Za> I am having a problem with my current Mystic setup (I think a 48 July 22
 Za> First when I am in message area I press p for post and instead of
 Za> default to  All it defaults to Access denied *all in read)  I looked in
 Za> ini files and  config but did not find out.  Any I ideas? where to look
 Za> to correct this?

My guess is its probably this:

 + The default value for the "To:" field when posting a message is now
   configurable on a per-theme basis.  The value of prompt #104 will now be
   used as the default for the To field.  If you've never modified this then
   you don't have to do anything but you may need to reset it to default in
   the prompt editor otherwise.

You'll want to go into you prompts and reset it to default (prompt #104) or set it to "All".  Mystic should update all of this on its own unless it was customized (assuming the new prompt.dat is replaced when upgrading each time).

 Za> Next is the File Area.  When I press V to view a file it displays
 Za> contents of  zip file.  But it does not view individual files test or
 Za> ansi.

I think that might depend on your archive configuration.  If the new install of A48 works and you haven't modified your archive settings then you could try to take the archive.dat from the new A48 and copy to your BBS's data folder.

 Za> I was thinking of install your A48 and copying my data files over for a
 Za> fresh  start.  Not sure that will work for whats wrong my current setup
 Za> I may copy over bad config stuff and have same problem.
 Za> 
 Za> What do you recommend?

Either should be ok.  I can help you work out the issues or you should be ok to copy data over as well.

... Isn't it a bit unnerving that doctors call what they do "practice"?

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