-=> mark lewis wrote to Richard Menedetter <=-

 ml> normally, the way fidonet echo linking evolved and was designed to
 ml> work, you would simply send an areafix request to your feed for an
 ml> area... if they don't have the area, they forward the request up to
 ml> their feed and so on until the echo is either found and linked at the
 ml> top distribution loop or it is not found and a "not
found" message is
 ml> sent back down the line... if the area is found and linked, it is
 ml> passed back down the line and each system adds it into their feed list
 ml> and passes it down to the system that sent the request for it and so on
 ml> until it reaches your system... those intermediate systems may carry
 ml> the echo to you as a passthru area or they may select to add it to
 ml> their local message areas...

Yep, and it used to work well years ago.  I remember carrying passthru areas
for my downlinks.  There wasn't a lot I wouldn't actually host on the BBS, but
downlinks had a way of finding something obscure. :)  Areafix has served me
well, that's for sure


 ml> that's the way it is supposed to work but many don't understand these
 ml> things and ignorantly break the system because they don't know...
 ml> others break the system on purpose because they can... either way, it
 ml> either works or it is broken because of someone specifically breaking
 ml> it...

Ignorance can be cured through education, provided that the person is willing
to listen.  A friendly netmail or even phone call to explain things.  The more
malicious ones, just hope they're not hosting significant feeds! :)


... So easy, a child could do it. Child sold separately.
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