

Here's some help about how you can use AreaFix to change your echomail areas.

You just have to write a message to 'AreaFix' and tell AreaFix what he has to
do for you.


Example:

 Msg  : 13 of 23                    Uns Pvt Loc K/s
 From : Rob McGee                   1:229/880              Thu 03 Apr 97 01:46
 To   : AreaFix                     1:229/731
 Subj : bor                     <- Your password
 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 RA_UTIL                      <- Add (link) area
 +DFUE.GER                    <- same
 -SYSOPS.024                  <- Remove (unlink) area
 U.ENG.*                      <- Add all areas beginning with U.ENG.
 -F.???.COMP.*                <- Remove all areas that match this pattern
 *                            <- Add all areas available for you
 -*                           <- Remove all linked areas
 %RESCAN                      <- Rescan following area(s) and add if area(s)
                                 is/are not linked yet
 FASTECHO.GER
 %DAYS 7                      <- Rescan only messages not older than 7 days
 SHAREWRE
 %MSGS 100                    <- Rescan at most 100 messages each area
 FE_HELP
 FDECHO, R                    <- Alternative way to rescan a single area
 FDECHO.GER, R=300            <- Rescan up to 300 messages of that area
 =*                           <- Rescan all linked areas (needs %RESCAN)
 ~245_31.ECHO                 <- Delete area from configuration
 #DOOM.GER SPIELE.DOOM.GER    <- Rename area DOOM.GER to SPIELE.DOOM.GER
 %FROM 2:2448/48              <- Perform changes as if they were made by
                                 the specified node (remote maintenance)
                                 This must be given at the FIRST line in
                                 a request message !
 %QUERY                       <- Ask for your active areas
 %INFO                        <- Ask for general information
 %LIST                        <- List available areas
 %UNLINKED                    <- List available areas to which
                                 you are currently not linked
 %AVAIL                       <- List all areas that are available at
                                 this system's uplinks
 %PAUSE                       <- If you go to holiday you can
                                 stop receiving echomail for that
                                 time without manually removing each
                                 area with '-AREANAME'.
 %RESUME                      <- Switch echomail receiving ON again.
 %EXPORT                      <- Set your system to "Export by name", all
                                 echomail messages with your name as receiver
                                 will be exported even if your system currently
                                 is on %PAUSE
 %NOEXPORT                    <- Disabled "Export by name" function
 %NOTE                        <- Leave comment to sysop (anything written
                                 below is ignored!)
 %COMPRESS LHA                <- Change your packer eg. to LHA
 %COMPRESS ?                  <- Send a list of available packers
 %PWD password                <- Change your AreaFix password
 %PKTPWD password             <- Change your ARCmail password
 %HELP                        <- AreaFix will send you this help.
 %QUIT                        <- anything written below this is ignored

Instead of %QUERY, %INFO, %LIST, %UNLINKED, %AVAIL and %RESCAN, you can also
specify '-Q', '-I' , '-L', '-U', '-A' and '-R' as flags after the password.

Example: password -Q -L -A

--- FastEcho's AreaFix
