Subj : Re: Movies
To   : Jay Harris
From : Erich B.
Date : Tue Aug 31 2021 15:31:34


> On 31 Aug 2021, Erich B. said the following...

> Yup yup, you can find all of the documentation in the elisthlp.txt file in
> this archive:

> http://www.filegate.net/pub/echolist/ELST2108.ZIP

> Basically what you'll want to do is create a file called TABLET.ECO (or
> whatever you want your echo to be named) and then send that FILE to 2:250/1.

> The contents of the file (to create the new echo) should look like:

> [--- BEGIN TABLET.ECO ---]
> SUBJ MOD-ADD
> TAG TABLET
> GROUP FIDO
> FROM Erich B, 1:103/705
> PASS SuperSecretPassword
> LANG ENGLISH
> TITL Discussions about Tablet & Apps
> MOD Erich B, 1:103/705
> DESC Discussions about Tablet & Apps
> GATE Permitted
> DIST All Official Fidonet Backbones
> [--- END TABLET.ECO ---]

> To send the file to Vincent's system varies by BBS software, in my case with
> Mystic I added his system as a node with a filebox and dropped the .ECO file
> in there.  Once Mystic saw the file, it sent it off to his system and about
> an hour later I saw the message in the ELIST echo that it was added.

> Every 6 months you'll need to "renew" your echo, so keep an eye out on the
> ELIST echo for an expiry notice.  You can just send a minimal .ECO update to
> renew your echo like so:

> [--- BEGIN TABLET.ECO ---]
> SUBJ MOD-UPD
> TAG TABLET
> GROUP FIDO
> FROM Erich B, 1:103/705
> PASS SuperSecretPassword
> [--- END TABLET.ECO ---]

> You can also create a TABLET.RUL file as well if you wanted to post the rules
> of the echo as well.

> Jay

> ... Milhouse, we live in the age of cooties!  - Bart Simpson

> --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2021/08/29 (Raspberry Pi/32)
>  * Origin: Northern Realms (1:229/664)


Sounds pretty complicated to me. I’ll probably mess it up most likely.

$ The Millionaire $
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 * Origin: Vertrauen - [vert/cvs/bbs].synchro.net (1:103/705)

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