On Thu, 12 Mar 2015, Vince Coen 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? ;)   
      
    VC> Small point some sysops would not like autocreate to occur for   
    VC> areas NOT predefined within an accessable file such as backbone.na   
    VC> in order to stop invalid/junk area being created.   
      
   so they can turn off the option for that node feeding them... this is a per   
   node option...   
      
    VC> No I am not one as it is not a problem so far but .....   
      
    :)    
      
    VC> E.g., must be able to be turned off.   
      
   of course... it should not be any other way ;)    
      
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