Greetings Sysops! This message announce the formation of (another) Network for ECHOmail and for File ECHOS. WHY another Network? WHAT does it mean? HOW MUCH is it? HOW MUCH can I make as a Sysop? Well, first, this network is designed from the GROUND UP to respond to SYSOP needs for mail. Each mailer has ONE address only, and this makes for ease in ROUTED NETMAIL. Each SYSOP is important in mail flow, and NO Sysop is more important than another. Not only is ROUTED NETMAIL supported, but the structure supports FILE ROUTING, and there is also support for ENCRYPTED NETMAIL. This allows your corporate systems to have PRIVATE NETMAIL. There is NO CHARGE to join or to maintain the Network. NO MONEY is made by this Network. The IDEA is the delivery of ECHOMAIL TOPICS and FILES in a timely manner to the Sysops of the Network. There is no true HUB system, you get your mail where you can find it, usually based on your Local calling Zone, and your relation with other EarthLink Sysops. YOU decide the ECHOS, the FILES, WHEN to poll, and WHERE to poll. As an added bonus, we are carrying uucp Newsgroups gated into our EarthLink software. You can reply to uucp without having an internet address. There are currently about 6000 newsgroups available. Sound interesting? FREQ an application and information packet from the following FIDO nodes: Jeff Schrunk (IC) at 1:124/6515 or 88:214/101 Mark D Winton, MD at 1:289/8.0 or 94:109/0 FREQ: EARTHLNK for info/app packet EARTHLST for latest nodelist POLICY for latest ECHO/Sysop Policy ECHOLIST for list of current topics. Thanks for your interest! ... Live by the sword, die by the long bow.