On 2017 Mar 14 12:30:42, you wrote to All:   
      
    AP> Can someone please post a full explanation on the regex Areafix   
    AP> requests.   
      
   the key is to know and understand regex... there are several variations but   
   the main thing to remember is to prefix your echos with "echo" and your FDNs   
   with "file"... from there use the "^" and "$" to bracket your and match on   
   only that specific item...   
      
   eg:   
   echo +^foz$   
   file +^foobar$   
   echo -^blerg$   
   file -^blarg$   
      
   the above will match only what is between the "^" and "$" and will limit them   
   to only the "echo" or "file" listing specified... "+" or "-" at the   
   demonstrated point will add or remove the link...   
      
   for an example of something simple but more widely matched, the following will   
   add three echos and one FDN...   
      
   eg:   
   mystic   
      
   since there is nothing to limit it to only echos of FDNs, it will add both...   
   in this case there are at least three echos, MYSTIC, ALT-BBS-MYSTIC and   
   STN.MYSTIC, that will be added to your stream as well as the one FDN tag of   
   MYSTIC...   
      
   it would be great if there was a more limiting factor, sysop side, where you   
   could list echos and FDNs in different groups and then give access to those   
   groups to each link... this could, depending on the operator's settings, limit   
   fidonet systems to only fidonet echos and FDNs... it could also limit STN   
   systems to only STN echos and FDNs...   
      
   on my main system, i'm limited to only 36 groups with fastecho... a-z0-9   
   IIRC... i like sbbsecho's multi-character groups (4 characters IIRC) because   
   it allows for a lot more groups... using just letters and numbers, no case   
   distinction, we're looking at up to 1679616 groups... figure maybe 10 per   
   network and there's plenty of room for even our favorite Z2 FTN collector to   
   be able to filter available areas for all of his links to only those areas   
   they should have access to...   
      
   FWIW: i think HPT is also limited in the number of groups it can work with...   
   like FE, i think only one character wide is allowed...   
      
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