Subj : PLEASE ADD status
To   : August Abolins
From : Alan Ianson
Date : Thu Apr 08 2021 02:51 pm

 Re: PLEASE ADD status
 By: August Abolins to Sean Dennis on Thu Apr 08 2021 05:12 pm

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

AA> Ah... so there *IS* a connection and not a complete distinction
AA> per se.

It is distinct. They are not the same thing. The backbone lists echo areas that are listed in the echolist but it is a different thing. The echolist may list many echoes that are not on the backbone for different reasons.

If a moderator wants an echo on the backbone they are free to do that but they might choose not too, it's a choice they make.

While the backbone is called "The North American BackBone", it is not limited in any way to North America. The backbone started as a way to mesh echoes and connect to regions and nets years ago, and it still does that today.

I am not a backbone hub, but that is my view and understanding of the backbone.

Ttyl :-),
        Al

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