Hi Allen,

>> The elist is a Z1 thing. It is not recognised as autoritative in the
>> rest of Fidonet.

> Michiel,
> Then please as somoene who has only -known- the elist thing educate us on the
>proper way to create and manage a new echo?  I am working on starting echos on
> Marvel and DC Comics, and some other scifi echos.

> I've e-listed them, but want to make sure my echos are legit across all the
>zones.  While I agree that the E-list may be good for Z1 for now for my echos.
>I want to be a part of the international community and get my echos out to the
> widest audience that wants them.

The echolist is used by all Zones in Fidonet Allen, not just Zone 1.  If you
elist an echo, it will indeed go all over Fidonet just by the nature of the
various backbones that carry echomail.

If you'll notice, echos are created by a number of moderators from all Zones.
It's always been this way.

Zone 2 decided a long time ago to not use the echolist when their echolist
keeper 'left' IIRC.  Regardless, what they do now is query 'uplinks' to see
what echos their uplink carries.  Not a very helpful method for say a moderator
who is trying to get his new echo going with as many new systems as possible,
as you can imagine.  They think this works, good for them, I say.

>  I think some just don't want to admit
> that we no longer live within the confines of one Zone in our echos.

We don't, and we never have...

Take care,
Janis

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