NB> Then again, I was only referring to right here on my system, to   
    NB> which I suppose _everyone_ would be an uplink to me. :)   
      
   no... only those you connect to /directly/ are either uplinks or downlinks...   
   and that term depends on the traffic being pulled and which way you are   
   feeding it...   
      
    > No. You're the downlink of the Star, but you also send mail to the Star.   
    > AKA uplink.   
      
    NB> I must get echomail through random paths, though. Because sometimes   
    NB> high ascii gets here just fine, and other times it doesn't. Yet ALL   
    NB> mail routes through Janis and the stars, correct?    
      
   no... but yes... you are connected to a system that is a star system or it is   
   connected to a star system... echomail, when it hits a star distribution   
   system, does take multiple paths to reach your system... right now there are   
   three top level NAB systems that make the triangular star layout between   
   them... each one filters out duplicates received from the other system(s) in   
   the star... the non-dupes are then fed to the star's downlinks...   
      
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