TZUTC: -0500   
   MSGID: 723:1/1 68d1c5e4   
   REPLY: 1:154/110@fidonet.org 68d14f0c   
   PID: Synchronet 3.21a-Linux master/869dac47e Sep 14 2025 GCC 12.2.0   
   TID: hpt/lnx 1.9 2024-03-02   
   BBSID: PHARCYDE   
   CHRS: UTF-8 4   
   FORMAT: flowed   
   Hey RickV!   
      
   On Mon, 22 Sep 2025 08:21:30 -0500, you wrote:   
      
    > @TZUTC: -0500   
    > @MSGID: 1:154/110@fidonet.org 68d14f0c   
    > @PID: GED+LNX 1.1.5-b20250409   
    > @TID: SBBSecho 3.29-Linux master/8a076b781 Sep 03 2025 GCC 9.5.0   
    > @BBSID: VERT   
    > @CHRS: UTF-8 2   
    > @FORMAT: flowed   
    > Hello everybody!   
      
    > I'm getting this error when echosbbs runs. I would like not to need the   
    > areas.bbs file and have the settings set as displayed below. What is set   
    > wrong, I don't want to use or need that file.   
      
    > 2025-09-22 07:35:56 Could not open Area File (/sbbs/data/areas.bbs): No   
    > such file or directory 2025-09-22 07:36:36 Could not open Area File   
    > (/sbbs/data/areas.bbs): No such file or directory 2025-09-22 08:04:46   
    > Could not open Area File (/sbbs/data/areas.bbs): No such file or   
    > directory 2025-09-22 08:20:44 Could not open Area File   
    > (/sbbs/data/areas.bbs): No such file or directory   
      
    > "Automatically Add New Subs to Area List     No   
      
    > Allow Nodes to Add Areas from Area List     No"   
      
   I don't know, but you should probably realize that whatever you did with   
   ChatGPT, you're now sending out two copies of every message you post, with a   
   tiny bit of the message body altered and different MSGIDs.   
      
   Regards,   
   Nick   
      
   ... Sarcasm: because beating people up is illegal.   
   --- GoldED+/LNX 1.1.5-b20250409   
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