Subj : Re: TOSSING PROBLEMS
To : Daryl Stout
From : Bill McGarrity
Date : Tue Nov 07 2017 06:25 am
-=> Daryl Stout wrote to ALL <=-
DS> While the QWK Networking (DoveNet and 2 other networks) is working
DS> fine with SBBSECHO, I can NOT get the FTN echoes (FIDONet, and 4
DS> other networks) working right.
DS> I had completely REDONE the message bases, with internal tags, and
DS> had the AREAS.BBS redone as well, to account for such. But, I am still
DS> getting messages of "Unrecognized internal code, assumed passthru" for
DS> ALL of the FTN echoes. Basically, all the incoming packets are being
DS> ignored.
DS> Do I need to completely REDO all the FIDONet style networks, and the
DS> AREAS.BBS file?? I have it set up the way it should be, but SBBSECHO is
DS> not recognizing the packets. The internal codes are the network name,
DS> followed by the first 8 letters/characters from the respective NA file.
DS> If I do have to redo the files, do I zap all the SHD files, and start
DS> over?? Or would doing such wipe out everything in the message areas,
DS> file areas, doors, text sections, bulletins, etc.??
DS> I even rechecked ECHOCFG, and have the individual notes first, then
DS> the routings of #:ALL to the particular node...and all that looks OK.
DS> I used to use InterEcho for a tosser, but while it had an option for
DS> Synchronet message bases, I didn't know if that would work with SBBS
DS> 3.16 or not.
DS> Any help would be appreciated.
In SFCG, why not take a snapshot of Fido Group screen, the echo sub-board
screen and also the network options screen. Then c&p a little bit of your
areas.bbs. That would probably be the easist way of seeing what the issue is.