Subj : Tiers
To   : Frank Vest
From : Bob Seaborn
Date : Sat Jul 14 2001 01:09 am

 >> official feed.  Title and politics involved in this thought, I admit.
 >
 >BS>       BACKBONE.NA lists whatever echos that moderators have requested
 >BS> be transported, without the need for begging support from others.  As
 >BS> far as I am aware it's a relatively accurate listing of what's
 >BS> available.  There's few, if any, echos listed in any other lists that
 >BS> aren't also listed in BACKBONE.NA.
 >
 > But there could be some? :-)

      There's one that the NAB ceased to carry, because the moderator kept
asking the NAB to act as an echo topic-cop, yet his 'moderator' activities 
seemed to solely consist of attacks.  There may be one or two where the 
moderator failed to request the NAB to transport it, but that's all.  I know 
Foxy has a utility that compares BACKBONE.* files and reports differences, but 
I haven't seen a report in a while.

 >
 >BS> And I'm NOT willing to go into a discussion of what compromises
 >BS> what some claim are 'dead' echos.
 >
 > Ok.
 >
 >
 > Thanks,

      No problem.





                       .....Bob

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