug 25 2019 07:57 pm

    Just unlink from all of your hub's echoes except for any housekeeping/admin echoes specific to your local region, and contact a hub elsewhere. There's

    I'm happy to provide a feed, send me netmail at 1:161/418 to discuss.

    I left you mail on your BBS. My fido netmail is not working. I am just interested in the fidonet echo mail. I could care less about Fido netmail. Thanks for your offer. Look forward to hearing from you.

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  • From HusTler@1:103/705 to poindexter FORTRAN on Mon Aug 26 10:01:23 2019
    Re: Re: How to move foward
    By: poindexter FORTRAN to echicken on Sun Aug 25 2019 07:59 pm

    There's no need to change addresses. HusTler would just have to unlink from his present hub and link to another hub. Maybe set up a job to poll the old hub once a week for any pending mail.

    I hope it is that easy. I just want fidonet echos. I could care less about netmail. I don't use it. Never have. ;-)

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  • From HusTler@1:103/705 to echicken on Mon Aug 26 10:11:27 2019
    Re: Re: How to move foward
    By: echicken to poindexter FORTRAN on Sun Aug 25 2019 11:57 pm

    his present hub and link to another hub. Maybe set up a job to poll
    the
    old
    hub once a week for any pending mail.
    Not interested in Netmail. Never use it. Never have.


    Old hub would still be handling some of his mail. Old hub is bad and he should get away from it altogether.

    After a good nights sleep I can see no benefits sticking with my current hub. Thanks for your advice.

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  • From Digital Man@1:103/705 to HusTler on Mon Aug 26 13:47:02 2019
    Re: Re: How to move foward
    By: HusTler to poindexter FORTRAN on Mon Aug 26 2019 10:01 am

    Re: Re: How to move foward
    By: poindexter FORTRAN to echicken on Sun Aug 25 2019 07:59 pm

    There's no need to change addresses. HusTler would just have to unlink
    from
    his present hub and link to another hub. Maybe set up a job to poll the old hub once a week for any pending mail.

    I hope it is that easy. I just want fidonet echos. I could care less
    about
    netmail. I don't use it. Never have. ;-)

    At the very least, FidoNet netmail is the method by which you are normally expected to manage your echomail feed (add/remove/pause areas) via area manager (e.g. "AreaFix@your:hub/address") request messages.

    digital man

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  • From Gamgee@1:103/705 to HusTler on Mon Aug 26 20:23:00 2019
    HusTler wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-

    There's no need to change addresses. HusTler would just have to unlink from his present hub and link to another hub. Maybe set up a job to poll the old hub once a week for any pending mail.

    I hope it is that easy. I just want fidonet echos. I could care
    less about netmail. I don't use it. Never have. ;-)

    That's likely part of your problem.

    Being able to be reached by netmail is generally considered a
    requirement to be in FidoNet. It's how you are supposed to
    interact with your NC, for example. It's also how you manage your
    echomail areas (AreaFix/FileFix).



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  • From mark lewis@1:3634/12.73 to echicken on Tue Aug 27 12:53:06 2019

    On 2019 Aug 25 17:04:48, you wrote to HusTler:

    I don't know how to go about getting a new hub. I asked another
    Synchronet SysOp but he wants me to get permission. From who???

    That sounds overly bureaucratic. I'm sure someone could just set you up with a new address and you can tell your current hub to remove your old
    one
    from the list.

    he doesn't need a new address... all he needs is a feed... i've offered him one from here but he doesn't seem to have returned my service application form...

    If you end up having to ask permission for some reason, I'd just go straight to the Zone Coordinator. No point in wasting time trying to
    find
    some "proper" escalation path. It's just Fidonet after all.

    permission, such as it would be, might only be needed to get an address in a different net... some *Cs will go ahead and issue them in certain cases... a new address should not be needed in this case at all...

    )\/(ark

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  • From mark lewis@1:3634/12.73 to HusTler on Tue Aug 27 12:56:06 2019

    On 2019 Aug 25 18:23:56, you wrote to Digital Man:

    His system is trying to send you a file with a size of "-1". That's
    negative one. Clearly the problem on his end and has nothing to do with
    an echolist. My guess is that his mailer thinks there's a file waiting
    for you but that file doesn't actually exist on the disk or he's having
    some kind of permissions issue opening the file. A file size of -1
    usually indicates an

    So how do I "Diplomaticaly" suggest he should look for the problem on
    his
    System without hurting his ego?

    easy... ask him to do a DIR in his outbound and see what the properties and file size of that file are...

    )\/(ark

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  • From mark lewis@1:3634/12.73 to Al on Tue Aug 27 12:57:40 2019

    On 2019 Aug 25 17:53:58, you wrote to HusTler:

    Keep this detail in mind also:

    Your NC is the one who asigns you a node number and I think you should
    have
    a working session with your NC for netmail at least but there is no requirement for you to get your selected mail/file areas from your NC.

    exactly...

    You are free to get mail/files from the node or nodes of your chosing.

    exactly...

    If you would like I'd be happy to connect with you here for mail and files, just netmail me and we'll get it done.

    by my count, that's like 8 or more fidonet operators offering a feed... this is almost beyond getting crazy...

    )\/(ark

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  • From mark lewis@1:3634/12.73 to HusTler on Tue Aug 27 12:58:54 2019

    On 2019 Aug 25 21:22:08, you wrote to Digital Man:

    I've left emails to other Synchronet SysOps asking if it's possible
    for them to feed me. I think I've taken it as far as I can go for now.

    have you returned the form(s) you have been asked to fill out and return? i'm still waiting on yours and cannot proceed further without it...

    )\/(ark

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  • From echicken@1:103/705 to mark lewis on Tue Aug 27 14:07:46 2019
    Re: How to move foward
    By: mark lewis to echicken on Tue Aug 27 2019 12:53:06

    he doesn't need a new address... all he needs is a feed... i've offered
    him one
    from here but he doesn't seem to have returned my service application
    form...

    Fair enough. I was wondering if he might still have to pick up netmail from this guy, who will never provide support if something goes wrong. Maybe that doesn't matter.

    permission, such as it would be, might only be needed to get an address
    in a
    different net... some *Cs will go ahead and issue them in certain
    cases... a
    new address should not be needed in this case at all...

    I can't imagine why permission would be needed at all... but he asked... so I said maybe just cut through the nonsense and go straight to the top... this whole thing seems like a bunch of typical fidonet nonsense to me...

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  • From Al@1:153/757 to mark lewis on Tue Aug 27 11:13:04 2019
    If you would like I'd be happy to connect with you here for mail and
    files, just netmail me and we'll get it done.

    by my count, that's like 8 or more fidonet operators offering a feed... this
    almost beyond getting crazy...

    I think HusTler is or will be in good shape fido wise now. He's got good options at least.

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  • From HusTler@1:103/705 to All on Tue Aug 27 16:12:05 2019
    Re: How to move foward
    By: Al to mark lewis on Tue Aug 27 2019 11:13 am

    If you would like I'd be happy to connect with you here for mail and
    files, just netmail me and we'll get it done.

    by my count, that's like 8 or more fidonet operators offering a feed... this i
    almost beyond getting crazy...

    The only thing crazy to continue carrying Fidonet. Thanks for all the offers but I am no longer interested in FidoFuck.

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  • From HusTler@1:103/705 to All on Tue Aug 27 16:13:00 2019
    Re: How to move foward
    By: Al to mark lewis on Tue Aug 27 2019 11:13 am

    If you would like I'd be happy to connect with you here for mail and
    files, just netmail me and we'll get it done.

    by my count, that's like 8 or more fidonet operators offering a feed... this i
    almost beyond getting crazy...

    The only thing crazy is to continue carrying Fidonet. Thanks for all the offers but I am no longer interested in FidoFuck.

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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@1:103/705 to mark lewis on Tue Aug 27 14:49:36 2019
    Re: How to move foward
    By: mark lewis to HusTler on Tue Aug 27 2019 12:56 pm

    easy... ask him to do a DIR in his outbound and see what the properties
    and
    file size of that file are...

    I think he's asking around and getting suggestions that the problem might lie on his system.

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  • From Tony Langdon@3:633/410 to echicken on Wed Aug 28 08:11:00 2019
    On 08-27-19 14:07, echicken wrote to mark lewis <=-

    Re: How to move foward
    By: mark lewis to echicken on Tue Aug 27 2019 12:53:06

    he doesn't need a new address... all he needs is a feed... i've offered
    him one
    from here but he doesn't seem to have returned my service application
    form...

    Fair enough. I was wondering if he might still have to pick up netmail from this guy, who will never provide support if something goes wrong. Maybe that doesn't matter.

    If he keeps his node address, he'd still have to poll his existing uplink for routed netmail.


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  • From Alterego@1:103/705 to mark lewis on Wed Aug 28 08:31:54 2019
    Re: How to move foward
    By: mark lewis to HusTler on Tue Aug 27 2019 12:56 pm

    easy... ask him to do a DIR in his outbound and see what the properties
    and file size of that file are...

    I'm having a conversation with him in another network - it seems the file doesnt exist and he's not sure whats going on.
    ...ëîå*

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  • From Paul Hayton@3:770/100 to HusTler on Thu Aug 29 06:58:56 2019
    On 25 Aug 2019 at 08:11a, HusTler pondered and said...

    Can a Synchronet SysOp suggest how I should handle my fidonet problem?

    [snip]

    8/25 07:57:10 evnt BINKPOLL Authentication successful: secure
    8/25 07:57:10 evnt BINKPOLL Receiving file: /sbbs/temp/event/00000280.fr0 (4194304.0KB)
    8/25 07:57:10 evnt BINKPOLL Timed out receiving packet data from remote: 1:267/800@fidonet,1:267/0@fidonet
    8/25 07:57:10 evnt BINKPOLL Failed to receive the whole file '/sbbs/temp/event/00000280.fr0'.
    8/25 07:57:10 evnt Timed event: BINKPOLL returned 0

    Hi there

    I was asked for help by the sysop of this system and took a look at it last night. There were no huge files queued to be sent to you but I did find a corrupted .clo file that asides having the correct data inside it, also had some other bytes of info that I think would have caused the problem.

    I tried polling your system from his but your end was not connecting so
    unsure if your bink server is up and on which port?

    I've cleared out the file that was suspect, advised the sysop, and would ask you try polling him again to see if you get a successful connect and session with packets being sent to you. It would be good to know if the problem is fixed. There are echomail packets on HOLD for you at that Fido system.

    As for dropping Fido vs getting feeds elsewhere - that's up to you. But I do agree with the others in that obtaining multiple feeds for echomail from assorted HUBs seems to be more the norm now. That so long as you poll your nodelisted HUB each day to check for and pick up any routed netmail sent to
    you via that system, the rest of what you do and where you go to get your
    Fido content is up to you :)

    If you do decide to drop Fido please let that guy know so he can delist you from his system and the nodelist. Either way 1-2 more test polls from you to him would be appreciated by me so I can see if the problem is fixed.

    Hope that all helps, and hello everyone :)

    Best, Paul

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  • From Digital Man@1:103/705 to Paul Hayton on Wed Aug 28 12:43:07 2019
    Re: Re: How to move foward
    By: Paul Hayton to HusTler on Thu Aug 29 2019 06:58 am

    Hope that all helps, and hello everyone :)

    Thank you.

    digital man

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  • From Paul Hayton@3:770/100 to Digital Man on Thu Aug 29 08:58:36 2019
    On 28 Aug 2019 at 12:43p, Digital Man pondered and said...

    Hope that all helps, and hello everyone :)

    Thank you.

    anytime DM. Kudos to you for all the good Synchronet work that you and the wider team do :)

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  • From Gamgee@1:103/705 to Paul Hayton on Wed Aug 28 21:41:00 2019
    Paul Hayton wrote to HusTler <=-

    Can a Synchronet SysOp suggest how I should handle my fidonet problem?

    I was asked for help by the sysop of this system and took a look
    at it last night. There were no huge files queued to be sent to
    you but I did find a corrupted .clo file that asides having the
    correct data inside it, also had some other bytes of info that I
    think would have caused the problem.

    I tried polling your system from his but your end was not
    connecting so unsure if your bink server is up and on which port?

    I've cleared out the file that was suspect, advised the sysop,
    and would ask you try polling him again to see if you get a
    successful connect and session with packets being sent to you. It
    would be good to know if the problem is fixed. There are echomail
    packets on HOLD for you at that Fido system.

    As for dropping Fido vs getting feeds elsewhere - that's up to
    you. But I do agree with the others in that obtaining multiple
    feeds for echomail from assorted HUBs seems to be more the norm
    now. That so long as you poll your nodelisted HUB each day to
    check for and pick up any routed netmail sent to you via that
    system, the rest of what you do and where you go to get your Fido
    content is up to you :)

    If you do decide to drop Fido please let that guy know so he can
    delist you from his system and the nodelist. Either way 1-2 more
    test polls from you to him would be appreciated by me so I can
    see if the problem is fixed.

    Hope that all helps, and hello everyone :)

    Nice work there, Paul.

    I think this Hustler has hissy-fitted himself right on out of
    Dove-Net too, so he probably won't see this. I'd bet he wouldn't
    try the requested polling even if he did see it.

    Perhaps a note to him in fsxNet would help - I think I've seen him
    in there recently.



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  • From HusTler@1:103/705 to Gamgee on Thu Aug 29 06:58:25 2019
    Re: Re: How to move foward
    By: Gamgee to Paul Hayton on Wed Aug 28 2019 09:41 pm

    I think this Hustler has hissy-fitted himself right on out of
    Dove-Net too, so he probably won't see this. I'd bet he wouldn't
    try the requested polling even if he did see it.

    Perhaps a note to him in fsxNet would help - I think I've seen him
    in there recently.

    Mind your own business Asswipe. I posted 3 days ago I no longer want to carry Fidonet.
    Worry about yourself and your own lame ass BBS.

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  • From mark lewis@1:3634/12.73 to echicken on Thu Aug 29 09:29:22 2019

    On 2019 Aug 27 14:07:46, you wrote to me:

    he doesn't need a new address... all he needs is a feed... i've
    offered him one from here but he doesn't seem to have returned my
    service application form...

    Fair enough. I was wondering if he might still have to pick up
    netmail from this guy,

    host routed netmail may still land on that system... it may or may not be forwarded to another system for pickup, though... so he may still need to poll that system at some time... i generally say once a week but even once a month should be fine but this also depends on if the problematic system is configured to deliver mail or hold it for pickup...

    who will never provide support if something goes wrong. Maybe that
    doesn't matter.

    permission, such as it would be, might only be needed to get an
    address in a different net... some *Cs will go ahead and issue them
    in certain cases... a new address should not be needed in this case
    at all...

    I can't imagine why permission would be needed at all...

    because of policy and separation of nets/regions... this isn't so important as it was in the days of POTS, though... it is still nice, however, to look at someone's address and see the net is located in XXXX and being able to think "hey, ok, so YYYY lives in XXXX"...

    but he asked... so I said maybe just cut through the nonsense and go straight to the top...

    FTNs all operate in different ways... some have a "top dawg" with a steel fist that sets all the rules and all mail goes through their system... others operate more like fidonet in that they use multilayer routing... maybe even regional routing to move mail... i'm speaking of netmail, of course... echomail, while just another flavor of netmail, is transmitted slightly differently in that it is point to point... the catcher here is that echomail can also be routed but many tossers don't handle that properly these days... routing echomail was also highly frowned on back in the early days of FTNs because it causes undue resource usage on intermediate systems...

    this whole thing seems like a bunch of typical fidonet nonsense to
    me...

    in the case at hand, there is a choad operating the problematic system... that's where the problem lies... i deal with his conservative ultra-right leaning add in at least one of the political echos in fidonet most every day... i hesitate to use the "H" name to describe him but yeah...

    )\/(ark

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  • From mark lewis@1:3634/12.73 to HusTler on Thu Aug 29 09:39:06 2019

    On 2019 Aug 27 16:12:04, you wrote to All:

    If you would like I'd be happy to connect with you here for mail and
    files, just netmail me and we'll get it done.

    by my count, that's like 8 or more fidonet operators offering a feed...
    this i almost beyond getting crazy...

    The only thing crazy to continue carrying Fidonet.

    huh? you never even got started AFAICT from your postings...

    Thanks for all the offers but I am no longer interested in FidoFuck.

    don't blame the network for the actions of one ultra-right wing conservative choad who has to always be correct and is never incorrect about anything...

    )\/(ark

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  • From mark lewis@1:3634/12.73 to poindexter FORTRAN on Thu Aug 29 09:41:10 2019

    On 2019 Aug 27 14:49:36, you wrote to me:

    easy... ask him to do a DIR in his outbound and see what the
    properties and file size of that file are...

    I think he's asking around and getting suggestions that the problem
    might lie on his system.

    i doubt it... n267c is the operator in question... besides the known problem hustler has inquired about, n267c is telling folks that they /have/ to pull their echos from him which is flat out wrong...

    )\/(ark

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  • From mark lewis@1:3634/12.73 to Tony Langdon on Thu Aug 29 09:44:54 2019

    On 2019 Aug 28 08:11:00, you wrote to echicken:

    Fair enough. I was wondering if he might still have to pick up
    netmail from this guy, who will never provide support if something
    goes wrong. Maybe that doesn't matter.

    If he keeps his node address, he'd still have to poll his existing
    uplink for routed netmail.

    not uplink... nethost...

    )\/(ark

    Once men turned their thinking over to machines in the hope that this would set them free. But that only permitted other men with machines to enslave them.
    ... We don't want to buy any.
    ---
    * Origin: (1:3634/12.73)
  • From mark lewis@1:3634/12.73 to Alterego on Thu Aug 29 09:45:34 2019

    On 2019 Aug 28 08:31:54, you wrote to me:

    easy... ask him to do a DIR in his outbound and see what the
    properties and file size of that file are...

    I'm having a conversation with him in another network - it seems the file doesnt exist and he's not sure whats going on.

    then he needs to look in the ?lo file(s) for hustler's system and see if it is listed in there... if it is, remove that line and any others that point to other files that also don't actually exist in his outbound...

    )\/(ark

    Once men turned their thinking over to machines in the hope that this would set them free. But that only permitted other men with machines to enslave them.
    ... Laughing stock: cattle with a sense of humor..
    ---
    * Origin: (1:3634/12.73)
  • From Nightfox@1:103/705 to HusTler on Thu Aug 29 10:37:30 2019
    Re: Re: How to move foward
    By: HusTler to Gamgee on Thu Aug 29 2019 06:58 am

    Mind your own business Asswipe. I posted 3 days ago I no longer want to carry Fidonet. Worry about yourself and your own lame ass BBS.

    For someone who says you're retired (which I think you said you are?), I'd expect to see more maturity than this. What's with your attitude? And do you really enjoy having a hissyfit and getting frustrated at people? I hope you're enjoying your retirement.

    Nightfox

    ---
    þ Synchronet þ Digital Distortion: digitaldistortionbbs.com
    * Origin: Vertrauen - [vert/cvs/bbs].synchro.net (1:103/705)
  • From HusTler@1:103/705 to Nightfox on Thu Aug 29 16:38:50 2019
    Re: Re: How to move foward
    By: Nightfox to HusTler on Thu Aug 29 2019 10:37 am

    For someone who says you're retired (which I think you said you are?), I'd expect to see more maturity than this. What's with your attitude? And do you really enjoy having a hissyfit and getting frustrated at people? I
    hope

    Nightfox

    It's degrading to ask for help and SyOps with egos what to put me down. It's even more frustrating when a guy like Greg won't admit the problem is him. I expect SysOps to help one another. Not try and get money from me for that help. Don't tell me how great you are and how long you've been running a BBS. Don't threaten to ban me and take me off your node list if I'm not nice to you and kiss your ass. That's kiddie shit to me. I'm not intimidated any of you. I'm doing whatever I can to keep BBSing alive on the little resources I have. I just want the shit to work. Apparently this is no longer a hobby and the SysOps feel entitled to money or feel it's OK to put users and new SysOps down. I just wish they had the ballz to meet me in person. BTW my name is Steve Wolf you Faggots. I live in Queens NY. Let's meet for coffee you SysOps with Egos.!

    ---
    þ Synchronet þ Havens BBS havens.synchro.net
    * Origin: Vertrauen - [vert/cvs/bbs].synchro.net (1:103/705)
  • From echicken@1:103/705 to HusTler on Thu Aug 29 18:07:13 2019
    Re: Re: How to move foward
    By: HusTler to Nightfox on Thu Aug 29 2019 16:38:50

    kiss your ass. That's kiddie shit to me. I'm not intimidated any of you.
    I'm doing whatever I can to
    ...
    down. I just wish they had the ballz to meet me in person. BTW my name is
    Steve Wolf you Faggots. I
    live in Queens NY. Let's meet for coffee you SysOps with Egos.!

    This is truly pathetic and embarrassing. For your own sake, please stop and get a hold of yourself.

    I don't think you've been treated entirely fairly, but you should realize that it's a two way street. It's unrealistic to carry on however you like while holding other people to a higher standard.

    ---
    echicken
    electronic chicken bbs - bbs.electronicchicken.com
    þ Synchronet þ electronic chicken bbs - bbs.electronicchicken.com
    * Origin: Vertrauen - [vert/cvs/bbs].synchro.net (1:103/705)
  • From Nightfox@1:103/705 to HusTler on Thu Aug 29 15:41:09 2019
    Re: Re: How to move foward
    By: HusTler to Nightfox on Thu Aug 29 2019 04:38 pm

    It's degrading to ask for help and SyOps with egos what to put me down. It's even more frustrating when a guy like Greg won't admit the problem
    is
    him. I expect SysOps to help one another. Not try and get money from me for that help. Don't tell me how great you are and how long you've been
    ...
    me in person. BTW my name is Steve Wolf you Faggots. I live in Queens NY.

    Some might have done that, but there are sysops here on Dove-Net I've seen try to give you honest help without putting you down, and you sometimes seem to take offense to it unnecessarily or make big issues out of pretty much nothing. And I don't think it's really necessary to call people asswipes or faggots etc. due to all of this.

    Nightfox

    ---
    þ Synchronet þ Digital Distortion: digitaldistortionbbs.com
    * Origin: Vertrauen - [vert/cvs/bbs].synchro.net (1:103/705)
  • From echicken@1:103/705 to Nightfox on Thu Aug 29 21:54:46 2019
    Re: Re: How to move foward
    By: Nightfox to HusTler on Thu Aug 29 2019 15:41:09

    big issues out of pretty much nothing. And I don't think it's really
    necessary to call people

    DON'T TELL ME WHAT I CAN AND CANNOT CALL PEOPLE, ASSWIPE!

    (Just kiddin' let's all get along mkay?)

    ---
    echicken
    electronic chicken bbs - bbs.electronicchicken.com
    þ Synchronet þ electronic chicken bbs - bbs.electronicchicken.com
    * Origin: Vertrauen - [vert/cvs/bbs].synchro.net (1:103/705)
  • From HusTler@1:103/705 to Nightfox on Thu Aug 29 22:41:04 2019
    Re: Re: How to move foward
    By: Nightfox to HusTler on Thu Aug 29 2019 03:41 pm

    Some might have done that, but there are sysops here on Dove-Net I've seen try to give you honest help without putting you down, and you sometimes
    seem
    to take offense to it unnecessarily or make big issues out of pretty much

    I expect the SysOps that have been around for years and years to help the new SysOps. I'm not going to drag this out. What's done is done. I've deleted everthing Fidonet from my board never to return. I will also warn new Sysops about Fidonet. I won't tolerate any SysOp attempting to hold me hostage over a node number or giving technical advice. After this I won't know who to trust. There was a time I really enjoyed this hobby. SysOps used to help one another. Share mods. Swap warez and ANsi screens, break into chat, all for free!. I don't know what to make of this hobby today? I'm not going to let Fidonet take me down. If they can't weed out their trash that's their problem. Besides there are too many other fun networks my board is linked to. I'd have to be insane to continue with it.

    ---
    þ Synchronet þ Havens BBS havens.synchro.net
    * Origin: Vertrauen - [vert/cvs/bbs].synchro.net (1:103/705)
  • From Gregory Deyss@1:267/150 to echicken on Fri Aug 30 00:04:07 2019

    Your hub operator has a bug up his ass about Synchronet.

    No I don't actually, not even remotely and I'll will prove it. Sometime
    before I become in involved in running a BBS, I was user of a local board,
    the sysop and I become friends and we discovered we has much in common.
    Then I myself started with a BBS of my own of which was Wildcat 4, my
    friend said "well around here we run RA" - (Remote Access) that was the
    trouble I did not want my board looking plain jane a carbon copy of the one after it. The very same configuration file went to sysop to sysop and so on.

    I told this story to Steve, for the purpose that I would never do this to anyone who was a node of mine, if they wanted to use another BBS software
    they were more then willing to use what ever they wished. I told him many
    times as he was beginning to have problems to log onto my BBS and check out
    the echo of his software and get the support that he needed to resolve
    issues.

    If he cared, he'd help solve the problem

    How I would do that when I do not know anything about Synchronet, as I said I did recommend for him to log on to my BBS and check out this echo and other Synchronet echos to gain resolve for this issues he was having. I never
    marked him down - not once for the problems that he was having. I did put his mail on HOLD for him to pick it when he polled me, and then was willing to remove the HOLD status once his system was working normally.


    It may be difficult to figure this out without your hub's cooperation.

    You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink.

    . ______
    _[]_||__||
    { Gregory |
    /-00-----00'-;

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A43 2019/03/03 (Windows/64)
    * Origin: Capital Station BBS * telnet://csbbs.dyndns.org * (1:267/150)
  • From echicken@1:103/705 to Gregory Deyss on Fri Aug 30 00:47:34 2019
    Re: Re: How to move foward
    By: Gregory Deyss to echicken on Fri Aug 30 2019 00:04:07

    Your hub operator has a bug up his ass about Synchronet.

    No I don't actually, not even remotely and I'll will prove it. Sometime

    Understood, and apologies. We only had his oft-repeated side of the story at that time.

    I should've known better, really, based on other recent interactions.

    If he cared, he'd help solve the problem

    How I would do that when I do not know anything about Synchronet, as I
    said I

    The operative word was "help". I didn't mean that you should solve it on your own.

    I was suggesting a cooperative approach - maybe we have a bug here, maybe there's a problem on your end, let's figure it out - but we were told that you were being obstinate and refusing to entertain any idea other than a bug in Synchronet.

    did recommend for him to log on to my BBS and check out this echo and
    other
    Synchronet echos to gain resolve for this issues he was having. I never

    That's a valid suggestion but was probably interpreted as a brush-off.

    Of course, he did come and ask questions here, so that's something.

    You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink.

    I'm guessing he got overwhelmed by questions and suggestions coming from all sides. Nobody had a quick and clear fix, and the solution involved some legwork and go-betweening. Some people don't have patience for troubleshooting or reading documentation; if it doesn't just work right away, frustration mounts quickly.

    I hope he's happier with this behind him, and that you enjoy the sudden drop-off in angry emails.

    ---
    echicken
    electronic chicken bbs - bbs.electronicchicken.com
    þ Synchronet þ electronic chicken bbs - bbs.electronicchicken.com
    * Origin: Vertrauen - [vert/cvs/bbs].synchro.net (1:103/705)
  • From Paul Hayton@3:770/100 to echicken on Fri Aug 30 17:04:11 2019
    On 30 Aug 2019 at 12:47a, echicken pondered and said...

    I hope he's happier with this behind him, and that you enjoy the sudden drop-off in angry emails.

    Just a quick note of compliment. I reckon that was a really nice, considered response.

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A43 2019/03/03 (Windows/32)
    * Origin: Agency BBS | Dunedin, New Zealand | agency.bbs.nz (3:770/100)
  • From Gregory Deyss@1:267/150 to Al on Fri Aug 30 01:12:46 2019
    On 25 Aug 2019, Al said the following...

    What can I do about this? Dropping Fidonet completly is a
    consideration.

    Don't drop fidonet because of this issue. It's something the two of you need to work out.

    Keep this detail in mind also:

    Your NC is the one who asigns you a node number

    Correct I do, and now he out. because of his hostility, I can not and will
    not tollerate that kind of behavior, - the problems he could worked through with everyone here to support him. He flipped out on completely - totally out of control, I told I would check it to it and I have reached out to Paul
    Hayton of FSXnet, he is a great guy,he is known as the Mystic Guy on Youtube.
    I reached to Paul to address Steve concerns, it took a couple a days to hash out, I'm in New York & Paul is in New Zealand. It appeared to be a corrupt
    file and I don't play the blame game, but I will be honest with you. I can
    tell you what started all of this - his temper. It's that pure and simple.

    In other emails it was nothing more than a f-bomb laced tirade filled with
    hate other colorful metaphors, and having choice select words for the fidonet community and everyone within it.

    I am tired of this BS, does not sit well with me either being referred to as having a bug up ass and having something against a node because wants to run another BBS software other then Mystic BBS. This is and has no issue. This is total and complete lie that he is peddling. I told him he can run whatever wanted as long as there no issues with getting and sending mail to the hub.
    I don't care what he ran as a BBS, I am setting the record right now. He can tell all the fish stories and cry on people's shoulders all he wants but in the
    end he is hot headed (you will find out) and I am sorry in advance. He does not
    have the capacity for patience. Then when all else fails he wants to tell people I'm the problem. Don't think so. I never told him to check his west coast bbs buddies, The truth is his BBS is administrated off site and I told to
    check with the off site location to ensure every was good on that side of things. I will never ever will have another node who such a configuration, it's
    a freakin nightmare.

    requirement for you to get your selected mail/file areas from your NC. Al>
    You are free to get mail/files from the node or nodes of your chosing.
    If you would like I'd be happy to connect with you here for mail and Al>
    files, just netmail me and we'll get it done.

    He is all yours Al, Good Luck.

    Thanks Again I wish him and you all the Best.

    . ______
    _[]_||__||
    { Gregory |
    /-00-----00'-;

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A43 2019/03/03 (Windows/64)
    * Origin: Capital Station BBS * telnet://csbbs.dyndns.org * (1:267/150)
  • From Gregory Deyss@1:267/150 to Gamgee on Fri Aug 30 01:16:08 2019
    On 26 Aug 2019, Gamgee said the following...

    HusTler wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-

    There's no need to change addresses. HusTler would just have to unlink his present hub and link to another hub. Maybe set up a job to poll
    the
    hub once a week for any pending mail.

    I hope it is that easy. I just want fidonet echos. I could care less about netmail. I don't use it. Never have. ;-)

    That's likely part of your problem.

    Being able to be reached by netmail is generally considered a
    requirement to be in FidoNet. It's how you are supposed to
    interact with your NC, for example. It's also how you manage your echomail areas (AreaFix/FileFix).

    He will Never have another in the State of New York.

    . ______
    _[]_||__||
    { Gregory |
    /-00-----00'-;

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A43 2019/03/03 (Windows/64)
    * Origin: Capital Station BBS * telnet://csbbs.dyndns.org * (1:267/150)
  • From Gregory Deyss@1:267/150 to mark lewis on Fri Aug 30 01:21:58 2019
    On 27 Aug 2019, mark lewis said the following...

    On 2019 Aug 25 17:04:48, you wrote to HusTler:

    I don't know how to go about getting a new hub. I asked another
    Synchronet SysOp but he wants me to get permission. From who???

    That sounds overly bureaucratic. I'm sure someone could just set
    you
    with a new address and you can tell your current hub to remove your
    one
    from the list.

    he doesn't need a new address... all he needs is a feed... i've offered him one from here but he doesn't seem to have returned my service application form...
    and so it begins, again. not responding days on going with no contact in
    site, by the way he will need a new fidonet address he will no longer exist
    Net 267.

    . ______
    _[]_||__||
    { Gregory |
    /-00-----00'-;

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A43 2019/03/03 (Windows/64)
    * Origin: Capital Station BBS * telnet://csbbs.dyndns.org * (1:267/150)
  • From Gregory Deyss@1:267/150 to mark lewis on Fri Aug 30 01:40:01 2019

    On 29 Aug 2019, mark lewis said the following...


    On 2019 Aug 27 16:12:04, you wrote to All:

    If you would like I'd be happy to connect with you here for mail
    an
    files, just netmail me and we'll get it done.

    by my count, that's like 8 or more fidonet operators offering a
    feed.
    this i almost beyond getting crazy...

    The only thing crazy to continue carrying Fidonet.

    huh? you never even got started AFAICT from your postings...

    Thanks for all the offers but I am no longer interested in FidoFuck.

    don't blame the network for the actions of one ultra-right wing conservative choad who has to always be correct and is never incorrect about anything...

    That's enough of that, Politics had nothing - absolutely nothing to do with what happened here, curious why you would even suggest this when his attitude speaks for it self.

    . ______
    _[]_||__||
    { Gregory |
    /-00-----00'-;

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A43 2019/03/03 (Windows/64)
    * Origin: Capital Station BBS * telnet://csbbs.dyndns.org * (1:267/150)
  • From Gregory Deyss@1:267/150 to mark lewis on Fri Aug 30 01:43:30 2019
    On 29 Aug 2019, mark lewis said the following...


    On 2019 Aug 27 14:49:36, you wrote to me:

    easy... ask him to do a DIR in his outbound and see what the
    properties and file size of that file are...

    I think he's asking around and getting suggestions that the problem might lie on his system.



    i doubt it... n267c is the operator in question... besides the known problem hustler has inquired about, n267c is telling folks that they /have/ to pull their echos from him which is flat out wrong...

    Wrong. It is not unreasonable to ask node to poll for his/her mail when that system is not reachable and has been unable to connect after many failed to attempts to send said mail.

    . ______
    _[]_||__||
    { Gregory |
    /-00-----00'-;

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A43 2019/03/03 (Windows/64)
    * Origin: Capital Station BBS * telnet://csbbs.dyndns.org * (1:267/150)
  • From Al@1:153/757 to Gregory Deyss on Thu Aug 29 23:52:22 2019
    Your NC is the one who asigns you a node number

    Correct I do, and now he out. because of his hostility, I can not and will not tollerate that kind of behavior,

    His issue was a legitimate one that needed to be fixed.

    I think he chose to leave, and he is free to make that choice.

    with everyone here to support him. He flipped out on completely - totally
    out
    of control,

    I told I would check it to it and I have reached out to Paul Hayton of FSXnet, he is a great guy

    Yep, I saw Paul's note about his findings. I'm glad you (with Paul's help) were able to find the problem and fix it.

    It's too bad it escalated the way it did but I think we'll just move on.

    He is all yours Al, Good Luck.

    He's not mine. I offered what I can to him but have not heard anything back.

    Thanks Again I wish him and you all the Best.

    Thanks (I think).

    --- BBBS/Li6 v4.10 Toy-4
    * Origin: The Rusty MailBox - Penticton, BC Canada (1:153/757)
  • From mark lewis@1:3634/12.73 to Gregory Deyss on Fri Aug 30 02:03:40 2019

    On 2019 Aug 30 00:04:06, you wrote to echicken:

    If he cared, he'd help solve the problem

    How I would do that when I do not know anything about Synchronet,

    the problem was on *your* system as we told hustler several times... he reported you not accepting that... the logs showed that the problem was your system and it was asked to have you look in your outbound for that file and to check the flo files in case one was bad... paul found the problem pretty much exactly as we expected it to be found...

    It may be difficult to figure this out without your hub's cooperation.

    You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink.

    you're still a perfect example :lol:

    )\/(ark

    Once men turned their thinking over to machines in the hope that this would set them free. But that only permitted other men with machines to enslave them.
    ... Canada's just a hockey player breeding facility.
    ---
    * Origin: (1:3634/12.73)
  • From mark lewis@1:3634/12.73 to Gregory Deyss on Fri Aug 30 02:10:00 2019

    On 2019 Aug 30 01:40:00, you wrote to me:

    don't blame the network for the actions of one ultra-right wing
    conservative choad who has to always be correct and is never
    incorrect about anything...

    That's enough of that, Politics had nothing - absolutely nothing to
    do with what happened here, curious why you would even suggest this
    when his attitude speaks for it self.

    your attitude in other message areas also speaks volumes... it was easy to see how it could be involved in this situation... especially with him reporting that you were telling him he should run mystic, that he had to get his feed from you, and other similar nonsense... it sounded just like you :shrug:

    )\/(ark

    Once men turned their thinking over to machines in the hope that this would set them free. But that only permitted other men with machines to enslave them.
    ... If we can't understand what he's saying, he's not a genius.
    ---
    * Origin: (1:3634/12.73)
  • From mark lewis@1:3634/12.73 to Gregory Deyss on Fri Aug 30 02:13:58 2019

    On 2019 Aug 30 01:43:30, you wrote to me:

    easy... ask him to do a DIR in his outbound and see what the
    properties and file size of that file are...

    I think he's asking around and getting suggestions that the problem
    might lie on his system.

    i doubt it... n267c is the operator in question... besides the known
    problem hustler has inquired about, n267c is telling folks that they
    /have/ to pull their echos from him which is flat out wrong...

    Wrong.

    read the above again... you're not comprehending the above statement...

    It is not unreasonable to ask node to poll for his/her mail when that system is not reachable and has been unable to connect after many
    failed to attempts to send said mail.

    no one said it was... he said he was told he /had/ to pull his mail from your system which is false... he can pull it from any systems that he has a feed agreement with... it has been that way since fidonet started moving echos...

    )\/(ark

    Once men turned their thinking over to machines in the hope that this would set them free. But that only permitted other men with machines to enslave them.
    ... No error . . . yet.
    ---
    * Origin: (1:3634/12.73)
  • From Tony Langdon@3:633/410 to HusTler on Fri Aug 30 12:49:00 2019
    On 08-29-19 16:38, HusTler wrote to Nightfox <=-

    It's degrading to ask for help and SyOps with egos what to put me
    down. It's even more frustrating when a guy like Greg won't admit the

    Well, first thing, I agree that the other end of you (attempted) Fidonet link wasn't being exactly cooperative at first, to put it diplomatically. The only thing I said in that thread was that I agreed that the problem was on his end, given the dodgy filesize that was being passed, and that it would require his cooperation to get to the bottom of it.

    problem is him. I expect SysOps to help one another. Not try and get
    money from me for that help. Don't tell me how great you are and how
    long you've been running a BBS. Don't threaten to ban me and take me
    off your node list if I'm not nice to you and kiss your ass. That's

    I'm always here to help, but it can be frustrating when it looks like there's way forward, and the person originally asking for help either disappears or throws their hands up at that crucial moment. As for Fidonet, sure, some of the sysop echos are a but, well, hrmm, but there's still some good echos in amongst the dead wood.

    kiddie shit to me. I'm not intimidated any of you. I'm doing whatever I can to keep BBSing alive on the little resources I have. I just want
    the shit to work. Apparently this is no longer a hobby and the SysOps

    That needs both ends to cooperate. I run my own FTN, and I know that sometimes
    software doesn't cooperate, but if you had that issue with me, I'd go straight to working the problem - try and get the exact time, so I can compare my logs, then see what's going on. And I've had some doozies, including a problem with a hub in another net, which developed suddenly after years of trouble free operation, that I couldn't really get to the bottom of, but eventually found a stable workaround.

    feel entitled to money or feel it's OK to put users and new SysOps
    down. I just wish they had the ballz to meet me in person. BTW my name
    is Steve Wolf you Faggots. I live in Queens NY. Let's meet for coffee
    you SysOps with Egos.!

    Now you've crossed a line. Name calling isn't acceptable, especiually trying to use minority groups as a slur. As for coffee, unfortunately, someone has put a planet in between us, otherwise coffee and a chat would probably be a good way to clear the air, and avoid misunderstandings that come in text.


    ... Isn't "Half Duplex" just an apartment?
    === MultiMail/Win v0.51
    --- SBBSecho 3.03-Linux
    * Origin: Freeway BBS Bendigo,Australia freeway.apana.org.au (3:633/410)
  • From Tony Langdon@3:633/410 to Gregory Deyss on Fri Aug 30 19:05:00 2019
    On 08-30-19 01:43, Gregory Deyss wrote to mark lewis <=-

    Wrong. It is not unreasonable to ask node to poll for his/her mail when that system is not reachable and has been unable to connect after many failed to attempts to send said mail.

    I'd have thought that would be pretty standard, and these days, it costs nothing. Besides, I poll occasionally anyway, just in case something goes wrong with the other end's polling. Other than echomail taking a little longer, I probably wouldn't even noticed if someone on the other end set me to HOLD. :)


    ... Unable to locate Coffee -- Operator Halted!
    === MultiMail/Win v0.51
    --- SBBSecho 3.03-Linux
    * Origin: Freeway BBS Bendigo,Australia freeway.apana.org.au (3:633/410)
  • From Gregory Deyss@1:267/150 to Al on Fri Aug 30 07:21:04 2019
    His issue was a legitimate one that needed to be fixed.

    Sure his concerns were genuine, I never indicated otherwise.

    He's not mine. I offered what I can to him but have not heard anything back.

    That's fine also, I felt that I should of provide somewhat of a warning label to you if your offer was accepted, because in the beginning I offered the same kindness.

    Thanks Again I wish him and you all the Best.
    Thanks (I think).

    Indeed.

    . ______
    _[]_||__||
    { Gregory |
    /-00-----00'-;

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A43 2019/03/03 (Windows/64)
    * Origin: Capital Station BBS * telnet://csbbs.dyndns.org * (1:267/150)
  • From Gregory Deyss@1:267/150 to mark lewis on Fri Aug 30 07:25:55 2019

    On 30 Aug 2019, mark lewis said the following...

    On 2019 Aug 30 00:04:06, you wrote to echicken:

    If he cared, he'd help solve the problem

    How I would do that when I do not know anything about Synchronet,

    the problem was on *your* system as we told hustler several times... he reported you not accepting that... the logs showed that the problem was your system and it was asked to have you look in your outbound for that file and to check the flo files in case one was bad... paul found the problem pretty much exactly as we expected it to be found...

    You can spin this all you want, because you oppose me in other echos or don't care for me, I don't care either way.
    Who do you think was the one who reached out to Paul, me.

    . ______
    _[]_||__||
    { Gregory |
    /-00-----00'-;

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A43 2019/03/03 (Windows/64)
    * Origin: Capital Station BBS * telnet://csbbs.dyndns.org * (1:267/150)
  • From Gregory Deyss@1:267/150 to mark lewis on Fri Aug 30 07:29:42 2019
    On 30 Aug 2019, mark lewis said the following...

    On 2019 Aug 30 01:40:00, you wrote to me:

    don't blame the network for the actions of one ultra-right wing
    conservative choad who has to always be correct and is never
    incorrect about anything...

    That's enough of that, Politics had nothing - absolutely nothing to do with what happened here, curious why you would even suggest this when his attitude speaks for it self.

    your attitude in other message areas also speaks volumes... it was easy
    to see how it could be involved in this situation... especially with him reporting that you were telling him he should run mystic, that he had to get his feed from you, and other similar nonsense... it sounded just
    like you :shrug:

    For the record and for whatever it is worth there were things that were said
    by Steve that were very inaccurate, I never indicated that he should run what
    I run, I simply offered my help when it was apparent he was about to give up.

    . ______
    _[]_||__||
    { Gregory |
    /-00-----00'-;

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A43 2019/03/03 (Windows/64)
    * Origin: Capital Station BBS * telnet://csbbs.dyndns.org * (1:267/150)
  • From HusTler@1:103/705 to Gregory Deyss on Fri Aug 30 07:43:14 2019
    Re: Re: How to move foward
    By: Gregory Deyss to Al on Fri Aug 30 2019 01:12 am

    Correct I do, and now he out. because of his hostility, I can not and will not tollerate that kind of behavior, - the problems he could worked
    through
    with everyone here to support him. He flipped out on completely - totally Hayton of FSXnet, he is a great guy,he is known as the Mystic Guy on
    I am tired of this BS, does not sit well with me either being referred to
    as
    having a bug up ass and having something against a node because wants to
    run
    another BBS software other then Mystic BBS. This is and has no issue. This

    Take notes all you future SyOps. This is the reality of having your own node with Fidonet. You have to deal with SysOps on power trips eager to strip your node when they can't fix what they broke. Your system crashed you fool! Tell the truth you sibiling coward! Keep talking. I'll just share more truth about you in public forums.

    ---
    þ Synchronet þ Havens BBS havens.synchro.net
    * Origin: Vertrauen - [vert/cvs/bbs].synchro.net (1:103/705)
  • From HusTler@1:103/705 to Gregory Deyss on Fri Aug 30 07:45:30 2019
    Re: Re: How to move foward
    By: Gregory Deyss to Gamgee on Fri Aug 30 2019 01:16 am

    He will Never have another in the State of New York.

    . ______
    _[]_||__||
    { Gregory |
    /-00-----00'-;

    OH NO!! I'm DOOMED!! I think I'M GOING TO KILL MYSELF. You Sibiling COWARD!!

    ---
    þ Synchronet þ Havens BBS havens.synchro.net
    * Origin: Vertrauen - [vert/cvs/bbs].synchro.net (1:103/705)
  • From HusTler@1:103/705 to Gregory Deyss on Fri Aug 30 07:47:37 2019
    Re: Re: How to move foward
    By: Gregory Deyss to mark lewis on Fri Aug 30 2019 01:43 am

    Wrong. It is not unreasonable to ask node to poll for his/her mail when
    that
    system is not reachable and has been unable to connect after many failed to attempts to send said mail.

    . ______
    _[]_||__||
    { Gregory |
    /-00-----00'-;


    I black listed you Days ago you sibiling Coward!! Go AWAY!

    ---
    þ Synchronet þ Havens BBS havens.synchro.net
    * Origin: Vertrauen - [vert/cvs/bbs].synchro.net (1:103/705)
  • From HusTler@1:103/705 to Gregory Deyss on Fri Aug 30 07:52:39 2019
    Re: Re: How to move foward
    By: Gregory Deyss to mark lewis on Fri Aug 30 2019 07:25 am

    You can spin this all you want, because you oppose me in other echos or don't care for me, I don't care either way.
    Who do you think was the one who reached out to Paul, me.

    . ______
    _[]_||__||
    { Gregory |
    /-00-----00'-;

    Who's this Paul Guy?? Another SysOp God like you.. YOU SIBILING COWARD!

    ---
    þ Synchronet þ Havens BBS havens.synchro.net
    * Origin: Vertrauen - [vert/cvs/bbs].synchro.net (1:103/705)
  • From HusTler@1:103/705 to Gregory Deyss on Fri Aug 30 08:36:38 2019
    Re: Re: How to move foward
    By: HusTler to Gregory Deyss on Fri Aug 30 2019 07:45 am

    He will Never have another in the State of New York.

    . ______
    _[]_||__||
    { Gregory |
    /-00-----00'-;

    Take notes boyz and girls

    ---
    þ Synchronet þ Havens BBS havens.synchro.net
    * Origin: Vertrauen - [vert/cvs/bbs].synchro.net (1:103/705)
  • From HusTler@1:103/705 to Gregory Deyss on Fri Aug 30 08:37:19 2019
    Re: Re: How to move foward
    By: HusTler to Gregory Deyss on Fri Aug 30 2019 07:45 am

    Re: Re: How to move foward
    By: Gregory Deyss to Gamgee on Fri Aug 30 2019 01:16 am

    He will Never have another in the State of New York.

    . ______
    _[]_||__||
    { Gregory |
    /-00-----00'-;

    ---
    þ Synchronet þ Havens BBS havens.synchro.net
    * Origin: Vertrauen - [vert/cvs/bbs].synchro.net (1:103/705)
  • From HusTler@1:103/705 to Gregory Deyss on Fri Aug 30 08:40:46 2019
    Re: Re: How to move foward
    By: Gregory Deyss to mark lewis on Fri Aug 30 2019 07:29 am

    For the record and for whatever it is worth there were things that were
    said
    by Steve that were very inaccurate, I never indicated that he should run what
    I run, I simply offered my help when it was apparent he was about to give up.

    . ______
    _[]_||__||
    { Gregory |
    /-00-----00'-;

    A LIER AND a SIBILING COWARD! Let me buy you a cup of coffee Greg.

    ---
    þ Synchronet þ Havens BBS havens.synchro.net
    * Origin: Vertrauen - [vert/cvs/bbs].synchro.net (1:103/705)
  • From HusTler@1:103/705 to Gregory Deyss on Fri Aug 30 08:43:08 2019
    Re: Re: How to move foward
    By: HusTler to Gregory Deyss on Fri Aug 30 2019 07:45 am

    He will Never have another in the State of New York.

    . ______
    _[]_||__||
    { Gregory |
    /-00-----00'-;

    THE FIDONET SYSOP GOD has SPOKEN!!

    YOU DRIBLING COWARDLY LITTLE MAN!

    ---
    þ Synchronet þ Havens BBS havens.synchro.net
    * Origin: Vertrauen - [vert/cvs/bbs].synchro.net (1:103/705)
  • From echicken@1:103/705 to HusTler on Fri Aug 30 10:20:13 2019
    Re: Re: How to move foward
    By: HusTler to Gregory Deyss on Fri Aug 30 2019 08:43:08

    THE FIDONET SYSOP GOD has SPOKEN!!

    YOU DRIBLING COWARDLY LITTLE MAN!

    You've made your point. Could you please stop spamming us with this garbage?

    ---
    echicken
    electronic chicken bbs - bbs.electronicchicken.com
    þ Synchronet þ electronic chicken bbs - bbs.electronicchicken.com
    * Origin: Vertrauen - [vert/cvs/bbs].synchro.net (1:103/705)
  • From mark lewis@1:3634/12.73 to Gregory Deyss on Fri Aug 30 11:45:44 2019

    On 2019 Aug 30 01:16:08, you wrote to Gamgee:

    Being able to be reached by netmail is generally considered a
    requirement to be in FidoNet. It's how you are supposed to interact
    with your NC, for example. It's also how you manage your echomail
    areas (AreaFix/FileFix).

    He will Never have another in the State of New York.

    bullshit... he can always get a RIN (region independent node) number if the RC agrees to it... it is this type of totalitarian statements that get you into trouble...

    )\/(ark

    Once men turned their thinking over to machines in the hope that this would set them free. But that only permitted other men with machines to enslave them.
    ... HERBIVORES: Animals which only eat people named Herb.
    ---
    * Origin: (1:3634/12.73)
  • From mark lewis@1:3634/12.73 to Gregory Deyss on Fri Aug 30 11:48:26 2019

    On 2019 Aug 30 07:25:54, you wrote to me:

    If he cared, he'd help solve the problem

    How I would do that when I do not know anything about Synchronet,

    the problem was on *your* system as we told hustler several times...
    he reported you not accepting that... the logs showed that the
    problem was your system and it was asked to have you look in your
    outbound for that file and to check the flo files in case one was
    bad... paul found the problem pretty much exactly as we expected it
    to be found...

    You can spin this all you want,

    no spin... but we (TINW) note that you don't know how your system is supposed to work... perhaps your time would be better spent learning the details of how BSO works...

    because you oppose me in other echos or don't care for me, I don't
    care either way.

    this has nothing to do with the situation...

    Who do you think was the one who reached out to Paul, me.

    one of the few good things you've done...

    )\/(ark

    Once men turned their thinking over to machines in the hope that this would set them free. But that only permitted other men with machines to enslave them.
    ... With freedom comes responsibility. If only the reverse were as certain.
    ---
    * Origin: (1:3634/12.73)
  • From mark lewis@1:3634/12.73 to echicken on Fri Aug 30 11:52:34 2019

    On 2019 Aug 30 10:20:12, you wrote to HusTler:

    THE FIDONET SYSOP GOD has SPOKEN!!

    YOU DRIBLING COWARDLY LITTLE MAN!

    You've made your point. Could you please stop spamming us with this garbage?

    in a somewhat funny way, the above looks like an almost perfect fit for fidonet O:) O:) O:)

    )\/(ark

    Once men turned their thinking over to machines in the hope that this would set them free. But that only permitted other men with machines to enslave them.
    ... Sure you can trust the government... ask any Indian.
    ---
    * Origin: (1:3634/12.73)
  • From Gamgee@1:103/705 to HusTler on Fri Aug 30 11:11:00 2019
    HusTler wrote to Gregory Deyss <=-

    Wrong. It is not unreasonable to ask node to poll for his/her mail when
    that
    system is not reachable and has been unable to connect after many failed to attempts to send said mail.

    I black listed you Days ago you sibiling Coward!!

    You keep using that "sibiling". WTF does that even mean? It's
    not a word... Jeeeez

    Go AWAY!

    Take your own advice.


    ... Ignorance can be cured. Stupid is forever.
    --- MultiMail/Linux v0.52
    þ Synchronet þ Palantir BBS * palantirbbs.ddns.net * Pensacola, FL
    * Origin: Vertrauen - [vert/cvs/bbs].synchro.net (1:103/705)
  • From poindexter FORTRAN@1:103/705 to echicken on Fri Aug 30 10:21:26 2019
    Re: Re: How to move foward
    By: echicken to Nightfox on Thu Aug 29 2019 09:54 pm

    DON'T TELL ME WHAT I CAN AND CANNOT CALL PEOPLE, ASSWIPE!

    If I wanted poopy talk, I'd stay with Fidonet.

    ---
    þ Synchronet þ realitycheckBBS -- http://realitycheckBBS.org
    * Origin: Vertrauen - [vert/cvs/bbs].synchro.net (1:103/705)
  • From poindexter FORTRAN@1:103/705 to HusTler on Fri Aug 30 10:24:42 2019
    Re: Re: How to move foward
    By: HusTler to Nightfox on Thu Aug 29 2019 10:41 pm


    deleted everthing Fidonet from my board never to return. I will also warn new Sysops about Fidonet. I won't tolerate any SysOp attempting to hold me hostage over a node number or giving technical advice.

    That's disappointing. I know several Fidonet sysops, including myself, have offered assistance in dealing with your technical issues. To try and dissuade prospective sysops from joining because of one person you locked horns with in Fidonet is petty at best.

    ---
    þ Synchronet þ realitycheckBBS -- http://realitycheckBBS.org
    * Origin: Vertrauen - [vert/cvs/bbs].synchro.net (1:103/705)
  • From Nightfox@1:103/705 to poindexter FORTRAN on Fri Aug 30 10:43:03 2019
    Re: Re: How to move foward
    By: poindexter FORTRAN to echicken on Fri Aug 30 2019 10:21 am

    If I wanted poopy talk, I'd stay with Fidonet.

    *fight-o-net

    ---
    þ Synchronet þ Digital Distortion: digitaldistortionbbs.com
    * Origin: Vertrauen - [vert/cvs/bbs].synchro.net (1:103/705)
  • From poindexter FORTRAN@1:103/705 to Gregory Deyss on Fri Aug 30 10:31:14 2019
    Re: Re: How to move foward
    By: Gregory Deyss to Gamgee on Fri Aug 30 2019 01:16 am

    He will Never have another in the State of New York.

    "Thou shalt not be excessively annoying."

    "Thou shalt not be excessibely annoyed."

    Probably the most time-resistant part of Policy4.

    It's just text.

    ---
    þ Synchronet þ realitycheckBBS -- http://realitycheckBBS.org
    * Origin: Vertrauen - [vert/cvs/bbs].synchro.net (1:103/705)
  • From poindexter FORTRAN@1:103/705 to Gregory Deyss on Fri Aug 30 10:32:40 2019
    Re: Re: How to move foward
    By: Gregory Deyss to mark lewis on Fri Aug 30 2019 01:43 am

    Wrong. It is not unreasonable to ask node to poll for his/her mail when that system is not reachable and has been unable to connect after many failed to attempts to send said mail.

    Just to be clear, do you require nodes in your net to pull *echomail* from your
    network, or are you referring to netmail?

    ---
    þ Synchronet þ realitycheckBBS -- http://realitycheckBBS.org
    * Origin: Vertrauen - [vert/cvs/bbs].synchro.net (1:103/705)
  • From poindexter FORTRAN@1:103/705 to echicken on Fri Aug 30 10:37:10 2019
    Re: Re: How to move foward
    By: echicken to HusTler on Fri Aug 30 2019 10:20 am

    Re: Re: How to move foward
    By: HusTler to Gregory Deyss on Fri Aug 30 2019 08:43:08

    THE FIDONET SYSOP GOD has SPOKEN!!

    YOU DRIBLING COWARDLY LITTLE MAN!


    This may be a good time to remind Synchronet sysops about the ctrl\twitlist.cfg
    file. One handle per line, please.

    ---
    þ Synchronet þ realitycheckBBS -- http://realitycheckBBS.org
    * Origin: Vertrauen - [vert/cvs/bbs].synchro.net (1:103/705)
  • From poindexter FORTRAN@1:103/705 to mark lewis on Fri Aug 30 10:38:13 2019
    Re: How to move foward
    By: mark lewis to Gregory Deyss on Fri Aug 30 2019 11:45 am

    bullshit... he can always get a RIN (region independent node) number if
    the
    RC agrees to it... it is this type of totalitarian statements that get you into trouble...

    Yeah, had cooler heads prevailed, and if the story were true, an appeal to the RC on grounds of excessive annoyance would have some merit.

    ---
    þ Synchronet þ realitycheckBBS -- http://realitycheckBBS.org
    * Origin: Vertrauen - [vert/cvs/bbs].synchro.net (1:103/705)
  • From Al@1:153/757 to Gregory Deyss on Fri Aug 30 11:56:32 2019
    His issue was a legitimate one that needed to be fixed.

    Sure his concerns were genuine, I never indicated otherwise.

    Glad you understand that.

    He's not mine. I offered what I can to him but have not heard anything
    back.

    That's fine also, I felt that I should of provide somewhat of a warning
    label
    to you if your offer was accepted, because in the beginning I offered the same
    kindness.

    Kindness, is that what you call it?

    I don't think you need to be kind but you don't need to be delisting folks from the nodelist because of a disagreement (even an ugly one that never needed to be).

    Thanks Again I wish him and you all the Best.
    Thanks (I think).

    Indeed.

    Clarity. Thank you.

    --- BBBS/Li6 v4.10 Toy-4
    * Origin: The Rusty MailBox - Penticton, BC Canada (1:153/757)
  • From mark lewis@1:3634/12.73 to poindexter FORTRAN on Fri Aug 30 15:08:54 2019

    On 2019 Aug 30 10:38:12, you wrote to me:

    bullshit... he can always get a RIN (region independent node) number
    if the RC agrees to it... it is this type of totalitarian statements
    that get you into trouble...

    Yeah, had cooler heads prevailed, and if the story were true, an
    appeal to the RC on grounds of excessive annoyance would have some
    merit.

    yup! it is a GoodThing<tm> that operators are not booted out for bad days, lousy attitudes, persistent lies, or other societal problems...

    )\/(ark

    Once men turned their thinking over to machines in the hope that this would set them free. But that only permitted other men with machines to enslave them.
    ... A paranoid is a guy who just figured out what's going on.
    ---
    * Origin: (1:3634/12.73)
  • From Gregory Deyss@1:267/150 to HusTler on Fri Aug 30 18:16:16 2019
    On 30 Aug 2019, HusTler said the following...

    Re: Re: How to move foward
    By: Gregory Deyss to Al on Fri Aug 30 2019 01:12 am

    Correct I do, and now he out. because of his hostility, I can not and not tollerate that kind of behavior, - the problems he could worked
    th
    with everyone here to support him. He flipped out on completely -
    total
    Hayton of FSXnet, he is a great guy,he is known as the Mystic Guy on
    I am tired of this BS, does not sit well with me either being referred having a bug up ass and having something against a node because wants another BBS software other then Mystic BBS. This is and has no issue.

    Take notes all you future SyOps. This is the reality of having your own node with Fidonet. You have to deal with SysOps on power trips eager to strip your node when they can't fix what they broke. Your system crashed you fool!

    Would you like me to post my logs indicating my system never crashed. Additionally people can see all times your system was not up to accept mail.

    But there is lesson here, never, will I have another node where the sysops system is administrated clear across the freakin county, your a joke!

    . ______
    _[]_||__||
    { Gregory |
    /-00-----00'-;

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A43 2019/03/03 (Windows/64)
    * Origin: Capital Station BBS * telnet://csbbs.dyndns.org * (1:267/150)
  • From Gregory Deyss@1:267/150 to HusTler on Fri Aug 30 18:22:00 2019
    On 30 Aug 2019, HusTler said the following...

    Re: Re: How to move foward
    By: Gregory Deyss to mark lewis on Fri Aug 30 2019 07:25 am

    You can spin this all you want, because you oppose me in other echos
    or
    don't care for me, I don't care either way.
    Who do you think was the one who reached out to Paul, me.

    Who's this Paul Guy?? Another SysOp God like you.. YOU SIBILING COWARD!

    Yeah.... (smh) you just digging a hole for yourself, the funny part is, you don't even realize it.

    . ______
    _[]_||__||
    { Gregory |
    /-00-----00'-;

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A43 2019/03/03 (Windows/64)
    * Origin: Capital Station BBS * telnet://csbbs.dyndns.org * (1:267/150)
  • From Gregory Deyss@1:267/150 to HusTler on Fri Aug 30 18:24:30 2019
    On 30 Aug 2019, HusTler said the following...

    Re: Re: How to move foward
    By: HusTler to Gregory Deyss on Fri Aug 30 2019 07:45 am

    He will Never have another in the State of New York.
    Take notes boyz and girls

    Your dam right and oh by the way I support my original message.
    So why dont you follow the SUBJECT here and move forward.

    . ______
    _[]_||__||
    { Gregory |
    /-00-----00'-;

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A43 2019/03/03 (Windows/64)
    * Origin: Capital Station BBS * telnet://csbbs.dyndns.org * (1:267/150)
  • From Gregory Deyss@1:267/150 to HusTler on Fri Aug 30 18:27:55 2019
    On 30 Aug 2019, HusTler said the following...

    Re: Re: How to move foward
    By: HusTler to Gregory Deyss on Fri Aug 30 2019 07:45 am

    Re: Re: How to move foward
    By: Gregory Deyss to Gamgee on Fri Aug 30 2019 01:16 am

    He will Never have another in the State of New York.

    Net 267 covers the Entire State of New York, and guess who is the NC.
    Yeah that me..
    Good Luck

    . ______
    _[]_||__||
    { Gregory |
    /-00-----00'-;

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A43 2019/03/03 (Windows/64)
    * Origin: Capital Station BBS * telnet://csbbs.dyndns.org * (1:267/150)
  • From Gregory Deyss@1:267/150 to mark lewis on Fri Aug 30 18:41:28 2019
    On 30 Aug 2019, mark lewis said the following...


    On 2019 Aug 30 01:16:08, you wrote to Gamgee:

    Being able to be reached by netmail is generally considered a
    requirement to be in FidoNet. It's how you are supposed to
    interact
    with your NC, for example. It's also how you manage your echomail
    areas (AreaFix/FileFix).

    He will Never have another in the State of New York.

    bullshit... he can always get a RIN (region independent node) number if the RC agrees to it... it is this type of totalitarian statements that
    get you into trouble...

    Yeah well that might true what you say, but look here. I am tired of this fu*king pri*k, he is is a lunatic. I tried to help, did I everything I could. Never once requested a dime, wouldn't take it if it was offered it, I do not believe in it, if your gonna help someone then you help them if you can. but you don't go looking for a handout. The plain and simple truth here is we could
    of worked together but it was his hateful and hostile behavior I can not and I will not tolerate, kicking his a$$ of MY network is something that I did not want to do, but I will not take this abuse. I will stand behind my rights. he is classic example of a lunatic. I don't want to play god, I am not qualified, but I am the NC of this network and I will vigorously defend it.

    . ______
    _[]_||__||
    { Gregory |
    /-00-----00'-;

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A43 2019/03/03 (Windows/64)
    * Origin: Capital Station BBS * telnet://csbbs.dyndns.org * (1:267/150)
  • From Gregory Deyss@1:267/150 to Al on Fri Aug 30 18:54:46 2019
    On 30 Aug 2019, Al said the following...

    His issue was a legitimate one that needed to be fixed.

    Sure his concerns were genuine, I never indicated otherwise.

    Glad you understand that.

    He's not mine. I offered what I can to him but have not heard anything >> back.

    That's fine also, I felt that I should of provide somewhat of a warning
    to you if your offer was accepted, because in the beginning I offered
    the
    kindness.

    Kindness, is that what you call it?

    I don't think you need to be kind but you don't need to be delisting
    folks from the nodelist because of a disagreement (even an ugly one that never needed to be).

    Would you like my email address I will be happy to provide it and I will forward you everything that he has sent me with all f-bombs and other color metaphors and also what he thinks of ALL of us in fidonet.

    Maybe I should post them here, what do you think about that?

    What do you want from me, he is the one who he delisted me, how do you do
    list the hub? he is the one being unreasonable here, not me.

    . ______
    _[]_||__||
    { Gregory |
    /-00-----00'-;

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A43 2019/03/03 (Windows/64)
    * Origin: Capital Station BBS * telnet://csbbs.dyndns.org * (1:267/150)
  • From Al@1:153/757 to Gregory Deyss on Fri Aug 30 16:28:30 2019
    Would you like my email address I will be happy to provide it and I will forward you everything that he has sent me with all f-bombs and other color metaphors and also what he thinks of ALL of us in fidonet.

    If you'd like to discuss anything privately netmail is the best option. 1:153/757 direct or routed (assuming we have a good route between us). email is fine too but I don't get on my desktop machine where my email is as often as I get on the BBS. My email address is agianson(at)gmail(dot)com.

    Maybe I should post them here, what do you think about that?

    Private netmails or emails should not generaly be posted in echomail or other public places. I don't need to read your email and I don't think anyone here needs to either.

    I have read both of you and I think I understand what you have been seeing.

    What do you want from me, he is the one who he delisted me, how do you do list the hub? he is the one being unreasonable here, not me.

    Problems can and do happen. It's wierd how the .?lo file for that node got corrupted. I don't think you did that but it's something that needed fixing at your node and once the problem was identified it was fixed (thanks Paul!).

    I think that could be the end of it? No need for name calling (on both sides) or delisting nodes.

    --- BBBS/Li6 v4.10 Toy-4
    * Origin: The Rusty MailBox - Penticton, BC Canada (1:153/757)
  • From mark lewis@1:3634/12.73 to Gregory Deyss on Fri Aug 30 20:24:32 2019

    On 2019 Aug 30 18:41:28, you wrote to me:

    He will Never have another in the State of New York.

    bullshit... he can always get a RIN (region independent node) number
    if the RC agrees to it... it is this type of totalitarian statements
    that get you into trouble...

    Yeah well that might true what you say,

    it is absolutely true...

    /me looks at his NC and RC hats...

    [...] I don't want to play god, I am not qualified, but I am the NC of this network and I will vigorously defend it.

    defend it?? WTAF? quit drinking the koolaid, man... seriously... no one is attacking your net... furrfu...

    )\/(ark

    Once men turned their thinking over to machines in the hope that this would set them free. But that only permitted other men with machines to enslave them.
    ... Budget the luxuries FIRST!
    ---
    * Origin: (1:3634/12.73)
  • From Gregory Deyss@1:267/150 to HusTler on Fri Aug 30 22:31:50 2019
    Per Fidonet policy 4.
    1.3.5 Excessively Annoying Behavior

    You are now being officially notified that I feel your language is excessively annoying, I do not care for the hostility and the threats that you have made and now I am warning you that if this continues, you will be excommunicated from the Network.

    . ______
    _[]_||__||
    { Gregory |
    /-00-----00'-;

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  • From mark lewis@1:3634/12.73 to Gregory Deyss on Fri Aug 30 23:12:08 2019

    On 2019 Aug 30 22:31:50, you wrote to HusTler:

    Per Fidonet policy 4.
    1.3.5 Excessively Annoying Behavior

    You are now being officially notified that I feel your language is excessively annoying,

    don't be too easily annoyed... as a *C you should have a pretty tough hide and this little scuffle should be less than water off a duck's back...

    I do not care for the hostility and the threats that you have made

    now that you've said that, just twit the other party and stop responding, full stop. it is that easy...

    and now I am warning you that if this continues, you will be excommunicated from the Network.

    don't make threats you cannot ensure... you could loose your complaint or it could simply be thrown out if both sides have not taken appropriate steps to solve the problem... doing things out of order is all it takes to toss it all in the waste can... this is now about language, not a misfunctioning mailer...

    you've already removed him from your nodelist segment so he has no node number... you cannot excom users... i won't even mention that you have to try to amicably solve the problem IN PRIVATE which means via netmail...

    plus you're airing your dirty laundry in public... not just in fidonet but also at least two other networks... that's certainly not how policy complaints are done...

    both of you are being too easily annoyed and both of you can stop... just reel your egos in and stop...

    )\/(ark

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  • From Gregory Deyss@1:267/150 to mark lewis on Sat Aug 31 09:05:48 2019
    On 30 Aug 2019, mark lewis said the following...

    On 2019 Aug 30 22:31:50, you wrote to HusTler:
    Per Fidonet policy 4.
    1.3.5 Excessively Annoying Behavior

    You are now being officially notified that I feel your language is excessively annoying,

    don't be too easily annoyed... as a *C you should have a pretty tough
    hide and this little scuffle should be less than water off a duck's back...

    This guys language, hostility and attitude is way beyond acceptable behavior. This is not a scuffle and it is not about me having a overreaction to
    what occurred therefore it has nothing to do with me being easily annoyed. Nearly everyone is familiar with his hostility and that duck that you mentioned
    is being petted backwards. So don't blame me for actions of another.

    It's really unfair to me as a provider of fidonet services and as a individual.
    It's also unfair for everyone who reads his gibberish.
    This type of behavior will not be tolerated and I can promise you that there will be consequences if his hostility continues.


    I do not care for the hostility and the threats that you have made

    now that you've said that, just twit the other party and stop
    responding, full stop. it is that easy...

    and now I am warning you that if this continues, you will be excommunicated from the Network.

    don't make threats you cannot ensure... you could loose your complaint
    or it could simply be thrown out if both sides have not taken
    appropriate steps to solve the problem... doing things out of order is
    all it takes to toss it all in the waste can... this is now about language, not a misfunctioning mailer...

    Extremely unlikely, You see there is a problem with your message here and
    the tone of what you're indicating, you think of me as unskilled or I don't know what I am doing, I assure you that would be a mistake to underestimate
    my abilities or my authority relating to this matter.
    It is you, who has no idea of the steps that I am taking relating to this matter.

    How can I send a netmail when his system is not up, and the node has indicated that he has blacklisted me.

    you've already removed him from your nodelist segment so he has no node number... you cannot excom users... i won't even mention that you have
    to try to amicably solve the problem IN PRIVATE which means via
    netmail...
    plus you're airing your dirty laundry in public... not just in fidonet ml>
    but also at ml> both of you are being too easily annoyed and both of you can

    Incorrect Mark, I have NOT removed him from the nodelist.
    The Policy that I mentioned is by the book, and from this book will come judgment. There is time for him to modify his actions, this is meant as a corrective action to considered and taken, if he does not then what WILL happen
    next should be obvious.

    What are you talking about "not just here in fidonet" this matter is ONLY in fidonet, it's not in the NY post or in the Daily News, not being discussed on social media to the best of my knowledge, where are you going with that comment?

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  • From Gregory Deyss@1:267/150 to echicken on Sat Aug 31 09:45:34 2019
    On 30 Aug 2019, echicken said the following...

    Your hub operator has a bug up his ass about Synchronet.
    No I don't actually, not even remotely and I'll will prove it.

    Understood, and apologies. We only had his oft-repeated side of the
    story at that time.

    No problem, & Thanks.

    I hope he's happier with this behind him, and that you enjoy the sudden drop-off in angry emails.

    Yes, honestly, there is no reason for his hostility, I am a good guy but I
    have do have limits, when this limit is breached, then it's time to put the NC hat on.

    . ______
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  • From Mike Powell@1:103/705 to HUSTLER on Sat Aug 31 09:43:00 2019
    Take notes all you future SyOps. This is the reality of having your own node wi
    th Fidonet. You have to deal with SysOps on power trips eager to strip your nod
    when they can't fix what they broke.

    I have never had this issue with any fido hubs or connects. I have had
    issues with them being absent for long periods (usually due to illness).

    Your system crashed you fool! Tell the tru
    th you sibiling coward! Keep talking. I'll just share more truth about you in >blic forums.

    "Sibiling"? I did not realize you two are brothers?!?

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  • From Mike Powell@1:103/705 to HUSTLER on Sat Aug 31 09:50:00 2019
    Who's this Paul Guy?? Another SysOp God like you.. YOU SIBILING COWARD!

    I am guessing Paul/Avon of FSXnet and mysticguy fame... he is the resident mystic guru on many networks.

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  • From Immortal@1:103/705 to Gregory Deyss on Sat Aug 31 14:03:11 2019
    Re: Re: How to move foward
    By: Gregory Deyss to HusTler on Fri Aug 30 2019 06:16 pm

    But there is lesson here, never, will I have another node where the
    sysops
    system is administrated clear across the freakin county, your a joke!

    I don't really understand this. Are you assuming his system is administered in CA because his whatever.synchro.net address probably resolves there? Or does he use a VPS or some other server across the country? I don't see why that would be a problem. You can edit configuration files remotely. I would assume a server in a datacenter would be even more reliable than an old computer in someones basement connected to a residential isp. So are you saying all BBSes run on a VPS, etc are banned from your territory of fidonet?

    Immortal

    ... A fool must now and then be right by chance.

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  • From Digital Man@1:103/705 to Gregory Deyss on Sat Aug 31 16:24:08 2019
    Re: Re: How to move foward
    By: Gregory Deyss to echicken on Sat Aug 31 2019 09:45 am

    Yes, honestly, there is no reason for his hostility, I am a good guy but I have do have limits, when this limit is breached, then it's time to put the NC hat on.

    You've said you're a "good guy" several times now, but I'm beginning to have my doubts about that. You seem to have a power-trip over your "NC of NYC" status. And it also seems you weren't very receptive to the idea that the most-recent problem with your downlink (Hustler/Steve) was actually *your* problem with *your* software.

    Here are poignant quotes from your recent contributions to the Synchronet-related echoes:

    "I can you this, he did not even run a bbs as it administrated on the other side of the country in California. Nah. No Nope! So I had his arse erased"

    "So I removed his node from my corner of fidonet tha covers New York State / Net 267 To coin a phrase You're Fired! and I will als let the folks know in FSXNet to be warned."

    "he is gone now, Come next Friday he will be removed from the nodelist."

    "He was having problems with his software (more likely problems with his configuration of the software) Time to RTFM .."

    "It was YOU - who was bitching about paying for support from DM. I agreed with
    you, still do."

    "I told him many times as he was beginning to have problems"

    "I did recommend for him to log on to my BBS and check out this echo and other Synchronet echos to gain resolve for this issues he was having."

    "... for the problems that he was having."

    "I did put his mail on HOLD for him to pick it when he polled me, and then was willing to remove the HOLD status once his system was working normally. "

    "It appeared to be a corrupt file and I don't play the blame game, but I will be honest with you."

    "He will Never have another in the State of New York."

    "he will need a new fidonet address he will no longer exist Net 267."

    "never, will I have another node where the sysop system is administrated clear across the freakin county, your a joke!"

    "Net 267 covers the Entire State of New York, and guess who is the NC Yeah that me. Good Luck"

    "I am the NC of this network and I will vigorously defend it."

    "he is the one being unreasonable here, not me"

    "I am warning you that if this continues, you will be excommunicate from the Network."

    "I can promise you that there will be consequences if his hostility continues."

    "I assure you that would be a mistake to underestimat my abilities or my authority relating to this matter."

    "It is you, who has no idea of the steps that I am taking relating to this matter."

    ***

    You continually referred to the problems that *he* was having with *his* system which you clearly did not approve of.

    I'm not defending anything Hustler/Steve may have said that I'm not privy to and his recent rage-responses to your messages here seem pretty immature. However, your threats concerning your authority and abilities seems excessive and misplaced. It looks to me like you're both being unreasonable.

    And you still haven't explained your comment regarding "paying for support". Maybe you also have some misunderstandings to admit to.

    digital man

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  • From HusTler@1:103/705 to Gregory Deyss on Sat Aug 31 23:53:25 2019
    Re: Re: How to move foward
    By: Digital Man to Gregory Deyss on Sat Aug 31 2019 04:24 pm

    "He will Never have another in the State of New York."

    "he will need a new fidonet address he will no longer exist Net 267."

    Is this guy still rambling?? Sorry guys. Apparently he feels I'm lost without him. I blacklisted him and deleted all my Fidonet last week so he's frustrated and wants to spew on me here. I got tired of him bad mouthing Synchronet and telling me to ask "My West Cost Friends" for help. Telling me he can only help me if I ran a mystic BBS. If Fidonet wants to let guys like him distribute echmail that's on them.I don't feel he's qualified and I know his unethical. Any I'm done. My offere to my him coffee still stands. The only thing he did was cause Fidoent to take s hit.

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  • From Gregory Deyss@1:267/150 to Immortal on Sun Sep 1 11:09:28 2019
    On 31 Aug 2019, Immortal said the following...

    Re: Re: How to move foward
    By: Gregory Deyss to HusTler on Fri Aug 30 2019 06:16 pm

    But there is lesson here, never, will I have another node where the system is administrated clear across the freakin county, your a
    joke!

    I don't really understand this. Are you assuming his system is administered in CA because his whatever.synchro.net address probably resolves there? Or does he use a VPS or some other server across the country? I don't see why that would be a problem. You can edit configuration files remotely. I would assume a server in a datacenter would be even more reliable than an old computer in someones basement connected to a residential isp. So are you saying all BBSes run on a
    VPS, etc are banned from your territory of fidonet?

    All I know is what I have been told, for the details you would need to reach out to Steve. I accepted those conditions and I still do, if he wants keep his node and continue getting fidonet from the hub that I run then I have no problem with that.

    All the rest of what you have indicated about system being run out of a datacenter or run out someones basement. I do not know.

    I can tell you that 99% of the nodes here in Net 267 are the generally the
    same as they are elsewhere, a system that is in someones home and they want to run a BBS or not but want to be in fidonet. After what has of occurred here,
    I would say that I would be extra careful to make certain that the mail
    flowed as normally possible.

    So no, they would not be banned.

    . ______
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  • From Gregory Deyss@1:267/150 to Digital Man on Sun Sep 1 12:04:53 2019

    You continually referred to the problems that *he* was having with *his* system which you clearly did not approve of.

    I'm not defending anything Hustler/Steve may have said that I'm not
    privy to and his recent rage-responses to your messages here seem pretty immature. However, your threats concerning your authority and abilities seems excessive and misplaced. It looks to me like you're both being unreasonable.

    Acknowledged and accepted and I apologize. You are absolutely correct, some
    of what I said was completely over-the-top and unreasonable and I will make no excuses for it, but I will say it was a reaction to his hostility, looking back
    on it now I should have remained calmer and cooler.
    I over reacted to his hostility, and I shouldn't have of done that.

    His node remains untouched, remains still in the nodelist, if he would like to continue getting his mail from the hub that I run and remain a member of Net 267 then that would fine.

    And you still haven't explained your comment regarding "paying for support". Maybe you also have some misunderstandings to admit to.

    Yes about that, Steve was frustrated about paying for support. This is what
    he told me. Now, I don't know if he was prompted for the request of payment
    for support or if what he told me was true or not. Don't know.. I have provided
    a method where he could get support for his system, and that was to log on to Capital Station BBS, and ask questions in the Synchronet forums and get the resolve that he needed. I don't run Synchronet, but I have learned that there is great support within the Synchronet community.

    . ______
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  • From Gregory Deyss@1:267/150 to HusTler on Sun Sep 1 12:09:55 2019
    On 31 Aug 2019, HusTler said the following...

    Re: Re: How to move foward
    By: Digital Man to Gregory Deyss on Sat Aug 31 2019 04:24 pm

    "He will Never have another in the State of New York."

    "he will need a new fidonet address he will no longer exist Net 267."

    Is this guy still rambling?? Sorry guys. Apparently he feels I'm lost without him. I blacklisted him and deleted all my Fidonet last week

    I understand totally, not a problem.
    Good Bye and Good Luck with your future endeavors.

    . ______
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  • From mark lewis@1:3634/12.73 to Gregory Deyss on Sun Sep 1 12:24:56 2019

    On 2019 Aug 31 09:05:48, you wrote to me:

    How can I send a netmail when his system is not up, and the node has indicated that he has blacklisted me.

    well, there's your answer and the end of the pending policy complaint...

    1. you (said you) removed him from your nodelist...
    2. he voluntarily left fidonet...
    3. the end... no PC possible...

    you've already removed him from your nodelist segment so he has no
    node number... you cannot excom users... i won't even mention that
    you have to try to amicably solve the problem IN PRIVATE which means
    via netmail... plus you're airing your dirty laundry in public... not
    just in fidonet but also at both of you are being too easily annoyed
    and both of you can

    Incorrect Mark, I have NOT removed him from the nodelist.

    i'm aware of a message (@MSGID: 1:267/800 243e78c3) that says differently...

    The Policy that I mentioned is by the book, and from this book will
    come judgment.

    policy is not the Bible and the Bible has little to do with policy...

    There is time for him to modify his actions,

    your's need some modifying, too...

    this is meant as a corrective action to considered and taken, if he
    does not then what WILL happen next should be obvious.

    you are not his parent... it is not up to you to correct his actions or language... you can provide him with a node number or not... you can provide him with a feed or not... that's it...

    What are you talking about "not just here in fidonet"

    some of these message areas are gated to the internet and other networks... this area, in particular, originates in a QWK network and is gated to fidonet...

    this matter is ONLY in fidonet,

    no, you've posted it in an area accessible by a lot more folks than just fidonet operators and users...

    it's not in the NY post or in the Daily News, not being discussed on social media to the best of my knowledge, where are you going with
    that comment?

    attempt to educate you further... i should know better but cannot help trying to alleviate obvious ignorance when i see it...

    )\/(ark

    Once men turned their thinking over to machines in the hope that this would set them free. But that only permitted other men with machines to enslave them.
    ... It is a lofty experiment.
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  • From mark lewis@1:3634/12.73 to HusTler on Sun Sep 1 12:14:26 2019

    On 2019 Aug 31 23:53:24, you wrote to Gregory Deyss:

    If Fidonet wants to let guys like him distribute echmail that's on
    them.

    fidonet does not pick and choose who can provide an echomail feed... anyone is free to do so if they like... it is on them to find folks willing to use their feed just like anyone can feed from any system they have an agreement with...

    )\/(ark

    Once men turned their thinking over to machines in the hope that this would set them free. But that only permitted other men with machines to enslave them.
    ... It is a difficult matter to argue with the belly since it has no ears.
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  • From HusTler@1:103/705 to mark lewis on Sun Sep 1 13:02:29 2019
    Re: How to move foward
    By: mark lewis to HusTler on Sun Sep 01 2019 12:14 pm

    If Fidonet wants to let guys like him distribute echmail that's on
    them.

    fidonet does not pick and choose who can provide an echomail feed... anyone is free to do so if they like... it is on them to find folks willing to use their feed just like anyone can feed from any system they

    I just want to know who this guy Paul is?

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    * Origin: Vertrauen - [vert/cvs/bbs].synchro.net (1:103/705)
  • From Gregory Deyss@1:267/150 to mark lewis on Sun Sep 1 13:54:43 2019
    On 01 Sep 2019, mark lewis said the following...

    On 2019 Aug 31 09:05:48, you wrote to me:

    How can I send a netmail when his system is not up, and the node has indicated that he has blacklisted me.

    well, there's your answer and the end of the pending policy complaint...

    1. you (said you) removed him from your nodelist...
    2. he voluntarily left fidonet...
    3. the end... no PC possible...

    yes I am seen that he voluntary left, and I wished him and Good Bye and Good Luck and all the rest of the positive generalities all were sincere by the
    way. I can apologize and end it and move, some can't but thats their problem and it has nothing to do with me.

    Incorrect Mark, I have NOT removed him from the nodelist.

    i'm aware of a message (@MSGID: 1:267/800 243e78c3) that says differently...

    Then you are aware of the *imaginary* because I am the person at the controls of 1:267/800 My fidonet node 1:267/150.

    If a message was sent in a netmail, it is a private matter and none of your business.

    The Policy that I mentioned is by the book, and from this book will come judgment.

    There is time for him to modify his actions,

    your's need some modifying, too...

    What I did was recommended by the RC, and I will let it go there.

    . ______
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  • From Immortal@1:103/705 to HusTler on Sun Sep 1 12:09:57 2019
    Re: How to move foward
    By: HusTler to mark lewis on Sun Sep 01 2019 01:02 pm

    I just want to know who this guy Paul is?

    Paul Hayton, runs Agency BBS and also runs fsxNet, the mystic bbs support network. He's a great guy and I'd call him an expert on mystic bbs. I assume he was the one who tried to help your hub fix the issue you were having with the corrupt packet.

    Immortal

    ... There they are, every colour of the rainbow: black, white, brown.

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  • From Rampage@1:103/705 to HusTler on Sun Sep 1 14:47:20 2019
    Re: How to move foward
    By: HusTler to mark lewis on Sun Sep 01 2019 13:02:29

    I just want to know who this guy Paul is?

    i guess you haven't read all the posts in here?? paul hayton... he posted in here exactly what he found when he accessed GD's system and went looking for the problem... as we kept saying, the problem was a bad flo file on GD's system that was pointing to a no longer existing mail file... that's why the file's size was being shown as 4Gig... in reality and two's compliment, that was -1 (negative one) as we had written and were telling you to pass on to GD so he could go looking himself...


    )\/(ark

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  • From Rampage@1:103/705 to Gregory Deyss on Sun Sep 1 15:02:02 2019
    Re: Re: Per Policy 4
    By: Gregory Deyss to mark lewis on Sun Sep 01 2019 13:54:43

    Incorrect Mark, I have NOT removed him from the nodelist.

    i'm aware of a message (@MSGID: 1:267/800 243e78c3) that says
    differently...

    Then you are aware of the *imaginary* because I am the person at the
    controls of 1:267/800 My fidonet node 1:267/150.

    certainly not imaginary... if i have to, i can easily post more of the headers of said message to validate my statement and prove your trump-style lie for what it is... a bald-faced lie...

    If a message was sent in a netmail, it is a private matter and none of your
    business.

    yes, it is a netmail... it was sent routed and came through my system... just like any other sysop, as operator of my system, i am entitled to see and can absolutly see everything that it handles... as per policy, i do not, never have, and will not disclose the contents of any netmail or use them to my advantage... if you really wanted the message to be private, you should have sent it direct to your RC... especially if you didn't want others in the routing paths to know of its existence or contents... stop your lying...


    )\/(ark

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  • From Digital Man@1:103/705 to Gregory Deyss on Sun Sep 1 13:36:45 2019
    Re: Re: How to move foward
    By: Gregory Deyss to Digital Man on Sun Sep 01 2019 12:04 pm


    You continually referred to the problems that *he* was having with *his* system which you clearly did not approve of.

    I'm not defending anything Hustler/Steve may have said that I'm not privy to and his recent rage-responses to your messages here seem pretty immature. However, your threats concerning your authority and abilities seems excessive and misplaced. It looks to me like you're both being unreasonable.

    Acknowledged and accepted and I apologize. You are absolutely correct, some of what I said was completely over-the-top and unreasonable and I will make no excuses for it, but I will say it was a reaction to his hostility, looking back on it now I should have remained calmer and cooler.
    I over reacted to his hostility, and I shouldn't have of done that.

    Okay, cool. I've had to deal with many "hostile" sysops over the years and while they can make your blood boil, they also keep things interesting. It's good practice for dealing rationallyi with difficult people in the real world too.

    His node remains untouched, remains still in the nodelist, if he would like to continue getting his mail from the hub that I run and remain a member of Net 267 then that would fine.

    And you still haven't explained your comment regarding "paying for support". Maybe you also have some misunderstandings to admit to.

    Yes about that, Steve was frustrated about paying for support.

    He certainly wasn't paying *me*. I've never ever charged for support of my software. I think you got something confused.

    This is what he told me.

    Maybe you got that confused. He was paying someone else for his server, but nobody for Synchronet support.

    Now, I don't know if he was prompted for the request of payment
    for support or if what he told me was true or not. Don't know.. I have provided a method where he could get support for his system, and that was
    to
    log on to Capital Station BBS, and ask questions in the Synchronet forums and get the resolve that he needed. I don't run Synchronet, but I have learned that there is great support within the Synchronet community.

    And he was already active in those message areas. But thanks for carrying the echoes too.

    digital man

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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@1:103/705 to Gregory Deyss on Sun Sep 1 12:42:17 2019
    Re: Re: Per Policy 4
    By: Gregory Deyss to mark lewis on Sun Sep 01 2019 01:54 pm

    1. you (said you) removed him from your nodelist...
    Incorrect Mark, I have NOT removed him from the nodelist.

    i'm aware of a message (@MSGID: 1:267/800 243e78c3) that says
    differently...

    As am I - you stated in an echomail that you had removed him from the nodelist.
    Do you recall that message?

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  • From Nightfox@1:103/705 to Gregory Deyss on Sun Sep 1 13:52:32 2019
    Re: Re: How to move foward
    By: Gregory Deyss to Digital Man on Sun Sep 01 2019 12:04 pm

    Yes about that, Steve was frustrated about paying for support. This is what he told me. Now, I don't know if he was prompted for the request of payment for support or if what he told me was true or not. Don't know.. I have provided a method where he could get support for his system, and
    that
    was to log on to Capital Station BBS, and ask questions in the Synchronet forums and get the resolve that he needed. I don't run Synchronet, but I have learned that there is great support within the Synchronet community.

    Digital Man doesn't require payment for support. He works on Synchronet and provides support and maintenance because he enjoyes working on it. In the 12 years I've been running my Synchronet BBS (since 2007), I do remember a couple times when Digital Man mentioned he accepted donations for support of Synchronet work, but he has never required or demanded it. So I'm not sure where this complaint of payment for Synchronet support may have come from.

    Nightfox

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  • From mark lewis@1:3634/12 to poindexter FORTRAN on Sun Sep 1 17:22:12 2019
    Re: Re: Per Policy 4
    By: poindexter FORTRAN to Gregory Deyss on Sun Sep 01 2019 12:42:17

    1. you (said you) removed him from your nodelist...

    Incorrect Mark, I have NOT removed him from the nodelist.

    i'm aware of a message (@MSGID: 1:267/800 243e78c3) that says
    differently...

    As am I - you stated in an echomail that you had removed him from the
    nodelist. Do you recall that message?

    you're probably thinking of these...

    @MSGID: 1:267/150 e901c286
    @MSGID: 1:267/150 093db96d
    @MSGID: 1:267/150 e42ae55c
    @MSGID: 1:267/150 70e92b80

    where he was saying the node was out... the MSGID i noted above is not from an echomail message but these four and the two below are...

    in this one, @MSGID: 1:267/150 cb5445ff, and this one, @MSGID: 1:267/150 df48eed5, he tries to back off and say he didn't remove the node in question and that it is still in the nodelist... either way, i think the whole thing is over now and that's good...


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  • From Digital Man@1:103/705 to Nightfox on Sun Sep 1 14:34:49 2019
    Re: Re: How to move foward
    By: Nightfox to Gregory Deyss on Sun Sep 01 2019 01:52 pm

    Re: Re: How to move foward
    By: Gregory Deyss to Digital Man on Sun Sep 01 2019 12:04 pm

    Yes about that, Steve was frustrated about paying for support. This is what he told me. Now, I don't know if he was prompted for the request of payment for support or if what he told me was true or not. Don't know.. I have provided a method where he could get support for his system, and that was to log on to Capital Station BBS, and ask questions in the Synchronet forums and get the resolve that he needed. I don't run Synchronet, but I have learned that there is great support within the Synchronet community.

    Digital Man doesn't require payment for support. He works on Synchronet
    and
    provides support and maintenance because he enjoyes working on it. In the 12 years I've been running my Synchronet BBS (since 2007), I do remember a couple times when Digital Man mentioned he accepted donations for support
    of
    Synchronet work, but he has never required or demanded it. So I'm not sure where this complaint of payment for Synchronet support may have come from.

    I'm guessing it comes from the BBS/server hosting services provided by Marisa of http://synchronetbbs.org/ - you've seen her ads.

    I think most people know I have no involvement with that service and I think Gregory just got some information conflated.

    digital man

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  • From echicken@1:103/705 to Digital Man on Sun Sep 1 17:41:04 2019
    Re: Re: How to move foward
    By: Digital Man to Gregory Deyss on Sun Sep 01 2019 13:36:45

    Maybe you got that confused. He was paying someone else for his server,
    but nobody for Synchronet
    support.

    This suddenly clicked for me. He's one of MarisaG's "hosted Synchronet" customers, and I completely forgot about that until now.

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  • From Tony Langdon@3:633/410 to Nightfox on Mon Sep 2 08:25:00 2019
    On 09-01-19 13:52, Nightfox wrote to Gregory Deyss <=-

    Digital Man doesn't require payment for support. He works on
    Synchronet and provides support and maintenance because he enjoyes
    working on it. In the 12 years I've been running my Synchronet BBS
    (since 2007), I do remember a couple times when Digital Man mentioned
    he accepted donations for support of Synchronet work, but he has never required or demanded it. So I'm not sure where this complaint of
    payment for Synchronet support may have come from.

    Yeah I was baffled when the issue of payment came up, since as far as I could tell, no money was changing hands. And given how solid Synchronet is and the great job Rob does both developing and supporting it, donating towards its development sounds like a great idea.


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  • From Tony Langdon@3:633/410 to echicken on Mon Sep 2 08:26:00 2019
    On 09-01-19 17:41, echicken wrote to Digital Man <=-

    This suddenly clicked for me. He's one of MarisaG's "hosted
    Synchronet" customers, and I completely forgot about that until now.

    That makes sense, but that payment has nothing to do with Fidonet, of course.


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  • From Marisag@1:103/705 to Digital Man on Sun Sep 1 22:08:13 2019
    Re: Re: How to move foward
    By: Digital Man to Nightfox on Sun Sep 01 2019 14:34:49

    I'm guessing it comes from the BBS/server hosting services provided by Marisa of http://synchronetbbs.org/ - you've seen her ads.

    Nope, I don't charge for support either... For my hosting/extensions or anything...

    Marisa
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  • From Gregory Deyss@1:267/150 to Rampage on Mon Sep 2 03:10:28 2019

    trump-style lie for what it is... a bald-faced lie...
    You have anger issues. As you seem it to be necessary to bring in politics into
    many of our discussions, when there is no need to do so.
    Glad to see that I live rent free in your head.

    yes, it is a netmail... it was sent routed and came through my system... just like any other sysop, as operator of my system, i am entitled to
    see and can absolutly see everything that it handles... as per policy, i do not, never have, and will not disclose the contents of any netmail or use them to my advantage... if you really wanted the message to be private, you should have sent it direct to your RC... especially if you didn't want others in the routing paths to know of its existence or contents... stop your lying...

    I should be able to rely on and have full confidence that a netmail is a private matter, routed or otherwise. Just because the contents were not disclosed in a public echo, I think it shows poor judgment on your part that this matter of the netmail is even been discussed here.

    I guess policy does not say anything about skating dangerously close to being nearly out of bounds, I suppose you think your cunning, using a handle and being crafty with using select words. I wonder...

    What ever was said, represented or requested in a netmail, should remain a private matter, it should not be insinuated, discussed that a netmail was seen or traveled through as it travels to its target destination in a public forum.

    In my opinion, this would be the option in the context in the realm of providing aid or as in done to supporting or confirming its working, the only one your supporting here is yourself and your selfness need to make a point at the expense of another.

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  • From Rampage@1:103/705 to Marisag on Mon Sep 2 08:05:58 2019
    Re: Re: How to move foward
    By: Marisag to Digital Man on Sun Sep 01 2019 22:08:13


    I'm guessing it comes from the BBS/server hosting services provided by Marisa of http://synchronetbbs.org/ - you've seen her ads.

    Nope, I don't charge for support either... For my hosting/extensions or
    anything...

    it isn't $14US a month with the first month free?


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  • From HusTler@1:103/705 to Immortal on Mon Sep 2 09:53:37 2019
    Re: How to move foward
    By: Immortal to HusTler on Sun Sep 01 2019 12:09 pm

    I just want to know who this guy Paul is?

    Paul Hayton, runs Agency BBS and also runs fsxNet, the mystic bbs support network. He's a great guy and I'd call him an expert on mystic bbs. I assume he was the one who tried to help your hub fix the issue you were having with the corrupt packet.

    Thank you for that. Perhaps things would have been different if Paul got involved sooner. Gregs big EGO prevented him from contacting Mr Hayton or anyone else for that matter. He was too busy telling me the problem was on my end and that I should "ask my west coast friends" for assistance which I did. I don't know when Mr Hayton finally got involved but 3 weeks had past without any new fidonet messages. Greg continued to remind me how reliable his system is. He told me remind me he had not "delisted" my node yet but the Fidonet Laws said if my system didn't pick up mail he would have to take my node number off the list. He couldn't help me but he could remind me of his Fidonet Powers. The only thing Greg's Ego accomplished was to give Fidonet yet another black eye. I had the same experience with a Fidonet Hub in 1996. An Egotistical SysOp was telling me the problem was on my end and refusing to look in the mirror. Back then you could call someone on the phone if you had a problem with fidonet. That's what your membership fee got you. It turned out the Hubs configuration was wrong. I'll never understand why SysOps feel they are infallible. These types of SyOps don't belong in a network of "hobbiest's" I can only speak for myself but I am done with Fidonet. There's nothing about Fidonet that makes it worth the trouble to go through that a third time.

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  • From HusTler@1:103/705 to Tony Langdon on Mon Sep 2 10:09:05 2019
    Re: Re: How to move foward
    By: Tony Langdon to Nightfox on Mon Sep 02 2019 08:25 am

    Yeah I was baffled when the issue of payment came up, since as far as I could tell, no money was changing hands. And given how solid Synchronet is and the great job Rob does both developing and supporting it, donating towards its development sounds like a great idea.

    Yes..In 1996 I paid for Fidonet Support through a membership fee. Yes my system does not run on a local machine and would cost me money if I needed support if something was wrong with the server. None of this has anything to do with how Greg handled himself. He was quick to blame me and the administrator of the server I use. He kept insisting his system was infallible. You guys want to side with Greg I really don't care. This is my experience and nobody elses.

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  • From mark lewis@1:3634/12.73 to Gregory Deyss on Mon Sep 2 10:40:46 2019

    On 2019 Sep 02 03:10:28, you wrote to Rampage:

    trump-style lie for what it is... a bald-faced lie...

    You have anger issues.

    absolutely not... you are projecting...

    As you seem it to be necessary to bring in politics into many of our discussions, when there is no need to do so.

    just telling the truth... politics not withstanding...

    Glad to see that I live rent free in your head.

    you don't...

    yes, it is a netmail... it was sent routed and came through my
    system... just like any other sysop, as operator of my system, i am
    entitled to see and can absolutly see everything that it handles... as
    per policy, i do not, never have, and will not disclose the contents
    of any netmail or use them to my advantage... if you really wanted the
    message to be private, you should have sent it direct to your RC...
    especially if you didn't want others in the routing paths to know of
    its existence or contents... stop your lying...

    I should be able to rely on and have full confidence that a netmail is a private matter, routed or otherwise.

    if you want it private, send it direct, period.

    Just because the contents were not disclosed in a public echo, I think
    it shows poor judgment on your part that this matter of the netmail is even been discussed here.

    it shows your true character... saying one thing but doing something else...

    I guess policy does not say anything about skating dangerously close
    to being nearly out of bounds,

    you should have policy at hand... perhaps you need to study it some more...

    I suppose you think your cunning, using a handle and being crafty with using select words. I wonder...

    your ignorance is showing... i wrote that from my BBS in the DOVE-net area... DOVE-net allows nicks/handles to be used... the area is gated to fidonet... this reply, on the other hand, is being written from my point system... it does not pull the QWK networking areas...

    What ever was said, represented or requested in a netmail, should
    remain a private matter, it should not be insinuated, discussed that a netmail was seen or traveled through as it travels to its target destination in a public forum.

    send it direct, then...

    In my opinion, this would be the option in the context in the realm of providing aid or as in done to supporting or confirming its working, the only one your supporting here is yourself and your selfness need to make point at the expense of another.

    nope, you're doing enough of denigrating yourself all by yourself ;)

    )\/(ark

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  • From mark lewis@1:3634/12.73 to HusTler on Mon Sep 2 10:55:38 2019

    On 2019 Sep 02 09:53:36, you wrote to Immortal:

    [...] me of his Fidonet Powers. The only thing Greg's Ego accomplished
    was to give Fidonet yet another black eye. I had the same experience
    with a Fidonet Hub in 1996. An Egotistical SysOp was telling me the problem was on my end and refusing to look in the mirror. Back then
    you could call someone on the phone if you had a problem with fidonet. That's what your membership fee got you.

    there never was and never has been a membership fee for fidonet... if you were charged such, you were lied to and ripped off...

    you might have been being charged for being in a CRP (Cost Recovery Program) where you paid your fair share for the cost of the traffic your system was pulling from your feed... there is/was nothing wrong with helping to pay their phone bill to offset the cost of your additional traffic... that was also a private matter and not part of being in fidonet... fidonet didn't profit from it and fidonet has/ad no jurisdiction over it... it was a private agreement between you and your feed...

    It turned out the Hubs configuration was wrong. I'll never understand
    why SysOps feel they are infallible. These types of SyOps don't belong
    in a network of "hobbiest's" I can only speak for myself but I am done with Fidonet. There's nothing about Fidonet that makes it worth the trouble to go through that a third time.

    if you had contacted and/or followed through with those of us who offered you a different feed, none of this would have happened... sorry that it did...

    )\/(ark

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  • From Gregory Deyss@1:267/150 to HusTler on Mon Sep 2 12:09:20 2019
    On 02 Sep 2019, HusTler said the following...

    Re: How to move foward
    By: Immortal to HusTler on Sun Sep 01 2019 12:09 pm

    I just want to know who this guy Paul is?

    Paul Hayton, runs Agency BBS and also runs fsxNet, the mystic bbs
    suppo
    network. He's a great guy and I'd call him an expert on mystic bbs. assume he was the one who tried to help your hub fix the issue you
    were
    having with the corrupt packet.

    Thank you for that. Perhaps things would have been different if Paul got involved sooner. Gregs big EGO prevented him from contacting Mr
    Hayton or anyone else for that matter. He was too busy telling me the problem was on my end and that I should "ask my west coast friends" for assistance which I did. I don't know when Mr Hayton finally got involved but 3 weeks had past without any new fidonet messages. Greg continued to

    There were several times you emailed me about various issues.
    Lets take a trip down memory lane. Shall We?
    (these are snippets of the "context" of emails)
    I did not want to this but your inaccuracies,
    have forced the truth to be released.

    July 6
    You indicated.
    That you had a major screw up on your BBS and Server


    July 8
    You indicated.
    You were not getting any response from Areafix, and you also indicated that your system was connecting to mine with no errors.


    July 8
    You indicated.
    That you have decided not to carry Fidonet.

    July 11
    You indicated.
    You asked me not to change anything, you were going to give it another go.

    July 12
    You indicated.
    You reached out to DM about the problem that you were having with Fidonet.
    You were patiently waiting to see what he could do to help.

    July 12
    You indicated.
    The very same day your emailed again to say that DM found the the problem right away and you went on to say that there were two directories that did
    not belong, you were confused as to how they got in there but as soon as they were deleted the Fido Gates opened! - I believe is how you put it.

    Eureka! It works, You did not contact me again until July 23 when you were complaining that you were told that there were 200 echos and that you were
    only getting 188 from me. You went on to ask/accuse me if I was excluding you from any of the areas.

    A few days later you emailed me again telling me that discovered those
    missing areas.

    This brings us up to August 23 when you emailed me about not getting mail.
    A total of 7 days passed from when you emailed me on 08/23/19 the problem
    was resolved 7 days later. Not 3 weeks like your stating.

    However there was another email that you sent on 08/25/2019

    August 25
    You Indicated
    "I think you should be concerned about what I want to do with you and your Fidonet Network. I'm at a cross roads here."

    There is other gibberish that your spewing, but there is no need for me to go any further.

    . ______
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  • From Gamgee@1:103/705 to Gregory Deyss on Mon Sep 2 09:31:00 2019
    Gregory Deyss wrote to Rampage <=-

    trump-style lie for what it is... a bald-faced lie...

    You have anger issues. As you seem it to be necessary to bring in
    politics into many of our discussions, when there is no need to
    do so. Glad to see that I live rent free in your head.

    <SNIP drivel>

    Nobody here cares. As you yourself have said regarding this
    little scuffle, time to move on.

    Besides, this message area is for "Synchronet Sysops" only. I
    thought you were a Mystic guy?


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  • From Gregory Deyss@1:267/150 to Gamgee on Mon Sep 2 17:44:41 2019
    On 02 Sep 2019, Gamgee said the following...

    Gregory Deyss wrote to Rampage <=-

    trump-style lie for what it is... a bald-faced lie...

    You have anger issues. As you seem it to be necessary to bring in politics into many of our discussions, when there is no need to
    do so. Glad to see that I live rent free in your head.

    <SNIP drivel>

    Nobody here cares. As you yourself have said regarding this
    little scuffle, time to move on.

    Besides, this message area is for "Synchronet Sysops" only. I
    thought you were a Mystic guy?

    True I am, I will not keep this going, it is over as I am concerned.
    I have no hard feelings about anyone and I said my peace.

    . ______
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  • From HusTler@1:103/705 to Gregory Deyss on Mon Sep 2 18:15:05 2019
    Re: Re: How to move foward
    By: Gregory Deyss to HusTler on Mon Sep 02 2019 12:09 pm

    On 02 Sep 2019, HusTler said the following...
    Lets take a trip down memory lane. Shall We?
    (these are snippets of the "context" of emails)


    How long have you been suffering from mental illness Greg?

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  • From Gamgee@1:103/705 to HusTler on Mon Sep 2 15:15:00 2019
    HusTler wrote to Immortal <=-

    Thank you for that. Perhaps things would have been different
    if Paul got involved sooner. Gregs big EGO prevented him from
    contacting Mr Hayton or anyone else for that matter. He was too
    busy telling me the problem was on my end and that I should "ask
    my west coast friends" for assistance which I did. I don't know
    when Mr Hayton finally got involved but 3 weeks had past without
    any new fidonet messages. Greg continued to remind me how
    reliable his system is. He told me remind me he had not
    "delisted" my node yet but the Fidonet Laws said if my system
    didn't pick up mail he would have to take my node number off the
    list. He couldn't help me but he could remind me of his Fidonet
    Powers. The only thing Greg's Ego accomplished was to give
    Fidonet yet another black eye. I had the same experience with a
    Fidonet Hub in 1996. An Egotistical SysOp was telling me the
    problem was on my end and refusing to look in the mirror. Back
    then you could call someone on the phone if you had a problem
    with fidonet. That's what your membership fee got you. It turned
    out the Hubs configuration was wrong. I'll never understand why
    SysOps feel they are infallible. These types of SyOps don't
    belong in a network of "hobbiest's" I can only speak for myself
    but I am done with Fidonet. There's nothing about Fidonet that
    makes it worth the trouble to go through that a third time.

    Fidonet "membership fee"? LOL. You really are confused.

    Nobody gives a crap about your little spat any more. Maybe you
    and Greggy can take your lover's quarrel to email/netmail and quit
    bothering the rest of us with this garbage.



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  • From Alterego@1:103/705 to HusTler on Tue Sep 3 08:35:33 2019
    Re: Re: How to move foward
    By: HusTler to Tony Langdon on Mon Sep 02 2019 10:09 am

    Yes..In 1996 I paid for Fidonet Support through a membership fee. Yes my
    system does not run on a local machine and would cost me money if I needed support if something was wrong with the server. None of

    I think we are baffled about this payment back in the 90's. I certainly didnt pay for fidonet back then, and I wouldnt have either (BBSing was too busy with file uploads and downloads - fidonet was just a plus).

    Who got that money? I guess it helped cover phone bills?
    ...ëîå*

    ... A little inaccuracy sometimes saves tons of explanation.

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  • From Marisag@1:103/705 to Rampage on Mon Sep 2 17:32:08 2019
    Re: Re: How to move foward
    By: Rampage to Marisag on Mon Sep 02 2019 08:05:58

    Nope, I don't charge for support either... For my hosting/extensions or anything...

    it isn't $14US a month with the first month free?

    Yes, but I dont charge for general support, for clients or for users of my utils...

    Marisa
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  • From Paul Hayton@3:770/100 to HusTler on Tue Sep 3 13:15:19 2019
    On 02 Sep 2019 at 09:53a, HusTler pondered and said...

    Paul Hayton, runs Agency BBS and also runs fsxNet, the mystic bbs
    suppo
    network. He's a great guy and I'd call him an expert on mystic bbs. assume he was the one who tried to help your hub fix the issue you
    were
    having with the corrupt packet.

    Thank you for that. Perhaps things would have been different if Paul got involved sooner. Gregs big EGO prevented him from contacting Mr
    Hayton or anyone else for that matter. He was too busy telling me the

    Hi there.

    Fair to say that both you and Greg are not seeing eye to eye. I'm a bit lost
    to understand why you want to continue to litigate this in ongoing
    fashion in public echomail. It's a thread I won't be adding any further to beyond this response. I also note that it's not really a thread that has anything to do with Synchronet either (as far as I tell).

    If you're unhappy with the feed, technical issues etc. find another feed. Ongoing personal and insulating attacks on individuals in echomail
    (regardless of reason) won't find you many fans here. It's 2019 I'd move on if I were you. Instead find better things to direct your energies into. If you keep going, it just tells us you can't and don't wish to.

    I've known Greg for a few years now. Have helped him out with some BBS
    support questions and issues over that time. He's a nice guy, open to
    feedback and responsive in my dealings with him. He's human, makes mistakes like we all do, has his good days and bad like us all.

    Would I care to debate USA politics with him in another echomail area? No. Would he and I likely see eye to eye over some topics? Probably not.
    We come into this hobby from all walks of life and experiences, and that's totally all well and good by me :)

    But with respect to this hobby, and as a sysop, I'm think Greg tries to do his best to provide a stable FTN system for others to link to. I have not seen anything to the contrary and have been involved in a couple of prior requests for help from Greg that have also been in the interest of his HUB customers.

    Yours is the first protracted public meltdown I've witnessed with respect to the HUB he runs. I remain hopeful it will soon come to and end and we can get back to reading about DMs cool Synchronet software instead.

    Best, Paul.

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A43 2019/03/03 (Windows/32)
    * Origin: Agency BBS | Dunedin, New Zealand | agency.bbs.nz (3:770/100)
  • From Nightfox@1:103/705 to Alterego on Mon Sep 2 19:35:44 2019
    Re: Re: How to move foward
    By: Alterego to HusTler on Tue Sep 03 2019 08:35 am

    Yes..In 1996 I paid for Fidonet Support through a membership fee.
    Yes my system does not run on a local machine and would cost me
    money if I needed support if something was wrong with the server.
    None of

    I think we are baffled about this payment back in the 90's. I certainly didnt pay for fidonet back then, and I wouldnt have either (BBSing was
    too
    busy with file uploads and downloads - fidonet was just a plus).

    I had my original BBS on FidoNet only a couple years in the 90s and didn't pay any FidoNet support either. But I've read that some sysops had to pay for long-distance phone call fees for transferring mail, and I could potentially see users donating some money to help out. Also, more BBSes back then charged money and gave more access for paying users, and perhaps some FidoNet BBSes used that money to help pay for some of the phone costs.

    Nightfox

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  • From Digital Man@1:103/705 to Alterego on Mon Sep 2 20:07:22 2019
    Re: Re: How to move foward
    By: Alterego to HusTler on Tue Sep 03 2019 08:35 am

    Re: Re: How to move foward
    By: HusTler to Tony Langdon on Mon Sep 02 2019 10:09 am

    Yes..In 1996 I paid for Fidonet Support through a membership fee. Yes my system does not run on a local machine and would cost me money if I needed support if something was wrong with the server. None of

    I think we are baffled about this payment back in the 90's. I certainly didnt pay for fidonet back then, and I wouldnt have either (BBSing was too busy with file uploads and downloads - fidonet was just a plus).

    Who got that money? I guess it helped cover phone bills?

    Yeah, I had to pay (I forget, but I think it was something like $5/month) to a "cost recovery program" for FidoNet Net 103 when I joined in the early 90's. Later, I paid Planet Connet instead. :-)

    digital man

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  • From Tony Langdon@3:633/410 to HusTler on Tue Sep 3 20:46:00 2019
    On 09-02-19 10:09, HusTler wrote to Tony Langdon <=-

    Yes..In 1996 I paid for Fidonet Support through a membership fee. Yes

    I believe that was common in prts of the US, but here I never had to pay anything (other than phone call charges) for Fidonet.


    ... Thunderclap - an extremely violent form of VD.
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  • From HusTler@1:103/705 to Alterego on Tue Sep 3 08:45:03 2019
    Re: Re: How to move foward
    By: Alterego to HusTler on Tue Sep 03 2019 08:35 am

    Re: Re: How to move foward
    By: HusTler to Tony Langdon on Mon Sep 02 2019 10:09 am

    Yes..In 1996 I paid for Fidonet Support through a membership fee. Yes

    I think we are baffled about this payment back in the 90's. I certainly
    didn

    Who got that money? I guess it helped cover phone bills?
    ...ëîå*

    ... A little inaccuracy sometimes saves tons of explanation.

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  • From HusTler@1:103/705 to Alterego on Tue Sep 3 08:48:07 2019
    Re: Re: How to move foward
    By: Alterego to HusTler on Tue Sep 03 2019 08:35 am

    I think we are baffled about this payment back in the 90's. I certainly didnt pay for fidonet back then, and I wouldnt have either (BBSing was too busy with file uploads and downloads - fidonet was just a plus).

    Who got that money? I guess it helped cover phone bills?

    I was told it was a membership fee and monthly dues. It is very possible as a newbie I'd been scammed. Back then phone bills were high. I know mine was.

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  • From HusTler@1:103/705 to Paul Hayton on Tue Sep 3 09:02:51 2019
    Re: Re: How to move foward.. and move on..
    By: Paul Hayton to HusTler on Tue Sep 03 2019 01:15 pm

    Fair to say that both you and Greg are not seeing eye to eye. I'm a bit
    lost
    to understand why you want to continue to litigate this in ongoing
    fashion in public echomail. It's a thread I won't be adding any further to beyond this response. I also note that it's not really a thread that has anything to do with Synchronet either (as far as I tell).

    I am a Synchronet SysOp. I qualify for this message area. You and Greg do not. Both of you have chosen to confront me here. You drew first blood. Greg was and is inappropriate. He is not a helpful SysOp and is a poor representative of the Fidonet Network. His Ego is writing checks he can't cash. I've offered to meet him for coffee but he is too cowardly to do so. He chose to settle this here. I will meet him any place anywhere. All Greg had to do was say "OK Steve, let's see if we can fix the problem". No..he kept telling me how infallable his system is and how exprienced he is. Now you're telling me that. I won't tolerate SysOps the Egos. Take your node number and stick it where the sun don't shine.

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  • From Nightfox@1:103/705 to HusTler on Tue Sep 3 10:00:39 2019
    Re: Re: How to move foward
    By: HusTler to Alterego on Tue Sep 03 2019 08:48 am

    I was told it was a membership fee and monthly dues. It is very possible as a newbie I'd been scammed. Back then phone bills were high. I know
    mine
    was.

    I was on FidoNet briefly in the 90s and never heard of any FidoNet membership fee or monthly dues.

    Nightfox

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  • From Tony Langdon@3:633/410 to Nightfox on Wed Sep 4 07:44:00 2019
    On 09-03-19 10:00, Nightfox wrote to HusTler <=-

    I was on FidoNet briefly in the 90s and never heard of any FidoNet membership fee or monthly dues.


    I remember reading about cost sharing arrangements (mainly in the US), and how they could sometimes be a bit controversial. Here in .z3, I'm not aware of any
    such arrangements in place. We never had to pay anything more for our feeds on
    any net other than phone charges.


    ... I distinctly remember forgetting that.
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  • From DaiTengu@1:103/705 to Gregory Deyss on Wed Sep 4 09:59:21 2019
    Re: Re: How to move foward
    By: Gregory Deyss to Immortal on Sun Sep 01 2019 11:09 am

    All I know is what I have been told, for the details you would need to reach out to Steve. I accepted those conditions and I still do, if he wants keep his node and continue getting fidonet from the hub that I run then I have no problem with that.

    This seems quite contrary to the slew of messages you sent over the past week. I believe DM summed up your quotes quite succinctly.


    All the rest of what you have indicated about system being run out of a datacenter or run out someones basement. I do not know.

    I can tell you that 99% of the nodes here in Net 267 are the generally
    the
    same as they are elsewhere, a system that is in someones home and they want to run a BBS or not but want to be in fidonet. After what has of occurred here, I would say that I would be extra careful to make certain that the mail flowed as normally possible.

    You'd be surprised at how many BBSes are run from inisde datacenters, nowhere near where the Sysop resides. Mine, for instance, is physically connected to the Internet in Dallas, TX. I live in Wisconsin, and I have a local phone number that people dial into to access the BBS. I have a Fidonet node in Net 154 because that's where I reside, BBS be damned.

    A long time ago I had a RIN node (1:11/200) back when running a BBS from a different location than where the sysop resides wasn't common.

    DaiTengu

    ... Training a child is more or less a matter of pot luck.

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  • From DaiTengu@1:103/705 to Alterego on Wed Sep 4 10:10:57 2019
    Re: Re: How to move foward
    By: Alterego to HusTler on Tue Sep 03 2019 08:35 am

    I think we are baffled about this payment back in the 90's. I certainly didnt pay for fidonet back then, and I wouldnt have either (BBSing was
    too
    busy with file uploads and downloads - fidonet was just a plus).

    Some hubs charged a modest fee to help cover costs, especially if they were using Planet Connect. I think I paid like $5 a month for my Fidonet feed back in the mid 90's.

    DaiTengu

    ... His eyes are so bad, he has to wear contact lenses to see his glasses.

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  • From Gregory Deyss@1:267/150 to DaiTengu on Wed Sep 4 17:31:32 2019
    On 04 Sep 2019, DaiTengu said the following...

    Re: Re: How to move foward
    By: Gregory Deyss to Immortal on Sun Sep 01 2019 11:09 am

    All I know is what I have been told, for the details you would need reach out to Steve. I accepted those conditions and I still do, if
    he
    wants keep his node and continue getting fidonet from the hub that I then I have no problem with that.

    This seems quite contrary to the slew of messages you sent over the
    past week. I believe DM summed up your quotes quite succinctly.

    Yeah I did not have any problem with his points as they were all factual, I WAS
    quite upset, but I am not going to re-hash what happened and how and all the rest. But I did apologize as well, no problem, I am not afraid of the truth, nor am I too big to acknowledge that some of what said was over the top, in
    the heat of the moment. I moved on and I will continue with HUB and my nodes that are connected to it.

    Take Care,

    . ______
    _[]_||__||
    { Gregory |
    /-00-----00'-;

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A43 2019/03/03 (Windows/64)
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  • From Gregory Deyss@1:267/150 to DaiTengu on Wed Sep 4 17:37:07 2019
    On 04 Sep 2019, DaiTengu said the following...

    Re: Re: How to move foward
    By: Alterego to HusTler on Tue Sep 03 2019 08:35 am

    I think we are baffled about this payment back in the 90's. I
    certain
    didnt pay for fidonet back then, and I wouldnt have either (BBSing
    wa
    busy with file uploads and downloads - fidonet was just a plus).

    Some hubs charged a modest fee to help cover costs, especially if they were using Planet Connect. I think I paid like $5 a month for my Fidonet feed back in the mid 90's.

    Since I have been the NC I have never changed anyone anything. As I do not believe in charging money for something that I enjoy.

    . ______
    _[]_||__||
    { Gregory |
    /-00-----00'-;

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A43 2019/03/03 (Windows/64)
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  • From Gregory Deyss@1:267/150 to Digital Man on Wed Sep 4 17:42:05 2019
    On 01 Sep 2019, Digital Man said the following...

    Acknowledged and accepted and I apologize. You are absolutely correct, of what I said was completely over-the-top and unreasonable and I will no excuses for it, but I will say it was a reaction to his hostility, looking back on it now I should have remained calmer and cooler.
    I over reacted to his hostility, and I shouldn't have of done that.

    Okay, cool. I've had to deal with many "hostile" sysops over the years
    and while they can make your blood boil, they also keep things interesting. It's good practice for dealing rationallyi with difficult people in the real world too.

    That's True.


    I don't run Synchronet, but I have
    learned that there is great support within the Synchronet community.

    And he was already active in those message areas. But thanks for
    carrying the echoes too.

    No problem, but your welcome, I carry it all here at the Hub via areafix.

    . ______
    _[]_||__||
    { Gregory |
    /-00-----00'-;

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A43 2019/03/03 (Windows/64)
    * Origin: Capital Station BBS * telnet://csbbs.dyndns.org * (1:267/150)
  • From Gregory Deyss@1:267/150 to HusTler on Wed Sep 4 17:53:52 2019

    On 02 Sep 2019, HusTler said the following...

    Re: How to move foward
    By: Immortal to HusTler on Sun Sep 01 2019 12:09 pm

    I just want to know who this guy Paul is?

    Paul Hayton, runs Agency BBS and also runs fsxNet, the mystic bbs
    suppo
    network. He's a great guy and I'd call him an expert on mystic bbs. assume he was the one who tried to help your hub fix the issue you
    were
    having with the corrupt packet.

    Thank you for that. Perhaps things would have been different if Paul got involved sooner. Gregs big EGO prevented him from contacting Mr
    Hayton or anyone else for that matter. He was too busy telling me the problem was on my end and that I should "ask my west coast friends" for assistance which I did. I don't know when Mr Hayton finally got involved but 3 weeks had past without any new fidonet messages. Greg continued to remind me how reliable his system is. He told me remind me he had not "delisted" my node yet but the Fidonet Laws said if my system didn't
    pick up mail he would have to take my node number off the list. He couldn't help me but he could remind me of his Fidonet Powers. The only thing Greg's Ego accomplished was to give Fidonet yet another black eye.
    I had the same experience with a Fidonet Hub in 1996. An Egotistical
    SysOp was telling me the problem was on my end and refusing to look in the mirror. Back then you could call someone on the phone if you had a problem with fidonet. That's what your membership fee got you. It turned out the Hubs configuration was wrong.

    Wrong Again, it was a corrupt file that caused the problem, We have been through this... Of which was addressed within days.

    Bye

    . ______
    _[]_||__||
    { Gregory |
    /-00-----00'-;

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A43 2019/03/03 (Windows/64)
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  • From Gregory Deyss@1:267/150 to mark lewis on Wed Sep 4 17:57:44 2019
    On 02 Sep 2019, mark lewis said the following...

    On 2019 Sep 02 09:53:36, you wrote to Immortal:

    [...] me of his Fidonet Powers. The only thing Greg's Ego
    accomplishe
    was to give Fidonet yet another black eye. I had the same experience with a Fidonet Hub in 1996. An Egotistical SysOp was telling me the problem was on my end and refusing to look in the mirror. Back then you could call someone on the phone if you had a problem with
    fidonet
    That's what your membership fee got you.

    there never was and never has been a membership fee for fidonet... if
    you were charged such, you were lied to and ripped off...

    That's your first mistake in believing a raging lunatic, he was never charged.

    . ______
    _[]_||__||
    { Gregory |
    /-00-----00'-;

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  • From mark lewis@1:3634/12.73 to DaiTengu on Wed Sep 4 22:15:42 2019

    On 2019 Sep 04 10:10:56, you wrote to Alterego:

    I think we are baffled about this payment back in the 90's. I
    certainly didnt pay for fidonet back then, and I wouldnt have either
    (BBSing was too busy with file uploads and downloads - fidonet was
    just a plus).

    Some hubs charged a modest fee to help cover costs, especially if they were using Planet Connect.

    even moreso if they were trying to recover some of their expenses for feed other systems areas they didn't carry or to at least split the fee on areas several carried...

    I think I paid like $5 a month for my Fidonet feed back in the mid
    90's.

    right but that cost was not for or to be in fidonet as was seemingly depicted in the original message where this was brought up...

    )\/(ark

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    ... I gave up on my wife, and married my computer.
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    * Origin: (1:3634/12.73)
  • From mark lewis@1:3634/12.73 to Gregory Deyss on Wed Sep 4 22:18:38 2019

    On 2019 Sep 04 17:57:44, you wrote to me:

    there never was and never has been a membership fee for fidonet... if
    you were charged such, you were lied to and ripped off...

    That's your first mistake in believing a raging lunatic, he was never charged.

    ummm... you need to reread what was said... he didn't say that you were trying to charge him anything... my comment was about his general statement about being charged a fee *back in the day* when he first joined fidonet... you're confusing things... stop it...

    )\/(ark

    Once men turned their thinking over to machines in the hope that this would set them free. But that only permitted other men with machines to enslave them.
    ... We dug her up and gave her a screen test.
    ---
    * Origin: (1:3634/12.73)
  • From Gamgee@1:103/705 to Gregory Deyss on Wed Sep 4 21:40:00 2019
    Gregory Deyss wrote to HusTler <=-

    but 3 weeks had past without any new fidonet messages. Greg continued to remind me how reliable his system is. He told me remind me he had not "delisted" my node yet but the Fidonet Laws said if my system didn't
    pick up mail he would have to take my node number off the list. He couldn't help me but he could remind me of his Fidonet Powers. The only thing Greg's Ego accomplished was to give Fidonet yet another black eye.
    I had the same experience with a Fidonet Hub in 1996. An Egotistical
    SysOp was telling me the problem was on my end and refusing to look in the mirror. Back then you could call someone on the phone if you had a problem with fidonet. That's what your membership fee got you. It turned out the Hubs configuration was wrong.

    Wrong Again, it was a corrupt file that caused the problem, We
    have been through this... Of which was addressed within days.

    You didn't think to check your outbound dir(s) to see if there was
    a bad file addressed to his node?

    Seems like that would be one of the FIRST things to have been
    checked. Like, basics/fundamentals. Kinda strange.



    ... Internal Error: The system has been taken over by sheep at line 19960
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  • From Gamgee@1:103/705 to Gregory Deyss on Wed Sep 4 21:44:00 2019
    Gregory Deyss wrote to mark lewis <=-

    [...] me of his Fidonet Powers. The only thing Greg's Ego accomplishe was to give Fidonet yet another black eye. I had the same experience with a Fidonet Hub in 1996. An Egotistical SysOp was telling me the problem was on my end and refusing to look in the mirror. Back then
    you could call someone on the phone if you had a problem with fidonet That's what your membership fee got you.

    there never was and never has been a membership fee for fidonet... if
    you were charged such, you were lied to and ripped off...

    That's your first mistake in believing a raging lunatic, he was
    never charged.

    Dude, you really need to work on your reading comprehension. He
    was referring to the "membership fee" he paid in 1996. Jeeeez.



    ... So easy, a child could do it. Child sold separately.
    --- MultiMail/Linux v0.52
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  • From Gregory Deyss@1:267/150 to Gamgee on Thu Sep 5 07:02:45 2019
    On 04 Sep 2019, Gamgee said the following...

    I had the same experienc with a Fidonet Hub in 1996.

    He was referring to the "membership fee" he paid in 1996.

    Oh really? Nonsense, he indicated he had the SAME experience in 1996.
    What is the same, since 1996 is him, flying off the handle, it did not work then with a HUB and it did not work in 2019 with a different HUB.

    Nothing wrong with my comprehension, it would it appear it's just fine.

    . ______
    _[]_||__||
    { Gregory |
    /-00-----00'-;

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A43 2019/03/03 (Windows/64)
    * Origin: Capital Station BBS * telnet://csbbs.dyndns.org * (1:267/150)
  • From mark lewis@1:3634/12.73 to Gregory Deyss on Thu Sep 5 14:19:38 2019

    On 2019 Sep 05 06:51:56, you wrote to Gamgee:

    Wrong Again, it was a corrupt file that caused the problem, We have
    been through this... Of which was addressed within days.

    You didn't think to check your outbound dir(s) to see if there was a
    bad file addressed to his node?

    Yes that was the first thing that I did.

    apparently you didn't check well enough... not only are pkts and bundles needing to be checked but also *.?lo files which contain the list of files destined to other systems...

    )\/(ark

    Once men turned their thinking over to machines in the hope that this would set them free. But that only permitted other men with machines to enslave them.
    ... "Am I ever wrong?... Marriages don't count." - Al Calavicci
    ---
    * Origin: (1:3634/12.73)
  • From Gamgee@1:103/705 to Gregory Deyss on Thu Sep 5 11:56:00 2019
    Gregory Deyss wrote to Gamgee <=-

    I had the same experienc with a Fidonet Hub in 1996.

    He was referring to the "membership fee" he paid in 1996.

    Oh really? Nonsense, he indicated he had the SAME experience in
    1996. What is the same, since 1996 is him, flying off the handle,
    it did not work then with a HUB and it did not work in 2019 with
    a different HUB.

    Nothing wrong with my comprehension, it would it appear it's just
    fine.

    Nope, you're wrong. Your comprehension is lacking.

    You conveniently snipped out the context that shows that. Why?

    I'm not gonna bother re-quoting it. Anybody with any sense can
    see what was said, and that you're wrong.



    ... So easy, a child could do it. Child sold separately.
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  • From Gamgee@1:103/705 to Gregory Deyss on Thu Sep 5 11:59:00 2019
    Gregory Deyss wrote to Gamgee <=-

    but 3 weeks had past without any new fidonet messages. Greg
    continued
    remind me how reliable his system is. He told me remind me he had
    not
    "delisted" my node yet but the Fidonet Laws said if my system didn't pick up mail he would have to take my node number off the list. He couldn't help me but he could remind me of his Fidonet Powers. The
    on
    thing Greg's Ego accomplished was to give Fidonet yet another black I had the same experience with a Fidonet Hub in 1996. An Egotistical SysOp was telling me the problem was on my end and refusing to look the mirror. Back then you could call someone on the phone if you had problem with fidonet. That's what your membership fee got you. It
    tur
    out the Hubs configuration was wrong.

    Wrong Again, it was a corrupt file that caused the problem, We
    have been through this... Of which was addressed within days.

    You didn't think to check your outbound dir(s) to see if there was
    a bad file addressed to his node?

    Yes that was the first thing that I did.

    Based on all the public airing of dirty laundry about this, it
    doesn't appear that that is true. Why would it have taken days
    (or even weeks) if the culprit was a corrupted file in the
    outbound, and you checked it "first thing"? Remove it. Fixed.

    How do you not understand this? If what you say is true, none of
    this would have ever happened! Come on man.


    ... Press any key to continue or any other key to quit
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  • From Gregory Deyss@1:267/150 to mark lewis on Thu Sep 5 18:37:06 2019
    On 05 Sep 2019, mark lewis said the following...

    apparently you didn't check well enough... not only are pkts and bundles needing to be checked but also *.?lo files which contain the list of
    files destined to other systems...

    But it was resolved never the less, I have handful of other nodes too, no one has ever reported a problem, but if someone ever did bring issues to my attention they would of been resolved as quickly and efficiently as the previous was.

    Take Care,

    . ______
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  • From mark lewis@1:3634/12.73 to Gregory Deyss on Thu Sep 5 20:02:18 2019

    On 2019 Sep 05 18:37:06, you wrote to me:

    apparently you didn't check well enough... not only are pkts and
    bundles needing to be checked but also *.?lo files which contain the
    list of files destined to other systems...

    But it was resolved never the less,

    finally... after paul got involved...

    I have handful of other nodes too, no one has ever reported a problem,
    but if someone ever did bring issues to my attention they would of
    been resolved as quickly and efficiently as the previous was.

    we don't know what happened on your system... we only know there was a problem, supposedly a backup was restored, and this old flo file was in place pointing to a non-existent file...

    Take Care,

    you, too...

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  • From Jeff Smith@2:250/1 to Alterego on Mon Sep 2 23:17:34 2019
    Hello Alterego,

    Re: Re: How to move foward
    By: HusTler to Tony Langdon on Mon Sep 02 2019 10:09 am
    I think we are baffled about this payment back in the 90's. I certainly
    didnt
    pay for fidonet back then, and I wouldnt have either (BBSing was too busy
    with
    file uploads and downloads - fidonet was just a plus).

    Who got that money? I guess it helped cover phone bills?

    Back in the early 90's there was occasionally a fee charged to recover phone bill costs for FTN mail movement. Some SysOp's also charged an access fee for access to the games and such that their BBS offered. There was no fee directly related to Fidonet or other FTN access.


    Jeff



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  • From HusTler@1:103/705 to Jeff Smith on Sun Sep 8 08:55:04 2019
    Re: Re: How to move foward
    By: Jeff Smith to Alterego on Mon Sep 02 2019 11:17 pm

    Back in the early 90's there was occasionally a fee charged to recover
    phone
    bill costs for FTN mail movement. Some SysOp's also charged an access fee for access to the games and such that their BBS offered. There was no fee directly related to Fidonet or other FTN access.

    If I didn't pay the fee I lost my node. How is that not related to fidonet? Maybe if there was a fee the network would be better managed.

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  • From Rampage@1:103/705 to HusTler on Sun Sep 8 11:11:17 2019
    Re: Re: How to move foward
    By: HusTler to Jeff Smith on Sun Sep 08 2019 08:55:04

    If I didn't pay the fee I lost my node.

    lost your node number or lost your feed?

    How is that not related to fidonet?

    again, there has never been a fee to join or be in fidonet... there were cost recovery programs that some system ran to help defray their costs of pulling in the mail that other systems pulled from them...

    Maybe if there was a fee the network would be better managed.

    there was an attempt at making fidonet some sort of entity with fees but this failed in dramatic fashion... it never really even got off the ground and the entire network was all up in arms about it... especially the founder of the network since no one asked him and he didn't want any such thing anyway... there are historic documents and news letters with details of this if one really cares to look around for them... it was in the early years of fidonet, though... certainly before P4 was created...


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  • From HusTler@1:103/705 to Rampage on Sun Sep 8 15:46:23 2019
    Re: Re: How to move foward
    By: Rampage to HusTler on Sun Sep 08 2019 11:11 am

    there was an attempt at making fidonet some sort of entity with fees but this failed in dramatic fashion... it never really even got off the ground and the entire network was all up in arms about it... especially the
    founder

    I don't know? When I read all those "rules and regulations" when I signed up for fidonet I felt I was joining a network that held it's SysOps accountable. I was very wrong.

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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@1:103/705 to HusTler on Sun Sep 8 13:56:37 2019
    Re: Re: How to move foward
    By: HusTler to Rampage on Sun Sep 08 2019 03:46 pm

    I don't know? When I read all those "rules and regulations" when I signed up for fidonet I felt I was joining a network that held it's SysOps accountable. I was very wrong.

    You do realize that all of the rules and regulations you read concerned a network with 25,000 dialup nodes? Fidonet now has a fraction of the nodes, significantly less users per node, almost insignificant number of dialup nodes, and even some nodes running on IPV6?

    Many of the rules and regulations have little relevance in today's Fidonet.

    As for charging for Fidonet, when people were paying toll charges to download messages, many NECs started cost recovery programs. Many networks made it seem compulsory to pay into the program and built a power structure around it. I know there was a debacle around my local network in the 90s; sysops were pressured into joining (or else there won't be a Fidonet!) and the NEC tried to get the network to finance buying him a high-speed modem and dedicated system in the process!

    I've *never* heard of anyone charging for a node number.

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  • From Al@1:153/757 to HusTler on Sun Sep 8 14:34:52 2019
    Back in the early 90's there was occasionally a fee charged to recover phone
    bill costs for FTN mail movement. Some SysOp's also charged an access fee
    for access to the games and such that their BBS offered. There was no fee >> directly related to Fidonet or other FTN access.

    If I didn't pay the fee I lost my node. How is that not related to fidonet? Maybe if there was a fee the network would be better managed.

    Fidonet is a loose knit group of sysops who work together to get it done.. to keep the mail flowing.

    There are ZC/RC/NC folks who work to keep the nodelist upto date. It's quite important that those folks do that as well as possible.

    There really is no "power" in fidonet, and if there is it's in the hands of the sysops. As a group they have the power to get things done/changed.

    I have never had to pay anything to belong to (be nodelisted) fidonet.

    I gather that there was a CRP (cost recovery program) in place in net 153 when I joined fidonet and was prepared to pay my part but at the time there were quarrels about it in net 153 that I never fully understood and I was never asked to put anything towards it.

    That was in the dial-up days. Someone or a few people must have endured large phone bills to get the mail into and out of net 153 but I don't know who they were and they never approached me to contibute but I think other nodes in the net did. Each network must have faced a similar situation.

    Those days are over now. With the binkp protocol or other IP means of connecting with those we link with we can poll directly any nodes in the network at any time.

    If plan A doesn't work for some reason plan B or C will.

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  • From HusTler@1:103/705 to poindexter FORTRAN on Sun Sep 8 17:52:33 2019
    Re: Re: How to move foward
    By: poindexter FORTRAN to HusTler on Sun Sep 08 2019 01:56 pm

    You do realize that all of the rules and regulations you read concerned a network with 25,000 dialup nodes? Fidonet now has a fraction of the nodes,

    Many of the rules and regulations have little relevance in today's Fidonet.

    So your saying those rules I agreed to when I digitally signed for my node was/is irrelevant?? May I ask the reason these documents (I signed) have not been updated? Are you saying my hub should have never asked me to read, sign and agree to said rules?? Now I'm really confused. Apparently I've been "duped" and that makes me very angry. I'd be happy to send you the agreement my "HuB master" emailed me. According to him I've been "banned" from Fidonet in New York and can never get another node number.

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  • From Al@1:153/757 to HusTler on Sun Sep 8 15:47:52 2019
    So your saying those rules I agreed to when I digitally signed for my node was/is irrelevant?? May I ask the reason these documents (I signed) have not been updated? Are you saying my hub should have never asked me to read, sign
    and agree to said rules?? Now I'm really confused. Apparently I've been "duped
    and that makes me very angry.

    Are you talking about P4? When I joined Fidonet I was asked to read and agree to it.

    Policy 4 was written in 1989 in a different time and place. Zone mail hour and things like that were important then but not today unless you run a dial-up only node. I don't know but there may yet be a few of those.

    Policy 4 is just a policy. There have been attempts to update it that failed because we couldn't get "agreement" enough to change it. It could be changed if conditions for that were right. You'd have to get your RC involved. RCs are the ones in Fidonet with the power to change policy.

    I'd be happy to send you the agreement my "HuB master" emailed me. According to him I've been "banned" from Fidonet in New York and can never get another node number.

    Your NC is not HuB master of you. He is responsible for adding you to the network (and the nodelist) if you have requested such. The NC has no power to ban you from his net or Fidonet. If you have a problem with your NC and you can't work it out with him the next step is to contact the RC and possibly the ZC.

    Hopefully you guys can work that out yourselves in spite of the troubles you have encoutered lately. Your NC has some responsibilities toward all the nodes in his/her net. To give you a node in the net and make available to you the nodelist, nodediff and fidonews. He also has to make available to you any host routed netmail that may be addressed to your node (you may need to poll periodially). That's why it's important to have a secure/working session with your NC.

    As a node you don't need to collect mail or files from there. You can link to the node or nodes of your choosing to collect mail and files.

    I hope the two of you can move past the problems you have been having. I know that is not easy for either of you. Your NC had a problem on his node that he didn't understand but with some outside help he was able to get the connection working again about 7 days later. Hopefully that is all in the past now and you two can work together.

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  • From HusTler@1:103/705 to Al on Sun Sep 8 18:36:41 2019
    Re: Re: How to move foward
    By: Al to HusTler on Sun Sep 08 2019 02:34 pm

    Back in the early 90's there was occasionally a fee charged to recover phone >> bill costs for FTN mail movement. Some SysOp's also charged an access fee
    Fidonet is a loose knit group of sysops who work together to get it done.. to keep the mail flowing.


    I understand all that. If that's the case why was I asked to read all the rules and agree to them? Why was I sent a form and asked to give my personal info? I feel violated and cheated! I was trying to do a good thing and make my BBS available to a dying network. Instead I trusted some Fidonet SysOP on a power trip. I understand I am responsible for giving a total stranger my real State and phone number and have it posted in a node list. I truly believed that whatever SysOps were still around would at least self monitor themselves. I was naive and taken advantage of (Again). Once in 1996 and again in 2019. I was stupid yes, but I will WARN any SysOp even hinting to join Fidonet. For all I know your all a bunch of scammers. I also think all of you fidonet guys are a bunch of "Big Heads" but that's just me.

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  • From Tony Langdon@3:633/410 to Al on Mon Sep 9 09:04:00 2019
    On 09-08-19 15:47, Al wrote to HusTler <=-

    Are you talking about P4? When I joined Fidonet I was asked to read and agree to it.

    Me too, on two occasions - back in 1992 and then again when I rejoined Fidonet in 2016. :)

    Policy 4 was written in 1989 in a different time and place. Zone mail
    hour and things like that were important then but not today unless you
    run a dial-up only node. I don't know but there may yet be a few of
    those.

    Yes things have changed. There's no need to share a phone line between mailers
    and users these days - mailers and users now (for the vast majority of cases) use different TCP ports, the IP equivalent to having dedicated mailer and user lines in the phone world.

    Policy 4 is just a policy. There have been attempts to update it that failed because we couldn't get "agreement" enough to change it. It
    could be changed if conditions for that were right. You'd have to get
    your RC involved. RCs are the ones in Fidonet with the power to change policy.

    It would be interesting to see what a modern "P5" would look like. :)


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  • From Electrosys@1:103/705 to Tony Langdon on Sun Sep 8 16:29:12 2019
    Re: Re: How to move foward
    By: Tony Langdon to Al on Mon Sep 09 2019 09:04 am


    Policy 4 was written in 1989 in a different time and place. Zone
    mail hour and things like that were important then but not today
    unless you run a dial-up only node. I don't know but there may yet
    be a few of those.

    I say zone mail hour is still important because FidoNet requires a bbs to be up
    at least one hour per day, during zone mail hour. I think this is a logical way
    to require that your system be up at a minimum one hour per day and during a time when other systems can reach you.

    Electrosys
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  • From Al@1:153/757 to HusTler on Sun Sep 8 17:00:32 2019
    I understand all that. If that's the case why was I asked to read all the rules and agree to them? Why was I sent a form and asked to give my personal
    info? I feel violated and cheated! I was trying to do a good thing and make my
    BBS available to a dying network. Instead I trusted some Fidonet SysOP on a power trip. I understand I am responsible for giving a total stranger my
    real
    State and phone number and have it posted in a node list. I truly believed tha
    whatever SysOps were still around would at least self monitor themselves. I wa
    naive and taken advantage of (Again). Once in 1996 and again in 2019. I was stupid yes, but I will WARN any SysOp even hinting to join Fidonet. For all know your all a bunch of scammers. I also think all of you fidonet guys are bunch of "Big Heads" but that's just me.

    OK, I think I understand now. Thanks!

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  • From Al@1:153/757 to Tony Langdon on Sun Sep 8 17:01:44 2019
    It would be interesting to see what a modern "P5" would look like. :)

    That it would be. All the same I'm not going to hold my breath.. ;)

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  • From Rampage@1:103/705 to HusTler on Sun Sep 8 21:37:40 2019
    Re: Re: How to move foward
    By: HusTler to Rampage on Sun Sep 08 2019 15:46:23

    there was an attempt at making fidonet some sort of entity with fees but this failed in dramatic fashion... it never really even got off the
    ground and the entire network was all up in arms about it... especially the founder

    I don't know? When I read all those "rules and regulations" when I
    signed up for fidonet I felt I was joining a network that held it's SysOps accountable. I was very wrong.

    i don't konw what "rules and regulations" you are speaking of... there is policy which is fairly normal for any group of folks... i mean, even biker clubs have their policies... the main thing with fidonet is that you, as a sysop, have full control over how you run your system but you are expected to adhere to certain rules to participate... real names in echomail, no illegal activities, being civil to others, etc... the main base tenent is two ""rules""...

    don't be annoying
    don't be too easily annoyed

    in other words, be civil... but then, being an operator, you are also responsible for what your users post... if they are annoying, you are... it is your job to rein them in or limit their access to the areas they are being a problem in... it isn't the wild wild west where anyone can do whatever they want... hell, on some places, you are responsible if one of your users posts illegal traffic... illegal is defined as illegal in your area... what is illegal in your area may not be in others and what is illegal in other area may not be illegal in your area... it is a balancing game...

    but back to your earlier fidonet experience, i/we don't know where you were located and what local regional and/or net policies may have been in place... it is possible, back at that time, that there were some things that were either flat out wrong or they may have been misunderstood... there were a lot of ""little hitlers"" back in the day... realizing that you only needed to interact with them on X level was something that many didn't find out until later... understanding why those ""little hitlers"" were being the way they were was another thing... remember, everyone had to pay for POTS calls... if you were pulling echos from someone who was paying (eg) $400US a month for that digital traffic, it only made sense that you "paid your fair share" and that's where the code recovery programs came from...

    yes, there were some that tried to make a profit but they were found out quickly enough... when folks finally realized that they could pull their feed from any system they could set up an agreement with, things really changed and a lot of those ""little hitlers"" ended up by themselves paying for only their traffic which is really all they were looking to do... that they were also a net coordinator added a little more to their cost but that was generally not worth the trouble to calculate... especially since the main form of routing netmail (echomail is different) was host routed... host routed netmail means that you, as the sender, footed the bill and delivered the mail to the destination NC system or you footed the bill and delivered the netmail directly to the destination system...

    there was nothing like some FTNs use today where you send all mail through an uplink and they passed it on to their uplink until it reached the top and then it was passed back down through RC to NC and finally the destination system... this is, actually, kinda how QWK networking works, FWTW...

    so anyway, yes, there were a lot of folks that were taken advantage of and paid others for access above the normal shared cost of bringing in the mail... many didn't learn until later... some are learning this today... but hey, it is all in the past, now... getting upset about that is like crying over split milk...

    so to try to cut this ""wall of words"" shorter, if you still care to try fidonet, contact the few of us who have offered out services to you and we'll see what we can do... my door is open and all you need to do is ask...


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  • From Rampage@1:103/705 to poindexter FORTRAN on Sun Sep 8 21:51:41 2019
    Re: Re: How to move foward
    By: poindexter FORTRAN to HusTler on Sun Sep 08 2019 13:56:37

    As for charging for Fidonet, when people were paying toll charges to
    download messages, many NECs started cost recovery programs. Many networks made it seem compulsory to pay into the program and built a power structure
    around it. I know there was a debacle around my local network in the 90s;
    sysops were pressured into joining (or else there won't be a Fidonet!) and the NEC tried to get the network to finance buying him a high-speed modem
    and dedicated system in the process!

    can attest to that! i even had a few folks approach me for consultation on a possible policy complaint about the transfer of a planet connect dish setup that was owned by a group that got together and set up that feed... since it was a private group using the feed there was nothing i could do even though it was all for transferring fidonet traffic... if they had not gone the route of setting up the private group then possibly a policy complaint could have been filed...

    I've *never* heard of anyone charging for a node number.

    perhaps you missed out on the whole IFNA (International FidoNet Association) controversy?

    [quote]
    In 1986, a well-intentioned but naive group formed the International FidoNet Association, intending to promulgate the technology and coordinate
    publication of the newsletter and other writings about the network. Unfortunately, as FidoNet operators were far more socially oriented than
    their more technical brethren in the other networks, the formal organization
    of IFNA tended to draw considerable political interest and attracted the
    less constructive political elements of the FidoNet culture. The issue came
    to a head in 1989 with an attempt to load the IFNA board of directors and
    pass a motion which explicitly put IFNA in complete control of the network.
    The motion was cleverly forced into a netwide referendum (FidoNet's only
    global vote to date) which required a majority of the network assent to IFNA rule. The referendum did not pass, and IFNA was subsequently dissolved. [/quote]



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  • From Rampage@1:103/705 to HusTler on Sun Sep 8 22:11:38 2019
    Re: Re: How to move foward
    By: HusTler to poindexter FORTRAN on Sun Sep 08 2019 17:52:33

    So your saying those rules I agreed to when I digitally signed for my node
    was/is irrelevant??

    what "rules"?? please post a link... on the surface, it sounds like it was simply policy but without a link no one knows...

    May I ask the reason these documents (I signed) have not been updated?

    i suspect you are talking about P4... did you actually read it? do you understand how it came into being the policy of the network and how it has to be replaced?

    Are you saying my hub should have never asked me to
    read, sign and agree to said rules??

    i'm not... i doubt others are...

    Now I'm really confused.

    why?

    Apparently I've been "duped" and that makes me very angry.

    duped how?

    I'd be happy to send you the agreement my "HuB master" emailed me.

    you should have my address to hand plus i don't know if you realize it or not but you are conversing with at least three regional coordinators in fidonet...

    According to him I've been "banned" from Fidonet in New York and can never
    get another node number.

    dude, please... he made that statement in a moment of anger just as you unleashed some anger on him... since things have calmed down, it appears to me that your node is still in the nodelist... you are jason bock, right?

    so, once again, the deal is that you *should have* a node number in your locale... you *do not* have to have feed from your NC if you do not want one... you can easily set up an agreement with any other system to pull your echomail from... you've been offered a feed from at least three other systems... the only contact you need to have with your NC is for routed netmail (poll them once a week at least) and to update your nodelist entry if/when it changes...

    hell, if it comes down to it and you really want to try it, i'll give your system a point number in one of my fidonet nets... there's nothing stating that a point system has to be one individual's system... i used to run a 5 node system where each node of that system was a point and there were over 500 users that appeared on each of those points depending on which node of the system they connected to... in any case, if you want a fidonet connection, there are more than enough folks here trying to help you get one...



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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@1:103/705 to Electrosys on Sun Sep 8 19:17:52 2019
    Re: Re: How to move foward
    By: Electrosys to Tony Langdon on Sun Sep 08 2019 04:29 pm

    I say zone mail hour is still important because FidoNet requires a bbs to be up at least one hour per day, during zone mail hour. I think this is a logical way to require that your system be up at a minimum one hour per
    day
    and during a time when other systems can reach you.

    Yeah, but that was when phone lines could be used for callers, or mail runs, but not both at the same time. With IP systems, you could have concurrent mail sessions and callers simultaneously.

    Those were interesting times. To enter an echomail on a system, then at ZMH the board transfers it to their network hub, which transfers it (hopefully) that night to the backbone, then down to a network hub and an end node BBS, where someone reads the message, replies, and the process begins in the opposite directions. All done over phone lines intended for voice conversations.

    Pitiful, compared to transfers today, but the fact that it worked was amazing.

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  • From Rampage@1:103/705 to HusTler on Sun Sep 8 22:29:29 2019
    Re: Re: How to move foward
    By: HusTler to Al on Sun Sep 08 2019 18:36:41

    I understand all that.

    ok...

    If that's the case why was I asked to read all the rules and agree to them?

    because that's policy... even biker clubs have a policy that their members are expected to adhere to...

    Why was I sent a form and asked to give my personal info?

    how is someone suppose to contact you out of band if there are connectivity problems?

    I feel violated and cheated!

    really??

    I was trying to do a good thing and make my BBS available to a dying
    network.

    dieing network? how is that any different than a QWK network? all message networks are dieing and have very few users on them...

    Instead I trusted some Fidonet SysOP on a power trip.

    yes, that was a problematic situation that both parties could have handled better...

    I understand I am responsible for giving a total stranger my real State and
    phone number and have it posted in a node
    list.

    uh, NO... the phone number requested for the nodelist is your POTS number that is connected to your BBS *IF* you offer POTS connectivity for the network access... nothing more...

    I truly believed that whatever SysOps were still around would at least self
    monitor themselves.

    generally this is true but then we have the conflaguratguration and ensured to look at...

    I was naive and taken advantage of (Again).

    no, actually you weren't...

    Once in 1996 and again in 2019. I was stupid yes, but I will WARN any SysOp even hinting to join Fidonet. For all I know your all a bunch of scammers.
    I also think all of you fidonet guys are a bunch of "Big Heads" but that's just me.

    wow... why are we even trying then??? why are you carrying on about it if you're done with it? furrfu... this isn't rocket science man... if you want a feed, just ask... you still have a node number in the nodelist...



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  • From Rampage@1:103/705 to Tony Langdon on Sun Sep 8 22:36:10 2019
    Re: Re: How to move foward
    By: Tony Langdon to Al on Mon Sep 09 2019 09:04:00

    Policy 4 is just a policy. There have been attempts to update it that
    failed because we couldn't get "agreement" enough to change it. It
    could be changed if conditions for that were right. You'd have to get your RC involved. RCs are the ones in Fidonet with the power to change
    policy.

    It would be interesting to see what a modern "P5" would look like. :)

    did you miss out the last attempt to update policy?

    FWIW: i'm probably the one to blame for it not passing... i specifically took steps to post the different changes in separate documents as specified by P4 and posted each of them as a complete set of messages for each change... one of the main problems was RCs using antiquated software with (puke!) line limitations... in other words, their software worked with (eg) 100 line (75x100) posts and dropped all others in the bitbucket... some of the posts were 200 lines long... then there was also the apparent "participate or you're out as RC" mentions from certain ZCs but this was actually an attempt at waking up sleeping at the wheel RCs...



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  • From HusTler@1:103/705 to Rampage on Sun Sep 8 23:12:40 2019
    Re: Re: How to move foward
    By: Rampage to HusTler on Sun Sep 08 2019 09:37 pm

    so to try to cut this ""wall of words"" shorter, if you still care to try fidonet, contact the few of us who have offered out services to you and we'll see what we can do... my door is open and all you need to do is
    ask...


    )\/(ark

    Thank you for your input and offer. I think it's best for me to go back to using Fidonet as a user. The QWK nets I carry are busy, easy to setup and problem free. I also don't have any SysOps holding my node number hostage and I plan on keeping it that way. Thanks again. I just don't see any advantages carrying Fidonet.

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  • From HusTler@1:103/705 to Rampage on Sun Sep 8 23:23:54 2019
    Re: Re: How to move foward
    By: Rampage to HusTler on Sun Sep 08 2019 10:11 pm

    what "rules"?? please post a link... on the surface, it sounds like it was simply policy but without a link no one knows...
    i suspect you are talking about P4... did you actually read it? do you understand how it came into being the policy of the network and how it has to be replaced?
    Are you saying my hub should have never asked me to
    read, sign and agree to said rules??

    Now I'm really confused.

    why?
    What are the rules? Policies of Fidonet?

    Apparently I've been "duped" and that makes me very angry.

    duped how?

    I'm not going to clarify. The Hub was inappropriate and that's all I have to say on the subject.

    you should have my address to hand plus i don't know if you realize it or not but you are conversing with at least three regional coordinators in fidonet...
    According to him I've been "banned" from Fidonet in New York and can never get another node number.

    dude, please... he made that statement in a moment of anger just as you unleashed some anger on him... since things have calmed down, it appears to me that your node is still in the nodelist... you are jason bock, right?

    No sir I am not Jason Bock. My name is Steve Wolf aka HusTler

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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@1:103/705 to Rampage on Sun Sep 8 21:49:43 2019
    Re: Re: How to move foward
    By: Rampage to poindexter FORTRAN on Sun Sep 08 2019 09:51 pm

    I've *never* heard of anyone charging for a node number.

    perhaps you missed out on the whole IFNA (International FidoNet Association) controversy?

    I'd heard about it, hadn't heard anything about membership fees. I do remember Tom Jennings talking about it in the BBS Documentary.

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  • From Tony Langdon@3:633/410 to Electrosys on Mon Sep 9 17:01:00 2019
    On 09-08-19 16:29, Electrosys wrote to Tony Langdon <=-

    Re: Re: How to move foward
    By: Tony Langdon to Al on Mon Sep 09 2019 09:04 am


    Policy 4 was written in 1989 in a different time and place. Zone
    mail hour and things like that were important then but not today
    unless you run a dial-up only node. I don't know but there may yet
    be a few of those.

    I say zone mail hour is still important because FidoNet requires a bbs
    to be up at least one hour per day, during zone mail hour. I think this
    is a logical way to require that your system be up at a minimum one
    hour per day and during a time when other systems can reach you.

    My point was it's much easier to achieve this in the Internet age, and you don't have to boot users to do it.


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  • From Tony Langdon@3:633/410 to Al on Mon Sep 9 17:02:00 2019
    On 09-08-19 17:01, Al wrote to Tony Langdon <=-

    It would be interesting to see what a modern "P5" would look like. :)

    That it would be. All the same I'm not going to hold my breath.. ;)

    Would be good to do. Unfortunately, I don't have the time or aptitude to step up to RC, best I can do is run it past my RC.


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  • From Tony Langdon@3:633/410 to Rampage on Mon Sep 9 17:05:00 2019
    On 09-08-19 22:36, Rampage wrote to Tony Langdon <=-

    did you miss out the last attempt to update policy?

    Probably, no idea when that was. If it was more than 3 or 4 years ago, I wasn't in Fidonet at the time.

    FWIW: i'm probably the one to blame for it not passing... i
    specifically took steps to post the different changes in separate documents as specified by P4 and posted each of them as a complete set
    of messages for each change... one of the main problems was RCs using antiquated software with (puke!) line limitations... in other words,
    their software worked with (eg) 100 line (75x100) posts and dropped all others in the bitbucket... some of the posts were 200 lines long...
    then there was also the apparent "participate or you're out as RC" mentions from certain ZCs but this was actually an attempt at waking up sleeping at the wheel RCs...

    Hmm, looks like one needs to be careful not to overload old software. :/


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  • From Tony Langdon@3:633/410 to poindexter FORTRAN on Mon Sep 9 17:49:00 2019
    On 09-08-19 19:17, poindexter FORTRAN wrote to Electrosys <=-

    Yeah, but that was when phone lines could be used for callers, or mail runs, but not both at the same time. With IP systems, you could have concurrent mail sessions and callers simultaneously.

    Yep, that's a game changer. Today, we've got the equivalent of several phone lines (more if we configure our software accordingly) on the one connection for
    zero extra cost.

    Those were interesting times. To enter an echomail on a system, then at ZMH the board transfers it to their network hub, which transfers it (hopefully) that night to the backbone, then down to a network hub and
    an end node BBS, where someone reads the message, replies, and the
    process begins in the opposite directions. All done over phone lines intended for voice conversations.

    As all of my mail runs were echomail, I think ZMH was an hour where nothing was
    scheduled, IIRC.

    Pitiful, compared to transfers today, but the fact that it worked was amazing.

    It was amazing tech for its day. :)


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  • From Gregory Deyss@1:267/150 to Rampage on Mon Sep 9 07:07:54 2019
    On 08 Sep 2019, Rampage said the following...

    Re: Re: How to move foward
    By: HusTler to poindexter FORTRAN on Sun Sep 08 2019 17:52:33

    So your saying those rules I agreed to when I digitally signed for my
    was/is irrelevant??

    what "rules"?? please post a link... on the surface, it sounds like it
    was simply policy but without a link no one knows...

    May I ask the reason these documents (I signed) have not been updated?

    i suspect you are talking about P4... did you actually read it? do you understand how it came into being the policy of the network and how it
    has to be replaced?

    Are you saying my hub should have never asked me to
    read, sign and agree to said rules??

    i'm not... i doubt others are...

    Now I'm really confused.

    why?

    Apparently I've been "duped" and that makes me very angry.

    duped how?

    I'd be happy to send you the agreement my "HuB master" emailed me.

    you should have my address to hand plus i don't know if you realize it
    or not but you are conversing with at least three regional coordinators
    in fidonet...

    According to him I've been "banned" from Fidonet in New York and can
    ne
    get another node number.

    dude, please... he made that statement in a moment of anger just as you unleashed some anger on him... since things have calmed down, it appears to me that your node is still in the nodelist... you are jason bock, right?

    Correct, what was said was in the heat the moment, and several days later the coals were still red hot, but I would totally agree with you things have
    calmed down. No Steve Wolf's node was removed for several reasons
    He told me that he blacklisted me.
    Hostility - which kept going going and going.
    As I have said several times the problem was addressed with 7 days, w/
    help from Paul.

    Jason Bock is current nodelisted member and is in no way connected to Steve Wolf who is a former member of Net 267.

    Steve,
    If you want your node 1:267/160 reinstated, let me know.
    We can discuss the matter in email gdeyss@twc.com

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  • From HusTler@1:103/705 to Rampage on Mon Sep 9 08:51:49 2019
    Re: Re: How to move foward
    By: Rampage to HusTler on Sun Sep 08 2019 10:29 pm

    wow... why are we even trying then??? why are you carrying on about it if you're done with it? furrfu... this isn't rocket science man... if you want a feed, just ask... you still have a node number in the nodelist...

    I apologize if I even hinted carrying Fidonet again. I'm simply replying to previous messages. I'm simply trying to understand what Fidonet is and isn't. I don't get the impression the current SysOps are interested in adding new nodes. They want to defend their beloved network but make no changes to make it better. That said let me be clear... NO. I do not want a node number and offer my apologies if something I said suggested anything different.

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  • From Rampage@1:103/705 to HusTler on Mon Sep 9 08:30:11 2019
    Re: Re: How to move foward
    By: HusTler to Rampage on Sun Sep 08 2019 23:23:54

    Now I'm really confused.

    why?

    What are the rules? Policies of Fidonet?

    policy 4 contains that information... some regions may also have regional policies and some nets may have net policies... they're all pretty simple and easy going...

    Apparently I've been "duped" and that makes me very angry.

    duped how?

    I'm not going to clarify. The Hub was inappropriate and that's all
    I have to say on the subject.

    that's fine...

    since things have calmed down, it appears to me that your node is
    still in the nodelist... you are jason bock, right?

    No sir I am not Jason Bock. My name is Steve Wolf aka HusTler

    opps! my bad... i got you two confused... ok, yeah, there's no node number in the nodelist with that name...


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  • From mark lewis@1:3634/12.73 to HusTler on Mon Sep 9 09:12:40 2019

    On 2019 Sep 09 08:51:48, you wrote to Rampage:

    wow... why are we even trying then??? why are you carrying on about it
    if you're done with it? furrfu... this isn't rocket science man... if
    you want a feed, just ask... you still have a node number in the
    nodelist...

    I apologize if I even hinted carrying Fidonet again. I'm simply
    replying to previous messages.

    that's ok... that was written after the other longer message and there was a bit of a letdown which resulted in the above...

    I'm simply trying to understand what Fidonet is and isn't.

    that's easy... from the founder, himself...

    [quote]
    FidoNet's PURPOSE:

    Very simple; it is a hobby, a non-commercial network of computer
    hobbiests ("hackers", in the older, original meaning) who want to
    play with, and find uses for, packet switch networking. It is not
    a commercial venture in any way; FidoNet is totally supported by
    it's users and sysops, and in many ways is similar to ham radio,
    in that other than a few "stiff" rules, each sysop runs their
    system in any way they please, for any reason they want.

    FidoHist.Txt, 7/14/85, Tom Jennings, the founder of Fidonet
    [/quote]

    I don't get the impression the current SysOps are interested in adding
    new nodes. They want to defend their beloved network but make no
    changes to make it better. That said let me be clear... NO. I do not
    want a node number and offer my apologies if something I said
    suggested anything different.

    understood...

    )\/(ark

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  • From Electrosys@1:103/705 to poindexter FORTRAN on Mon Sep 9 09:09:27 2019
    Re: Re: How to move foward
    By: poindexter FORTRAN to Electrosys on Sun Sep 08 2019 07:17 pm


    I say zone mail hour is still important because FidoNet requires a bbs to be up at least one hour per day, during zone mail hour. I think this is a logical way to require that your system be up at a minimum one
    hour
    per day and during a time when other systems can reach you.

    Yeah, but that was when phone lines could be used for callers, or mail
    runs,
    but not both at the same time. With IP systems, you could have concurrent mail sessions and callers simultaneously.

    I think its good to keep the requirement simple. There are a lot of hobbyists that play with vintage computers and simple requirements make the whole community accessable to a wider audience. There are likly people playing around
    with trying to run a bbs on a wrist watch as well (embedded) on the other end of the spectrum.

    Electrosys
    /save

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  • From DaiTengu@1:103/705 to HusTler on Mon Sep 9 13:20:49 2019
    Re: Re: How to move foward
    By: HusTler to Rampage on Mon Sep 09 2019 08:51 am

    wow... why are we even trying then??? why are you carrying on about it
    if you're done with it? furrfu... this isn't rocket science man... if
    you want a feed, just ask... you still have a node number in the
    nodelist...

    I apologize if I even hinted carrying Fidonet again. I'm simply replying to previous messages. I'm simply trying to understand what Fidonet is and isn't. I don't get the impression the current SysOps are interested in adding new nodes. They want to defend their beloved network but make no changes to make it better. That said let me be clear... NO. I do not want a node number and offer my apologies if something I said suggested anything different.

    There are a small subset of Fidonet Sysops that want to maintain the status quo. There are a far larger number of Sysops that would like to see the network move into the future, add nodes, modernize mail transfer, etc. Unfortunately the ones in the latter group have lives, family, jobs, etc. that prevent them from reading every single message in every "important" echo that comes into their system in a timely manner.

    Years back I joined Net 229 which is based out of Canada, because it declared itself an "Internet" network, and didn't care where people were located. The "old guard" threw a hissy fit. "You have to have a POTS line!" they screamed.
    Eventually they all either joined The Internet, or dropped out of fidonet (or died). Nick, the Z1 Coordinator, is a member of Net 229. Progress happens, but it's slow becuase old people don't want those damn kids on their lawn.
    The "Fidoweb" is another example. Thanks to internet mailers of today, you can have multiple uplinks carrying the same echos. They can all be connected to each other, carrying the same echos. If someone's node goes down, no one loses their connection to Fidonet, everything carries on like nothing happened.

    You're not the first person to get kicked in the nuts by an angry, power-mad *C. It happens. It shouldn't. There are always options for getting another node number should it come down to it.

    I'm sorry it left a bad taste in your mouth. In hindsight, if you're this easily annoyed, maybe Fight-o-net isn't for you anyway.

    DaiTengu

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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@1:103/705 to DaiTengu on Mon Sep 9 11:40:25 2019
    Re: Re: How to move foward
    By: DaiTengu to HusTler on Mon Sep 09 2019 01:20 pm

    Years back I joined Net 229 which is based out of Canada, because it declared itself an "Internet" network, and didn't care where people were located. The "old guard" threw a hissy fit. "You have to have a POTS
    line!"

    When I became Region 10's coordinator, the previous RC had already started moving IP-only nodes to net 218. I continued, collapsing some older networks that had lost their dial-up nodes, and any networks that didn't have a NC.

    Theoretically, we could move most of Zone 1 into an IP-only net and keep a handful of networks running where needed. I suggested, tongue-in-cheek, that we collapse the whole of Fidonet into a flat, IP zone. You can imagine how well that went over in other zones. It descended into an argument about "whose" zone number to use for the proposed network and got no further.

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  • From HusTler@1:103/705 to DaiTengu on Mon Sep 9 23:26:48 2019
    Re: Re: How to move foward
    By: DaiTengu to HusTler on Mon Sep 09 2019 01:20 pm

    You're not the first person to get kicked in the nuts by an angry,
    power-mad
    *C. It happens. It shouldn't. There are always options for getting another node number should it come down to it.

    I'm sorry it left a bad taste in your mouth. In hindsight, if you're this easily annoyed, maybe Fight-o-net isn't for you anyway.

    Annoyed? It's much more then that. The indvidual made "my list". I don't get mad. I get even. Can you tell me about this Fidoweb you mentioned? Does it make possible to carry echo mail without dealing with Psycho SysOps?

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  • From DaiTengu@1:103/705 to poindexter FORTRAN on Tue Sep 10 08:02:07 2019
    Re: Re: How to move foward
    By: poindexter FORTRAN to DaiTengu on Mon Sep 09 2019 11:40 am

    Theoretically, we could move most of Zone 1 into an IP-only net and keep handful of networks running where needed. I suggested, tongue-in-cheek, that we collapse the whole of Fidonet into a flat, IP zone. You can imagine how well that went over in other zones. It descended into an argument about "whose" zone number to use for the proposed network and
    got
    no further.

    I've seen that idea floated a few times here and there, It always ends up with the same argument. It will never happen because most of the *Cs will lose their positions.

    DaiTengu

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  • From DaiTengu@1:103/705 to HusTler on Tue Sep 10 08:08:57 2019
    Re: Re: How to move foward
    By: HusTler to DaiTengu on Mon Sep 09 2019 11:26 pm

    I'm sorry it left a bad taste in your mouth. In hindsight, if you're
    this easily annoyed, maybe Fight-o-net isn't for you anyway.

    Annoyed? It's much more then that. The indvidual made "my list". I don't get mad. I get even. Can you tell me about this Fidoweb you mentioned? Does it make possible to carry echo mail without dealing with Psycho SysOps?

    Ooh, your "list"! How terrifying!

    It's obvious you care far more about Fidonet than you're trying to convince us you do.

    As for the Fidoweb, you actually have to deal with more sysops, as you need multiple uplinks. You also need a robust mail tosser (SBBSEcho will work fine, as long as it's properly configured).

    And if you're trying to carry echo mail, and be active in message echos, you're going to run into a ton of "Psycho SysOps". It's the nature of the network. I generally ignore them.

    DaiTengu

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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@1:103/705 to Tony Langdon on Mon Sep 9 06:27:00 2019
    Tony Langdon wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-

    As all of my mail runs were echomail, I think ZMH was an hour where nothing was scheduled, IIRC.

    Pitiful, compared to transfers today, but the fact that it worked was amazing.

    It was amazing tech for its day. :)

    I saved a cast-off 286 PC with a 2400 baud modem from the dumpster, set up a handful of software running on DOS with no previous experience, bought a
    spare phone line, and configured a system that ran automated maintenance,
    knew how to route packets to connect to a 25,000 system network, and allowed me to connect to the world. Amazing, indeed.


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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@1:103/705 to Tony Langdon on Mon Sep 9 06:41:00 2019
    Tony Langdon wrote to Al <=-

    Would be good to do. Unfortunately, I don't have the time or aptitude
    to step up to RC, best I can do is run it past my RC.

    I'm an RC, and I think there's little chance of a change. Fido's got sysops still focused on zone politics and affronts from last decade, akin to re- arranging deck chairs on the Titanic.

    IMO, Fidonet needs to cull the dead echoes, come up with a consistent new membership process (I'd talked about making an info packet, akin to what othernets do) and re-think the administrative parts of P4 with a network a fraction of the size in mind.
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  • From HusTler@1:103/705 to DaiTengu on Tue Sep 10 09:57:37 2019
    Re: Re: How to move foward
    By: DaiTengu to HusTler on Tue Sep 10 2019 08:08 am

    As for the Fidoweb, you actually have to deal with more sysops, as you need multiple uplinks. You also need a robust mail tosser (SBBSEcho will work fine, as long as it's properly configured).

    And if you're trying to carry echo mail, and be active in message echos,

    I'm not trying to do anything. I just want to get the facts. Do you have a website or anything similar? Docs? Anything so I can research this fidoweb?

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  • From Wilfred van Velzen@2:280/464 to HusTler on Tue Sep 10 16:53:29 2019
    Hi HusTler,

    On 2019-09-10 09:57:37, you wrote to DaiTengu:

    As for the Fidoweb, you actually have to deal with more sysops, as you
    need multiple uplinks. You also need a robust mail tosser (SBBSEcho
    will work fine, as long as it's properly configured).

    And if you're trying to carry echo mail, and be active in message
    echos,

    I'm not trying to do anything. I just want to get the facts. Do you
    have a website or anything similar? Docs? Anything so I can research
    this fidoweb?

    There was an article in FIDONEWS. You can read it here:

    http://www.vlist.eu/downloads/fidonews/nads.txt


    Bye, Wilfred.

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  • From Android8675@1:103/705 to Nightfox on Tue Sep 10 07:23:23 2019
    Re: Re: How to move foward
    By: Nightfox to HusTler on Tue Sep 03 2019 10:00 am

    I was told it was a membership fee and monthly dues. It is very
    possible as a newbie I'd been scammed. Back then phone bills were
    high. I know mine was.

    I was on FidoNet briefly in the 90s and never heard of any FidoNet membership fee or monthly dues.

    My local uplink used his business line to call to san jose nightly for our message packets, so we all chipped in some cash at our bi-monthly get
    together. Other than that, the actual fidonet organization never charged us a fee/dues.

    I paid about $6-$10 per month for my [bbs] phone line, it was metered, the only
    outgoing call I made on it was to my uplink. (late 80s, early 90s)
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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@1:103/705 to DaiTengu on Tue Sep 10 09:36:21 2019
    Re: Re: How to move foward
    By: DaiTengu to poindexter FORTRAN on Tue Sep 10 2019 08:02 am

    I've seen that idea floated a few times here and there, It always ends up with the same argument. It will never happen because most of the *Cs will lose their positions.


    That's how it always is, in real life and elsewhere.

    I worked for a company that went from being a multi-discipline multimedia authoring software company, that in a Flash (ahem) pivoted to focus on web authoring. The company grew from 400 or so when I was there to approximately 1,800, when the internet bubble burst. The company laid off 1,000 employees, and as F*ckedCompany noted, when the dust settled, there were 80 vice presidents in the remaining company of 800.

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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@1:103/705 to Android8675 on Tue Sep 10 09:39:04 2019
    Re: Re: How to move foward
    By: Android8675 to Nightfox on Tue Sep 10 2019 07:23 am

    My local uplink used his business line to call to san jose nightly for our message packets, so we all chipped in some cash at our bi-monthly get together. Other than that, the actual fidonet organization never charged
    us
    a fee/dues.

    One thing I loved about running a local othernet was Liquid Cost Recovery Programs, or D.R.I.N.K.S for short.

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  • From HusTler@1:103/705 to Wilfred van Velzen on Tue Sep 10 14:23:51 2019
    Re: Re: Fidoweb
    By: Wilfred van Velzen to HusTler on Tue Sep 10 2019 04:53 pm

    http://www.vlist.eu/downloads/fidonews/nads.txt

    Thanks for that.. I love the term "Fidonews coup" lol

    "The cost sharing wars ended when the main distrubition went from POTS
    to Fido over IP, reducing the cost to almost zero, so there no longer
    was any cost to fight over. We thought that freed Fidonet from the
    power of the distributors to control the distribution of echomal, but unfortunately it didn't as the 2011 Fidonews coup has demonstrated."

    I wasn't aware this BS was going on. Thanks again.

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  • From Tony Langdon@3:633/410 to poindexter FORTRAN on Wed Sep 11 06:34:00 2019
    On 09-09-19 06:27, poindexter FORTRAN wrote to Tony Langdon <=-

    I saved a cast-off 286 PC with a 2400 baud modem from the dumpster, set
    up a handful of software running on DOS with no previous experience, bought a spare phone line, and configured a system that ran automated maintenance, knew how to route packets to connect to a 25,000 system network, and allowed me to connect to the world. Amazing, indeed.

    I originally did it all with an XP clone that I built up from scrounged parts and a "beerware" 1200 bps modem. :)


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  • From Tony Langdon@3:633/410 to poindexter FORTRAN on Wed Sep 11 06:35:00 2019
    On 09-09-19 06:41, poindexter FORTRAN wrote to Tony Langdon <=-

    IMO, Fidonet needs to cull the dead echoes, come up with a consistent
    new membership process (I'd talked about making an info packet, akin to what othernets do) and re-think the administrative parts of P4 with a network a fraction of the size in mind.

    That makes a lot of sense.


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  • From Rampage@1:103/705 to DaiTengu on Tue Sep 10 18:36:28 2019
    Re: Re: How to move foward
    By: DaiTengu to HusTler on Mon Sep 09 2019 13:20:49

    The "Fidoweb" is another example. Thanks to internet mailers of today, you
    can have multiple uplinks carrying the same echos. They can all be connected to each other, carrying the same echos. If someone's node goes down,
    no one loses their connection to Fidonet, everything carries on like
    nothing happened.

    this was also easily done in the exact same fashion with POTS mailers... the problems that this type of interconnections bring are 1) moderators have no more control over their echos, 2) lots of dupes to deal with, 3) being able to easily find echos that you are interested in...


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  • From Rampage@1:103/705 to HusTler on Tue Sep 10 18:39:03 2019
    Re: Re: How to move foward
    By: HusTler to DaiTengu on Mon Sep 09 2019 23:26:48


    Can you tell me about this Fidoweb you mentioned? Does it make possible to
    carry echo mail without dealing with Psycho SysOps?

    not really... all it is is a loose group of operators interconnecting so there are multiple links for the areas you carry... it is nothing more than that... you still need a node number to work with...


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  • From Rampage@1:103/705 to poindexter FORTRAN on Tue Sep 10 18:46:06 2019
    Re: Re: How to move foward
    By: poindexter FORTRAN to Tony Langdon on Mon Sep 09 2019 06:41:00


    IMO, Fidonet needs to cull the dead echoes,

    why? they don't take any space... most of them are simple still existing in system configs because the operators haven't removed them... some are kept for historic reasons IF the operators remembered to take them out of maintenence so they weren't purged down over time...

    the main thing is that fidonet doesn't have any echos... fidonet simply carries traffic... any backbone distribution systems that exist may maintain a list of echos and sure, those could be purged of some areas... the person that was handling that died recently... but the schedule for purging ""dead"" areas was random and relied on seeing or not traffic in said echos... if there was some sort of break in the feed of an echo, that system might not see the traffic and the echo get removed from the backbone's list even though the area was actually still alive... the AVIATION echo comes to mind as a perfect example of this...


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  • From Gregory Deyss@1:267/150 to HusTler on Tue Sep 10 19:15:15 2019
    On 09 Sep 2019, HusTler said the following...

    Re: Re: How to move foward
    By: DaiTengu to HusTler on Mon Sep 09 2019 01:20 pm

    You're not the first person to get kicked in the nuts by an angry,
    powe
    *C. It happens. It shouldn't. There are always options for getting
    ano
    node number should it come down to it.

    I have offered to reinstate you with no hard feelings, but your not
    interested of which is also fine.

    I'm sorry it left a bad taste in your mouth. In hindsight, if you're
    th
    easily annoyed, maybe Fight-o-net isn't for you anyway.

    Annoyed? It's much more then that. The indvidual made "my list". I don't get mad. I get even. Can you tell me about this Fidoweb you mentioned? Does it make possible to carry echo mail without dealing with Psycho SysOps?

    You did not get mail delivery from a SysOp, you had a mail fidonet feed from a different hat that I wear NC.

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  • From HusTler@1:103/705 to Gregory Deyss on Tue Sep 10 21:42:37 2019
    Re: Re: How to move foward
    By: Gregory Deyss to HusTler on Tue Sep 10 2019 07:15 pm

    I have offered to reinstate you with no hard feelings, but your not interested of which is also fine.

    "Reinstate me"? You sound like a former employer. Just who do you think you are Greg? You need to get over yourself and eat some humble pie pal. Ya know I'm just the guy to knock you off of your high horse. Meet me for coffee.

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  • From Gregory Deyss@1:267/150 to HusTler on Wed Sep 11 06:46:06 2019
    On 10 Sep 2019, HusTler said the following...

    Re: Re: How to move foward
    By: Gregory Deyss to HusTler on Tue Sep 10 2019 07:15 pm

    I have offered to reinstate you with no hard feelings, but your not interested of which is also fine.

    "Reinstate me"? You sound like a former employer. Just who do you
    think you are Greg? You need to get over yourself and eat some humble
    pie pal. Ya know I'm just the guy to knock you off of your high horse. Meet me for coffee.

    Correct, I offered to reinstate your node as it was. I know nothing of your former employer. Asking "Just who do you think you are?" Implies you either don't know how this works or it is just another attempt from you to be sarcastic.

    Either way I am the guy who can restore your node, but you indicated in messages since that you don't want to, which is also fine.

    As far as "you" being the guy to knock me off of anything, you accomplished nothing.

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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@1:103/705 to Rampage on Wed Sep 11 04:40:00 2019
    Rampage wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-


    IMO, Fidonet needs to cull the dead echoes,

    why? they don't take any space...

    New users and sysops can't find the messages in all of the dead areas, and
    go elsewhere.


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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@1:103/705 to HusTler on Wed Sep 11 04:56:00 2019
    HusTler wrote to Wilfred van Velzen <=-

    "The cost sharing wars ended when the main distrubition went from POTS
    to Fido over IP, reducing the cost to almost zero, so there no longer
    was any cost to fight over. We thought that freed Fidonet from the
    power of the distributors to control the distribution of echomal, but unfortunately it didn't as the 2011 Fidonews coup has demonstrated."

    I wasn't aware this BS was going on. Thanks again.

    Going on? It's ancient history that keeps getting rehashed.


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  • From HusTler@1:103/705 to Gregory Deyss on Wed Sep 11 09:03:11 2019
    Re: Re: How to move foward
    By: Gregory Deyss to HusTler on Wed Sep 11 2019 06:46 am

    "Reinstate me"? You sound like a former employer. Just who do you think you are Greg? You need to get over yourself and eat some humble

    Correct, I offered to reinstate your node as it was. I know nothing of your former employer. Asking "Just who do you think you are?" Implies you either don't know how this works or it is just another attempt from you to be

    If you don't get it by now Greg you never will. No I do not want to be part of your fidonet coup or under your influence. Go find another victim. Just leave me alone please.

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  • From DaiTengu@1:103/705 to HusTler on Wed Sep 11 08:01:28 2019
    Re: Re: How to move foward
    By: HusTler to DaiTengu on Tue Sep 10 2019 09:57 am

    As for the Fidoweb, you actually have to deal with more sysops, as you
    need multiple uplinks. You also need a robust mail tosser (SBBSEcho
    will work fine, as long as it's properly configured).

    And if you're trying to carry echo mail, and be active in message
    echos,

    I'm not trying to do anything. I just want to get the facts. Do you have website or anything similar? Docs? Anything so I can research this fidoweb?

    Nope. Such information does not exist. It can only be gleaned through reading/posting in fidonet echos, and even then to a very limited extent.

    DaiTengu

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  • From DaiTengu@1:103/705 to Gregory Deyss on Wed Sep 11 09:25:19 2019
    Re: Re: How to move foward
    By: Gregory Deyss to HusTler on Tue Sep 10 2019 07:15 pm

    You did not get mail delivery from a SysOp, you had a mail fidonet feed from a different hat that I wear NC.

    Good god, man. It seems like every message you post in here you mention you're an NC. Everyone knows, and no one cares. I was an NC once, it's not that big of a deal.

    You've got, what, 17 active nodes in your net? and 3 of them are you? You're
    chest-beating like FidoNet is still a network of 35,000 active systems, and not the current shadow of what it once was.

    I came at the NC position like it was 95% tech support and 5% administrative work. I helped everyone in my net I could, politely and to the best of my ability. Most *Cs do the same.

    finally, you most defintely are a Sysop. Fidonet is a network of Sysops. If you're not a Sysop, you don't deserve to be nodelisted.

    DaiTengu

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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@1:103/705 to DaiTengu on Wed Sep 11 10:20:36 2019
    Re: Re: How to move foward
    By: DaiTengu to HusTler on Wed Sep 11 2019 08:01 am

    Nope. Such information does not exist. It can only be gleaned through reading/posting in fidonet echos, and even then to a very limited extent.

    The first rule of Fidoweb is you DO NOT TALK ABOUT FIDOWEB.

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  • From Gregory Deyss@1:267/150 to HusTler on Wed Sep 11 18:22:18 2019
    On 11 Sep 2019, HusTler said the following...

    Re: Re: How to move foward
    By: Gregory Deyss to HusTler on Wed Sep 11 2019 06:46 am

    "Reinstate me"? You sound like a former employer. Just who do think you are Greg? You need to get over yourself and eat some
    hum

    Correct, I offered to reinstate your node as it was. I know nothing of former employer. Asking "Just who do you think you are?" Implies you
    ei
    don't know how this works or it is just another attempt from you to be

    If you don't get it by now Greg you never will. No I do not want to be part of your fidonet coup or under your influence. Go find another
    victim. Just leave me alone please.

    No problem, your name came up on my radar, as someone who was looking
    for a fidonet feed, I am the Network Coordinator for NY that is why I was contacted with your information. Not the other way around.
    Believe me I have wish to desire to waste anymore time on you.

    Good Bye and Best of Luck!

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  • From Gregory Deyss@1:267/150 to DaiTengu on Wed Sep 11 18:32:24 2019
    On 11 Sep 2019, DaiTengu said the following...

    Re: Re: How to move foward
    By: Gregory Deyss to HusTler on Tue Sep 10 2019 07:15 pm

    You did not get mail delivery from a SysOp, you had a mail fidonet
    fe
    from a different hat that I wear NC.

    Good god, man. It seems like every message you post in here you mention you're an NC. Everyone knows, and no one cares. I was an NC once, it's not that big of a deal.

    no chest beating here whatsoever, I just wanted to clarify for the learning
    in parred, because there was a time where he was trying to areafix my fidonet node... smh and not the HUB. Mail is not sent to the nodes from my fidonet
    node they are sent from the HUB of which is 1:267/800.
    Yes of course I am nodelisted, 1:267/150 of which has been at the bottom of the every message that I send.
    ** see below ***

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  • From Rampage@1:103/705 to Gregory Deyss on Wed Sep 11 21:09:47 2019
    Re: Re: How to move foward
    By: Gregory Deyss to HusTler on Wed Sep 11 2019 06:46:06

    Either way I am the guy who can restore your node,

    correction, you are "a guy who can give him a [fidonet] node [number]"


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  • From Rampage@1:103/705 to poindexter FORTRAN on Wed Sep 11 21:11:05 2019
    Re: Re: How to move foward
    By: poindexter FORTRAN to Rampage on Wed Sep 11 2019 04:40:00

    IMO, Fidonet needs to cull the dead echoes,

    why? they don't take any space...

    New users and sysops can't find the messages in all of the dead areas, and go elsewhere.

    sounds like operators need to be more selective than sending areafix a +ALL message... the STATS echo provides quite decent stats on the areas with traffic ;)


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  • From Gregory Deyss@1:267/150 to Rampage on Wed Sep 11 21:29:43 2019
    On 11 Sep 2019, Rampage said the following...

    Re: Re: How to move foward
    By: Gregory Deyss to HusTler on Wed Sep 11 2019 06:46:06

    Either way I am the guy who can restore your node,

    correction, you are "a guy who can give him a [fidonet] node [number]"

    This is getting ridiculous, that is what I meant.
    What I said didn't need clarification did it?

    I was the one who provided his fidonet node number.
    Just as I was the one who had it removed.
    Your point is?

    After cooler heads prevailed - at least with me. I offered to restore it, as if
    nothing has happened, but he has made it known that he is not interested which is again fine by me.

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  • From Rampage@1:103/705 to poindexter FORTRAN on Wed Sep 11 21:16:18 2019
    Re: Re: How to move foward
    By: poindexter FORTRAN to DaiTengu on Wed Sep 11 2019 10:20:36

    The first rule of Fidoweb is you DO NOT TALK ABOUT FIDOWEB.

    exactly! you don't even have to connect to any systems that purport to be fidoweb to have the same experiance... all you need is multiple connections to an echo and you're doing the fidoweb thing! :P


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  • From Rampage@1:103/705 to Gregory Deyss on Wed Sep 11 21:18:34 2019
    Re: Re: How to move foward
    By: Gregory Deyss to HusTler on Wed Sep 11 2019 18:22:18

    Believe me I have wish to desire to waste anymore time on you.

    then disconnect the area and step out... if you cannot disconnect the area in your feed, you can at least remove it from your new message scan... hard to do mind boggling this is - yoda...


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  • From Gamgee@1:103/705 to Gregory Deyss on Wed Sep 11 21:32:00 2019
    Gregory Deyss wrote to HusTler <=-

    If you don't get it by now Greg you never will. No I do not want to be part of your fidonet coup or under your influence. Go find another
    victim. Just leave me alone please.

    No problem, your name came up on my radar, as someone who was
    looking for a fidonet feed, I am the Network Coordinator for NY
    that is why I was contacted with your information. Not the other
    way around. Believe me I have wish to desire to waste anymore
    time on you.

    Fer gawd's sake, it's been quite obvious to everyone here for
    *DAYS* (perhaps weeks?) that this dude does NOT want to be part of
    Fidonet any more. Why can't you understand that? Quit harping on
    it, FFS.

    Oh, and thanks for reminding us (YET AGAIN) that you're an NC. We
    are all suitably impressed, I'm sure...

    If you don't mind, this echo is for SYNCHRONET SYSOPS ONLY.
    Buh-bye.



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  • From Gamgee@1:103/705 to Gregory Deyss on Wed Sep 11 21:36:00 2019
    Gregory Deyss wrote to DaiTengu <=-

    Good god, man. It seems like every message you post in here you mention you're an NC. Everyone knows, and no one cares. I was an NC once, it's not that big of a deal.

    no chest beating here whatsoever, I just wanted to clarify for
    the learning in parred,

    For the learning "in parred", eh? Oh, the irony.

    because there was a time where he was
    trying to areafix my fidonet node... smh and not the HUB.

    Yeah, and it turned out that the WHOLE PROBLEM, ALL ALONG, was
    that you had a stale/old/corrupt pkt/flo file sitting in your
    outbound to him. But you couldn't find that "complicated" problem
    yourself (you're an NC!). A Mystic BBS guy from another network
    was able to find/fix it in short order, once you got past the foaming-at-the-mouth phase.

    Learning impaired, indeed.



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  • From Gregory Deyss@1:267/150 to Rampage on Thu Sep 12 06:33:15 2019
    On 11 Sep 2019, Rampage said the following...

    Re: Re: How to move foward
    By: Gregory Deyss to HusTler on Wed Sep 11 2019 18:22:18

    Believe me I have wish to desire to waste anymore time on you.

    then disconnect the area and step out... if you cannot disconnect the
    area in your feed, you can at least remove it from your new message scan... hard to do mind boggling this is - yoda...

    I will do no such thing, you know me better then that.
    Why should I disconnect it from my feed or remove it from my new message scan? I am not -going anywhere, I will scan what I want, read and or reply when I want to. I will not be intimidated by you or any other paper tiger wannabe.

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  • From mark lewis@1:3634/12.73 to Gregory Deyss on Sat Sep 14 14:57:56 2019

    On 2019 Sep 11 21:29:42, you wrote to Rampage:

    Either way I am the guy who can restore your node,

    correction, you are "a guy who can give him a [fidonet] node [number]"

    This is getting ridiculous, that is what I meant.

    apparently it is not what you meant... you said "the guy" like you are the only one... you are not, full stop.

    <EOT>

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  • From Gregory Deyss@1:267/150 to mark lewis on Sun Sep 15 08:57:29 2019
    On 14 Sep 2019, mark lewis said the following...

    On 2019 Sep 11 21:29:42, you wrote to Rampage:

    Either way I am the guy who can restore your node,

    correction, you are "a guy who can give him a [fidonet] node
    [number

    This is getting ridiculous, that is what I meant.

    apparently it is not what you meant... you said "the guy" like you are
    the only one... you are not, full stop.

    Irrelevant, when there is no interest in obtaining a [fidonet] node [number] if the interest returns at some point, then he will have the freedom putting forth a request to join, it will not be in New York State.

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  • From Gamgee@1:103/705 to Gregory Deyss on Sun Sep 15 08:50:00 2019
    Gregory Deyss wrote to mark lewis <=-

    apparently it is not what you meant... you said "the guy" like you are
    the only one... you are not, full stop.

    Irrelevant, when there is no interest in obtaining a [fidonet]
    node [number] if the interest returns at some point, then he will
    have the freedom putting forth a request to join, it will not be
    in New York State.

    So..... you are reversing your position YET AGAIN?

    In case you've forgotten, you originally went on a raging rant and
    said he'd never get a node number again.

    Then, you got all apologetic and humble, and said he was welcome
    to rejoin any time.

    Now you're back to puffing out your chest and declaring him
    banned.

    You're as bad as he is, or worse really - because you're a *C and
    should be held to a higher standard. You're like a couple of
    5th-graders squabbling at recess. Pathetic is what you are.


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  • From Gregory Deyss@1:267/150 to Gamgee on Sun Sep 15 15:02:01 2019
    On 15 Sep 2019, Gamgee said the following...

    Gregory Deyss wrote to mark lewis <=-

    apparently it is not what you meant... you said "the guy" like you
    ar
    the only one... you are not, full stop.

    Irrelevant, when there is no interest in obtaining a [fidonet]
    node [number] if the interest returns at some point, then he will have the freedom putting forth a request to join, it will not be
    in New York State.

    So..... you are reversing your position YET AGAIN?

    This subject matter of this would of remained a dead issue.
    Mark Lewis's need and desire to show off his grammatical set of skills caused
    a reply from me. I assure you and everyone it is a dead issue, rez'd by only
    by further remarks.

    What was said initially by me was born out of anger that was sparked from his hostility. After things calmed down, with me at least, I offered him a opportunity to come back to the net that I administer, and I would reinstate everything I took away. He has stated numerous times and in a variety of ways that he was not interested of which was and is totally fine, he was specially verbose towards me on a personal level, during and he continued with the insulting comments for some time thereafter, because of this the opportunity was limited in nature. You can call changing my mind all you wish. I think it is clear at this point of what his intentions are just as it is clear of mine.

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  • From DaiTengu@1:103/705 to Gregory Deyss on Mon Sep 16 00:25:56 2019
    Re: Re: How to move foward
    By: Gregory Deyss to Gamgee on Sun Sep 15 2019 03:02 pm

    So..... you are reversing your position YET AGAIN?

    What was said initially by me was born out of anger that was sparked from his hostility. After things calmed down, with me at least, I offered him opportunity to come back to the net that I administer, and I would reinstate everything I took away. He has stated numerous times and in a variety of ways that he was not interested of which was and is totally fine, he was specially verbose towards me on a personal level, during and he continued with the insulting comments for some time thereafter,
    because
    of this the opportunity was limited in nature. You can call changing my mind all you wish. I think it is clear at this point of what his intentions are just as it is clear of mine.


    It sounds like you're easily annoyed. Maybe you should pass your NC position on to someone who can handle it, as it's obvious you're completely unqualified.

    DaiTengu

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  • From Gregory Deyss@1:267/150 to DaiTengu on Wed Sep 18 14:06:27 2019
    On 16 Sep 2019, DaiTengu said the following...

    Re: Re: How to move foward
    By: Gregory Deyss to Gamgee on Sun Sep 15 2019 03:02 pm

    So..... you are reversing your position YET AGAIN?

    What was said initially by me was born out of anger that was sparked his hostility. After things calmed down, with me at least, I offered opportunity to come back to the net that I administer, and I would reinstate everything I took away. He has stated numerous times and
    in
    variety of ways that he was not interested of which was and is
    totall
    fine, he was specially verbose towards me on a personal level,
    during
    he continued with the insulting comments for some time thereafter,
    be
    of this the opportunity was limited in nature. You can call changing mind all you wish. I think it is clear at this point of what his intentions are just as it is clear of mine.


    It sounds like you're easily annoyed. Maybe you should pass your NC position on to someone who can handle it, as it's obvious you're completely unqualified.

    DaiTengu

    You don't have a clue as to what was said, (outside of this echo) within
    emails and yet your making judgments.
    As far as my NC position is concerned, it is mine, until I say otherwise.

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  • From Al@1:153/757 to Gregory Deyss on Wed Sep 18 11:23:54 2019
    As far as my NC position is concerned, it is mine, until I say otherwise.

    Do you think the nodes in net 267 have a say in who the NC is?

    What about the RC of your region, do they have a say?

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  • From Gregory Deyss@1:267/150 to Al on Wed Sep 18 21:09:18 2019
    On 18 Sep 2019, Al said the following...

    As far as my NC position is concerned, it is mine, until I say
    otherwise

    Do you think the nodes in net 267 have a say in who the NC is?

    What about the RC of your region, do they have a say?

    Nice try... trying to fan the flames, when there is no smoke?
    but as long as you brought it up
    There hasn't been any issues w/ any other nodes.
    Peace and harmony continues to be delivered w/ each and every new fidonet bundle that the hub sends downstream to network of nodes.
    (of course each node is a matter of importance)
    which is why Alternative methods of communication were established with the setup of each node. If there is ever a issue these methods would be available to be utilized.

    As far as the RC goes.
    I reached out to the RC when the first insurrection occurred.

    Therefore my previous comments on the matter stand up by themselves.. Still.

    Oui, mon Capitaine ! when you do not know the facts which support my actions, nor do you know of the reasons which are fully supportive of my actions.

    Justification: the action of showing something to be right or reasonable.

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  • From Al@1:153/757 to Gregory Deyss on Wed Sep 18 19:03:28 2019
    As far as my NC position is concerned, it is mine, until I say otherwise >>
    Do you think the nodes in net 267 have a say in who the NC is?

    What about the RC of your region, do they have a say?

    Nice try... trying to fan the flames, when there is no smoke?

    Do you see flames and smoke in the above?

    None was intended.

    but as long as you brought it up
    There hasn't been any issues w/ any other nodes.
    Peace and harmony continues to be delivered w/ each and every new fidonet bundle that the hub sends downstream to network of nodes.
    (of course each node is a matter of importance)
    which is why Alternative methods of communication were established with the setup of each node. If there is ever a issue these methods would be
    available
    to be utilized.

    I didn't bring it up, but I'm glad to hear that.

    As far as the RC goes.
    I reached out to the RC when the first insurrection occurred.

    I must have missed the insurrection.

    Therefore my previous comments on the matter stand up by themselves.. Still.

    Oui, mon Capitaine ! when you do not know the facts which support my
    actions,
    nor do you know of the reasons which are fully supportive of my actions.

    Justification: the action of showing something to be right or reasonable.

    You don't need to justify yourself to me.

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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@1:103/705 to Gregory Deyss on Wed Sep 18 20:51:01 2019
    Re: Re: How to move foward
    By: Gregory Deyss to DaiTengu on Wed Sep 18 2019 02:06 pm

    As far as my NC position is concerned, it is mine, until I say otherwise.

    I think your regional coordinator's opinion may differ.

    I'm sure there's two sides to this story, but from an outsider's perspective, you appear as if you're letting your ego, your position, your anger and your frustration get in the way of your duties and responsibilities. It happens to the best of us at times in a volunteer organization.

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  • From Gregory Deyss@1:267/150 to poindexter FORTRAN on Thu Sep 19 05:50:28 2019
    On 18 Sep 2019, poindexter FORTRAN said the following...

    Re: Re: How to move foward
    By: Gregory Deyss to DaiTengu on Wed Sep 18 2019 02:06 pm

    As far as my NC position is concerned, it is mine, until I say
    otherwi

    I think your regional coordinator's opinion may differ.
    As I said I already reached out to the RC, at the time of the incident, there is no need for an opinion when I have spoken to him on this matter.

    I'm sure there's two sides to this story, but from an outsider's perspective, you appear as if you're letting your ego, your position,
    your anger and your frustration get in the way of your duties and responsibilities. It happens to the best of us at times in a volunteer organization.
    Appearances can appear what they may, along with an outsiders perspective
    both of these are within the realm of a opinion.
    There is a lot of information of which was not shared here, just my reaction was. What is done is done.

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  • From DaiTengu@1:103/705 to Gregory Deyss on Thu Sep 19 13:50:03 2019
    Re: Re: How to move foward
    By: Gregory Deyss to DaiTengu on Wed Sep 18 2019 02:06 pm

    It sounds like you're easily annoyed. Maybe you should pass your NC
    position on to someone who can handle it, as it's obvious you're
    completely unqualified.

    You don't have a clue as to what was said, (outside of this echo) within emails and yet your making judgments.
    As far as my NC position is concerned, it is mine, until I say otherwise.

    Or until your RC says otherwise.

    DaiTengu

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  • From Gregory Deyss@1:267/150 to DaiTengu on Thu Sep 19 18:45:29 2019
    You don't have a clue as to what was said, (outside of this echo)
    wit
    emails and yet your making judgments.
    As far as my NC position is concerned, it is mine, until I say
    otherw

    Or until your RC says otherwise.
    Again....Everything is totally and completely with fine as I have already reached to the RC. I have no concerns with him taking any action whatsoever, concerning any portion of changing any status. In fact I am confident that no such action or even a hint of any action that your describing here, will be done. I don't know how I can say any differently...

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  • From Gamgee@1:103/705 to DaiTengu on Thu Sep 19 17:35:00 2019
    DaiTengu wrote to Gregory Deyss <=-

    It sounds like you're easily annoyed. Maybe you should pass your NC
    position on to someone who can handle it, as it's obvious you're
    completely unqualified.

    You don't have a clue as to what was said, (outside of this echo) within emails and yet your making judgments.
    As far as my NC position is concerned, it is mine, until I say otherwise.

    Or until your RC says otherwise.

    Yep. Having just been reviewing P4 for another matter, I can tell
    you with great assurance that that fact is clearly stated in
    Section 1.2.8 of P4. ;-)



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  • From Gregory Deyss@1:267/150 to DaiTengu on Thu Sep 19 22:32:12 2019
    You don't have a clue as to what was said, (outside of this echo)
    wit
    emails and yet your making judgments.
    As far as my NC position is concerned, it is mine, until I say
    otherw


    Or until your RC says otherwise.

    I didn't want to be rude, this message will be no different, you and others have have insinuated that I said & did what I did, because of an ego, that is false.

    Things were said to me that were so incredibly vile and disgusting and disgraceful. I found these comments very difficult to come back from, so I reacted out of anger but I did also calm down and provided an another opportunity to make it as if it never happened. (before the problem with hub) which led to the over the top melt down by my former node.

    You all have seen how he was flying off the handle, bi-dirctional hatred flung at everyone even hate for fidonet it-self and everyone within it. Believe me I was not the one who was the problem. There was an issue with the hub and it was
    addressed and fixed, and I don't care by whom, Paul Hayton knows very well that
    I always been and will always be grateful and very appreciative for his help.

    There has been speculation and intrigue with a little bit of suspense too. with messages that stated that I was acting out of my authority, and just *you* wait until the RC hears what your attempting and so on. I did not do this
    because of some silly powerplay or an ego. I have tried to convince that it is extremely unlikely that the RC will effect me in any way. I have tried to show that I am quite confident? It did not have anything to do with me being cocky. When I spoke about excommunication of my former node it was a recommendation that was provided to me as to how I should proceed as the NC of my network.

    This recommendation that I speak of was provided by the RC.

    Are we clear now?

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  • From DaiTengu@1:103/705 to Gregory Deyss on Fri Sep 20 10:31:08 2019
    Re: Re: How to move foward
    By: Gregory Deyss to DaiTengu on Thu Sep 19 2019 06:45 pm

    Or until your RC says otherwise.
    Again....Everything is totally and completely with fine as I have already reached to the RC. I have no concerns with him taking any action whatsoever, concerning any portion of changing any status. In fact I am confident that no such action or even a hint of any action that your describing here, will be done. I don't know how I can say any differently...

    Are you purposesly being obtuse? You said you would be the NC of your net until you decide otherwise. Like you were some kind of dictator of your net. I, and others, helpfully pointed out that your RC could also decide otherwise. None of us said he would, or that we were even going to involve him in this (No one here would have a right to do so except HusTler).

    Your NC position has gone to your head. I can't think of a single good reason for anyone to act like you have, especially in a "leadership" role. You're letting every single person in here get under your skin. I think in the future, when some one new joins Fidonet and asks for an example of what "easily annoyed" is, all they have to do is read what you've posted in this echo over the last couple weeks.

    You really need someone to knock you off your high horse. An NC is basically glorified tech support for Fidonet. Tech support is an entry-level position in IT, and you suck at it.

    DaiTengu

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  • From DaiTengu@1:103/705 to Gregory Deyss on Fri Sep 20 10:47:03 2019
    Re: Re: How to move foward
    By: Gregory Deyss to DaiTengu on Thu Sep 19 2019 10:32 pm

    I didn't want to be rude, this message will be no different, you and others have have insinuated that I said & did what I did, because of an ego, that is false.

    Your messages in this echo provide evidence to the contrary.

    Things were said to me that were so incredibly vile and disgusting and disgraceful. I found these comments very difficult to come back from, so reacted out of anger but I did also calm down and provided an another opportunity to make it as if it never happened. (before the problem with hub) which led to the over the top melt down by my former node.

    Your public apology was fine. Had it ended there, great. But you kept it going and kept puffing up your chest and declaring yourself the supreme authority. That demostrated to me, at least, that you weren't really sorry and that you relished removing someone from the nodelist. You couldn't get your story straight either. At first his node number was revoked, then it wasn't, then he was welcome to re-apply.

    I'm not excusing what HusTler did or said. I don't know the full context and I really don't give a shit. This isn't about that. This is about multiple messages from you demonstrating your self-delusion that you wield Supreme Executive Power because some watery tart threw a /0 at you.

    It's simple. You come off as a wanna-be dictator who thinks he rules everything but doesn't realize it can all be taken away in the blink of an eye should he overstep his authority.

    Huh. Kind of reminds me of our current US President. Now it all makes sense.

    DaiTengu

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  • From Gregory Deyss@1:267/150 to DaiTengu on Fri Sep 20 22:18:48 2019
    On 20 Sep 2019, DaiTengu said the following...

    Re: Re: How to move foward
    By: Gregory Deyss to DaiTengu on Thu Sep 19 2019 10:32 pm

    I didn't want to be rude, this message will be no different, you and others have have insinuated that I said & did what I did, because of ego, that is false.

    Your messages in this echo provide evidence to the contrary.

    Believe me I am as calm as one could be, I am not heated in anyway, but I
    do get tired of people saying not so fast as one after another brought up the RC. (I wish you could know what this feels like -just once) Talk about ego,
    it was message after message of insulting and condescending BS along with a dash of sarcasm all directed at me, felt very much like aggression to me.
    When I did nothing wrong to even warrant any such conversation or any such correction from an RC.

    Then my nodes were also brought into the mix, almost as a means to say what if they got together and wanted a change, again there is no reasoning why anyone would solely or as a group would do this, because there is no problem
    to trigger such an event. There is also no potential to spark any such conversation, because of the steps that I have taken to create alternative lines communication would negate the need to do the other.

    It was not my intention to be dictatorial, but it feels like a lot of minds were or were teaming up to create chaos and to be as insulting as possible at the same time.

    Your public apology was fine. Had it ended there, great. But you kept
    it going and kept puffing up your chest and declaring yourself the
    supreme authority.

    No, what this was a response by me when someone wrote a message on the matter. I can not do anything on how my response is viewed or taken.

    At first his node number was revoked, then he was welcome to re-apply.

    Actually, therewould be no need to re-apply, I would of simply restore that which was removed.

    It's simple. You come off as a wanna-be dictator who thinks he rules everything but doesn't realize it can all be taken away in the blink of
    an eye should he overstep his authority.

    Even though this is a hobby, I do take it seriously too, specially when
    people through around accusatory accusations that are meaningless.

    Kind of reminds me of our current US President. Now it all makes sense.

    Now your getting it... Thanks, for the kind words. If I could be as half as good as the President of the United States, I would be a smashing success. Until then I plug along the best I can.

    I hope you also realize given your views of the President, being what they
    are, I also can say. Now it all makes sense to me too.

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  • From Richard Williamson@1:103/705 to Gregory Deyss on Mon Sep 23 20:03:41 2019
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  • From Zombie Mambo@1:103/705 to Gregory Deyss on Tue Sep 24 16:37:15 2019
    Re: Re: How to move foward
    By: Gregory Deyss to DaiTengu on Fri Sep 20 2019 10:18 pm

    We move forward by both you and DaiTengu ending this thread.

    I have no idea what the hell went on and i don't care, i just don't think its 1985 anymore, and requires a flame war. Although I will say I enjoyed Dai's fiery passion.

    "watery guy assigned you a /0" was pretty epic.

    now for the love of God both of you STFU and get back to BBSing!!!
    :)


    Thanks,
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  • From Daryl Stout@1:103/705 to RICHARD WILLIAMSON on Tue Sep 24 14:20:00 2019
    ...

    Looks like an encrypted message with the Morse Code S -- or he's using invisible ink. <G>

    Daryl


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  • From Richard Williamson@1:103/705 to Daryl Stout on Wed Sep 25 14:07:55 2019
    nope just "..." as i wasn't impressed

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