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   
   between 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   
   1:123/500  . 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   
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   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 e   
   homail-section 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.   
      
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   Take care,   
   Janis   
      
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