Hi Janis,   
   Ok, now I understand it.   
   Thanks,   
   Rich   
   > Hi Rich,   
   >>Now that I have fidonet mail flowing, I'm getting areas in that i do not have   
   >>configured. I know external.bbb has a section that I can use to automatically   
   >> add them in via commandline. I'm confused with what goes in each column...   
   >> uplink area {aka_list} {in_char out_char origin} group {area_prefix} export   
   >> Not sure what in_char and out_char is and what it means...   
   > Just imagine you are filling out the template for a new echomail area when   
   >you're looking at these, you know like pressing the space-bar to toggle betwee   
   > ISO, FR7, IBM, etc. that's what the in_char and out_char are.   
   >> Can someone point me in the right direction please?   
   > It's all in sysop.gui, and also in sysop.txt, just search for [badecho].. but   
   > here it is for you...first I'll show you some examples from my external.bbb   
   > =====examples======   
   > [badecho]   
   >1:140/1 . 1:261/38  ISO ISO 0  X fido. 1:2600/290 2:34/999 2:280/1027 1:123/50   
   > . 1:261/38  ISO ISO 0  X fido. 1:2600/290 2:263/951 2:280/102   
   > ====end examples====   
   > uplink area {aka_list} {in_char out_char origin} group {area_prefix} export   
   > ===========cut here=============   
   > uplink is the nodenumber of your uplink the echomail area must originate.   
   > area is a regular expression matching the names of the areas that can be   
   > created.   
   > aka_list is a list of your akas that should be added to the messages in this   
   >echomail area. The first aka is used in BCFG4, the rest in the echomail-sectio   
   > of external.bbb.   
   > in_char is the name of the character set that should be used when importing   
   > messages.   
   > out_char is the name of the character set that should be used when exporting   
   >messages. This must be specified if you have specified also the in_char-field.   
   > origin is the number of the origin line that should be used on the area. This   
   > must be given if you have specified inbound and outbound character sets.   
   > group is the single character group ID that should be applied to the area. If   
   > the group is '-', then the area will NOT be created.   
   >area_prefix is the prefix that should be applied to the area name. If there is   
   > a '!' character in the prefix, then the area will be created as a passthrough   
   > area.   
   > export is a list of akas that the area should be exported to. The uplink is   
   > automatically added to this list, so you do not need to list it.   
   > =================cut here========   
   > Take care,   
   > Janis   
      
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