> As I said, all three stars get all the echomail that goes through..   
    > During t   
    > process we take steps to can dupes that appear, so a better   
    > statement would    
    > "all echomail goes through each Star system".   
      
    NB> So wait, basically you're saying you, Bob, and Ross are the "Star   
    NB> hubs?" Yet two out of the 3 take on a role of RC, and you are the   
    NB> ZC? Sorry, I thought things were different according to how most   
    NB> software is laid out.    
      
   nononononono... that's a "political" look at things... there are   
   administrative hats and there are other processes hats... no software is   
   written that admin roles are required to play specific admin tasks... if there   
   is, it is not fidonet related... but we must also recognise that there are   
   other FTN (Fidonet Technology Networks) and they mau carry their own rules and   
   routing requirements... fidonet technology has always only been about the   
   technology and methods used... nothing about the politics or actual connection   
   trees...   
      
    NB> One ZC passes mail to however many RCs, those   
    NB> RCs pass mail to NCs in their region, and NCs pass mail to   
    NB> Sysops/nodes. That is, how it originally came to be, right?    
      
   that sounds like *C routed netmail but that was only "limited" to NC to NC   
   stuffs... the RCs and ZCs were never required to perform this task...   
      
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    NB> And noone thinks this is a bad idea? The fact that you have to   
    NB> _ask_ and you noone _has_ to do a damn thing? Doesn't that make   
    NB> Fidonet sloppy?    
      
   nope.. it maintains the freedoms that the network was founded on... those   
   freedoms being that anyone may make an agreement with anyone else for the   
   transfer of mail...   
      
    NB> I always thought of this place as the origin for *rules* and    
    NB> *structure* when it came to FTN technology.    
      
   are you sure you've read and fully understood fidonet's P4 document? ;)   
      
    NB> The fact that people don't _have_ to do anything, but they're    
    NB> allowed to take any job in Fidonet, is probably why netmail    
    NB> routing is screwed up, and echomail doesn't get evenly    
    NB> distrobuted. Noone sees this as a problem? Or is P4 like the bible    
    NB> for some of you?   
      
   P4 is the current policy document, yes... is it a bible? no... there is also   
   no problem if the network actually works together as it was "designed" to   
   do... a perfect example is the echolist... another is the netmail routing   
   lists...   
      
    NB> I don't use Golded or Timed, if you can crosspost this to Z1C and   
    NB> finish the discussion there, that would be just fine. Like I said,   
    NB> I apologize for going way off topic here, I just like to know how   
    NB> things work before involving myself with it. :)   
      
   what does golded or timed have to do with cross posting echomail? something's   
   wrong with someone's software it is cannot crosspost to multiple echomail   
   areas and netmail to individuals at the same time :/   
      
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