Subj : sbbsecho To : Joe From : Bill McGarrity Date : Tue May 02 2017 16:30:00 -=> Joe wrote to All on 05-02-17 09:23 <=- mark lewis seems to ahve covered most in his post but I'll add my two cents. Jo> I am setting up Fidonet on SBBS. I hav successfully imported areas.bbs Jo> and all looks good in the BBS. I have Binkdwin setup and it polls my Jo> uplink ok. My problem appears to be packing/unpacking mail. Jo> When I run SBBSECHO -LINF, it complains "unrecognized internal code, Jo> assumed passthrough". IF you are using version 3 of sbbsecho, you no longer need to use the -LINF as everything those options do is not defaulted. To get a list of the options now, in a cmd prompt, type: sbbsecho -? Jo> Here is the format of one echoarea in c:\sbbs\exec\areas.bbs: Your areas.bbs should be in the ../sbbs/data folder. Jo> FIDO_SYNCSYSO SYNC_SYSOPS 1:3828/7 Jo> This appears to have been imported to c:\sbbs\ctrl and now reads: Jo> /sbbs/echomail\FIDO_SYNCSYSO SYNC_SYSOPS 1:3828/7 When you create the different echomail folders in SCFG, they are saved to the folder ../sbbs/data/subs Jo> What am I missing that will get sbbsecho to scan, pack and unpack? So in review, make sure you created the correct echo group using SCFG under Message Areas, Set the internal code (which as mark pointed out seems to be FIDO), inport the *.NA file and then edit each of the sub-boards that were imported... Here are my screens.. Group (notice the internal code. I use 2, you use Fido) +[¦][?]----------------------------------------------------+ ¦ Fidonet Group ¦ ¦----------------------------------------------------------¦ ¦ ¦Long Name Fidonet ¦ ¦ ¦Short Name Fidonet ¦ ¦ ¦Internal Code Prefix 2 ¦ ¦ ¦Access Requirements LEVEL 50 ¦ ¦ ¦Clone Options ¦ ¦ ¦Export Areas... ¦ ¦ ¦Import Areas... ¦ ¦ ¦Message Sub-boards... ¦ Message Sub-boards +[¦][?]-------------------------------------+ ¦ Fidonet Sub-boards ¦ ¦-------------------------------------------¦ ¦ ¦Allfix File Announce ¦ ¦ ¦I'ntl ALLFIX Support ¦ ¦ ¦Whacko Teabagger Politics - Dangerous! ¦ ¦ ¦AMATEUR / HAM Radio ¦ ¦ ¦Automotive ¦ ¦ ¦BASH Discussion Forum ¦ ¦ ¦International Bible Conference ¦ ¦ ¦The ubiquitous BinkD TCP/IP Mailer ¦ ¦ ¦Conspiracy Discussions ¦ ¦ ¦Controversial Topics, Current Events ¦ ¦ ¦Politics and Current Events ¦ ¦ ¦Dads ¦ ¦ ¦DEBATE Conference ¦ ¦ ¦International Dog Lovers ¦ ¦ ¦BBS Doorgames and Discussions ¦ ¦ ¦Advertise FIDONet Echos Here ¦ +-------------------------------------------+ Individual Sub-board: +[¦][?]----------------------------------------------------+ ¦ ALLFIX_FILE Sub-board ¦ ¦----------------------------------------------------------¦ ¦ ¦Long Name Allfix File Announce ¦ ¦ ¦Short Name ALLFIX_FILE ¦ ¦ ¦QWK Name Allfix ¦ ¦ ¦Internal Code 2ALLFIXFI ¦ ¦ ¦Newsgroup Name ¦ ¦ ¦Access Requirements LEVEL 50 ¦ ¦ ¦Reading Requirements ¦ ¦ ¦Posting Requirements ¦ ¦ ¦Operator Requirements ¦ ¦ ¦Moderated Posting User ¦ ¦ ¦Maximum Messages 10000 ¦ ¦ ¦Purge by Age Disabled ¦ ¦ ¦Duplicate Checking Enabled (10000 message CRCs) ¦ ¦ ¦Toggle Options... ¦ ¦ ¦Network Options... ¦ ¦ ¦Advanced Options... ¦ Now notice the Internal code now. Here is saYs 2ALLFIXFI and the short name: ALLLFIX_FILE. An exported areas.bbs would look like this: 2ALLFIXFI ALLFIX_FILE X:XXX:XXX Network Options: +[¦][?]----------------------------------------------------+ ¦ Network Options ¦ ¦----------------------------------------------------------¦ ¦ ¦Append Tag/Origin Line Yes ¦ ¦ ¦Export ASCII Only Yes ¦ ¦ ¦Gate Between Net Types No ¦ ¦ ¦QWK Networked No ¦ ¦ ¦QWK Tagline ¦ ¦ ¦Internet (UUCP/NNTP) No ¦ ¦ ¦PostLink or PCRelay No ¦ ¦ ¦FidoNet EchoMail Yes ¦ ¦ ¦FidoNet Address Your address here ¦ ¦ ¦EchoMail Origin Line ¦ +----------------------------------------------------------+ Make sure in ECHOCFG you tell it where ALL the netmail, incoming and outgoing folders are. That should do it.. Enjoy... -- Bill Telnet: tequilamockingbirdonline.net Web: bbs.tequilamockingbirdonline.net FTP: ftp.tequilamockingbirdonline.net:2121 IRC: irc.tequilamockingbirdonline.net Ports: 6661-6670 SSL: +6697 Radio: radio.tequilamockingbirdonline.net:8010/live .... Look Twice... Save a Life!!! Motorcycles are Everywhere!!! --- MultiMail/Win32 v0.50 * Origin: TequilaMockingbird Online - Toms River, NJ (1:266/404) .