Subj : HPT, Areafix and Points
To   : Joachim Probst
From : Alan Ianson
Date : Sat Feb 15 2020 10:29:10

Hello Joachim,

 JP> But trying to use Areafix from the point to subscribe to areas
 JP> ('local' network areas or official fidonet areas) will not work. The
 JP> netmails to my nodes areafix arrive correctly at my node ... and stay
 JP> there in the NETMAIL area. Unprocessed.

If you add "AreafixFromPkt yes" to your main config messages to areafix will be
 processed when you toss new mail. Without that you'll need to run "hpt afix"
in your inbound processing somewhere.

 JP> Trying to work with 'hpt afix' manually triggered (maybe only a hook
 JP> in the config is missing) and having an areafix mail with only 'LIST'
 JP> in it produces a netmail to the areafix of my uplink with trying to
 JP> subscribe to an area named 'list' which my uplink doesnt know and
 JP> rejects thankfully.

 JP> Any idea where I could take a closer look for more information about
 JP> the proper configuration of that? All I found here or in the internet
 JP> about hpt and areafix did not really help so far.

There are example areafix and filefix help message text files in hpt/misc and
htick/misc that you can use with the "helpFile" keyword in the "Robot Areafix"
or "Robot Filefix" section of your config that explains how to use
areafix/filefix.

 Ttyl :-),
         Al

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