On 2017 Aug 23 11:18:58, you wrote to me:

 >> 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...

 VC> That the date I have but there are diffs against my other list also
 VC> backbone.na used to come out on a regular basis not 5+ months etc

yeah, that was back when things were being run a lot tighter... with the
network getting smaller and smaller, the backbone decided to loosen some of the
requirements for carrying an echo... with that, the backbone.na is/was only
updated when echos were removed or added... most of the time, removal was after
several years of no traffic... it was a manual process, anyway...

 VC> however that does not resolve the issue I have with a down link not
 VC> being able to connect to a specific echo area.

this is true... i only wanted to point out that backbone.na is maintained...
just not as often as it used to be...

)\/(ark

Always Mount a Scratch Monkey
Do you manage your own servers? If you are not running an IDS/IPS yer doin' it
wrong...
... My compact discs are not miniature Frisbees.
---