Hi Ron,
 RM> No problem.  It's still a great system.
 Thanks, I think so too.
LH>     Local Messages 
LH>     Fidonet Local Message Bases
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 RM> I did something similar to this for a long time.
LH>    I know I need a ctl file for each area and I am working on them. 
LH> What I want to know is: can I have each area start with Area 1
LH> without getting them mixed up?  So far I have them as starting with
 RM> Not to my knowledge.  It might be possible, but I don't think that it 
.
 RM> What you could do is to use a number/letter combo 
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 RM> I used the same msgarea.ctl file myself, but you can do 
 RM> it that way and use a lot of includes
 RM> This could get quite long and it might be better suited 
 RM> for MECCA.  If I understand what you want to do, it 
 RM> will require manipulating the access keys and you'll 
 RM> need a mecca script to do it correctly.  I don't have 
 RM> my old one, but it won't be too hard to reconstruct it.
 RM> Do you carry MECCA?  If you do, send me a message in 
 RM> MECCA and we'll get started.  If not, feel free to 
 RM> contact me at root@river.chattanooga.net and we can conduct it via 
ail.
    I don't carry MECCA, but I might consider adding it.  Does it cover v2.02 
as well?  I don't use any scripts.  In fact, except for some of my menus 
(cat-related) it is fairly uncomplicated.
     I may contact you by e-mail to discuss this further, thanks.
    TTYL
       Linda
           cat.lady@cats.gratisnet.com
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