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    From Robert Wolfe@1:116/17 to All on Tue Mar 10 10:59:58 2015
    Ok, one of the features I half-link about MBSE is the fact that it autocreates message areas based on .NA files. But, that's just it. The areas it creates MUST be in the .NA file in order for them to be autocreated. I know Mystic as well as BBBS autocreate areas based on the echo tag found in the header of each
    message as well. I was wondering if this ability could be included in a future
    version of MBSE? Would be nice if MBSE autocreated file echos as well based on
    the ECHO tag in TIC files -- like Mystic does :)

    Just my $.02 worth :)


    Greetings, Robert Wolfe

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  • From Andrew Leary@1:320/219 to Robert Wolfe on Tue Mar 10 17:16:15 2015
    Hello Robert!

    10 Mar 15 10:59, you wrote to all:

    Ok, one of the features I half-link about MBSE is the fact that it autocreates message areas based on .NA files. But, that's just it.
    The areas it creates MUST be in the .NA file in order for them to be autocreated. I know Mystic as well as BBBS autocreate areas based on
    the echo tag found in the header of each message as well. I was
    wondering if this ability could be included in a future version of
    MBSE? Would be nice if MBSE autocreated file echos as well based
    on the ECHO tag in TIC files -- like Mystic does :)

    I agree that those features would be useful. I'll look into it when i get a minute.

    Andrew

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  • From ROBERT WOLFE@1:116/18 to mark lewis on Thu Mar 12 08:58:36 2015
    auto message area creation originated with the likes of gecho, fastecho and ->others of that vintage...

    auto file area creation originated with allfix...

    Yeah, but sometimes these newer BBS software developers need a little nudge to go in the same useful direction with their own software :)



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  • From mark lewis@1:3634/12 to ROBERT WOLFE on Thu Mar 12 11:48:06 2015

    On Thu, 12 Mar 2015, ROBERT WOLFE wrote to mark lewis:

    auto message area creation originated with the likes of gecho,
    fastecho and others of that vintage...

    auto file area creation originated with allfix...

    Yeah, but sometimes these newer BBS software developers need a
    little nudge to go in the same useful direction with their own
    software :)

    agreed... however, mbse has been around for quite a while... perhaps part of the ""problem"" is that other systems don't want to follow the rest of the crowd and end up just like all the others? ;)

    )\/(ark


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  • From Vince Coen@2:250/1 to mark lewis on Thu Mar 12 18:43:30 2015
    Hello mark!

    Thursday March 12 2015 11:48, you wrote to ROBERT WOLFE:


    On Thu, 12 Mar 2015, ROBERT WOLFE wrote to mark lewis:

    auto message area creation originated with the likes of gecho,
    fastecho and others of that vintage...

    auto file area creation originated with allfix...

    Yeah, but sometimes these newer BBS software developers need a
    little nudge to go in the same useful direction with their own
    software :)

    agreed... however, mbse has been around for quite a while... perhaps
    part of the ""problem"" is that other systems don't want to follow the
    rest of the crowd and end up just like all the others? ;)


    Small point some sysops would not like autocreate to occur for areas NOT predefined within an accessable file such as backbone.na in order to stop invalid/junk area being created.

    No I am not one as it is not a problem so far but .....


    E.g., must be able to be turned off.

    Vince

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  • From mark lewis@1:3634/12 to Vince Coen on Thu Mar 12 16:30:55 2015

    On Thu, 12 Mar 2015, Vince Coen wrote to mark lewis:

    auto message area creation originated with the likes of gecho,
    fastecho and others of that vintage...

    auto file area creation originated with allfix...

    Yeah, but sometimes these newer BBS software developers need a
    little nudge to go in the same useful direction with their own
    software :)

    agreed... however, mbse has been around for quite a while... perhaps
    part of the ""problem"" is that other systems don't want to follow
    the rest of the crowd and end up just like all the others? ;)

    Small point some sysops would not like autocreate to occur for
    areas NOT predefined within an accessable file such as backbone.na
    in order to stop invalid/junk area being created.

    so they can turn off the option for that node feeding them... this is a per node option...

    No I am not one as it is not a problem so far but .....

    :)

    E.g., must be able to be turned off.

    of course... it should not be any other way ;)

    )\/(ark


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