Re: New Echoes
  By: mark lewis to Bill McGarrity on Sun Apr 05 2015 22:01:49

 KM>> Strictly out of curiousity at this point: What is the process of
 KM>> starting a new echo if one were so inclined?
 BM>> Here's a link...
 BM>> http://www.tlchost.net/echolist/modhelp.html

 ML> maybe not the best link and certainly out of date but it works...
 ML> really, to start an echo, you create a message area and get others linked
 ML> to it... at some point one may decide to have it distributed by the
 ML> backbone so that other systems can also carry it without the additional
 ML> burden on the originating/hosting system... part of creating the area is
 ML> to come up with an ECHOTAG that's not already in use... it can be anything
 ML> but is generally a short 8 character string that is close to the echo's
 ML> ""long name""...
 ML> for cartage on a backbone distribution system, one may be required to have
 ML> the echotag registered in a/the echolist... some distribution systems may
 ML> have other requirements... if one doesn't want to go this route, they can
 ML> always distribute their echo privately and manage links on their system
 ML> directly...
 ML> )\/(ark

Thanks, Mark. That's quite helpful.

Kostie Muirhead
aka Underminer 
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