Subj : Status check
To   : Paul Quinn
From : Nicholas Boel
Date : Mon Aug 07 2017 17:16:46

Hello Paul,

On Sat Aug 05 2017 08:13:22, Paul Quinn wrote to Nicholas Boel:

 PQ> The best assist is importing an Areas.Bbs config.  Just set up your
 PQ> mail options and up/down/sideways-links, and, then start the echo
 PQ> areas import business.  Fidoonfig/hpt can do an export, can't it?

I would think so. There's probably some perl or python script out there to whip 
up an areas.bbs. Heck, I may even have it already (just looked, I do).

I just hope that it can export and import all the links without having to do so 
manually. I probably have somewhere around 100, if not more. Doing that 
manually is the main reason I haven't switched tossers yet. ;)

 PQ> You should find as I did that the Linux file system paths are imported
 PQ> *intact* into the (Win/32) area manager!  168-odd areas!  That was a
 PQ> bonus.  Since I manage some access security through group management,
 PQ> I just had to edit about 20 echoes to conform with agreements with
 PQ> three other linked systems.

That's definitely a plus. Manually having to change each and every one would be 
a PITA.

 PQ> I'm all set for testing.  Due to my shortcomings I have to rely on
 PQ> others' skills with compiling from source, until it is as easy as with
 PQ> binkD.  Grovel, grovel...  :)

You're just using Linux, right? Wilfred can probably just give you his binaries 
for fmail and ftools and off you go. I had to compile for ARM (Raspberry Pi), 
which is really the only reason I had to do it myself, since nobody had done it 
yet.

Regards,
Nick

.... "Не знаю. Я здесь только работаю."
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