Subj : Echo Rules
To   : Lee Lofaso
From : Vincent Coen
Date : Thu Sep 12 2024 11:58 pm


   Hello Lee!

12 Sep 24 20:45, you wrote to Reverend Shaft:

 > Hello RS,

 VC>>> Look at file area ECHOLIST and the monthly (and sometimes daily
 VC>>> if an new echo added) for the files :

 VC>>> ELSTyymm.ZIP  for the monthly issued around 1/2 of the month,
 VC>>> where
 RS>> yy =
 VC>>> year, mm = month.

 VC>>> I send these out to around 30 different systems.

 RS>> Brilliant. Thanks, Vincent. Very much appreciated.

 > There is no official elist or echolist in Fidonet.

There has been since the 90's using BACKBONE.NA.

The fact that you never used it is just down to you.

I took over the Elist system fron Ben Rickley after he died but he maintained
that with his bbs that used mystic and while the basic source was available 
the
needed various scripts / command files where not.

In which event and as I used mbse I have written my own copy of Elist to do 
the
same and in addition many other functions including supporting the Elist
system as well as the BACKBONE elements.
That is issued monthly with an infrequent version daily if a major change is
done during the month that affects rules or the description or a new echo
added.

For all of these functions it is run fully automatically with the required
files sent out as an archive in both cases.

This is useful for echo hosts and hubs so that can rule you out as a need.

 RS>> (I didn't think such a simple question would generate such a
 RS>> stir. Yikes!)

 > Meaningless files and other junk (spam) are abundant on the internet.

 > For Life,
 > Lee

 > --
 > Fox News Slogan - Rich people paying rich people
 > to tell middle class people to blame poor people.



Vincent


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