Hi! Gaylen,   
      
   In a msg of Thu, 25 Aug 11, Andrew Leary wrote to you:   
      
    GH>> ! 14:14:23  Error opening area IMAIL_HELP: No such file or   
    GH>> directory   
      
    AL> Check that the drive/path listed under "Group/Area Defaults" for the   
    AL> group in question is valid.  Also, make sure that the uplink you are    
    AL> receiving the areas from is allowed to create new areas.   
      
   Some good advice there.  It might help to generate an Areas.BBs file from   
   FeSetup, and do a compare/eyeball for any gaps where there ought not be any:   
   as Andrew says it could the uplink or (I'd guess) most likely the path to the   
   JAM files is slightly off.   
      
   I've just been musing over the problem for the last hour or so, and I recalled   
   I last had the same problem back in the (arbitrary) cusp of Nov '97-->Aug   
   '98.  So, I checked my old logs for that period (386 archives for the period   
   but luckily I have Total Commander available to do string searches inside of   
   archives).  At that time I was changing uplinks (from a local BBS) to a LD   
   link, pulling out of another zone (that collapsed).  A lot of my (point)   
   downlinks were shutting down as well, which left huge gaps in the state of the   
   echo area(s) definitions.  Hence the exact same error messages and problem as   
   yours.   
      
   Double-double check your paths, dude.  Good luck with it.   
      
   Cheers,   
   Paul.   
      
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