I have been posting these only (for the most part) into the admin FSX_NET echomail area. They are mostly posts about welcoming new nodes/BBS and others being removed.

Whist I see some response to those I don't see a lot and I confess I worry that not all systems are hooked into the admin echo area and by virtue of that they don't see those notices about who is joining / departing.

I'm starting to think it may be best to resume x-posting those 'welcome' posts to this echomail area as well as FSX_NET to ensure more eyes on this info.

Thoughts?

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Re: Housekeeping posts
By: Avon to All on Sun Feb 04 2024 02:34 pm

Howdy,

Whist I see some response to those I don't see a lot and I confess I worry that not all systems are hooked into the admin echo area and by virtue of that they don't see those notices about who is joining / departing.

In clrghouz you can see who it is exporting messages to:

For FSX_NET, its this link:
https://clrghouz.bbs.dege.au/echoarea/addedit/9

But I've just realised that I probably not making the "who's subscribed" info available to *Cs - which I will. (But it looks like most systems are...)


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On 04 Feb 2024 at 12:51p, deon pondered and said...

In clrghouz you can see who it is exporting messages to:

For FSX_NET, its this link: https://clrghouz.bbs.dege.au/echoarea/addedit/9

But I've just realised that I probably not making the "who's subscribed" info available to *Cs - which I will. (But it looks like most systems are...)

Cool thanks for the info :)

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Re: Re: Housekeeping posts
By: Avon to deon on Sun Feb 04 2024 03:04 pm

On 04 Feb 2024 at 12:51p, deon pondered and said...

In clrghouz you can see who it is exporting messages to:

For FSX_NET, its this link: https://clrghouz.bbs.dege.au/echoarea/addedit/9

But I've just realised that I probably not making the "who's subscribed" info available to *Cs - which I will. (But it looks like most systems are...)

Cool thanks for the info :)

Also, I did think about showing "who else sees this area" - I thought I did implement it - which I build from the SEEN-BY's. Its not perfect, because some messages arriving at clrghouz dont have all the seen-bys, but over time I should be able to build a mostly reliable view...


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But I've just realised that I probably not making the "who's subscribed" info available to *Cs - which I will. (But it looks like most systems are...)

The next question is, do we read them? I'd have to admit I don't look at anything much except general, retro, and occasionally music...

Spec


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On Sun, 4 Feb 2024 14:34:10 +1300
"Avon" (21:1/101) <Avon@f101.n1.z21.fidonet> wrote:

I have been posting these only (for the most part) into the admin
FSX_NET echomail area. They are mostly posts about welcoming new
nodes/BBS and others being removed.

Whist I see some response to those I don't see a lot and I confess I
worry that not all systems are hooked into the admin echo area and by
virtue of that they don't see those notices about who is joining /
departing.

I'm starting to think it may be best to resume x-posting those
'welcome' posts to this echomail area as well as FSX_NET to ensure
more eyes on this info.

Thoughts?

Kerr Avon [Blake's 7] 'I'm not expendable, I'm not stupid and I'm not
going' avon[at]bbs.nz | bbs.nz | fsxnet.nz

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(21:1/101)

I read them but I don't generally reply unless there is something I
need to reply to for some reason. I'm sure it may seem rude not to
welcome new sysops to the network so, new nodes, you're welcome. Thank
you for joining and keeping the network alive. I'm sure they know they
are welcome. 20 or so networks, dealing with user issues, coding for my
board, etc. Time is very limited, I have to pick and choose.

It's really nothing personal.
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On 10 Feb 2024 at 02:07a, Nigel Reed pondered and said...

board, etc. Time is very limited, I have to pick and choose.

thanks for taking the time to reply

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