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Mark Smith (mark@vti.com) wrote:
: SKYDIVE (ehsnet!f15.n233.z1.fidonet.org!SKYDIVE) wrote:
: : I noticed you work for the Virtual Corp. Is that the software company
: : that makes "Virtus Walk Thru". 
: 
: No.
: 
: I don't know exactly how your fidonet connection works, but generally you
: would probably want to "email" this kind of note directly to me instead of
: "posting" it to the entire known universe through the internet.  Do you have
: a direct email address? (I don't think ehsnet!f15.n233.z1.fidonet.org!SKYDIVE
: is it).
: 
: You may send email directly to me using you-internet-gate-way!vti.com!mark
: --

On the FidoNet side of things this looks like all the other message areas on
the BBS.  People who post on the FidoNet BBSes generally have no easy way
of addressing personal mail to Usenet recipients.  As a result, you'll
occassionally see messages posted that should have been sent through private
email.  

I am the moderator of the SKYDIVE group on the FidoNet side.  All of 
the gating to FidoNet is directed through the FidoNet<->Usenet gateway 
which I operate. It's not an ideal situation, but at least it opens up a 
channel of communication between the have's and the have-not's :)  
Since the systems in FidoNet are generally less strictly controlled than 
Usenet systems, it is necessary  for the Usenet readers to be a little 
more tolerant than usual of minor breaches of Usenet etiquette.  You can
flame me for posting the article you referred to above; I looks like I should
have zapped it before it got through ... ah well ... everyone goes low 
occassionally :):)

You may want to note for future reference that all the traffic from FidoNet 
has a Reply-To: line that *does* contain the FidoNet poster's internet address.
This is not the same address that appears in the actual header (I am working
on correcting this), so you cannot auto-reply.  Look for the address listed
on the Reply-to: line *in the message text* next time and you'll see the
poster's FidoNet address.

Hope this helps...

Blue Skies,
Hector Mandel, C-20629
Moderator, FidoNet SKYDIVE echo