Hello, mark lewis.   
   On 22.10.13 20:59 you wrote:   
      
    US>> CDP proposal FSP-1016.003  Automatic configuration of Points in    
    US>> Fidonet has answered this question regarding echo forwarding    
    US>> lists .... in section   
    US>>    3.1.2.1.2 ECHOZZZZ.ZIP   
    US>> and   
    US>>   3.2.2  Transmitting the application date   
    ->> Freq  ECHOLIST   
    US>> The only thing to consider ... nodes supporting HotDogED clients    
    US>> should add the freq magic ECHOLIST in their system and    
    US>> ECHOZZZZ.ZIP to be sent. So on the supporting system the echo    
    US>> uplink lists have to be compiled and named ECHOZZZZ.LST and zip'd    
    US>> thereafter ...  =;)   
    ML> is there anything wrong with sending the existing, published and    
    ML> distributed Echolist? is the above perhaps talking about something    
    ML> else other than the Echolist? something, perhaps, like the list of    
    ML> available areas (%AVAIL) from the feed's uplinks? where are other,    
    ML> unlisted, area names to be found? how is one to know of the    
    ML> existance of an area if it is not in the %AVAIL or %LIST areafix    
    ML> responses?   
      
   I prefer creating a communicating interface between hotdoged and the node to   
   transfer not only echo names, but also amount of messages in the group, last   
   message date and so on.    
      
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   Best regards!   
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