Hello mark!   
      
   Tuesday August 22 2017 10:33, you wrote to me:   
      
      
    >  On 2017 Aug 22 13:34:00, you wrote to All:   
      
    VC>>      Uplink mgrs    Program  Password        BBBS   
    VC>>      ------------   -------- --------------- ----   
      
      
    > i think you missed something ;)   
      
   yep, didn't see that one :(   
      
    VC>> introduction of using the Areas File and yes I have one I built   
    VC>> myself for FIDONET and the standard one BACKBONE.NA for FIDONET   
    VC>> but the problem here is that backbone.na is not being maintained   
    VC>> hence my usage of my own   
      
    > BACKBONE.NA is definitely being maintained... rossC was doing it   
    > before he left fidonet and benR is doing it now... the last   
    > BACKBONE.NA was sent out 18 Mar 2017 not long after the switchover   
    > from rossC to benR... that's also about the same time that i was   
    > assigned as r18c and also brought on as the third backbone star...   
      
   That the date I have but there are diffs against my other list also    
   backbone.na   
   used to come out on a regular basis not 5+ months etc however that does not   
   resolve the issue I have with a down link not being able to connect to a   
   specific echo area.   
      
      
      
   Vince   
      
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