MG> I have used Sqafix in a multi-network setup for a long time now 
 MG> without any major issues. The key to making it all work, is the 
 MG> "keys". You assign keys to areas based on what network they belong 
 MG> to, and assign the downlinks only the keys for the networks they are 
 MG> a member of, and then when they send a %QUERY message, Sqafix will 
 MG> present them with only the proper echo areas in the list of areas 
 MG> available.

 MG> I have Fidonet areas flagged with the F key, SkyNet flagged with S, 
 MG> JustaXnet flagged as J, Worldnet (newsgroup gating) as W, private 
 MG> areas as P, local net echos as N, Regional echos as R, Other echos as 
 MG> O, and my Madmail hub echo is flagged as M. It all works very well, 
 MG> actually.

Yeah....  ^^ what he said.
:)



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 MG> Sqafix is already multi-zone aware. It takes it's addressing cues not 
 MG> from the message areas themselves, but from the autocreation part of 
 MG> it's config, the "Uplink" settings, and the permissions
given to the 
 MG> downlinks, matched with the differing aka's in the
"Address" lines of 
 MG> the config. The only thing Sqafix doesn't support is the multiple 
 MG> netmail areas.

It reads better when he said it.   ....  



                                    ....Joe

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