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    From August Abolins@2:221/1.58 to All on Wed Jan 13 12:19:06 2021
    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.


    ../|ug

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  • From Wilfred van Velzen@2:280/464 to Richard Menedetter on Wed Jan 13 12:19:06 2021
    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 Richard Menedetter@2:310/31 to Tony Langdon on Wed Jan 13 12:19:06 2021
    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 August Abolins@2:221/360 to Tony Langdon on Wed Jan 13 12:19:06 2021
    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/

    ...A

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  • From August Abolins@2:221/360 to Richard Menedetter on Wed Jan 13 12:19:06 2021
    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.


    ...A

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  • From August Abolins@2:221/360 to Wilfred van Velzen on Wed Jan 13 12:19:06 2021
    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.


    ...A

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  • From Ward Dossche@2:292/854 to August Abolins on Wed Jan 13 12:19:06 2021
    For a more complete history, you may like to browse through this one:

    https://fidonet.ozzmosis.com/

    Do you have relatives in the Netherlands ?

    \%/@rd

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