Subj : Re: echos - a morbid curiosity
To   : August Abolins
From : Wilfred van Velzen
Date : Tue Dec 15 2020 17:09:24

Hi August,

On 2020-12-15 14:52:32, you wrote to me:

 >> I'm going to connect it on my other links that have it available.
 >> Maybe that will release some isolated "sub nets" of the area. ;-)

 AA> But it is not getting attention. It's not in Janice's echolist table in the
 AA> Fidogazette.

I never look at it. ;)

If I want to look for (active) areas, I look in the 'STATS' echomail area. All those dead areas, are best left that way! ;)

 AA> This is probably one of the reasons why new people are not finding
 AA> Fidonet echos.

The best way, still, to find areas for points and nodes, is to send a %LIST to their links. So you get the existing ones on their systems. (Not necessarily the active ones)
BBS users of course can only access what is available on the system they are logged in to at the moment...

 AA> It would be nice if there was a more consolidated (and real-time) way
 AA> to announce active/live echos.

The 'STATS' area? But not many systems announce activity their. But still since a few major mail movers do, you can get a good impression.

Bye, Wilfred.

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