Subj : [SemPoint] Message areas not showing
To   : August Abolins
From : Martin Foster
Date : Sun May 26 2019 13:44:00

Hello August!

## 25.05.19 at 19:14, August Abolins wrote to Martin Foster:

 MF>> I have one single JAM area at the moment which contains lots of mail, so
 MF>> I created an AREAS.BBS file for that one area and placed it in
 MF>> SemPoint's directory and then went through the configuration steps. End
 MF>> result of that was that SemPoint segfaulted!

 AA> I really wish I could help.  I had a very nice Jam-based Sempoint
 AA> operation many years ago.

 AA> Is that AREAS.BBS file in plain text, example:

 AA> SBBS     SYNCHRONET   1:3615/50
 AA> SYNCDATA SYNCDATA     1:3615/50
 AA> SYNC_SYS SYNC_SYSOPS  1:3615/50

I generated a new one with 'crashexport' this morning:

---------- 8< ----------
; Generated by CrashExport 1.0
; Sun May 26 09:17:29 2019

Default origin ! Martin Foster
!c:\users\martin\mailer\msgbase\badmail Badmail
!c:\users\martin\mailer\msgbase\points POINTS 2:310/31
---------- 8< ----------

However, by pure chance, I noticed that the file had UNIX line  
endings. Huh!?

I changed the line endings to DOS, popped the file in my SemPoint  
directory and configured SemPoint to use the AREAS.BBS file but it  
GPF'd on me again. I then removed everything from the file apart from  
the last two lines and this time, SemPoint didn't GPF on me. However,  
I still don't have an area list but I know something's changed because  
AREE.CFG is a bit bigger than it was before and the date/time stamps  
have changed.

 MF>> Ideas anyone?

 AA> Here's one.

 AA> If you are only needing one area (for test and evaluation purposes), why
 AA> not Configure the area manually.

 AA> Copy the set of your Jam files (to preserve your originals) to the SEM
 AA> subfolder of your choice, then proceed to:

 AA> C)onfiguration, A)reas, A)dd..  and proceed with the details.

 AA> When it comes to the "Path or Filename", you can navigate the config to
 AA> where the jam files are.  It is primarily looking for the .JHR file.

 AA> And NOTE that you need to manually select "Jam" in the Configuration
 AA> Areas" panel, even *after* you seleted the .JHR file.

 AA> Hope this helps.

Yes it does thanks because I now have an area list containing the one  
area and I can read the messages.

 AA> PS..

 AA> I have never been successful in creating messages from scratch (that is,
 AA> from ones that don't have any messages in there already).  I've use
 AA> Apoint's version with modest success.  But I don't remember how I did it
 AA> many years ago when my messages were tossed with Fastecho.

 AA> [BTW..  I still haven't received my Fastecho reg key  :(  ]

Can't imagine why, perhaps you should give Tobias a gentle nudge?

Regards,
Martin

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