Hello mark!

26 Jan 16 11:42, you wrote to me:

 KE>> There is no "they" as that would suggest that there is an organised
 KE>> structure.

 ml> apparently there is a "they" and there is structure to the fidoweb...
 ml> whether you or others want to see, understand or believe that...

 Are we debugging semantics again?

 ml>>> that simple thing might get more folks connecting if there was such
 ml>>> a
 ml>>> list... /especially/ of areas like this that no one else knows
 ml>>> about... is

 KE>> You could do an AreMgr list request at one of the traditional zone
 KE>> gates.

 ml> which systems would those be? the ""traditional"" zone gates no longer
 ml> exist in the nodelist and are no longer easily identified...

 KE>> You can then still decide to maintain the traditional structure and as
 KE>> your structural uplink to add the echo to his/her service.

 ml>>> this one of those things listed in the secret book of BWM???

 KE>> Sure, in principle it boils down to the following.

 KE>> If I carry an Echo, you can get it from my system. If it is not there,
 KE>> poor luck, go and look for sombody who does.

 ml> why not just look in a maintained list of areas and which systems they are
 ml> available from??? hello??

 Do whatever suits you and your way of thinking, I will stick to mine.

Kees

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