Hello Marc!

Thursday May 14 2020 15:46, you wrote to me:

Hello Vincent.

<On 14May2020 20:51 Vincent Coen (2:250/1) wrote a message to Ben
Ritchey regarding Z1_SYSOP EL209 ==> Echo has been Flagged for
Deletion. >

EL209 ==> Echo has been Flagged for Deletion.

Vincent, Ben died quite a while ago. Just FYI.

I am aware - All the echo's in Ben's name no doubt was taken over by him after he took over the elistmaint role to keep them alive but according to my systems
stats they are dead assuming their is no break uplink wise from Janis.

So I will not bother doing the same.


Vincent

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Re: Z1_SYSOP EL209 ==> Echo has been Flagged for Deletion.
By: Vincent Coen to Marc Lewis on Sat May 16 2020 13:59:33


marCl>> Vincent, Ben died quite a while ago. Just FYI.

I am aware - All the echo's in Ben's name no doubt was taken over
by him after he took over the elistmaint role to keep them alive

not to keep them alive but to keep them listed... remember, the echolist traditionally/historically doesn't list *live* echos... it simply lists echos...

the backbone will carry listed echos when the moderator requests such cartage... non-echolisted areas are not carried on the backbone but they may be carried by backbone systems... the key is if they are listed in the backbone.na/.no files... the backbone uses the independent echolist for various reasons... determining who the moderator of an area is is one of those reasons...

but according to my systems stats they are dead assuming their is
no break uplink wise from Janis.

they may be actually dead areas... if that's the case, they will be removed from the backbone at some point based on lack of traffic...

if their listing goes away, that will also trigger removal from the backbone at some point based on lack of listing...

this is not automated and is done at random times... why? to thwart those that would game the system and try to take over an area moderated by someone else... this has generally been seen when the two get into some sort of dispute about something...

So I will not bother doing the same.

personally speaking, i don't have a problem with that ;)


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On May 16, 2020 10:35am, Mark Lewis wrote to Vincent Coen:

they may be actually dead areas... if that's the case, they will be removed from the backbone at some point based on lack of traffic...

if their listing goes away, that will also trigger removal from the backbone at some point based on lack of listing...

this is not automated and is done at random times... why? to thwart
those that would game the system and try to take over an area moderated
by someone else... this has generally been seen when the two get into
some sort of dispute about something...

Hi Mark,

As a matter of interest who is responsible to manually update the backbone?

Terry

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Re: RE: Z1_SYSOP EL209 ==> Echo has been Flagged for Deletion.
By: Terry Roati to Mark Lewis on Sun May 17 2020 09:37:24

this is not automated and is done at random times... why? to thwart
those that would game the system and try to take over an area
moderated by someone else... this has generally been seen when the
two get into some sort of dispute about something...

As a matter of interest who is responsible to manually update the backbone?

rossC used to do it until he left fidonet... then ben took over the job along with managing the echolist... currently there is no one handling the task but i suspect that i will be doing it... soon-ish...


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On May 17, 2020 09:32am, Mark Lewis wrote to Terry Roati:

rossC used to do it until he left fidonet... then ben took over the job along with managing the echolist... currently there is no one handling
the task but i suspect that i will be doing it... soon-ish...

Hi Mark,

That would be good if that does happen in the near future as it is long overdue.

Thanks.


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