Steve Haisha wrote in a message to Joe Schweier:
 JS> I will moderate the echo if no one else will....let me know if this is
 JS> what you want
 SH>         I read in BACKBOONE.NO ...  ZYXEL (not in EchoList since 
 SH> 4/1/97) What happened ????
The moderator (or someone holding the echolist password) has to send a 
message to the echolist co-ordinator every so often to let them know the echo 
is still alive.  Otherwise, the echolist robots will start to send messages 
to remind folks that the echo listing is about to expire.  I'll quote part of 
the Zone 1 ELFAQ file below which is relevant (in my opinion) to this.
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   11. Expired Echo Tags
   =====================
   I noticed that an echo I am interested in has been deleted from the
   Elist.  Can I take over the tag and send in an update myself?
   Answer:  It depends on how long ago the echo listing expired.
            When an Elist entry expires after 6 months without being
            updated, the listing for it is removed from the Elist
            distribution file.  The echo's record is automatically
            purged from the database 30 days later, so prior to that
            time only the holder of the password may relist the echo.
            After that time, the echo tag can be listed by anyone who
            wishes to do so, and there is no recourse for the previous
            user of the tag, nor will any correspondence be entered into
            on the subject.
            NOTE:
            Warning, expiry and purging are performed when the Elist is
            published on the first of each month, so for calculation
            purposes the software assumes that an echo was updated on
            the first of the month following the actual update.
   12. Echo Highjacking
   ====================
   My echo was dropped from the Elist several months ago because I had
   not updated the listing and now someone else has Elisted it and
   claims to be the Moderator.  Can you give me back my echo?
   Answer:  The Elist does not confer Moderatorship on anyone.  It only
            records information submitted by a Moderator, and to protect
            that information from alteration by others, a password
            feature is available and its use encouraged.  If a Moderator
            chooses not to use the password feature, others may get
            access to the listing.
            Data for expired echo listings is not purged from the
            database until 30 days after the listing has been removed
            from the monthly distribution file.  After that the tag may
            be listed by anyone wishing to do so.  Such a listing is not
            considered a highjacking, and the Echolist Coordinator will
            not answer correspondence in these cases.
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Regards,
       David
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