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    On 2022 Jan 08 21:36:40, you wrote to me:   
      
    WV>>> And if you have "None", why is that area in the Echolist!? ;-)   
      
    ml>> the echolist is not a list of active areas in fidonet... it is a list   
    ml>> of echotags that may be available to be linked to in any FTN... if an   
    ml>> echotag says its disctibution is "none" then it sounds like it is,   
    ml>> quite simply, not distributed... there's nothing wrong with that...   
      
    WV> An echomail area that is not distributed is a local area. There's no need   
    WV> to tell the world about it through the elist...   
      
   that's your opinion, sir... i can think of several reasons to have an echotag   
   listed in the echolist without it being distributed... if you can't think of   
   any reasons, perhaps you need to review the last 30+ years of exactly why the   
   echolist existed and what it was used for?   
      
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