Subj : Feature Request: Moving ECHOCFG to SCFG
To   : The Millionaire
From : Digital Man
Date : Wed May 11 2022 21:08:52

  Re: Feature Request: Moving ECHOCFG to SCFG
  By: The Millionaire to Digital Man on Wed May 11 2022 08:13 pm

 >
 > >   Re: Feature Request: Moving ECHOCFG to SCFG
 > >   By: Nightfox to Digital Man on Wed May 11 2022 06:50 pm
 >
 > > Anything's possible. But EchoCfg is completely optional - it just modifies
 > > sbbsecho.ini. You could do that by hand. You don't strictly *need*
 > > EchoCfg.
 >
 > > SCFG on the other hand is not optional, as it modifies binary
 > > configuration (.cnf) files which you can't practically do by hand. SCFG
 > > also creates/updates database files and just generally does a lot more
 > > than echocfg does.

 > Most BBSes DM have their ECHOCFG in their CFG file. Lots of examples: RA,
 > Ezycom, Mystic, Renegade, etc.

EchoCfg is a FidoNet (FTN) EchoMail and Mailer configuration program for Synchronet's SBBSecho. Most of your cited example BBS programs don't even include an FTN EchoMail or Mailer.
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