Text 27363, 57 rader
Skriven 2012-03-29 13:32:49 av Richard Webb (1:116/901.0)
  Kommentar till text 27362 av Michiel van der Vlist (2:280/5555)
Ärende: Fidonews Vol 29 No 09 February 27, 2012 Page: 2
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Hello Michiel,

On Thu 2012-Mar-29 09:16, Michiel van der Vlist (2:280/5555) wrote to Richard
Webb:

 RW> Part of the reason was the amount of control files I'd have
 RW> to modify from remote.  Remember that many times at that
 RW> period (which was shortly before i transferred hubbing
 RW> duties to someone else but still routed uucp gateway
 RW> traffic) I was often touring.

MvdV> If it was such a burden for you to make the required changes and
MvdV> you were away that often, perhaps you should not have accepted the
MvdV> hub position in the first place?

Which was why I was trying to lose the hub responsibilities
anyway.  I'd brought Fidonet to the area and recruited other systems to link up
and therefore was the de facto hub for
that locale for over a year when I moved back there, and was working locally,
but then the employment situation changed
and I was touring quite a bit, which was when all this
occurred.  My main hope to pin the target on was interested, but I wanted to
see him supporting points, etc. reliably
before he took on the hub responsibilities.  An orderly
change of responsibilities was in the works when all this
occurred.

 RW> He'd also, and my memory is hazy here (almost two decades later) but
 RW> there was something about threats to the continued operation of my
 RW> system involved too.

MvdV> That might have been cause for a complaint wit a possible
MvdV> excommunication as a result. It can not be ground for taking the
MvdV> law in one's own hand. 

Probably.  Cost me as much aggravation in ld calls from
hotel/motel rooms anyway I guess.

MvdV> Anyway, you asked me what I would have done and I gave you my
MvdV> answer. 

INdeed, which is what I normally would have at the time, but the threats to the
system, whether it be mail bomb or some
other nastiness uploaded was a concern.  Right or wrong, the nc saw it my way. 
  Btw, nc was aware I was grooming a
replacement hub.  There were a lot of possibilities in the
wind then, possibly a new node joining who'd be able to
provide us echomail by pulling an ftp feed for us, etc. Iow
lots of balls in the air, and whatever shook out had to be
transitioend in an orderly fashion.  IT was an adventure I
wouldn't want to go through again.


Regards,
           Richard
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