>> Good stuff. Once the area is elisted you'll have to send a message in the
>> Z1_BACKBONE area and request the area be listed in the backbone.na file
>> to get the area listed there.


> This is maybe another one of those things that needs a review, and better
>automation? Ultimately, echo existance relies on *acceptance* by a human.  The
>backbone.na stuff looks restricted to North America only(?).  How do echoes ge
>"created" outside North America?  Is it just by a friendly
email to a ZEC, REC
> or NEC, and then only if one feels like it?

Correct. :) I did have a number of echoes listed at one time and the
process was not easy to complete.

Actually it is easy.. once you know what you need to do.

I saw your posts in those echoes (ELIST and Z1_BACKBONE), looks like you
have just about completed the process.. :)

> I also noticed that the only entries in the NL that actually use the ZEC REC
>NEC flags is the Z2 segment!   No one in Z1 is using those.  Hence, it is hard
> for the average sysop to know where to find a (full) feed.

There are not many (if any) *EC in the net these days. There isn't really a
need for them since nodes can connect directly to nodes anywhere in the
world.

I would install an NEC in net153 anyway, just to have the eyes and ears on
things. I'll do that if I can find a willing candidate.

>> I don't recall who started the area originally. There are a lot of
>> echolist archives at filegate.net that go back a long way. I'm not sure
>> if the area was ever echolisted though so the info may or may not be in
>> there.

>filegate.net does not seem to have an archive for echoes (anymore?) Would they
> be hiding somewhere else?

I just had a look at filegate.net/echolist and there are many echolists in
there. It'd take a good day or two of digging and I'm not sure if there is
anything in there to dig for.





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