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   Hi August!   
      
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   > EARTH echo intrigues me.  Is there a way to find out who carries it to see   
   > what specifically is the topic and a sampling?   
      
   All the hubs listed in Filegate.zxx carry the file echos, that is for sure.. :)   
      
   As far as the message echo echo the three NAB backbone stars and their   
   downlinks carry it.  Unfortunately one of our BACKBONE stars is down (Dallas   
   Hinton) until Sept. 12th, and all because IIRC his ISP cannot fix the   
   connection problem until that date (insane...).   
      
   The Earth msg. echo is a chatty friendly place to talk about Earth and related   
   items.  I talked to Dan Richter the FDN Coordinator, about some dinosaur   
   footprints that were in my backyard that had always intrigued me :)   
      
   Here is the file description of the the file echos from filegate.zxx:   
      
   % FDN:          EARTH   
   % Coordinator:  Dan Richter, 1:317/3, dan@castlerockbbs.com   
   % Internet: http://www.castlerockbbs.com   
   %           http:/www.filegate.net/earth/   
   % Backbone:     EARTH (Earth Sciences)   
   % PATH: DIRECT   
   % HUB:  Yes   
   % -----------------------------------------------------------------------   
   % File Echo                   DescriptionM   
   % -----------------------------------------------------------------------   
   Area WEATHER     0     !    EA: Daily graphic forecasts for N.America   
   Area MODIS       0     !    EA: Daily MODIS images of Earth   
   Area EPOD        0     !    EA: Daily Earth Science Pictures   
   Area E-SCIENCE   0     !    EA: Misc. Earth Science   
      
   Some of the above areas replicate area of the old discontinued NASA sub areas,   
   like nasa/weather.... so earth/weather replaces that.   
      
      
   Take care,   
   Janis   
      
   --- BBBS/Li6 v4.10 Toy-4   
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