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   MSGID: 3747.fidonet_synchronet@1:3634/58 2deb273e   
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   PID: Synchronet 3.21b-Linux master/4fe495ec6 Jan 25 2026 GCC 11.5.0   
   TID: SBBSecho 3.35-Linux master/4fe495ec6 Jan 25 2026 GCC 11.5.0   
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     Re: Gating message areas   
     By: Digital Man to Amessyroom on Fri Feb 06 2026 02:26 am   
      
    DM> Re: Gating message areas   
    DM> By: Amessyroom to Digital Man on Fri Feb 06 2026 02:12 am   
      
    >> I've added dovenet sub-boards and I'm getting content, but cannot seem to   
    >> post.   
      
    >> Also have gotten alt.bbs exported.   
      
    >> But my postings fail. The point software doesn't show problem, but I get a   
    >> security violation on the BBS side.   
    >> 2026-02-05 22:20:31 DOVE-GENERAL: Security violation - 1:3634/58 not in   
    >> Area File   
    >> 2026-02-05 22:54:58 DOVE-GENERAL: Security violation - 1:3634/58 not in   
    >> Area File   
    >> 2026-02-05 23:13:10 DOVE-GENERAL: Security violation - 1:3634/58 not in   
    >> Area File   
      
    >> 2026-02-06 02:02:07 ALT.BBS: Security violation - 1:3634/58 not in Area   
    >> File   
      
    DM> Those messages mean that posts from 1:3634/58 are being rejected. Is   
    DM> 1:3634/58 your address? What are you trying to import messages from your   
    DM> own address?   
   I thought a source had to be provided (i.e. uplink) before linked node   
   (receiving message).   
      
    DM> Those log messages are not mentioning posts from any point system. Did you   
    DM> find log messages that refer to posted messages (echomail) from the point   
    DM> system?   
      
    >> I'm not sure where the problem is. Here are entries for these sub-boards   
    >> from area.bbs   
      
    >> DOVE-GENERAL    DOVE-GENERAL    1:3634/58       1:3634/58.1337   
      
    >> USENET_ALTBBS   alt.bbs 1:3634/58       1:3634/58.1337   
      
    DM> Do you mean areas.bbs (not "area.bbs")? What do you have set in   
    DM> echocfg->Paths and Filenames->Area File?   
   It is shown ../data/areas.bs   
      
    DM> If 1:3634/58 is *your* addres, it would not normally be listed in the area   
    DM> file - that's likely a mistake. I would expect to see just *one* linked   
    DM> node on each of those lines and that would be the point system's address.   
   I obviously misread the wiki and thought an UPLINK was required before a   
   linked node in the areas.bbs   
      
    >> Are these incorrect, or is there other things that need to be defined to   
    >> allow the BBS itself to be the "uplink/hub" for the sub-board?   
      
    DM> It looks wrong.   
    DM> --   
    DM> digital man (rob)   
   I agree. 3634/58 is my bbs fidonet address. I will remove it from areas.bbs   
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