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The goal is to provide the active status and details of echos that
a user may find of interest, relatable and relevant. ==================================================================

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Let's say the landing page provides something like this: ========================================================


FIDONET Echomail Activity
Last 7 days

Sorted by most active

msg# Echotag %
==== =======
481 POLITICS 16.25%
318 WEATHER 10.74%
164 RECIPES 5.54%
159 HOME_COOKING 5.37%
112 COOKING 3.78%
93 BBS_ADS 3.14%
71 BBS_PROMOTION 2.40%
63 NHL 2.13%
53 FUTURE4FIDO 1.79%
40 BINKD 1.35%
36 SYNC_SYSOPS 1.22%
32 SYNCHRONET 1.08%
32 SHAREWARE_SUPPORT 1.08%
27 FUNNY 0.91%
19 FIDOSOFT.HUSKY 0.64%
17 Z1C 0.57%
16 ESSNASA 0.54%
15 OTHERNETS 0.51%
13 TAGLINES 0.44%
9 FIDONEWS 0.30%
7 LITRPG 0.24%

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Then.. upon clicking one of the echotags, eg. [POLITICS] the outcome
would be this which lists all the systems/BBSes that carry it. ====================================================================

[POLITICS]

19/36 BBS LinuxNode, Lindale TX
80/1 BBS Mastodont BBS, Puerto Montt
106/201 BBS Home of InterMail, Houston TX
116/18 BBS Neptune's Lair, Olive Branch MS
135/392 BBS Doc's Place BBS Online, Clearwater
153/7715 BBS BandMaster Internet, Vancouver BC
154/10 BBS The Pharcyde HUB, Pewaukee WI
218/700 BBS realitycheckBBS, Aptos CA
221/1 BBS RBB, Ylojarvi
6 BBS KCO, Ylojarvi
242 BBS New Detroit, Vallentuna
360 BBS RBB, Ylojarvi
222/2 BBS BCG-Box, Turku
229/426 BBS Darkrealms, Toronto ON
230/150 BBS The KOFO BBS, Broendby DK
152 BBS The Kofo System II BBS, Broendby DK
240/1120 BBS AMBROSIA60.dd-dns.de, Bad Ueberkingen
250/1 BBS Air Applewood, Hatfield Hertfordshire
261/38 BBS <<PRISM BBS, Slaterville Springs NY
100 BBS <<PRISM BBS, Slaterville Springs NY
1466 BBS Owls Anchor, Columbia MD
266/512 BBS Christian Fellowship, Mt. Ephraim NJ
267/155 BBS Hidden Paradise BBS, Batavia NY
275/89 BBS Diamond Mine Online, Fredericksburg VA
91 BBS Fluph, Elkview WV
93 BBS Valhalla Home Services, Richmond VA
95 BBS Valhalla II, Richmond VA
98 BBS twixed, Fairfax VA
99 BBS CompuBBS, Ashburn VA
100 BBS Shenks Express, Virginia Beach VA
103 BBS Westwood II BBS, King George VA
201 BBS bbs.cyberchatnet.com, Vienna VA
301 BBS IPTIA, Stafford VA
280/464 BBS FMail DEV fka AOBL, Lisse
5003 BBS Double Dutch, Heerhugowaard
282/1056 BBS Crystal Peak, Pine City MN
291/100 BBS West-Flemish-Hub, Koksijde
111 BBS CL Fidonode, Brugge
292/854 BBS Many-Glacier (140), Mortsel
301/101 BBS MHS Systems, Thurgau
113 BBS swissIRC BBS, Aarau
123 BBS USS Ferminator, Unteraegeri
320/119 BBS Bits & Bytes BBS, N Stonington CT
219 BBS Phoenix BBS, Pawcatuck CT
335/364 BBS Mimac Rebirth, Roma
340/400 BBS Time Warp of the Future BBS, Cougar WA
341/66 BBS Zruspa's BBS, Madrid
396/45 BBS Sursum Corda, Huntsville AL
423/81 BBS GURU, Praha
640/1321 BBS The File Bank BBS!, Cairns Qld
712/848 BBS sysgod.org, Sydney NSW
801/161 BBS HidraSoft BBS, Aruja SP
189 BBS Brain Storm BBS, Recife PE
920/1 BBS El Gato De Fuego BBS, Pedasi Los Santos
2320/105 BBS Capitol City Online, Frankfort KY
3634/12 BBS The SouthEast Star, central NC USA
5020/1042 BBS f1042.ru, Moscow
5058/104 BBS Math, Orsk

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Then.. upon clicking one of the systems, eg. 218/700, the outcome
would be this which provides details of that system/BBS. ====================================================================

ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿
³ realitycheckBBS, Aptos CA 1:218/700 -Unpublished- ³ ³ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ´
³ Status Node Node list FSXNET.141 ³
³ Sysop Kurt Weiske ³
³ Flags CM,INA:realitycheckbbs.org,IBN ³ ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ

Desc:
realitycheckBBS
Your one-stop shop for retro culture, conspiracy theories, SLACK, fringe
science and BAD INFORMATION.

Since:
2019

Operator:
Kurt Weiske

Location:
Aptos, CA

Terminal services:
(telnet) (ssh) (http) web ftp irc

Networks:
Fidonet
SurvNet
ArakNet
FSXNet
AgoraNet
Spooknet

Status/Verifications:
2021-05-26 Synchronet BBS for Win32 Version 3.19

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Then.. from the above, all the relevant info to reach the bbs is
there. Clicking on one of the [Networks:] would provide more info
about that net and its echos. ====================================================================
For example, clicking on [Fidonet] would yield all the other Fidonet
echos that realitycheckBBS is known to carry. And.. the visitor can
then once again, by clicking on a specific echo, see what other BBSes
link up with it too. ====================================================================
The idea is to help visitors identify the systems that carry the
echo of their interest, and to see how active it is. ====================================================================

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==================================================================
Let's say that the user selects "920/1" for El Gato De Fuego BBS,
Pedasi Los Santos.. ==================================================================

ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿
³ El Gato De Fuego BBS, Pedasi Los Sa 4:920/1 -Unpublished- ³ ³ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ´
³ Status Node Node list NODELIST.141 ³
³ Sysop John Dovey ³
³ Flags CM,XA,IBN:elgato.synchronetbbs.org ³ ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ

Networks:
DOVE-Net
GAMENET
ZAMIL-Net
WeedNet
FidoNet
USENET

==================================================================
Now the user is interested to see what other Fidonet echos the
system carries, they click on [Fidonet] with the following results: ==================================================================

10th Amendment Echo
AARP Fraud Warning Network news
disABLED Users Information Exchange
ALT.BBS.INTERNET
BR.BBSING
BR.BRASIL
BR.INGLES.BR
BR.MEDICINA
COMP.UNIX.SHELL
ESP.SOFTBBS
ESP.SOFTWARE
FIDONET.TELEGRAM
IPV6
LITRPG
MS-VB-DISCUS
MUSIC
PDNECHO
ZCC
ZONA4.GENERAL

==================================================================
Each subsequent click on any of the above echos, provides a
description and message info/stats such as last posted. ==================================================================

==================================================================
Let's say that they find that LITRPG looks interesting, so they
select [LITRPG] and obtain this: ==================================================================

Echo Successfully Updated.

EL210 ==> Rules file LITRPG.RUL has been Updated.

TAGname: LITRPG Group: FIDO

TITLe: LITerature Role Playing Games. Stories in this and related Genres

Language: ENGLISH

DESCription:
This group is to cater for posts about the fiction Genre
[LITerature Role Playing Games]. It is also open to the
cross-over elements from Wuxia, Chinese "Light Novels", Isekai
and other forms that bear close similarity in spirit.
This Echo is for Announcements of new Stories and Chapters,
Reviews and Discussions.

RULEs: {Verified}

MODerator: John Dovey, 4:920/1@fidonet
Email: dovey.john@gmail.com

VOLume: 20/month

ORIGIN: 4:92/1

RESTrictions: NONE

DISTribution: All FidoNet


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When a user is satisfied that a particular BBS meets their needs
they simply review the connection options and proceed from there. ==================================================================

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[o] The whole idea is that this is available "live" from any
hosted system using the web so that the user can get the
info they need about certain echos, their availability and
accessibility.

[o] Other benefits and advantages fall into play:

BBS visibility,
Fidonet visibility
Othernet visibility, and clearly
ECHOMAIL visibility for users.

However, this would not preclude its usefulness to sysops who
would like to observe other systems and see what other echos
are in play.

[o] A search feature on the site/service could provide search
results based on the topic/subjects that user is interested in.

[o] The results could span Fidonet and othernets combined.


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Hi August,

On 2021-05-26 21:35:00, you wrote to All:

The idea is to help visitors identify the systems that carry the
echo of their interest, and to see how active it is.

Most of that info could be gathered from the seen-by and path lines at a few strategic places in a network...

Bye, Wilfred.
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Hi August,

On 2021-05-26 21:40:00, you wrote to All:

[ This concludes the message on a design for an echomail status
[ and connectivity presentation.

Now all you need is a development team and some resources (web and database hosting), and the cooperation of a lot of sysops... ;-)

Bye, Wilfred.
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Hello Wilfred van Velzen!

** On Thursday 27.05.21 - 11:44, Wilfred van Velzen wrote to August Abolins:

[ This concludes the message on a design for an echomail
status [ and connectivity presentation.

Now all you need is a development team and some resources
(web and database hosting), and the cooperation of a lot
of sysops... ;-)

One sysop at a time. <g>

I don't see an issue with the hosting part. Many sysops already
have hosting accounts for their bbses or their blogs.

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Hi August,

On 2021-05-31 08:10:00, you wrote to me:

[ This concludes the message on a design for an echomail
status [ and connectivity presentation.

Now all you need is a development team and some resources
(web and database hosting), and the cooperation of a lot
of sysops... ;-)

One sysop at a time. <g>

I don't see an issue with the hosting part. Many sysops already
have hosting accounts for their bbses or their blogs.

Sure, but someone, one way or another, will have to pay for it. ;)


Bye, Wilfred.
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Hello Wilfred,

** On Monday 31.05.21 - 14:38, you wrote to me:

One sysop at a time. <g>

I don't see an issue with the hosting part. Many sysops
already have hosting accounts for their bbses or their
blogs.

Sure, but someone, one way or another, will have to pay
for it. ;)

It probably leaves out people who's internet is being paid by
an employer. <g>

But there are still many sysops who can host instances of a
server/script to handle something like an echomail status tool.


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