>> It's probably a good idea to netmail the backbone hubs also to let them
>> know you have created the echo and you'd like them to add the area so the
>> rest of us can get connected.

> Thank you for that suggestion.  It would serve as a heads-up to those sysops
> that might not otherwise be watching the z1_backbone messages from Ben.
> UNLESS, if a sysop sees the PLEASE ADD message, they add the echo *only if*
> they want it?

Yep, it would be good to give those folks a heads up just in case they
didn't notice. Once those nodes are connected it'll trickle down to other
hubs and nodes.

> Even if a sysop does NOT add it, it would still be added to the AREALIST for
> bbs users to see, and request it, wouldn't it?  I'm guessing you've been a
> sysop much longer than I ever have, so you would know.

On my own BBS the only list for users to see or download is the backbone.na
file. There are echoes listed in there that I'm not connected to because of
lack of traffic. It's just hard to find conversation in a BBS full of dead
areas so I don't put them online. If I was asked to connect an area I would
in any case.

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