On Mon, 28 Mar 2022 07:43:08 +0000
"Nick Andre" <nick.andre@1:229/426> wrote:

On 27 Mar 22 22:58:48, Nigel Reed said the following to Mike Powell:

Does Gert run Pi Net now?

Actually, no. But that's another sysop who can't keep his shit
on. I'm abou to delink from them all. I thought it was a nice
idea to carry as many networks as I can, but then I think I'm the
only sysops who cares if he can connect or not.

With maybe one or two exceptions, I'm finding that Othernets tend to
have the same Sysops, same topics, same noise-factor.

That about sums it up. We just don't have the user base to support such
a diverse number of networks. I've got 1899 echoes on my BBS and I
expect that maybe a fraction of them get any traffic.

Most of it is from test posts seeing if people are getting out because
it's so quiet.
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On Mon, 28 Mar 2022 07:43:08 +0000
"Nick Andre" <nick.andre@1:229/426> wrote:

On 27 Mar 22 22:58:48, Nigel Reed said the following to Mike Powell:

Does Gert run Pi Net now?

Actually, no. But that's another sysop who can't keep his shit
on. I'm abou to delink from them all. I thought it was a nice
idea to carry as many networks as I can, but then I think I'm the
only sysops who cares if he can connect or not.

With maybe one or two exceptions, I'm finding that Othernets tend to
have the same Sysops, same topics, same noise-factor.

and then just like that...it all starts working lol.



2022-03-28 10:41:57 Imported: 3 msgs av_advbbsad <- ADV_BBSADS 2022-03-28 10:41:57 Imported: 3 msgs av_advnetad <- ADV_NETADS 2022-03-28 10:41:57 Imported: 87 msgs av_advrecon <- ADV_RECONS 2022-03-28 10:41:57 Imported: 696 msgs av_advscore <- ADV_SCORES 2022-03-28 10:41:57 Imported: 3 msgs jxjn_bbsad <- JN_BBSAD 2022-03-28 10:41:57 Imported: 24 msgs jxjn_files <- JN_FILES 2022-03-28 10:41:57 Imported: 3 msgs jxjnothern <-
JN_OTHERNETS
2022-03-28 10:41:57 Imported: 30 msgs lnlinuxnl9 <- LINUXNET.NEWALLFILE
2022-03-28 10:41:57 Imported: 2 msgs stnarchiver <-
STN.ARCHIVERS
2022-03-28 10:41:57 Imported: 29 msgs stn.bbs.ads <-
STN.BBS.ADS
2022-03-28 10:41:57 Imported: 2 msgs stn.echoint <-
STN.ECHOINT
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STN.NEWFILES
2022-03-28 10:41:57 Imported: 30 msgs pasnewfile <- PAS.NEWFILE 2022-03-28 10:41:57 Imported: 3 msgs rm_bbs-ads <- RM_BBS-ADS 2022-03-28 10:41:57 Duplicate: 3 detected in GN.BBSAD
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Hello Nick Andre!

** On Monday 28.03.22 - 07:43, Nick Andre wrote to Nigel Reed:

On 27 Mar 22 22:58:48, Nigel Reed said the following to Mike Powell:

Does Gert run Pi Net now?

Actually, no. But that's another sysop who can't keep his
shit on. I'm abou to delink from them all. I thought it
was a nice idea to carry as many networks as I can, but
then I think I'm the only sysops who cares if he can
connect or not.

With maybe one or two exceptions, I'm finding that
Othernets tend to have the same Sysops, same topics, same
noise-factor.

That's probably because the current flock of sysops are poor
marketters and don't know how to attract a plain-ol' user.

;)

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Hello Nigel Reed!

** On Monday 28.03.22 - 10:26, Nigel Reed wrote to All:

With maybe one or two exceptions, I'm finding that Othernets tend to
have the same Sysops, same topics, same noise-factor.

That about sums it up. We just don't have the user base to support such
a diverse number of networks. I've got 1899 echoes on my BBS and I
expect that maybe a fraction of them get any traffic.

Your system is amazing. The nntp part is a nice way to provide
outreach.

Most of the potential users are probably hanging out on their
smartphones. Aftershock and Hotdoged are cool tools, but they
have a bit of a learning curve for the average user. Telegram
+ @Fido2telebot is a much simpler and viable choice.

Once linked up to BBSes via the phones, perhaps those users can
be made aware that there are ways to enhance the echomail/bbs
experience on a desktop/laptop.

Too bad, that sysops in general are poor marketers of their own
hobby.

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On 28 Mar 22 10:26:27, Nigel Reed said the following to All:

That about sums it up. We just don't have the user base to support such
a diverse number of networks. I've got 1899 echoes on my BBS and I
expect that maybe a fraction of them get any traffic.

Most of it is from test posts seeing if people are getting out because
it's so quiet.

I've actually contemplated completely disconnecting myself from everything and just answer Netmail.

I have a few friends I've traded banter with privately for years now and I
find thats enough enjoyment for me. Its nice to converse that way without someone else chiming in. All of the echoes I'm tempted to put on Passthru for all my links with maybe just a small number of ones I "have" to participate left on my board.

If something is important or at least mildly amusing then I'm sure someone will bring it to my attention.

Theres just too much noise I beginning not to care for anymore. Test messages are skipped and I don't care about discussing Linux or other BBS software or Russia or the toppings preferred on my pizza or whatever.

Nick

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Hello Nick Andre!

** On Monday 28.03.22 - 13:49, Nick Andre wrote to Nigel Reed:

Theres just too much noise I beginning not to care for anymore. Test messages are skipped and I don't care about discussing Linux or other BBS software or Russia or the toppings preferred on my pizza or whatever.

And.. your suggestions for better topics are, what?
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Actually, no. But that's another sysop who can't keep his shit on. I'm about to
delink from them all. I thought it was a nice idea to carry as many networks as
I can, but then I think I'm the only sysops who cares if he can connect or not.

My problem is not with not being able to connect, but with no traffic even
when I do connect.

Pinet, Scinet, and some others are pretty dead.

Mike


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On 28 Mar 22 14:39:00, August Abolins said the following to Nick Andre:

Theres just too much noise I beginning not to care for anymore. Test messages are skipped and I don't care about discussing Linux or other software or Russia or the toppings preferred on my pizza or whatever.

And.. your suggestions for better topics are, what?

Whats noise to me might be music to someone else. But after decades of being
on most Othernets it all just becomes to me the same things over and over. Othernets have almost the exact same participants. The novelty is just not there anymore for me, nothing making most of them different from Fidonet.

I can even take a guess when the next dupe-dump will happen or when some troll will gaslight something stupid, or when an Othernet ZC will unfortunately go from having a fun experimental net to having a net that needs a clearly
defined set of policy as its noisiest participants are not mature enough to
hit the Next key.

I don't need or define topics when I talk with friends. We talk about anything and everything and whatever. "Topics" never come up.

Nick

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Hello Nick Andre!

And.. your suggestions for better topics are, what?

Whats noise to me might be music to someone else. [...]

I don't need or define topics when I talk with friends. We talk about anything and everything and whatever. "Topics" never come up.

Good answer!

But there is NO conversation if people remain silent. ;)

The flow of good conversation can digress naturally to
something else too.

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On Mon, 28 Mar 2022 15:42:00 -0400
"Mike Powell" <mike.powell@1:2320/105> wrote:

Actually, no. But that's another sysop who can't keep his shit on.
I'm about to delink from them all. I thought it was a nice idea to
carry as many networks as I can, but then I think I'm the only
sysops who cares if he can connect or not.

My problem is not with not being able to connect, but with no traffic
even when I do connect.

Pinet, Scinet, and some others are pretty dead.

I tried to revive Scinet with a topic and then it just died because, as
you say, no participation.
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On Mon, 28 Mar 2022 13:47:00 -0400
"August Abolins" <august.abolins@2:221/1.58> wrote:

Hello Nigel Reed!

** On Monday 28.03.22 - 10:26, Nigel Reed wrote to All:

With maybe one or two exceptions, I'm finding that Othernets tend
to have the same Sysops, same topics, same noise-factor.

That about sums it up. We just don't have the user base to
support such a diverse number of networks. I've got 1899 echoes
on my BBS and I expect that maybe a fraction of them get any
traffic.

Your system is amazing. The nntp part is a nice way to provide
outreach.

I'd like to provide an nntp newsfeed for my users, but I'm not sure how
to do it, other than importing every single nntp group into synchronet
and I don't think that's really feasible.

Also, I would want people posting to usenet as their own account and
since my nntp server is remote from my BBS, I'd have to script some
sort of user editor to sync the bbs with usenet.
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On 28 Mar 22 16:43:00, August Abolins said the following to Nick Andre:

I don't need or define topics when I talk with friends. We talk about anything and everything and whatever. "Topics" never come up.

Good answer!

But there is NO conversation if people remain silent. ;)

We could talk about nothing, but we're missing the trademark bass-guitar riff.

Nick

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Hello Nick Andre!

** On Monday 28.03.22 - 17:41, Nick Andre wrote to August Abolins:

But there is NO conversation if people remain silent. ;)

We could talk about nothing, but we're missing the trademark bass-guitar riff.

Riffs might work better in MUSIC or AUDIO! LOL

When I listen to Joe Rogan and guests, those can be GREAT
conversations.

Maybe we can discuss what elements make for a great
conversation?

Even CHAT and COFFEE_KLATSCH seem to be under utilized. Those
are good places to seed any topic for starters.

It all basically boils down to what people would like to see
discussed! I'm all for anything related to books, music,
computing, farming, living the life of a recluse, etc. :|

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On 28 Mar 22 19:36:00, August Abolins said the following to Nick Andre:

Maybe we can discuss what elements make for a great
conversation?

I'm not a fan of podcasts or Rogan specifically but understand & appreciate.

It all basically boils down to what people would like to see
discussed! I'm all for anything related to books, music,
computing, farming, living the life of a recluse, etc. :|

Books, music and living the recluse-life I could be interested in.

I'm actually a huge fan of the North Pond Hermit, aka Christopher Knight. Reading *that* story was fascinating and left me with feelings of jealousy.

Not the break-ins but the life of just one day up and vanishing into thin air.

Nick

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Hello Nick,

That about sums it up. We just don't have the user base to support such
a diverse number of networks. I've got 1899 echoes on my BBS and I
expect that maybe a fraction of them get any traffic.

Most of it is from test posts seeing if people are getting out because
it's so quiet.

I've actually contemplated completely disconnecting myself from everything and just answer Netmail.

Echomail is just another flavor of Netmail.

Even I can do that, limiting myself to Netmail only.
But why miss out on all the other fun?

I have a few friends I've traded banter with privately for years now and I find thats enough enjoyment for me. Its nice to converse that way without someone else chiming in.

Fidonet is a community of sysops (and probationary sysops).
Not just individuals who wish to limit themselves to two-person
private communications.

All of the echoes I'm tempted to put on Passthru for all my links with maybe
just a small number of ones I "have" to participate >left on my board.

Why go through all that trouble when a simple email account will do?

If something is important or at least mildly amusing then I'm sure someone will bring it to my attention.

Then why run a BBS or be a member of Fidonet?

Theres just too much noise I beginning not to care for anymore. Test messages are skipped and I don't care about discussing Linux or other BBS software or Russia or the toppings preferred on my pizza or whatever.

Start your own echo and name yourself as moderator/facilitator/god.

--Lee

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Re: Re: Polling
By: Nigel Reed to All on Mon Mar 28 2022 10:46 am

2022-03-28 10:41:57 Imported: 3 msgs av_advbbsad <- ADV_BBSADS 2022-03-28 10:41:57 Imported: 3 msgs av_advnetad <- ADV_NETADS 2022-03-28 10:41:57 Imported: 87 msgs av_advrecon <- ADV_RECONS 2022-03-28 10:41:57 Imported: 696 msgs av_advscore <- ADV_SCORES 2022-03-28 10:41:57 Imported: 3 msgs jxjn_bbsad <- JN_BBSAD 2022-03-28 10:41:57 Imported: 24 msgs jxjn_files <- JN_FILES

I was like, hey: I like that report format and then realized... oh, that's my software. :-)

On Mon, 28 Mar 2022 18:17:45 -0700
"Rob Swindell" <rob.swindell@1:103/705> wrote:

Re: Re: Polling
By: Nigel Reed to All on Mon Mar 28 2022 10:46 am

2022-03-28 10:41:57 Imported: 3 msgs av_advbbsad <-
ADV_BBSADS 2022-03-28 10:41:57 Imported: 3 msgs
av_advnetad <- ADV_NETADS 2022-03-28 10:41:57 Imported: 87 msgs
av_advrecon <- ADV_RECONS 2022-03-28 10:41:57 Imported: 696
msgs av_advscore <- ADV_SCORES 2022-03-28 10:41:57 Imported:
3 msgs jxjn_bbsad <- JN_BBSAD 2022-03-28 10:41:57
Imported: 24 msgs jxjn_files <- JN_FILES

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Haha, I should hope you recognize it :)
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On 03-28-22 13:40, August Abolins <=-
spoke to Nick Andre about Polling <=-

That's probably because the current flock of sysops are poor
marketters and don't know how to attract a plain-ol' user.

There are some current sysops who have publically declared that users
are an extinct part of fidonet.

Dale Shipp
fido_261_1466 (at) verizon (dot) net
(1:261/1466)


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My problem is not with not being able to connect, but with no traffic
even when I do connect.

Pinet, Scinet, and some others are pretty dead.

I tried to revive Scinet with a topic and then it just died because, as
you say, no participation.

I noticed that. Thanks for trying. :)

Mike


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That's probably because the current flock of sysops are poor
marketters and don't know how to attract a plain-ol' user.

There are some current sysops who have publically declared that users
are an extinct part of fidonet.

If they are happy that way, and want to run a system that way, more power
to them I guess. :)

Mike


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Hello August,

Theres just too much noise I beginning not to care for anymore. Test
messages are skipped and I don't care about discussing Linux or other

BBS

software or Russia or the toppings preferred on my pizza or whatever.

And.. your suggestions for better topics are, what?

Peace on earth and good will to men.

--Lee

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Hello Nigel,

With maybe one or two exceptions, I'm finding that Othernets tend
to have the same Sysops, same topics, same noise-factor.

That about sums it up. We just don't have the user base to
support such a diverse number of networks. I've got 1899 echoes
on my BBS and I expect that maybe a fraction of them get any
traffic.

Your system is amazing. The nntp part is a nice way to provide
outreach.

I'd like to provide an nntp newsfeed for my users, but I'm not sure how
to do it, other than importing every single nntp group into synchronet
and I don't think that's really feasible.

There are a number of ways. JAMNNPTd is designed for that purpose.
And one does *not* have to include every single nntpd group known to
man ...

--Lee

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On 03-27-22 22:58, Nigel Reed wrote to Mike Powell <=-

Re: Re: Polling
By: Mike Powell to NIGEL REED on Sun Mar 27 2022 10:51:00

Does Gert run Pi Net now?

Actually, no. But that's another sysop who can't keep his shit on. I'm about to delink from them all. I thought it was a nice idea to carry as many networks as I can, but then I think I'm the only sysops who cares
if he can connect or not.

Did you manage to connect to my VKRadio hub lately? I did find another issue last week and things seem to be working better.


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On 2022 Apr 01 20:21:00, you wrote to Nigel Reed:

Actually, no. But that's another sysop who can't keep his shit on.
I'm about to delink from them all. I thought it was a nice idea to
carry as many networks as I can, but then I think I'm the only sysops
who cares if he can connect or not.

Did you manage to connect to my VKRadio hub lately? I did find
another issue last week and things seem to be working better.

VKRadio is still not connecting for sestar (IPv4 only if that matters)... it still gets a timeout with binkd...

)\/(ark

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mark lewis wrote to Tony Langdon <=-

Did you manage to connect to my VKRadio hub lately? I did find
another issue last week and things seem to be working better.

VKRadio is still not connecting for sestar (IPv4 only if that
matters)... it still gets a timeout with binkd...

I also cannot connect to VKRadio (or DevNet) with IPv4. My logs show
this:

Attempting poll for node 432:1/100@vkradio
evnt BINKPOLL JSBinkP/4 callout to 432:1/100@vkradio started
evnt BINKPOLL Connecting to 432:1/100@vkradio at bridge.vkradio.com:24554
evnt BINKPOLL Error 104 (Connection reset by peer) in recv() of first byte of packet header, timeout = 120

I think it's been that way for a while now, looking back through logs...



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On 2022 Apr 05 09:52:00, you wrote to me:

Did you manage to connect to my VKRadio hub lately? I did find
another issue last week and things seem to be working better.

VKRadio is still not connecting for sestar (IPv4 only if that
matters)... it still gets a timeout with binkd...

I also cannot connect to VKRadio (or DevNet) with IPv4. My logs show this:

Attempting poll for node 432:1/100@vkradio
evnt BINKPOLL JSBinkP/4 callout to 432:1/100@vkradio started
evnt BINKPOLL Connecting to 432:1/100@vkradio at bridge.vkradio.com:24554 evnt BINKPOLL Error 104 (Connection reset by peer) in recv() of first byte of packet header, timeout = 120

interesting... you're getting a "reset by peer" error whereas mine with binkd is just a timeout...

I think it's been that way for a while now, looking back through
logs...

mine has been happening since 2022 Jan 16, i think... i'll bet there's a ton of echomail sitting there waiting to be delivered...

)\/(ark

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On Fri, 1 Apr 2022 20:21:00 +1100
"Tony Langdon" <tony.langdon@3:633/410> wrote:

On 03-27-22 22:58, Nigel Reed wrote to Mike Powell <=-

Re: Re: Polling
By: Mike Powell to NIGEL REED on Sun Mar 27 2022 10:51:00

Does Gert run Pi Net now?

Actually, no. But that's another sysop who can't keep his shit
on. I'm about to delink from them all. I thought it was a nice
idea to carry as many networks as I can, but then I think I'm
the only sysops who cares if he can connect or not.

Did you manage to connect to my VKRadio hub lately? I did find
another issue last week and things seem to be working better.

Ah, just sent you an email but no. No joy.


$ telnet bridge.vkradio.com 24554
Trying 202.12.89.164...
Trying 2001:44b8:4176:f101::7...
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mark lewis wrote to Dan Clough <=-

VKRadio is still not connecting for sestar (IPv4 only if that
matters)... it still gets a timeout with binkd...

I also cannot connect to VKRadio (or DevNet) with IPv4. My logs show this:

Attempting poll for node 432:1/100@vkradio
evnt BINKPOLL JSBinkP/4 callout to 432:1/100@vkradio started
evnt BINKPOLL Connecting to 432:1/100@vkradio at bridge.vkradio.com:24554 evnt BINKPOLL Error 104 (Connection reset by peer) in recv() of first byte of packet header, timeout = 120

interesting... you're getting a "reset by peer" error whereas
mine with binkd is just a timeout...

Yep, although mine eventually times out, too.

I think it's been that way for a while now, looking back through
logs...

mine has been happening since 2022 Jan 16, i think... i'll bet
there's a ton of echomail sitting there waiting to be
delivered...

About that same time frame since I last saw traffic.

Vk3jed, you copy?



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On 04-05-22 07:30, mark lewis wrote to Tony Langdon <=-

VKRadio is still not connecting for sestar (IPv4 only if that
matters)... it still gets a timeout with binkd...

Sorry about the delays, but this should all be working, was fixed back in June.


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Re: Re: Polling
By: Tony Langdon to mark lewis on Tue Jul 26 2022 19:37:00

VKRadio is still not connecting for sestar (IPv4 only if that
matters)... it still gets a timeout with binkd...

Sorry about the delays, but this should all be working, was fixed back in June.

yep! we got it... saw it when it came back live... thanks!


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On 07-27-22 03:23, mark lewis wrote to Tony Langdon <=-

yep! we got it... saw it when it came back live... thanks!

Enjoy. :)


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Hello Nick!

** On Monday 28.03.22 - 20:00, Nick Andre wrote to August Abolins:

It all basically boils down to what people would like to see
discussed! I'm all for anything related to books, music,
computing, farming, living the life of a recluse, etc. :|

Books, music and living the recluse-life I could be interested in.

I'm actually a huge fan of the North Pond Hermit, aka Christopher Knight. Reading *that* story was fascinating and left me with feelings of jealousy.

That's Stranger In The Woods, by Michael Finkel.

Check out The Hermit of Gully Lake -by- Joan Baxter:

"The world knew him as the Hermit of Gully Lake, a lean and
bearded elderly man in rags who lived on his own for more than
half a century in the deep woods wilderness of northern Nova
Scotia. By the time he disappeared in December 2003, his legend
had spread across Canada and beyond. According to that legend,
he had jumped a troop train in the 1940s to avoid going off to
World War II because he refused to kill. He then spent the rest
of his days hiding out in a tiny, dark hut in the Cobequid
Mountains near Gully Lake, enduring extreme hardship and
isolation and living in fear of capture for desertion."

Also, upcoming in May 2024:

The Way of the Hermit -by- Ken Smith.

"From his working-class origins in Derbyshire, Ken always
sensed that there was more ot life than an empty nine to five.
Then one day in 1974, an attack from a group of drunken men
left him for dead. Determined to change his prospects, Ken quit
his job and spent his formative years traveling in the Yukon.
It was here, in the vast wilderness of northwestern Canada,
that he honed his survival skills and grew closer to nature.
Returning to Britain, he continued his nomadic lifestyle,
wandering north and living in huts until he finally reached
Loch Treig. Ken decided to lay his roots amongst the dense
woodland and Highland air, and has lived there ever since."

Not the break-ins but the life of just one day up and
vanishing into thin air.

Yeah.. The later installation of security cameras did him in
though.
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