Subj : echos - a morbid curiosity
To   : Charles Pierson
From : August Abolins
Date : Wed Dec 16 2020 03:32:28

On 12/15/2020 6:23 AM, between "Charles Pierson - August Abolins":

> There are many, many echos that aren't listed. That doesn't mean they aren'tt
> connected though.

Of course. That is part of the problem - they are not easily "known" to exist.


> Echos are limited by whatever the Sysop carries. I've read discussions about
> it where some sysops have said they only carry those areas which interest
> them. That's fair, it's their system after all. So it becomes a crap shoot
> whether or not a particular Echo is on a particular system.

Crap shoot it certainly is.  :(  But that situation does not help to bolster users.

It's no good for example to have 3 different BBSes to boast that they carry Fidonet, when all 3 of them carry different combinations and/or only a handful of echos and never plan to change.


>  AA> It would be nice if there was a more consolidated (and real-time) way to
>  AA> announce active/live echos.
>
> You aren't going to get real-time with FTN Technology. The best you'lll get
> is those systems that have bots or whatever that post stats from their
> systems.

If "bot" is the closest to real-time, that would be great!

Perhaps a dedicated echo that serves to allow different BBSes to advertise their echo lists could work?


> But I'm sure there are many "abandoned" echos such as this one that are stilk
> on various systems. you have to muddle through and find them, and see which
> ones still are linked to multiple systems, and if you want, you can get them
> relisted as "official" echos on the ELIST.

Who is the "official" moderator of this one?

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