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  • Synchronet exporting to AREAS.BBS

    From Black Panther@1:103/705 to All on Thu Nov 17 16:04:34 2016
    Hi there.

    When I use the export function from within Synchronet to append the information into the AREAS.BBS file, it is using the incorrect field. Instead of pulling the NEWSGROUP NAME from the message area, it seems to be pulling the SHORT NAME field.

    This is giving me an incorrect format of:
    INTERNAL CODE SHORT NAME UPLINK
    instead of the proper:
    INTERNAL CODE NEWSGROUP NAME UPLINK

    It isn't a major problem once it is known, but I just wanted to make sure it was known.

    Dan Richter
    aka Black Panther
    Sysop
    Castle Rock BBS
    Rio Rancho, NM

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  • From Digital Man@1:103/705 to Black Panther on Thu Nov 17 23:05:58 2016
    Re: Synchronet exporting to AREAS.BBS
    By: Black Panther to All on Thu Nov 17 2016 04:04 pm

    Hi there.

    When I use the export function from within Synchronet to append the information into the AREAS.BBS file, it is using the incorrect field. Instead of pulling the NEWSGROUP NAME from the message area, it seems to be pulling the SHORT NAME field.

    That is correct. There is no "AreaTag" field in the SCFG configuration, so we use the short-name field when exporting to AREAS.BBS.

    This is giving me an incorrect format of:
    INTERNAL CODE SHORT NAME UPLINK
    instead of the proper:
    INTERNAL CODE NEWSGROUP NAME UPLINK

    That is the correct format. Newsgroups are for NNTP/USENET usage, not FidoNet.

    It isn't a major problem once it is known, but I just wanted to make sure it was known.

    It's not a problem.

    digital man

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