ml> i have sent an areafix for all the rest and will try to post a
 ml> similar datecode message in them once i get confirmation that
 ml> they are turned on...

my feed is from the NAB side of fidonet... the NAB doesn't remove echos
until they've been dead for ages... last time they purged dead areas, they
based them on 3 years of no traffic...

Area ECHOMAC doesn't exist
Area MACHW doesn't exist
Area MACSW doesn't exist
Area MAC_GAMES doesn't exist
Area SYSTEM7 doesn't exist
Area POWERPC doesn't exist

the rest are connected and evidently operational as my system creates the
areas when messages arrive in them... i see by the reports from another NAB
system, that SYSTEM7 and POWERPC appear to be being autocreated on the top
tier systems... i'll be sending another areafix in a bit to check and see
what else has appeared...

there is also the Z1B distribution system... they're purge on dead echos is
a lot tighter than 3 years... echotags must also be listed in the echolist
(aka elist) as well...

fwiw: all distribution systems are interconnected at some point...
officially or otherwise...

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