-=> mark lewis wrote to Richard Menedetter <=-   
      
    ml> normally, the way fidonet echo linking evolved and was designed to   
    ml> work, you would simply send an areafix request to your feed for an   
    ml> area... if they don't have the area, they forward the request up to   
    ml> their feed and so on until the echo is either found and linked at the   
    ml> top distribution loop or it is not found and a "not found" message is   
    ml> sent back down the line... if the area is found and linked, it is   
    ml> passed back down the line and each system adds it into their feed list   
    ml> and passes it down to the system that sent the request for it and so on   
    ml> until it reaches your system... those intermediate systems may carry   
    ml> the echo to you as a passthru area or they may select to add it to   
    ml> their local message areas...   
      
   Yep, and it used to work well years ago.  I remember carrying passthru areas   
   for my downlinks.  There wasn't a lot I wouldn't actually host on the BBS, but   
   downlinks had a way of finding something obscure. :)  Areafix has served me   
   well, that's for sure   
      
      
    ml> that's the way it is supposed to work but many don't understand these   
    ml> things and ignorantly break the system because they don't know...   
    ml> others break the system on purpose because they can... either way, it   
    ml> either works or it is broken because of someone specifically breaking   
    ml> it...   
      
   Ignorance can be cured through education, provided that the person is willing   
   to listen.  A friendly netmail or even phone call to explain things.  The more   
   malicious ones, just hope they're not hosting significant feeds! :)   
      
      
   ... So easy, a child could do it. Child sold separately.   
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