Subj : area defaults
To   : Rick Smith
From : Nicholas Boel
Date : Sat Jun 22 2024 10:08 am

On Sat, 22 Jun 2024 12:30:58 -0700, Rick Smith -> All wrote:

 RS> I may be using the echoareadefaults wrong? This is at the top of my
 RS> areas_fidonet file

 RS> EchoAreaDefaults  -a 1:105/81 -b jam -p 3650  -dupecheck move
 RS> -dupehistory 14  -g F  1:229/426

 RS> 1:229/426 is my feed, however a new area added this morning attached
 RS> that address to the end of the new area that you see below?  Am I
 RS> misreading how to use this feature?

 RS> EchoArea NODES.024 /fido/msgbase/fido/nodes.024 -g F -d "" 1:229/426

I don't think you need your uplink's address in the "EchoAreaDefaults" line. In this case, with those two lines the way they are, you're actually specifying your uplink's address twice for the "EchoArea" line, which you don't need to do.

I'm guessing you have some sort of config option for auto-adding areas, and specify that address there so that it is added to the "EchoArea" lines when a new area is added. That should be all that is needed.

Regards,
Nick

.... Take my advice, I don't use it anyway.
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