Subj : Areas.bbs question
To   : RickV
From : Digital Man
Date : Mon Sep 22 2025 10:00 am

 Re: Areas.bbs question
 By: RickV to All on Mon Sep 22 2025 08:21 am

> Hello everybody!
>
> I'm getting this error when echosbbs runs. I would like not to need the
> areas.bbs file and have the settings set as displayed below. What is set
> wrong, I don't want to use or need that file.
>
> 2025-09-22 07:35:56 Could not open Area File (/sbbs/data/areas.bbs): No such
> file or directory
> 2025-09-22 07:36:36 Could not open Area File (/sbbs/data/areas.bbs): No such
> file or directory
> 2025-09-22 08:04:46 Could not open Area File (/sbbs/data/areas.bbs): No such
> file or directory
> 2025-09-22 08:20:44 Could not open Area File (/sbbs/data/areas.bbs): No such
> file or directory
>
> "Automatically Add New Subs to Area List     No
> and
> Allow Nodes to Add Areas from Area List     No"

Nothing is set wrong. Just create a 0-length data/areas.bbs file and that log message won't be displayed.
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