Hi Vince,  
    
  Will this file be named BACKBONE.NO and distributed in the monthly Elist?  
    
  Thanks, it will be a big help to a lot of Sysops.  
    
  Terry  
    
    
  On May 17, 2026 06:27pm, elistmaint wrote to All:  
    
   e> Hello everybody!  
    
   e> I have done a wee bit of spring cleaning on the backbone areas including  
   e> my system removing all dead echo areas (that are not in the ELIST  
   e> moderator list).  
    
   e> This involves some 90 - 100 ish areas.  
    
   e> How do I know - my msg base is JAM so any echo with a header file (.jhr)  
   e> of 1k is empty of messages and I have the full backbone held (including  
   e> the dead one's).  
    
   e> I also noticed that there are a lot of moderated areas that are also  
   e> dormant i.e, zero traffic so can all mods please check your own system  
   e> for these and delete any that you also have zero traffic having  
   e> confirmed with your uplink that you are connected to them (with your  
   e> uplinks).  
    
   e> If you need to, you can also confirm with me to verify that the areas  
   e> are dead here and yes I do retain posts for 2 years or more other than  
   e> for time limited areas such as adverts other than for echos which are  
   e> only held here for 90 days (well I will change my system to that as  
   e> currently the default is 2 years or more. I am not doing this because of  
   e> shortage of disc space - I have plenty - just a tidy up of the system as  
   e> messages are consuming 507 MB.  
    
    
   e> Vincent  
    
    
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