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  • Re: Current Fidonet Struc

    From Kurt Weiske@1:218/700 to Tom Moore on Mon Jan 26 07:46:07 2026
    Tom Moore wrote to Nick Andre <=-

    Echomail is mostly peered/meshed but Netmail mostly follows the
    NC/RC/ZC routing topology.

    Hmm, peered/meshed.
    Are their any bbs's that are able to provide secondary echo feeds that might not be attached to the same hub that I am to provide a second
    path way?
    Also how would this work for outbound traffic? Would I still be limited
    to sending outbound messages though my single hub?

    @nick, I'd be curious to see how much netmail you route? I'd think with
    binkp, most people could crashmail and forget it. It's not like we're
    paying pennies a minute for an LD call anymore?

    I set up an outbound wildcard rule to crashmail 1:ALL years ago.


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  • From Tom Moore@1:135/205 to Kurt Weiske on Mon Jan 26 12:23:15 2026
    Kurt Weiske wrote to Tom Moore <=-

    Tom Moore wrote to Nick Andre <=-

    Echomail is mostly peered/meshed but Netmail mostly follows the
    NC/RC/ZC routing topology.

    Hmm, peered/meshed.
    Are their any bbs's that are able to provide secondary echo feeds that might not be attached to the same hub that I am to provide a second
    path way?
    Also how would this work for outbound traffic? Would I still be limited
    to sending outbound messages though my single hub?

    @nick, I'd be curious to see how much netmail you route? I'd think
    with
    binkp, most people could crashmail and forget it. It's not like we're
    paying pennies a minute for an LD call anymore?

    My issue is with making sure I receive messages from the public echos.
    Also there are some echos that a bbs has that I wish to peer with that
    my main hub does not have.
    I am trying to figure out the proper way to setup this peering.
    Should I have them set me up as a point node to them or can I login to
    them with my regular node number.

    Thanks,
    Tom

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  • From Nick Andre@1:229/426 to Kurt Weiske on Mon Jan 26 12:37:38 2026
    On 26 Jan 26 07:46:07, Kurt Weiske said the following to Tom Moore:

    @nick, I'd be curious to see how much netmail you route? I'd think with

    On average between 25 to 100 Netmails a month both in-zone and out of zone. There are some InterBBS game attaches and some "Nulls" that get counted.

    I publish real-time stats from D'B on my website for the morbidly curious...

    binkp, most people could crashmail and forget it. It's not like we're
    paying pennies a minute for an LD call anymore?

    My observation is that most people are just happy to accomplish having things working with one uplink, usually meaning Route *.* to that person. Someone applying for a node number and getting mail working is "good enough" for them.

    A lot of mailer software is documented this way, ie. fill-in-the-blanks with the details of your Hub. Setting things up to Crash goes above the bother or understanding of many people.

    Nick

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  • From Nick Andre@1:229/426 to Tom Moore on Mon Jan 26 12:43:51 2026
    On 26 Jan 26 12:23:15, Tom Moore said the following to Kurt Weiske:

    My issue is with making sure I receive messages from the public echos.
    Also there are some echos that a bbs has that I wish to peer with that
    my main hub does not have.
    I am trying to figure out the proper way to setup this peering.

    Its very simple... Just configure each peer as a linked system.

    Do not strip Seen-by's and do not use a Point address.

    If you receive an Echo that is not meant for distribution elsewhere, it is on you to make sure it does not end up forwarded to other systems in your setup.

    Nick

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