I know this probably come up often, but I am having trouble setting this up. I read the wikis on SBBSEcho, Binkit and Tickit and I thought I had it set up right. I found a great article from Lord Time, but it was from 1996. Something differrent something same.

I can send and receive Netmail and I connect to the right place when I poll. But I get nothing from my connection (1:396/45). I checked my sbbsecho.log, and this is what I get:

<Date> <Time> Invalid Area File line, expected link address(es) after echo tag:
'Fido_ECH_OName ECH_OName FidoNet'

I checked my Echocfg. In the last secion called Echo List, I put in 1:396/45 for my hub.
I checked my areas.bbs. it shows:
Fido_ECH_OName ECH_OName

That's all it has.
Any ideas? What else do you need to help me out?

Grease

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I know this probably come up often, but I am having trouble setting this

up.

I read the wikis on SBBSEcho, Binkit and Tickit and I thought I had it set up right. I found a great article from Lord Time, but it was from 1996. Something differrent something same.

I can send and receive Netmail and I connect to the right place when I

poll.

But I get nothing from my connection (1:396/45). I checked my sbbsecho.log, and this is what I get:

<Date> <Time> Invalid Area File line, expected link address(es) after echo tag:
'Fido_ECH_OName ECH_OName FidoNet'

I checked my Echocfg. In the last secion called Echo List, I put in

1:396/45

for my hub.
I checked my areas.bbs. it shows:
Fido_ECH_OName ECH_OName

That's all it has.
Any ideas? What else do you need to help me out?

Grease

Just a guess, but shouldn't it be Fido_ECHO_NAME ECHO_NAME?

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I know this probably come up often, but I am having trouble setting this up. I read the wikis on SBBSEcho, Binkit and Tickit and I thought I had it set

up

right. I found a great article from Lord Time, but it was from 1996. Something differrent something same.

I can send and receive Netmail and I connect to the right place when I poll. But I get nothing from my connection (1:396/45). I checked my sbbsecho.log, and this is what I get:

<Date> <Time> Invalid Area File line, expected link address(es) after echo tag:
'Fido_ECH_OName ECH_OName FidoNet'

yeah that doesn't look right

I checked my Echocfg. In the last secion called Echo List, I put in 1:396/45 for my hub.

heh i also have marc as my hub

I checked my areas.bbs. it shows:
Fido_ECH_OName ECH_OName

That's all it has.
Any ideas? What else do you need to help me out?

Grease

... Opportunity: A favourable occasion for grasping a disappointment.

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Re: Re: Synch/fido
By: Mortifis to Grease on Fri Nov 15 2019 02:10 pm

Just a guess, but shouldn't it be Fido_ECHO_NAME ECHO_NAME?

Sorry, it is. for example, it is:

FIDO_10TH_AMD 10TH_AMD

I'm left handed. Was not typing clearly.

Grease

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Re: Synch/fido
By: Grease to All on Fri Nov 15 2019 09:55 am

I checked my Echocfg. In the last secion called Echo List, I put in 1:396/45 for my hub. I checked my areas.bbs. it shows:
Fido_ECH_OName ECH_OName

Are you saying that the last night is verbatim from your areas.bbs file?

It's supposed to have the Fido echolist name, the name of the echo on your BBS, and a list of Fidonet addresses of your uplinks and downlinks. One message area per line.

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Re: Synch/fido
By: Richard Williamson to Grease on Fri Nov 15 2019 02:14 pm

echo tag:
'Fido_ECH_OName ECH_OName FidoNet'

yeah that doesn't look right

I didn't do that right. It's:
FIDO_10TH_AMD 10TH_AMD

heh i also have marc as my hub

He's a good guy. Been around since the old days.

Anyway, have you seen this error before?

Grease

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not sure but this is how a line looks on my areas.bbs
fidonet_10th_amd 10TH_AMD 1:396/45

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Re: Synch/fido
By: poindexter FORTRAN to Grease on Fri Nov 15 2019 02:49 pm

Are you saying that the last night is verbatim from your areas.bbs file? It's supposed to have the Fido echolist name, the name of the echo on

your

BBS, and a list of Fidonet addresses of your uplinks and downlinks. One message area per line.

It was pretty close, except with more echoes.
I went back today, and reran the areas.bbs in SCFG. I put in the uplink, and it added it! I don't have any downlinks, so it is blank there.
Now to find out if I need to areafix the echoes I want, or if he turned them all on and give him a poll.

Thanks, you noticed it first.

Grease

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Re: Synch/fido
By: poindexter FORTRAN to Grease on Fri Nov 15 2019 02:49 pm

It was pretty close, except with more echoes.
I went back today, and reran the areas.bbs in SCFG. I put in the uplink, and it added it! I don't have any downlinks, so it is blank there.
Now to find out if I need to areafix the echoes I want, or if he turned them all on and give him a poll.

Thanks, you noticed it first.

Grease

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should of got a message from From:
Seal Echo (1:396/45)

that tells you what to do+

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Re: Synch/fido
By: Richard Williamson to Grease on Fri Nov 15 2019 06:16 pm

not sure but this is how a line looks on my areas.bbs
fidonet_10th_amd 10TH_AMD 1:396/45

That was it. I somehow missed the uplink when I setup the areas.bbs.
Now to get through the password with areafix.

Grease

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Grease wrote to Mortifis <=-

Just a guess, but shouldn't it be Fido_ECHO_NAME ECHO_NAME?

Sorry, it is. for example, it is:

FIDO_10TH_AMD 10TH_AMD

I'm left handed. Was not typing clearly.

It needs to have the Fido address of your hub after that, like
this:

FIDO_FIDONEWS FIDONEWS 1:3634/12

You can manually edit /sbbs/data/areas.bbs to add that, or it's
easier to choose "Export Areas" in the Message Group menu within
SCFG. Choose the "areas.bbs" format and it will write out the
file properly for you, for all areas.



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Re: Synch/fido
By: Grease to All on Fri Nov 15 2019 09:55 am

I know this probably come up often, but I am having trouble setting this

up.

I read the wikis on SBBSEcho, Binkit and Tickit and I thought I had it set up right. I found a great article from Lord Time, but it was from 1996. Something differrent something same.

I can send and receive Netmail and I connect to the right place when I

poll.

But I get nothing from my connection (1:396/45). I checked my sbbsecho.log, and this is what I get:

<Date> <Time> Invalid Area File line, expected link address(es) after echo tag:
'Fido_ECH_OName ECH_OName FidoNet'

So your area file (data/areas.bbs) doesn't have a link address on that line.

See this for details:
http://wiki.synchro.net/util:sbbsecho#area_file

I checked my Echocfg. In the last secion called Echo List, I put in

1:396/45

for my hub.
I checked my areas.bbs. it shows:
Fido_ECH_OName ECH_OName

That's all it has.
Any ideas?

That hub address in the EchoList section of echocfg is for forwarded area-fix requests. It has nothing to do with your area file.


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