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   Message 954 of 2,445   
   Vince Coen to mark lewis   
   Area Autocreate   
   12 Mar 15 18:43:30   
   
   Hello mark!   
      
   Thursday March 12 2015 11:48, you wrote to ROBERT WOLFE:   
      
      
    >  On Thu, 12 Mar 2015, ROBERT WOLFE wrote to mark lewis:   
      
    > -> auto message area creation originated with the likes of gecho,   
    > -> fastecho and others of that vintage...   
    > ->   
    > -> auto file area creation originated with allfix...   
      
    RW>> Yeah, but sometimes these newer BBS software developers need a   
    RW>> little nudge to go in the same useful direction with their own   
    RW>> software :)   
      
    > agreed... however, mbse has been around for quite a while... perhaps   
    > part of the ""problem"" is that other systems don't want to follow the   
    > rest of the crowd and end up just like all the others? ;)   
      
      
   Small point some sysops would not like autocreate to occur for areas NOT   
   predefined within an accessable file such as backbone.na in order to stop   
   invalid/junk area being created.   
      
   No I am not one as it is not a problem so far but .....   
      
      
   E.g., must be able to be turned off.   
      
   Vince   
      
   --- Mageia Linux v4/Mbse v1.0.4/GoldED+/LNX 1.1.5-b20130910   
    * Origin: Air Applewood, The Linux Gateway to the UK (2:250/1)   

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