> Hmm.. just looking at my external.bbb.. do you have a seperate "areafile"?   
   > External.bbb says   
   > ; one line per remote system / user name:   
   > ;   user name,areafile,my_suffix,remote_suffix,route_regexp   
   > ; where areafile has lines:   
   > ;   qwk_number,local_name   
   > I've never set up Agnet, but I expect "areafile" is similar to an areas.bbs   
   > file?   
   > So, in external.bbb:   
   > BCG BOX,agareas,@BCG,@   
   > (system)(file)(suffix)(route regex)   
   > In the file say named agareas,  "the QWK index numbers should be matched   
   > against the correct local conferences. In the file, one line defines one   
   > conference in qwk_number,local_name-style format."   
   > In a file named agareas:   
   > area Area   
   > #   name   
   > ==, =====   
   > 15,Net_Chat   
   > Maybe that will work with the bogus r and bogus w command?  or am I way off   
   > here?   
      
   I think you may be way off here because I have these set up as they should be   
   per BBBS documentation.  Next idea? :)   
      
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