Subj : fidonet configuration script
To   : Dumas Walker
From : Digital Man
Date : Tue Oct 22 2024 05:06 pm

 Re: fidonet configuration script
 By: Dumas Walker to All on Tue Oct 22 2024 04:24 pm

> I am trying to assist a downlink on an FTN network.  They used the "fidonet
> configuration script" to set the network up and I am not sure where it puts
> the data that I would normally put in data/AREAS.BBS.  Is that where it
> lists the uplinks for FTN echoes, or do they go somewhere else now?

By default, SBBSecho has "AutoAddSubs" enabled - no area file is needed.
https://wiki.synchro.net/util:sbbsecho#area_file

> Also, I am not sure how he ran it but he may have encountered a bug where it
> is always putting his aka for one network (in this case, FSXnet) into the
> scfg message base entry for all FTN echos from all networks (in this case,
> including Micronet).  I let him know he may need to drop by here and explain
> that one better as it could be user error.

Here's the script
https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/blob/master/exec/init-fidonet.js

I don't think it sets AKAs for sub-boards at all.
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