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  • DGE EL209 ==9 ==> Echo has been Flagged for Deletion.

    From Vincent Coen@2:250/1 to Wilfred van Velzen on Mon May 3 14:33:31 2021
    Hello Wilfred!

    Monday May 03 2021 08:57, you wrote to me:

    Hi Vincent,

    On 2021-04-01 23:30:01, you wrote to Nick Andre:

    EL201 ==> WARNing: Echo has Expired & will be Deleted very
    shortly

    TAGname: DBRIDGE Group: FIDO

    TITLe: D'Bridge Support Echo

    Language: ENGLISH

    DESCription:
    Support echo for D'Bridge Electronic Mail package. Official
    support echo for users of D'Bridge.

    RULEs: {Not Found}

    MODerator: Nick Andre, 1:229/426

    VOLume: 10/month

    ORIGIN: 1:229/426

    RESTrictions: /REAL

    DISTribution: Z-1 Backbone

    From: Nick Andre, 1:229/426

    Updated on: 2020/03/23 and valid till 2020/09/30

    And it this months ELIST.RPT we see:

    Updated on: 2018/09/18 and expires latest 2019/03/31

    ?

    WARNING CNT 4

    THIS ECHO WILL BE DELETED IN LESS THAN ONE MONTH UNLESS
    UPDATED

    Empty threat...


    Bye, Wilfred.


    Incorrect it will be deleted on the next pass.

    Vincent

    --- Mageia Linux v7.1 X64/Mbse v1.0.7.21/GoldED+/LNX 1.1.5-b20180707
    * Origin: The Elist Maintainer (2:250/1)
  • From Nick Andre@1:229/426 to Vincent Coen on Mon May 3 11:44:28 2021
    On 03 May 21 15:08:00, Vincent Coen said the following to Wilfred Van Velzen:

    Anyone with a view on this ?

    I don't understand in 2021 why software authors are required to list their
    own support echoes for their own products or face having them in "jeopardy".

    Why can't a simple common-sense gentlemens agreement suffice?

    You know D'Bridge is "mine", please just make it permanent. Thank you.

    Nick

    --- Renegade vY2Ka2
    * Origin: Joey, do you like movies about gladiators? (1:229/426)
  • From Vincent Coen@2:250/1 to Nick Andre on Mon May 3 22:32:49 2021
    Hello Nick!

    Monday May 03 2021 11:44, you wrote to me:

    On 03 May 21 15:08:00, Vincent Coen said the following to Wilfred Van Velzen:

    Anyone with a view on this ?

    I don't understand in 2021 why software authors are required to list
    their own support echoes for their own products or face having them in "jeopardy".

    Why can't a simple common-sense gentlemens agreement suffice?

    You know D'Bridge is "mine", please just make it permanent. Thank you.

    The process regarding the six month update policy which goes back to the original by Dana I am guessing is to ensure that a specific echo's moderator is
    still around and in Fido.


    I cannot preset a echo to be permanent as the s/w always forces a six month check followed by multiple warnings of expiry.

    The above is without changing the way elist program works and also could
    create echos staying in the ELIST system when the moderator has gone and possibly also the echo.

    At the end of the day it only involves in setting up in your own system to resend the echname.ECO file to update it using such as crontab or what ever you
    like for Windoz.

    I did it for many years but once set up it does not require any addition effort
    unless the ELIST Maintainer changes and even then up to last year the address was always 1:nn/21. (Sorry forgot the address).

    As I was not allowed to use that address or 2:2/21 I've had to create one under
    my control i.e., 2:25/21.



    Vincent

    --- Mageia Linux v7.1 X64/Mbse v1.0.7.21/GoldED+/LNX 1.1.5-b20180707
    * Origin: The Elist Maintainer (2:250/1)