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util:sbbsecho [2020/03/10 21:44] – [Install] typo and more digital manutil:sbbsecho [2020/03/10 21:54] – [Configure] be more helpful digital man
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 ===== Area File ===== ===== Area File =====
  
-By default, SBBSecho will try to open an //Area File// (by default, ''[[dir:data]]/areas.bbs''). The Area File can be used to associate FidoNet EchoTags with sub-boards configured in [[util:SCFGG]]. You can also specify downlinks and pass-through areas in an Area File, if need be. The Area File is optional, not strictly needed, when you have the "Automatically Add New Subs to Area List" option enabled and set to "List Only" in [[util:EchoCfg]]->EchoMail Settings.+By default, SBBSecho will try to open an //Area File// (by default, ''[[dir:data]]/areas.bbs''). The Area File can be used to associate FidoNet EchoTags with sub-boards configured in [[util:SCFG]]->Message Areas. You can also specify downlinks and pass-through areas in an Area File, if need be. The Area File is optional, not strictly needed, when you have the "Automatically Add New Subs to Area List" option enabled and set to "List Only" in [[util:EchoCfg]]->EchoMail Settings.
  
-To successfully operate without an Area File, you must have your hub configured in [[util:EchoCfg]]->Linked Nodes with its "Uplink for Message Groups" setting set to the //short name// of the message group you created in [[util:SCFG]]->Message Areas for this network.+To successfully operate without an Area File, you must have your hub configured in [[util:EchoCfg]]->Linked Nodes with its "Uplink for Message Groups" setting set to the //short name// of the message group you created for this network in [[util:SCFG]]->Message Areas.
  
 You will need an Area File if you are to have any downlinks (nodes for which you are //their// hub to the network). You will need an Area File if you are to have any downlinks (nodes for which you are //their// hub to the network).
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 In order to set up SBBSecho for your system you must: In order to set up SBBSecho for your system you must:
-  - Configure your fundamental FTN settings (e.g. system address) in [[util:SCFG]] +  - Configure your fundamental FTN settings (e.g. system address) in [[util:SCFG]]->Networks->FidoNet. 
-  - Use the ''[[util:echocfg]]'' utility (highly recommended) or edit your ''[[dir:ctrl]]/sbbsecho.ini'' configuration (text) file by hand+  - Use the ''[[util:EchoCfg]]'' utility (highly recommended) or edit your ''[[dir:ctrl]]/sbbsecho.ini'' configuration (text) file by hand
  
 ==== SCFG ==== ==== SCFG ====

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