Hi All,

Just checking to make sure things are working properly with HPT.

I do have a question. I have separate files for my config. (config, areas, links, filearea, etc...)

When a new message echo is created, is there a way to have it put the entry
in the 'areas' config, instead of the main 'config'?

It's not a major issue, just a curious question... :)

Thanks,


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Hello Dan,

Just checking to make sure things are working properly with HPT.

Yep, it looks good here.

I do have a question. I have separate files for my config. (config, areas, links, filearea, etc...)

When a new message echo is created, is there a way to have it put the entry in the 'areas' config, instead of the main 'config'?

Yes, I don't have that in my config these days but have done it in the past. You'll need a couple keywords for that in the link definitions for that I believe.

Read up on AutoAreaCreate and AutoAreaCreateDefaults.

It's not a major issue, just a curious question... :)

I've been meaning to look closer at that myself but haven't done so yet.

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On 28 Jun 2019, Alan Ianson said the following...

When a new message echo is created, is there a way to have it put the

en

in the 'areas' config, instead of the main 'config'?

Yes, I don't have that in my config these days but have done it in the past. You'll need a couple keywords for that in the link definitions for that I believe.

I'll have to keep reading about the keywords. Like I said, not a big deal,
just would like to keep the config files neat and orderly... ;)

I've been meaning to look closer at that myself but haven't done so yet.

It's a bit of a pain to set everything up initially, but once it's running, it's quick and had a lot of functionality. :)


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Hello Dan,

I'll have to keep reading about the keywords. Like I said, not a big
deal, just would like to keep the config files neat and orderly... ;)

AutoAreaCreateFile might(TM) be what you're looking for but I don't see any info in the docs I have for it.

It's a bit of a pain to set everything up initially, but once it's running, it's quick and had a lot of functionality. :)

Stable and feature complete.. :)

Ttyl :-),
Al

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Hello Dan,

Friday June 28 2019, Dan Richter wrote to All:

Just checking to make sure things are working properly with HPT.

I do have a question. I have separate files for my config. (config,
areas, links, filearea, etc...)

When a new message echo is created, is there a way to have it put the entry in the 'areas' config, instead of the main 'config'?

Yes, in husky 1.9 it is AreafixAutoCreateFile for echos and FilefixAutoCreateFile for file echos.

Michael

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On 2019 Jun 29 22:31:12, you wrote to Dan Richter:

I do have a question. I have separate files for my config. (config,
areas, links, filearea, etc...)

When a new message echo is created, is there a way to have it put the
entry in the 'areas' config, instead of the main 'config'?

Yes, in husky 1.9 it is AreafixAutoCreateFile for echos and FilefixAutoCreateFile for file echos.

i think what he's asking is more like, will autoadded areas be placed into one of

fidonet.areas
fsxnet.areas
micronet.areas

instead of the main config file... does hpt and friends differentiate areas coming from certain addresses to be able to do this?

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Yes, in husky 1.9 it is AreafixAutoCreateFile for echos and
FilefixAutoCreateFile for file echos.

i think what he's asking is more like, will autoadded areas be placed into one
of

fidonet.areas
fsxnet.areas
micronet.areas

instead of the main config file... does hpt and friends differentiate areas coming from certain addresses to be able to do this?

Yes, with the above keywords in a node definition new areas will be added to the given file. This works with message and file areas. Be sure to include the file in your config.. :)

An advanced feature that I don't use here (currently).

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On 29 Jun 2019, mark lewis said the following...

i think what he's asking is more like, will autoadded areas be placed
into one o f

fidonet.areas
fsxnet.areas
micronet.areas

instead of the main config file... does hpt and friends differentiate areas comi ng from certain addresses to be able to do this?

That's exactly it. I'm not sure if it's possible or not. If it's not, it's alright, as I don't have that many areas being autoadded. It actually gives
me a chance to view/correct the entry before moving it to the other config file.


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On 29 Jun 2019, Alan Ianson said the following...

Yes, in husky 1.9 it is AreafixAutoCreateFile for echos and
FilefixAutoCreateFile for file echos.

i think what he's asking is more like, will autoadded areas be placed

int

of

Yes, with the above keywords in a node definition new areas will be
added to the given file. This works with message and file areas. Be sure to include the file in your config.. :)

Ahhh, found it... It's easy to get lost in the documentation for the config files... :)

Thank you.


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On 29 Jun 2019, Michael Dukelsky said the following...

When a new message echo is created, is there a way to have it put

the

entry in the 'areas' config, instead of the main 'config'?

Yes, in husky 1.9 it is AreafixAutoCreateFile for echos and FilefixAutoCreateFil e for file echos.

Got it working. I just added:

areafixAutoCreateFile ~/husky/areas
filefixAutoCreateFile ~/husky/fileareas

under my linkDefaults section for my uplinks.

Thank you.


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Yes, with the above keywords in a node definition new areas will be
added to the given file. This works with message and file areas. Be sure
to include the file in your config.. :)

Ahhh, found it... It's easy to get lost in the documentation for the config files... :)

Sounds like you've taken your husky config further along than I have. I may need to ping you for keywords and placement at some point.. :)

Looks like you've plugged husky into Mystic as well.. I like it.. :)

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On 29 Jun 2019, Alan Ianson said the following...

Sounds like you've taken your husky config further along than I have. I may need to ping you for keywords and placement at some point.. :)

Just remember, tparser is your friend... ;) It tells you if something is in
the wrong place...

Looks like you've plugged husky into Mystic as well.. I like it.. :)

Me too... It seems to be running smoothly. I'm still finding a few typos in
the message/file area configs, but nothing serious. :)


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On 2019 Jun 29 15:42:00, you wrote to me:

i think what he's asking is more like, will autoadded areas be placed
into one o f

fidonet.areas
fsxnet.areas
micronet.areas

instead of the main config file... does hpt and friends differentiate
areas comi ng from certain addresses to be able to do this?

That's exactly it. I'm not sure if it's possible or not. If it's not,

it's

alright, as I don't have that many areas being autoadded. It actually

gives

me a chance to view/correct the entry before moving it to the other

config

file.

yeah, i still do that here to move them out of my "auto add" Z group and into the proper group for them... then i can adjust the entry as needed, add in the proper short title from the echolist and move the JAM files to the proper directory... i don't get many added any more, either... when i first started, i just turned it all on at my main system and autoadded everything... then spent some hours for a few days editing the entries and cleaning things up... still have a bunch to fix the short title on but i can see the echotag in golded and that's more important than what some title says ;)

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Hello mark,

Saturday June 29 2019, mark lewis wrote to Michael Dukelsky:

I do have a question. I have separate files for my config.
(config, areas, links, filearea, etc...)

When a new message echo is created, is there a way to have it
put the entry in the 'areas' config, instead of the main
'config'?

Yes, in husky 1.9 it is AreafixAutoCreateFile for echos and
FilefixAutoCreateFile for file echos.

i think what he's asking is more like, will autoadded areas be placed
into one of

fidonet.areas
fsxnet.areas
micronet.areas

instead of the main config file... does hpt and friends differentiate areas coming from certain addresses to be able to do this?

Alan has already answered your question so I have nothing to do. :)

Michael

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On 29 Jun 2019, mark lewis said the following...

editing the entries and cleaning things up... still have a bunch to fix the short title on but i can see the echotag in golded and that's more i mportant than what some title says ;)

I've been working on that as well. I just about have all of the file echos done. There were a few that auto-added yesterday.

The message echos still need to have the descriptions added to them. That's a bit of a daunting task with over 550 echos set up right now... I think I'll work on them in sections, so it's not so bad... :)


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On 30 Jun 2019, Michael Dukelsky said the following...

When a new message echo is created, is there a way to have it
put the entry in the 'areas' config, instead of the main
'config'?

Yes, in husky 1.9 it is AreafixAutoCreateFile for echos and
FilefixAutoCreateFile for file echos.

Alan has already answered your question so I have nothing to do. :)

I apologize, as I misunderstood your previous answer to my question. When I read 'FilefixAutoCreateFile', I was thinking 'FilefixAutoCreate'. I had to go back and reread your answer without being in a hurry...

If I could make a suggestion. On the GitHub site, all of the packages are set up in their own repository under the huskyproject, which is fine. If there could be some descriptions, and possibly a list of command line parameters added to each of the separate programs, it would help out greatly. :)

Thank you


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On 2019 Jun 30 20:09:30, you wrote to me:

[...]

instead of the main config file... does hpt and friends differentiate
areas coming from certain addresses to be able to do this?

Alan has already answered your question so I have nothing to do. :)

excellent... i was just checking since it does seem to work that way in my current setup but it is not as extensive as it once was... thank you for confirming :)

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On 2019 Jun 30 14:18:28, you wrote to me:

editing the entries and cleaning things up... still have a bunch to
fix the short title on but i can see the echotag in golded and that's
more i mportant than what some title says ;)

I've been working on that as well. I just about have all of the file
echos done. There were a few that auto-added yesterday.

yeah... little steps...

The message echos still need to have the descriptions added to them. That's a bit of a daunting task with over 550 echos set up right
now... I think I'll work on them in sections, so it's not so bad... :)

whoa! i have like 5 or 6 groups in effect for one network, alone... plus i use Z for all newly autoadded echos... i've not done anything with FDNs yet... anyway, at 5 groups per network, i'd run out of groups at 5 networks joined... i really like sbbs' 8 character groups... they're nicer than the single characters once used a lot better than the 4 characters ones that came later... i was just about hitting my limits in fastecho, too, when i was running it... especially when having to block access to the individual beta testing areas and private echo areas i carry... i won't even mention limiting access to zone restricted sysop only areas and the like ;)

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On 30 Jun 2019, mark lewis said the following...

whoa! i have like 5 or 6 groups in effect for one network, alone... plus
i use Z for all newly autoadded echos... i've not done anything with

I'm just using one group per network, for the most part. I do have another group set up for the usenet newsgroups that I carry, and I get those from multiple hubs, so it gets a bit interesting. I also work with 4 different
hubs just for fidonet as well...

FDNs yet... anyway , at 5 groups per network, i'd run out of groups at 5 networks joined... i reall y like sbbs' 8 character groups... they're

Are you referring to groups in hpt? If so, you can have many more groups.
I've stopped using single letters for groups, and started using 'fido',
'fsx', etc. It makes it a lot easier to keep them straight in my head...

nicer than the single characters once used a lot better than the 4 characters ones that came later... i was just abou t hitting my limits
in fastecho, too, when i was running it... especially when h aving to

It's been awhile since I used Synchronet. I do have it running on one of my systems, but it's acting as a FTN<>QWK gateway for a couple networks. I
really don't even look at it that often...

block access to the individual beta testing areas and private echo area
s i carry... i won't even mention limiting access to zone restricted
sysop only areas and the like ;)

I haven't even worried about that, as I don't have any feeds outside the
zone. :)


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On 2019 Jun 30 16:05:40, you wrote to me:

whoa! i have like 5 or 6 groups in effect for one network, alone...
plus i use Z for all newly autoadded echos... i've not done anything
with

I'm just using one group per network, for the most part. I do have
another group set up for the usenet newsgroups that I carry, and I get those from multiple hubs, so it gets a bit interesting. I also work
with 4 different hubs just for fidonet as well...

yeah... some of what i use groups for security levels were used for in the past... there were times, however, that i couldn't do what i want to with security levels, though... like higher levels have access to lower levels but i need one level for X and another one for Y with no crossing the line...

FDNs yet... anyway , at 5 groups per network, i'd run out of groups
at 5 networks joined... i reall y like sbbs' 8 character groups...
they're

Are you referring to groups in hpt?

well, both hpt and golded in this point setup situation and thinking about if it were a full node with multiple feeds and downlinks...

If so, you can have many more groups. I've stopped using single
letters for groups, and started using 'fido', 'fsx', etc. It makes it
a lot easier to keep them straight in my head...

i didn't know that htp could do multiple character groups but then i've not dug in further since i got everything set up and workinig like it is...

nicer than the single characters once used a lot better than the 4
characters ones that came later... i was just abou t hitting my
limits in fastecho, too, when i was running it... especially when h
aving to

It's been awhile since I used Synchronet. I do have it running on one
of my systems, but it's acting as a FTN<>QWK gateway for a couple networks. I really don't even look at it that often...

:) it is my main system now since hurricane florence came through... it handles all my hubbing stuff as a backbone star...

block access to the individual beta testing areas and private echo
area s i carry... i won't even mention limiting access to zone
restricted sysop only areas and the like ;)

I haven't even worried about that, as I don't have any feeds outside
the zone. :)

:)

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