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util:scfg:message_areas [2022/04/17 11:46] – Started to create, but it's barely a placeholder at this point. Lots of half done copy/paste. Andreutil:scfg:message_areas [2022/04/17 12:17] (current) – Online help for group configuration copied into wiki page. Sub-board configuration not done yet. Andre
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 ====== SCFG Message Areas Configuration ====== ====== SCFG Message Areas Configuration ======
-FIXME This page is being created and is not accurate at this time. FIXME 
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 This is a listing of message groups for your BBS, which are used to logically separate your message sub-boards into groups. Every sub-board belongs to a message group, and you must have at least one message group and one sub-board configured. This is a listing of message groups for your BBS, which are used to logically separate your message sub-boards into groups. Every sub-board belongs to a message group, and you must have at least one message group and one sub-board configured.
  
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 This screen lists each of the configured Message Groups with a count of how many sub-boards are in each group. Local and DOVE-Net are included in the default installation. This screen lists each of the configured Message Groups with a count of how many sub-boards are in each group. Local and DOVE-Net are included in the default installation.
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 ===== Message Group Configuration ===== ===== Message Group Configuration =====
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 +==== Message Group ====
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 ^ Option Name             ^ Default        ^ Description ^ ^ Option Name             ^ Default        ^ Description ^
-| Long Name               | Local          |  | +| Long Name               | Local          | This is a description of the message group which is displayed when a user of the system uses the /* command from the main menu. | 
-| Short Name              | Local          |  | +| Short Name              | Local          | This is a short description of the message group which is used for the main menu and reading message prompts. | 
-| Internal Code Prefix    | LOCAL-         |  | +| Internal Code Prefix    | LOCAL-         | This is an optional, but highly recommended code prefix used to help generate unique internal codes for the sub-boards in this message group. When code prefixes are used, sub-board internal codes will be constructed from a combination of the prefix and the specified code suffix for each sub-board. \\ \\ Code prefixes may contain up to 8 legal filename characters. \\ \\ Code prefixes should be unique among the message groups on the system. \\ \\ Changing a group's code prefix implicitly changes all the internal codes of the sub-boards within the group, so change this value with caution. | 
-| Access Requirements     |                |  | +| Access Requirements     | <blank>        | [[access:requirements|Access requirements]] string for the selected feature/section | 
-| Sort Group by Sub-board | Index Position |  |+| Sort Group by Sub-board | Index Position | Normally, the sub-boards within a message group are listed in the order that the sysop created them or a logical order determined by the sysop. \\ \\ Optionally, you can have the group sorted by sub-board Long Name, Short Name, or Internal Code. \\ \\ The group will be automatically re-sorted when new sub-boards are added via SCFG or when existing sub-boards are modified. | 
 +| Clone Options           | <blank>        | If you want to clone the options of the template sub-board of this group into all sub-boards of this group, select Yes. \\ \\ If no template sub-board is found, then the first sub-board in the group is used as the default template.  A sub-board is marked as the template for the group in its Toggle Options menu. \\ \\ The options cloned are: posting requirements, reading requirements, operator requirements, moderated user requirements, toggle options, network options (including EchoMail origin line, EchoMail address, and QWK Network tagline), maximum number of messages, maximum number of CRCs, maximum age of messages, storage method, and data directory. |
  
  
-===== Export Areas =====+==== Export Areas ====
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 | areas.bbs     |                     | Area File as used by the Synchronet Fido EchoMail program, SBBSecho. | | areas.bbs     |                     | Area File as used by the Synchronet Fido EchoMail program, SBBSecho. |
 | backbone.na   | backbone.na         | FidoNet standard EchoList containing standardized echo Area Tags and (optional) descriptions. | | backbone.na   | backbone.na         | FidoNet standard EchoList containing standardized echo Area Tags and (optional) descriptions. |
-| newsgroup.lst | newsgroup.lst       | Standard (RFC3977) NNTP LIST NEWSGROUPS output format: Newsgroup names and (optional) descriptions, one line per newsgroup |+| newsgroup.lst | newsgroup.lst       | Standard (RFC3977) NNTP LIST NEWSGROUPS output format: Newsgroup names and (optional) descriptions, one line per newsgroup. |
  
  
-===== Import Areas =====+==== Import Areas ====
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 :!: Defaults shown are for Unix. Windows paths would use drive letters and backslashes (e.g., C:\sbbs\ctrl\subs.txt). :!: Defaults shown are for Unix. Windows paths would use drive letters and backslashes (e.g., C:\sbbs\ctrl\subs.txt).
  
-^ Option Name   ^ Option Info                  ^ Default             ^ Description ^ +^ Option Name   ^ Option Info                  ^ Default               ^ Description ^ 
-| subs.txt      | Synchronet Sub-boards        | /sbbs/ctrl/subs.txt | Complete details of a group of Synchronet sub-boards in text format. | +| subs.txt      | Synchronet Sub-boards        | /sbbs/ctrl/subs.txt   | Complete details of a group of sub-boards as exported from SCFG. | 
-| control.txt   | QWK Conference List          |                     | Area File as used by the Synchronet Fido EchoMail program, SBBSecho. | +| control.dat   | QWK Conference List          | control.dat           | Standard file contained within QWK packets (typically ZIP archives). \\ \\ Additional questions will appear when editing that allow you to control the range of QWK conference numbers that will be imported from the control.dat file. \\ \\ Default range is 1000-1999. | 
-| areas.bbs     | Generic Area File            |                     | FidoNet standard EchoList containing standardized echo Area Tags and (optional) descriptions. | +| areas.bbs     | Generic Area File            | areas.bbs             | FidoNet EchoMail Area File, in Generic flavor, as used by most FidoNet EchoMail Programs or SBBSecho. | 
-| areas.bbs     | SBBSecho Area File           |                     | Standard (RFC3977) NNTP LIST NEWSGROUPS output format: Newsgroup names and (optional) descriptions, one line per newsgroup | +| areas.bbs     | SBBSecho Area File           | ../data/areas.bbs     | FidoNet EchoMail Area File, in SBBSecho flavor, as used by most FidoNet EchoMail Programs or SBBSecho. | 
-| backbone.na   | FidoNet EchoList             |                     | Complete details of a group of Synchronet sub-boards in text format. | +| backbone.na   | FidoNet EchoList             | backbone.na           | FidoNet standard EchoList containing standardized echo Area Tags and optional Titles (descriptions). | 
-| badareas.lst  | SBBSecho Bad Area List       |                     | Area File as used by the Synchronet Fido EchoMail program, SBBSecho. | +| badareas.lst  | SBBSecho Bad Area List       | ../data/badareas.lst  |  | 
-| echostats.ini | SBBSecho EchoMail Statistics |                     | FidoNet standard EchoList containing standardized echo Area Tags and (optional) descriptions. | +| echostats.ini | SBBSecho EchoMail Statistics | ../data/echostats.ini | SBBSecho cumulative EchoMail statistics (imports Unknown Areas only). | 
-| newsgroup.lst | USENET Newsgroup List        |                     | Standard (RFC3977) NNTP LIST NEWSGROUPS output format: Newsgroup names and (optional) descriptions, one line per newsgroup |+| newsgroup.lst | USENET Newsgroup List        | newsgroup.lst         | Standard (RFC3977) NNTP LIST NEWSGROUPS output format: Newsgroup names and (optional) descriptions, one line per newsgroup. |
  
-===== Message Sub-boards =====+===== Sub-board Configuration ===== 
 +==== Message Sub-boards ====
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