Hi! Phil,

On Tue, 09 Aug 11, you wrote to me:

 PQ>>      FESetup -IE [-O]

 PK> Is this to say it wont import the echolist & 'automagically' create
 PK> the areas? In other words, I have to create the areas & this will 
 PK> only import the descriptions?

That's probably true.  Though the import of an Areas.Bbs file looks
promising as a way to actually create the areas.  It looks to be a two-step
process to auto-create areas: import Areas.Bbs, then import the echolist.

You still have the option to have an _uplink_ (in FEsetup) send you new
echoes with the auto-create option set, so that areas are created as
traffic for those areas comes through.  You can always generate traffic by
sending an areafix "rescan" netmail to the uplink.  Later, as a
second step, then import the echolist/backbone.na descriptions.

The second method works.  I'm not sure of the Areas.Bbs & echolist
import thingamajig.

 PK> I havent used FastEcho since about 1996 so I am a little foggy...
 PK> More than normal, that is.

I'm having the same trouble (remembering), Phil; my config started in
mid-94, as a point.  BTW, I was feeling brave (haven't finished my first
coffee) when I read your replies, and did an import using the (FEsetup)
menu option with the latest Backbone.Na file: "124 descriptions
imported" fine.  There's a lot of areas that still don't have
descriptions in them but at the least the existing ones weren't harmed.

Cheers,
Paul.

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