Hi! Phil,   
      
   On Tue, 09 Aug 11, you wrote to me:   
      
    PQ>>      FESetup -IE [-O]   
      
    PK> Is this to say it wont import the echolist & 'automagically' create   
    PK> the areas? In other words, I have to create the areas & this will    
    PK> only import the descriptions?   
      
   That's probably true.  Though the import of an Areas.Bbs file looks promising   
   as a way to actually create the areas.  It looks to be a two-step process to   
   auto-create areas: import Areas.Bbs, then import the echolist.   
      
   You still have the option to have an _uplink_ (in FEsetup) send you new echoes   
   with the auto-create option set, so that areas are created as traffic for   
   those areas comes through.  You can always generate traffic by sending an   
   areafix "rescan" netmail to the uplink.  Later, as a second step, then import   
   the echolist/backbone.na descriptions.   
      
   The second method works.  I'm not sure of the Areas.Bbs & echolist import   
   thingamajig.   
      
    PK> I havent used FastEcho since about 1996 so I am a little foggy...   
    PK> More than normal, that is.   
      
   I'm having the same trouble (remembering), Phil; my config started in mid-94,   
   as a point.  BTW, I was feeling brave (haven't finished my first coffee) when   
   I read your replies, and did an import using the (FEsetup) menu option with   
   the latest Backbone.Na file: "124 descriptions imported" fine.  There's a lot   
   of areas that still don't have descriptions in them but at the least the   
   existing ones weren't harmed.   
      
   Cheers,   
   Paul.   
      
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