-=> On 04-12-20 03:31, Nelgin wrote to Tony Langdon <=-

 Ne>   Re: Re: Synchronet BBS
 Ne>   By: Tony Langdon to Nelgin on Sun Apr 12 2020 12:29 pm

 > My first FTN - Fidonet itself - took a few goes to get right on Synchronet,
 > but each successive FTN has got easier, to the point that I can now set one
 > up in minutes and have it working first go.  Last week, I even had to
 > renumber one of my FTNs, because the owner of that network was forced to
 > change zones.  I actually managed it better than the other end, because I
 > was able to preserve all of my echomail feeds, because I simply edited
 > areas.bbs to match the net addressing.  And it all worked first go. :)

 Ne> I'm not sure he was forced to change zones, but it was very highly
 Ne> suggested that he did. My fault, sorry :)  Zone 92 was already being
 Ne> used by another net. lol

Well that kinda makes it awkward when most software is not fully 5D aware LOL



 Ne> Yup, I can add a net in a few minutes.
 Ne> scfg
 Ne>   add alias to the list of networks
 Ne>   import message areas - change directory and clone, then fix privs
 Ne>   export areas to areas.bbs
 Ne>   import file areas and change directory
 Ne> echocfg
 Ne>   add setting for linked node
 Ne>   add the domain to the list
 Ne> binkd.cfg
 Ne>   Add domain entry, add do list of addressed
 Ne> binkd.inc
 Ne>   Added hub node if necessary
 Ne> networks.txt

Similar to my process. :)

 Ne>   My own file used for an areafix/filefix/binkd call script

 Ne> then run maketickit - my own script to generate a tickit.ini file

Now that would be useful, tickit.ini is one of the few time consuming things
left for FTNs. ;)

 Ne> Logout, wait for bbs to recycle. All done.


 Ne> I'm writing this here for anyone else who may not have a process down.

Cool. :)


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