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   Message 1,454 of 2,396   
   Bill McGarrity to Daryl Stout   
   Re: TOSSING PROBLEMS   
   20 May 16 20:31:00   
   
   -=> Daryl Stout wrote to ALL <=-   
      
    DS>   While the QWK Networking (DoveNet and 2 other networks) is working   
    DS> fine with SBBSECHO, I can NOT get the FTN echoes (FIDONet, and 4   
    DS> other networks) working right.   
      
    DS>   I had completely REDONE the message bases, with internal tags, and   
    DS> had the AREAS.BBS redone as well, to account for such. But, I am still   
    DS> getting messages of "Unrecognized internal code, assumed passthru" for   
    DS> ALL of the FTN echoes. Basically, all the incoming packets are being   
    DS> ignored.   
      
    DS>   Do I need to completely REDO all the FIDONet style networks, and the   
    DS> AREAS.BBS file?? I have it set up the way it should be, but SBBSECHO is   
    DS> not recognizing the packets. The internal codes are the network name,   
    DS> followed by the first 8 letters/characters from the respective NA file.   
    DS> If I do have to redo the files, do I zap all the SHD files, and start   
    DS> over?? Or would doing such wipe out everything in the message areas,   
    DS> file areas, doors, text sections, bulletins, etc.??   
      
    DS>   I even rechecked ECHOCFG, and have the individual notes first, then   
    DS> the routings of #:ALL to the particular node...and all that looks OK.   
      
    DS>   I used to use InterEcho for a tosser, but while it had an option for   
    DS> Synchronet message bases, I didn't know if that would work with SBBS   
    DS> 3.16 or not.   
      
    DS>   Any help would be appreciated.   
      
   In SFCG, why not take a snapshot of Fido Group screen, the echo sub-board   
   screen and also the network options screen.  Then c&p a little bit of your   
   areas.bbs.  That would probably be the easist way of seeing what the issue is.   
      
        
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