Subj : Newly hatched files
To   : Wilfred van Velzen
From : Vincent Coen
Date : Thu Feb 09 2023 05:28 pm

* Originally in ECHOLIST
* Crossposted in ELIST
Hello Wilfred!

Thursday February 09 2023 15:13, you wrote to me:

 > Hi Vincent,

 > On 2023-02-09 13:22:23, you wrote to Alan Ianson:

 >>> Are you hatching a new echo list every day?

 VC>> This ensures that for those Sysop's that wish to keep up to date
 VC>> for the file BACKBONE.NA can do so as this file is useful to auto
 VC>> update their Echo areas when any downlinks request any and this
 VC>> allows their system to automatically deal with the request
 VC>> without any Sysop intervention.

 > You know there is (or used to be) a file area just for this purpose:
 > BACKBONE (However the last BACKBONE.NA I received in there was in
 > 2019)

 > If you used that one for the daily updates, you can keep the ECHOLIST
 > area "clean" with just monthly updates. And people have a choice what
 > they want to receive and use.


The created archive contains amonst other files up to date copies of :
BACKBONE.NA    -  Full list of ALL echo's available via the Fidonet network
BACKBONE.RPT   -  Full lists of the same with all details as a report
ELIST.NA       -   Ditto but only for moderated echo's.
ELIST.RPT      -   Ditto

plus any other network files of similar types.

The previously last BACKBONE.NA was used as a reference to help build the
system in 2019.

All this is reported within the help files supplied.


Vincent

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