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Hello Wilfred!

Thursday February 09 2023 19:14, you wrote to me:

 > Hi Vincent,

 > On 2023-02-09 17:28:07, you wrote to me:

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

 VC>>>> This ensures that for those Sysop's that wish to keep up to
 VC>>>> date for the file BACKBONE.NA can do so as this file is useful
 VC>>>> to auto update their Echo areas when any downlinks request any
 VC>>>> and this allows their system to automatically deal with the
 VC>>>> request 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.


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

 VC>> plus any other network files of similar types.

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

 VC>> All this is reported within the help files supplied.

 > I know. But your argument was they were usefull for automatic
 > processing. Only the *.NA files are. So you don't have to hatch the
 > complete archive every time a minuscule change takes place. A monthly
 > frequency is fine for the .RPT files...

 > Or if you don't agree, perhaps create separate file areas for the
 > monthly and daily files, so people can choose.

You can, just extract the files you are interested in and ignore the rest
although if you run a bbs you might want the rules content and when usage of
the descriptions start appearing tat as well.

Come on all the archive is very small any way.

Must admit there has been a few more changes for ihis month so far i.e.,
3,4,5,6,7 and 8.

This is rare though.

Think my system can handle the bandwidth though even at a 20 Mb upload speed.

The are very small files compared to some of the stuff I shift.

Vincent

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