-=> Sean Dennis wrote to Gamgee <=-

 Ga> I'd bet it's about the 'ICM' flag...  If you're flying that, do you
 Ga> have another non-internet method of connecting, such as POTS/ISDN or
 Ga>  anything?  Trust me, I'm about the last to defend the Euro-commies,
 Ga> but that's the purpose of the ICM flag, as I understand it, meaning
 Ga> that you are not 'CM' for the non-internet connection ability.
 Ga> <SHRUG>

 SD> The point is that someone in Zone 2 should not be sending out netmail
 SD> blasts (it wasn't just me) interzone about an issue that is none of
 SD> their business. If he is worried, he has to get my RC involved, not me
 SD> directly, as it is my RC who approves my nodelist segment.  I could
 SD> technically file a policy complaint but I'm not going to because
 SD> Fidonet isn't worth the trouble.  I mainly still carry Fidonet for a
 SD> long-time caller of mine (he's 84). When he stops calling, I'm going to
 SD> drop Fidonet completely as anyone I care about is also in Micronet.

100% agreement about not being his business.

 SD> Besides, no one but him has said anything to me in 28 years about that
 SD> flag. It's much ado about nothing and Michiel is just a shitstirrer at
 SD> heart.

Understood and again I agree completely.

 SD> Andrew Leary, who's been in Fidonet much longer than Michiel and serves
 SD> as the FTSC administrator, told my my use of the flag is the common
 SD> usage.

Could be, but doesn't really seem to be all that common.  I guess I'm 
not understanding why you would use it, if you don't have another 
non-internet connection method to access your system.  Isn't that what 
it is supposed to be used for?  It doesn't give me any heartburn that 
you do use it, but it actually doesn't seem to make much sense, either.

 SD> Michiel van der Vlist is a bitter old man who uses Fidonet as something
 SD> to validate his existence, much like Ward does.

I know, and once again agree.  I've found that for me the best thing to 
do is just laugh at them.  ;-)  Cheers!


... As a matter of fact, it IS a banana in my pocket.
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