Greetings Janis!   
      
    JK> Hi Robert,   
      
    >> I moderate an echo that has the ! and _ characters in the echo tag.   
    >> However, when I go to add that echo to Aftershock,  I get an error   
    >> mentioning something about special characters. is there any   
    >> possibility that this could be fixed in an upcoming release?   
      
    JK> There are no 'special characters' in the backboned echotag AFTERSHOCK   
      
   Ummmm. He said that one of his echoes has those special characters in its   
   listing and that AFTERSHOCK won't allow him to list that echo in its   
   configuration. (either version of Android or Blackberry)   
      
    JK> Could there be an extraneous character in your setup maybe?   
      
   Echo: Wildcat!_Support   
                ^^   
   The exclamation character (!) is one of those special characters that   
   AFTERSHOCK won't recognize. I recall having that problem when setting up   
   FN_SYSOP on AFTERSHOCK on Lisa's Android tablet.   
      
   The cure was to areafix her to the echo and by sending some packets to   
   her, which encouraged AFTERSHOCK to list the echo in spite of the special   
   chacter problem.   
      
       Have a day!   
      
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