Subj : areas.bbs question
To   : Fred Riccio
From : Bj�rn Felten
Date : Fri Apr 05 2019 02:45 pm

FR> I think it goes back further than that.  I remember QMail, the first
FR> tosser I used back when I was a point used that line too.

  ConfMail was probably one of the first mail processors widely spread. From
the documentation in my copy, I read this:

     Conference Mail System Revision 4.00             August 23, 1988

  CONFIGURATION (AREAS.BBS) FILE

     The Configuration  File for the Conference Mail System is usually
     called AREAS.BBS.


  And further down:

  2. Board  name !  Sysop name - this line is the first line of the
     file  other  than  comment  lines.


http://eljaco.se/FILES/BBS/CONF_400.ZIP



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