Subj : Re: PLEASE ADD status
To   : Sean Dennis
From : mark lewis
Date : Thu Apr 08 2021 10:21 pm

  Re: Re: PLEASE ADD status
  By: Sean Dennis to mark lewis on Wed Apr 07 2021 22:39:02


 ml>> there's a difference between the backbone and the echolist
 ml>> and how they work... AFAIK, they are still separate and
 ml>> distinct entities, too...

 SD> From what I understand, an echo cannot be put on the NAB unless
 SD> it is elisted.  Now this was from when I first got into Fidonet
 SD> in the mid 90s and AFAIK it's never changed.

that's correct... in fact, at one time, all of the backbones required an echo to be listed in the echolist before deciding if the echo would be carried on the backbone in question... there were three main ones, that i
recall... they are/were the NAB, Z1B, and WWB... matt bedynek's system interfaced with all three of them to facilitate comms between them... not only routed netmail but the echos that were carried on them... his system really
put in some work in those days :)


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