-=> On 03-22-05  23:26,  Kurt Weiske <=-
 -=> spoke to All about Echolist cleanup? <=-

 KW> I'm a new/old Fido sysop (ran 1:161/418 from 1991-2001, just got a new

   Welcome back.

 KW> I've been adding echoes to my BBS and finding lots of 'ghost towns'

   Sad but true.

 KW> out there that used to be lively echoes. I did a little poking around,
 KW> and if the statistics on wwb_tech are correct, 190 echoes didn't have
 KW> any traffic in a month. Looking through the echomail archives on
 KW> fidonet.sensationcontent.com shows some echoes that haven't had traffic
 KW> for years! 

   That is a good place to look.   Another place to look is in the
   STATISTICS echo (echotag STATS).   People publish statistics of
   echomail traffic there.   Good time to look is just after the first
   of the month when you can see listings of monthly stats from some
   BBSes (including some not in zone 1 that are especially valuable).

                        dale (at) min (dot) net
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