Hi Rich,   
      
   > Ok, now I understand it.   
      
   Great.. understand how there can be some confusion initially there..   
      
   Take care,   
   Janis   
      
   > Thanks,   
   > Rich   
   >> Hi Rich,   
   >>>Now that I have fidonet mail flowing, I'm getting areas in that i do not hav   
   >>>configured. I know external.bbb has a section that I can use to automaticall   
   >>> 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 betwe   
   >> 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 1:123/5   
   >> . 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-secti   
   >> 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 i   
   >>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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