Hello All!

hi everyone, I have two questions on the part that concerns the configuration of echocfg;

1. When I send a message to "Areafix" with the "% List" command to see the list
of available echo areas as a result, only the "short name" is displayed; is it possible to display both the "short name" and the "long name"?
2. How should I set when a point eg: 2: 333 / 808.x sends me the "% list" command, the result is only the list of a specific message group dedicated to him instead of all the groups?

Thank you


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Re: EchoCfg
By: Thomas Bampi to All on Sun Jan 12 2020 09:36:12

1. When I send a message to "Areafix" with the "% List" command to
see the list of available echo areas as a result, only the "short
name" is displayed; is it possible to display both the "short
name" and the "long name"?

i like this idea as long as the "long name" is the areas' description... possibly this could be pulled from the related NA file instead from the system's configuration because the operator may change the "long name" from the ""official"" description in the NA file(s)...

2. How should I set when a point eg: 2: 333 / 808.x sends me the
"% list" command, the result is only the list of a specific
message group dedicated to him instead of all the groups?

this is the same for all if you have the proper setup...

1. ensure that "allow nodes to add areas from area file" is set to no...

2. make sure you have echolists defined with paths and keys (eg: F0001->fidonet_backbone.na)...

3. make sure you have the proper echolist keys listed for each lnked node...

with the above, systems will have access to only the areas in the listed na files they are set for... this is how you also prevent systems from one FTN accessing the echos from other FTNs they are not members of and are not entitled to access... this is also how you restrict private/restricted access areas to only those systems that are allowed to access them (eg: sysops only areas, zone only areas, region areas, net only areas)...


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Re: EchoCfg
By: Thomas Bampi to All on Sun Jan 12 2020 09:36 am

Hello All!

hi everyone, I have two questions on the part that concerns the configuration of echocfg;

1. When I send a message to "Areafix" with the "% List" command to see the list of available echo areas as a result, only the "short name" is displayed; is it possible to display both the "short name" and the "long name"?

No, areafix only reports the "echo tag" (aka area tag). This may or may not match the "short name" you have configured in SCFG. It'll be the same value as used in the area file (data/areas.bbs).

2. How should I set when a point eg: 2: 333 / 808.x sends me the "% list" command, the result is only the list of a specific message group dedicated to him instead of all the groups?

Not really sure what you mean by "group dedicated to him". If you're using echolist keys, that controls (limits) what areas they can see or add (link-to) via areafix. If you want all of your downlinks to be able to see/add any echo you carry, then set AreaAddFromEcholistsOnly = true in your ctrl/sbbsecho.ini file (or by setting echocfg->EchoMail Settings->Allow Nodes to Add Areas from Area File to "Yes").

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Hello, Rampage.
On 12/01/20 09:09 you wrote:

Re: EchoCfg
By: Thomas Bampi to All on Sun Jan 12 2020 09:36:12

1. When I send a message to "Areafix" with the "% List" command
to see the list of available echo areas as a result, only the
"short name" is displayed; is it possible to display both the
"short name" and the "long name"?

i like this idea as long as the "long name" is the areas'
description... possibly this could be pulled from the related NA
file instead from the system's configuration because the operator
may change the "long name" from the ""official"" description in the
NA file(s)...

2. How should I set when a point eg: 2: 333 / 808.x sends me the
"% list" command, the result is only the list of a specific
message group dedicated to him instead of all the groups?

this is the same for all if you have the proper setup... 1. ensure
that "allow nodes to add areas from area file" is set to no... 2.
make sure you have echolists defined with paths and keys (eg: F0001->fidonet_backbone.na)... 3. make sure you have the proper
echolist keys listed for each lnked node... with the above, systems
will have access to only the areas in the listed na files they are
set for... this is how you also prevent systems from one FTN
accessing the echos from other FTNs they are not members of and are
not entitled to access... this is also how you restrict
private/restricted access areas to only those systems that are
allowed to access them (eg: sysops only areas, zone only areas,
region areas, net only areas)...

Hi rampage!

Thanks for your solutions works all !!!

Bye
Thomas
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