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|    poindexter FORTRAN to CyberNix    |
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|    30 Sep 24 06:41:00    |
      TZUTC: -0700       MSGID: 56402.sync_sys@1:103/705 2b6164a0       REPLY: 56389.sync_sys@1:103/705 2b5fe917       PID: Synchronet 3.20a-Win32 master/37dc6b28e Jul 09 202 MSC 1916       TID: SBBSecho 3.20-Linux master/f4a2249b0 Sep 21 2024 13:08 GCC 12.2.0       BBSID: REALITY       CHRS: CP437 2       Subject: Specific message groups for specific point nodes on FTN-style network       @MSGID: <66FB4933.884.dove.syncsysops@realitycheckbbs.org>       @REPLY: <66F9D6B0.12802.dove-syncops@bbs.tfsi.dev>       @TZ: c1e0       -=> CyberNix wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-               PF> There is a quirk to it - every once in a while someone areafixes all areas        PF> and gets all areas regardless of keys. I don't know what causes that.               Cy> I seem to be experiencing this. I have defined 'fsx_gen' and 'FSX_GEN'        Cy> keys for my fidonet point node but when I do a %LIST it gives me all        Cy> the areas, not just FSX_GEN.               Cy> My areas.bbs has this line:               Cy> fsx_gen FSX_GEN        Cy> 21:4/100               Cy> so I'm assuming that I'm defining the correct thing (the message        Cy> sub-board 'FidoNet Area Tag') and that it doesn't axtually need to be        Cy> the 'Newsgroup Name' or even the 'Internal Code'.               You want to enter your area lists into your BBS config, and associate a        "key" with each list.               In Echocfg->echolist, create an entry for fsxnet, enter the FSX arealist, and       under "Required        Key", enter a letter code.               In Echocfg->Linked Nodes, under EchoList Keys, enter the key you enter        in the previous step.              That should limit areafix requests from the specified node to *only*       areas in the FSX area list.                             --- MultiMail/Win v0.52        þ Synchronet þ .: realitycheckbbs.org :: scientia potentia est :.        * Origin: Vertrauen - [vert/cvs/bbs].synchro.net (1:103/705)       SEEN-BY: 90/1 103/705 105/81 106/201 124/5016 153/757 7715 154/10       SEEN-BY: 154/30 203/0 218/700 221/0 226/30 227/114 229/110 114 206       SEEN-BY: 229/317 400 426 428 470 550 700 705 240/1120 5832 266/512       SEEN-BY: 280/464 5003 5006 282/1038 291/111 292/8125 301/1 320/219       SEEN-BY: 322/757 341/66 234 342/200 396/45 423/120 460/58 256 1124       SEEN-BY: 467/888 633/280 712/848 770/1 5020/400 5054/30 5075/35       PATH: 103/705 280/464 460/58 229/426           |
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