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|    mark lewis to Alan Ianson    |
|    Re: New Echo?    |
|    28 Jun 20 09:42:02    |
      TZUTC: -0400       MSGID: 329.fido-echo_ads@1:3634/12 235dd573       REPLY: 1:153/757.3@fidonet 5ece0962       PID: Synchronet 3.18a-Linux May 23 2020 GCC 7.5.0       TID: SBBSecho 3.11-Linux r3.173 May 23 2020 GCC 7.5.0       CHRS: ASCII 1       NOTE: FSEditor.js v1.104        Re: Re: New Echo?        By: Alan Ianson to Rick Smith on Sat Jun 27 2020 15:29:26                      AI> If you want the area to be distributed on the backbone and listed in        AI> the backbone.na file you need to add the area to the ELIST and then        AI> request the area be carried on the backbone in the Z1_BACKBONE area.               AI> That is the way I did it years ago anyway, AFAIK that is still how        AI> it works.              it is... things might be a little slow, right now, but that is how echos get       on the backbone...              one thing to remember, too, is that one doesn't have to have their echo on the       backbone... they can keep it in private distribution and advertise it in the       echo advertisement area from time to time if they want to... having       an echo on the backone doesn't guarantee wider distribution... only the       possibility of that...                     )\/(ark       --- SBBSecho 3.11-Linux        * Origin: SouthEast Star Mail HUB - SESTAR (1:3634/12)       SEEN-BY: 1/123 15/0 18/200 90/1 114/705 120/340 601 123/131 226/30       SEEN-BY: 227/114 702 229/101 200 424 426 452 664 1014 240/5832 249/206       SEEN-BY: 249/317 400 292/854 298/25 305/3 317/3 322/757 342/200       PATH: 3634/12 154/10 280/464 770/1 317/3 229/426           |
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