PK> mark lewis wrote to Phil Kimble:   
   ml>    
   ml>  PK> Is there anybody out there? I am having an issue importing an   
   ml>  PK> echolist on 1.46 & 1.46.1. Any words??   
   ml>    
   ml> importing an echolist? what problems?   
      
    PK> I wouldnt call it a problem with FE as much as it is my   
    PK> misunderstanding of the import  function. Under FE, the import    
    PK> echlist only imports the descriptions. It does not import the    
    PK> areas & auto-create them based on a templatte area.    
      
   ahhh, yes... this is correct... bringing in the areatags is done by importing   
   an areas.bbs, IIRC... but a long long long time ago, i found it easier to   
   allow FE to automatically add areas from my main feed(s) which are seperated   
   by groups... then, if i want to pull the descriptions in, i can... however,   
   i've also found that the descriptions leave a bit to be desired so i basically   
   use only the areatag any more...   
      
   for example, i can now tell when i'm in COFFEE_KLATSCH instead of trying to   
   figure out what area "Gossip and chit-chat echo" represents... especially when   
   CHATTER ("Mindless Chatter Conference") and MEMORIES ("NOSTALGIA") exist and   
   carry similar traffic... well, CHATTER really does carry "mindless" chit-chat   
   )  it always takes me a minute to remember that the description "NOSTALGIA"   
   is the MEMORIES echo...   
      
    PK> Using Paul's recommendation & some testing to re-learn how it   
    PK> really does  work, I use my mail hub to import & auto-create the    
    PK> message areas. Them import the echolist to populate the    
    PK> descriptions. Works pretty well.   
      
   yup... and then you get those areas with long descriptions and some tools that   
   use them (ie: sysop message reader, BBS areas that are imported in the same   
   way) chop off the descriptions because they have a 45 character limit or   
   such... all in all, it is a decent idea and it was fulfilled by authors at the   
   requests of their customers but somewhere along the lines, someone forgot to   
   create some type of spec document for everyone (ie code authors and echoarea   
   moderators) to follow so that no descriptions were too long ;)   
      
   )\/(ark   
   member, FastEcho Beta Team   
      
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