>>>> There is no Zone Coordinated list here.  It is coordinated by Ben
>>>> Ritchey, a volunteer just like the fellow who publishes the Zone 2
>>>> list in xofchubslst file echo.

>>> I do not have that file echo on my system. I have no use for it.

>> That doesn't signify.  The point is there is a list in Zone 2.

>Why doesn't the Z1 list feed from that list - after all, we're being told that
> the Z1 list contains all echoes Fidonet-wide.

The list maintained by Ben Ritchey (it's not the "Zone 1 list") is supported
and fed by the participating moderators, i.e., those who have submitted
echolist entries to it indicating they want to be listed  in his list.

This is the way list maintained by Ben was started from the beginning of it.

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