In a message on Sunday 06-16-17 Ed Vance said to Holger Granholm:

EV> 06-13-17 20:25 Holger Granholm wrote to Ed Vance about Re: Your
EV> email

Hi Ed,

 HG> IOW, you have subscribed to the entire list of echoes!

EV> No, I haven't subscribed to all of the echoes on this BBS.
EV> At least the last time I checked to see.
EV> Mike Powell, the SysOp of this BBS has more than just the FIDO
EV> echoes on this BBS.

Well, I did mean all the Fido echoes.

EV> There are at least five other BBS Networks that I can read their
EV> messages.

EV> GT_POWER, DoveNEt, MicroLink, IL-Net and FSX Net.

EV> I'd just never remember seeing those b4.

OK.

 HG> Maybe you have lost the file where all your settings with the sysop
 HG> are.

EV> I never had that file, my settings are on Mikes BBS Machine, I just
EV> connect - enter my password and use His BBS.

Easy as a pie, hi.

EV> I just call a BBS a BBS, don't remember seeing the word Host to mean
EV> a BBS. DUH!

Ever seen the word User?
You are a user on Mike's BBS, who is hosting all the areas you want.

EV> I can understand downloading a file/program from a well known
EV> Company, there are a lot of so called Free download offers from
EV> others that might have a catch to it, like Malware - etc.

You have of course to be careful installing free software, and only
install the program itself, not the add-ons offered.

EV>  but being offered by Microsoft would seem to be something safe.....

Yes, and noting the experiences of the first users sold me on Win10.

EV> Wcry changed that, didn't it?

Who is 'Wcry'?


73 es CU L8ER,

Holger


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