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    From August Abolins@2:221/1.58 to All on Wed Apr 24 22:35:00 2019
    Hello All!


    While we are all working hard and pondering the future for fido, I found
    this little oddity that has a record of the past:

    http://www.fidonet.itu.se/echomail/


    Oh.. the memories.


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  • From Tony Langdon@3:633/410 to August Abolins on Thu Apr 25 17:33:00 2019
    On 04-24-19 22:35, August Abolins wrote to All <=-

    Hello All!


    While we are all working hard and pondering the future for fido, I
    found this little oddity that has a record of the past:

    http://www.fidonet.itu.se/echomail/

    Interesting, a good way to see what eco=hos are active and what aren't.


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  • From Richard Menedetter@2:310/31 to Tony Langdon on Thu Apr 25 18:46:00 2019
    Hi Tony!

    25 Apr 2019 17:33, from Tony Langdon -> August Abolins:

    http://www.fidonet.itu.se/echomail/
    Interesting, a good way to see what eco=hos are active and what
    aren't.

    I was just thinking exactly the same ;)
    Thanx August!

    CU, Ricsi

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  • From Wilfred van Velzen@2:280/464 to Richard Menedetter on Thu Apr 25 19:32:26 2019
    Hi Richard,

    On 2019-04-25 18:46:00, you wrote to Tony Langdon:

    http://www.fidonet.itu.se/echomail/

    Interesting, a good way to see what eco=hos are active and what
    aren't.

    I was just thinking exactly the same ;)

    Not really usefull. I sampled some areas (that I know are currently active) and

    they mostely only contained messages from 2004 up to 2007...

    Bye, Wilfred.

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  • From Tony Langdon@3:633/410 to Richard Menedetter on Fri Apr 26 05:51:00 2019
    On 04-25-19 18:46, Richard Menedetter wrote to Tony Langdon <=-

    Interesting, a good way to see what eco=hos are active and what
    aren't.

    I was just thinking exactly the same ;)
    Thanx August!

    I'll have to go back through the list when I get home in a few days time and see if there's any other Fido echos I want to pick up. :)


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  • From August Abolins@2:221/360 to Tony Langdon on Thu Apr 25 23:29:23 2019
    On 25/04/2019 3:33 a.m., Tony Langdon : August Abolins wrote:

     AA> found this little oddity that has a record of the past:
     AA> http://www.fidonet.itu.se/echomail/

    Interesting, a good way to see what ecohos are active and what aren't.

    It's not really complete. It stops at about year 2007. And the earliest posts

    start in 2003.

    For a more complete history, you may like to browse through this one:

    https://fidonet.ozzmosis.com/

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  • From August Abolins@2:221/360 to Richard Menedetter on Thu Apr 25 23:37:49 2019
    On 25/04/2019 12:46 p.m., Richard Menedetter : Tony Langdon wrote:

     AA>> http://www.fidonet.itu.se/echomail/
     TL> Interesting, a good way to see what eco=hos are active and what
     TL> aren't.

    I was just thinking exactly the same ;)
    Thanx August!


    For an indication of activity, a better one might be:

    https://fidonet.ozzmosis.com/

    Something finally triggered there and a number of the echos now include the new

    posts for this year, including this echo.

    There is actually a better way to sort out the active vs inactive. But I'll write about that in another message.


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  • From August Abolins@2:221/360 to Wilfred van Velzen on Thu Apr 25 23:47:29 2019
    On 25/04/2019 1:32 p.m., Wilfred van Velzen : Richard Menedetter wrote:

     AA>>> http://www.fidonet.itu.se/echomail/

     TL>> Interesting, a good way to see what eco=hos are active and what
     TL>> aren't.

     RM> I was just thinking exactly the same ;)

    Not really usefull. I sampled some areas (that I know are currently
    active) and they mostely only contained messages from 2004 up to 2007...


    Noted. That is why I introduced it as the "oddity that has a record of the past". From the handful of echoes I looked at (and some echo names seemed to be missing) the dates only ranged from 2003 to 2007.

    The one at https://fidonet.ozzmosis.com/ looks more current *and* includes some

    echos with messages that go as far back as 2002.


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  • From Tony Langdon@3:633/410 to August Abolins on Fri Apr 26 06:58:00 2019
    On 04-25-19 23:29, August Abolins wrote to Tony Langdon <=-

    For a more complete history, you may like to browse through this one:

    https://fidonet.ozzmosis.com/

    Thanks for that, will be a few days before I can have a look, will be more focused on the track for a while. :D

    *sprints away* :D


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  • From Ward Dossche@2:292/854 to August Abolins on Thu Apr 25 23:58:48 2019

    For a more complete history, you may like to browse through this one:

    https://fidonet.ozzmosis.com/

    Do you have relatives in the Netherlands ?

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  • From Dale Shipp@1:261/1466 to August Abolins on Fri Apr 26 01:34:04 2019
    On 04-24-19 22:35, August Abolins <=-
    spoke to All about a lil'bit of the past? <=-

    While we are all working hard and pondering the future for fido, I
    found this little oddity that has a record of the past:

    http://www.fidonet.itu.se/echomail/

    So does this site -- https://fidonet.ozzmosis.com

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


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