Subj : Two questions
To   : Randers
From : Digital Man
Date : Sun Mar 08 2026 19:37:57

  Re: Two questions
  By: Randers to All on Mon Mar 09 2026 07:35 am

 > Two questions for now:

We already covered this in #synchronet, but just for everyone else's sake:

 > This isn't Sync specific but does anyone know the areafix command in fidonet
 > to add all areas? I have tried ALL, +ALL, %+ALL ... I'd like to have all of
 > them but there's too many to do one by one.

The answer depends on the hub's software in use. Usually, %+ALL works, but a %HELP query should give you more info.

 > And second question - Sbbsecho (Linux) is giving me an error I can't work
 > out. At the end of the process when it packs outbound netmail, I get a bunch
 > of "error 2 (no such file or directory) opening listpath (test) to search
 > for area (FIDOTEST) description" It gives me that error for 5 different
 > groups (FIDOTEST is the first of them). I can't find any missing directories
 > or files... I am running as root at the moment so it can't be a permission
 > issue? Any ideas?

A badly configuerd list in echocfg->EchoLists.
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