Hi Nick!   
      
   >> Downlink:  The system  you receive your echomail and file feed from. Uplink:   
   >> A system who receives files or echomail from you.   
      
   oops    
      
   >These two definitions sound completely backwards, and will make a comment late   
   > in the reply on it as well. But okay.   
      
   Bad cut and paste, sorry about that.  But yes, that was supposed to be just as   
   you describe.   
      
   >> What you are showing above is the basic _administrative_ structure of Fidone   
   >> not the echomail distributive structure in Fidonet.   
      
   > Which would also display a "trickle effect" of sorts. Maybe you're looking at   
   > it a different way. But either way, it's not a big deal. :)   
      
   Well, Administrative nodes may or may not send echomail downline..   
      
   >> <->Star-----<->Star-------<->Star   
   >> ^          ^              ^   
   >> |          |              |   
   >> v          v              v   
   >> Downlinks  Downlinks      Downlinks   
      
   >So here you're describing a downlink as someone who is receiving echo and file   
   >feeds from you, not the other way around. According to your definitions above,   
   > this would be wrong, no?   
      
   I know you realize it goes in both directions.. :)   
      
   >> Some Downlinks feed others, that's their choice.   
      
   > ...Which would start the "trickle effect" now, wouldn't it? LOL   
      
   but not from here necessarily which was my point.. from the 3 star systems,   
   yes.   
      
   Take care,   
   Janis   
      
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