Hi Paul,   
      
   On 2016-12-06 21:33:43, you wrote to Paul Hayton:   
      
    PH>> No but let me know where these files should be and what they should   
    PH>> look like as I suspect they are simply not there   
      
    PQ> Just guessing from your previously posted config and a quick browse of the   
    PQ> doco... Your 'NETMAIL' directory should have *.Msg files in it.  The   
    PQ> 'USENET' directory ought to have all your JAM areas and the Hudson board   
    PQ> areas.  The Hudson config should look something like this...   
      
   It's better to separate the hudson and jam directories...   
      
    PQ> File Name         Size        Allocated   Modified   
    PQ> --------------------------------------------------   
    PQ> LASTREAD BBS           400           512  17/08/01   
    PQ> MSGHDR   BBS             0             0  18/08/01   
    PQ> MSGIDX   BBS             0             0  02/09/06   
    PQ> MSGINFO  BBS           406           512  06/12/16   
    PQ> MSGTOIDX BBS             0             0  02/09/06   
    PQ> MSGTXT   BBS             0             0  18/08/01   
      
   Here's mine:   
      
    Directory of d:\com\MsgBase   
      
   2016-12-06  13:19              .   
   2016-12-06  13:19              ..   
   2016-12-06  12:30                 0 fmail.loc   
   2016-12-06  12:30            27.200 lastread.bbs   
   2016-12-06  12:30           453.662 msghdr.bbs   
   2016-12-06  12:30             7.278 msgidx.bbs   
   2016-12-06  12:30               406 msginfo.bbs   
   2016-12-06  12:30            87.336 msgtoidx.bbs   
   2016-12-06  12:30         5.681.408 msgtxt.bbs   
   2016-12-06  12:30             1.016 users.bbs   
   2016-12-01  09:06                 0 usersidx.bbs   
   2016-12-01  09:06                 0 usersxi.bbs   
                 11 File(s)      6.258.306 bytes   
      
   I recently deleted the users* files. They were auto recreated. And used to   
   have a much older date from the time (decenia ago), when I still ran an elebbs   
   system. ;)   
      
    PQ> (I think Mark Lewis posted a copy of his recently, too.)  Of course   
    PQ> yours will be somewhat more fleshed out, as I see you're bumping the   
    PQ> size limit. Mine is only enough to have since FastEcho insists on   
    PQ> needing one. Your problem with the LastRead.Bbs file nags me into   
    PQ> thinking that you may need an editor to create one; simply pointing an   
    PQ> editor at the Hudson areas prompts the editor to create one... IIRC.   
      
   I was thinking the same thing...   
      
    PQ> Find yourself a Golded archive and install it.  Generally a default   
    PQ> config file ought to work but you may care to do a little obvious   
    PQ> fine-tuning, and you /will/ most certainly have to point Golded at   
    PQ> your message areas configured in FMail.  Quoting from the Golded   
    PQ> dox...   
      
    PQ> // GoldED can get area setup from many other programs.   
    PQ> // Uncomment and edit one of these for a quick and simple area setup.   
    PQ> ;AREAFILE FastEcho      C:\FIDO\UTIL\FE\   
    PQ> ;AREAFILE AreasBBS      M:\HUDSON\AREAS.BBS   
      
    PQ> Using an exported Areas.Bbs file from FMail is your best & simplest option   
    PQ> (the only downside is that area descriptions aren't dispayed).  Sure   
    PQ> there's an option to use an FMail config file (I didn't quote that) but   
    PQ> it's problematical as to whether Golded could use the latest FMail   
   version.   
      
   FMail has an option to auto generate/update an AREAS.GLD file. Which is   
   updated everytime something changes in your area config. It includes the   
   descriptions. You simply use it from the GOLDED.CFG file with an INCLUDE line,   
   like "INCLUDE AREAS.GLD".   
      
   Bye, Wilfred.   
      
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