Subj : How to add other echo message boards?
To   : Rixter
From : Digital Man
Date : Mon Aug 19 2024 12:13:40

  Re: How to add other echo message boards?
  By: Rixter to Digital Man on Mon Aug 19 2024 02:44 pm

 > I am setting up FSXNET myself right now. I do not want to set up FIDONET
 > yet. Do I make FSXNET my main? I know you have main and aka. Do I have to
 > run fidoin and fidoout if I am not using fido net to start?

Yes. And the init-fidonet script enables those timed events for you, automatically.

 > I noticed I got
 > a bunch of message packets from FSXNET and they are sitting in my inbound
 > folder. How do I get them to propagate into the actual message area?

SBBSecho is the utility that does this. It's called a "tosser" (or tosser/scanner or EchoMail program). SBBSecho is normally run via the FIDOIN and FIDOOUT timed events (which are also triggered via semaphore file, e.g. from your FTN mailer, e.g. BinkIT).

 > I got
 > my node ID from FSXnet  and the fsxnet.na file came in just fine. I used the
 > javascript setup which works really well btw. If I try to run FIDOIN and
 > FIDOUT right now I get a message from windows that the program has
 > encountered a problem and must shut down and I have to hit OK to a screen
 > prompt.

That's definitely unexpected. This sounds similar to your SEXYZ problem. Again, I suggest updating your version of SBBSecho to the lateset and greatest and let us know if the problem persists.
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