19 Jan 12 13:01, Nicholas Boel wrote to Janis Kracht:   
      
    >> Downlink:  The system  you receive your echomail and file feed from.   
    >> Uplink: A system who receives files or echomail from you.   
      
    NB> These two definitions sound completely backwards, and will make a   
    NB> comment later in the reply on it as well. But okay.   
      
   It sounds confusing until you put your node in the equation.   
      
   You're the downlink of the node where you get your echomail.   
      
   Janis is your uplink for echomail that you send to her system.   
      
    >> What you are showing above is the basic _administrative_ structure of   
    >> Fidone not the echomail distributive structure in Fidonet.   
      
    NB> Which would also display a "trickle effect" of sorts. Maybe you're   
    NB> looking at it a different way. But either way, it's not a big deal.   
    NB> :)   
      
   No, there's a back and forth flow of mail that goes both directions, so it   
   can't be a trickle affect.   
      
    >> <->Star-----<->Star-------<->Star   
    >>      ^          ^              ^   
    >>      |          |              |   
    >>      v          v              v   
    >>   Downlinks  Downlinks      Downlinks   
      
    NB> So here you're describing a downlink as someone who is receiving echo   
    NB> and file feeds from you, not the other way around. According to your   
    NB> definitions above, this would be wrong, no?   
      
   No. You're the downlink of the Star, but you also send mail to the Star.   
   AKA uplink.   
      
    >> Some Downlinks feed others, that's their choice.   
      
    NB> ...Which would start the "trickle effect" now, wouldn't it? LOL   
      
   No.   
      
      
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