On Thu, 04 Dec 2014, Holger Granholm wrote to Mark Lewis:   
      
    HG> I agree, of all the previous OS/2 areas we have only the OS2 echo   
    HG> left   
      
   ml> uh... no... all of the OS/2 areas are still available... only two   
   ml> were removed from distribution and that was before i got them... i   
   ml> have all of the OS/2 areas in my stable and their echolistings are   
   ml> updated monthly as well as each having rules posted in them monthly   
   ml> ;)   
      
    HG> Note: I wrote "we have". The others have been removed because of   
    HG> too low or no activity from the distribution.   
      
   that's a local(???) distribution problem... empty areas don't take any space   
   so should not be a burden in any sense of the word...   
      
    HG> I can see from my listing of echoes that some where removed 2003   
    HG> others 2005. In my own BBS I do still have the echoes open but   
    HG> there has been no activity in any of them except OS2 and TEAMOS2.   
      
   if your distribution system isn't pulling and distributing them, you won't see   
   any traffic in them... you might want to send your link an areafix listing all   
   the areas you think you should be pulling from them and ensure that you really   
   are linked to those areas... if the system comes back and tell you that some   
   areas do not exist, then it is time to look further...   
      
    HG> Seasons Greetings,   
      
   the same to you and your's :)   
      
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