Gord Hannah wrote in a message to Don Ludington:

 GH> Again this is not working right at all.  I don't have much hair
 GH> left to pull out.

 GH> If I cannot get this working I guess I will nee to try Areafix even
 GH> though it does not read the squish format only the.MSG with no
 GH> chance of maintaining it automatically.

Sorry to hear your continuing problem.  My seal 0.50 setup has
been doing everything automatically without a problem for the
longest time now.  And, it does so with my using exclusively
squish format messages.  Here is a copy of my seal.ini.  Maybe
comparing it to yours will help.  Watch out for any lines that
are wrapped here.  Also, be sure that the Nodelink, Echofeed, and
Filefeed specifications have the right number of commas, with
all parameters entered in the correct places:


[Global]
Sysop="Alex Vasauskas"
Attr=LP
Pointnet=0
Backup=Yes
MatchZone=Yes
GroupLines=No
Optimize=No
DeleteBad=Yes
Registration=
Language=ENGLISH,FRENCH,RUSSIAN,SPANISH,ITALIAN,SPANISH
LongNames=No
SwapSize=0
LongPaths=No
Max3=Yes

[Areas.Bbs]
Level=0
Locks=
Description=
Dimension=4

[Filenames]
Squish=D:\SQUISH\SQUISH.CFG
Tic=E:\TICK\TIC.CFG
Queue=SEAL.QUE
Delete=SEAL.DEL
Pause=SEAL.PAU
Language=ENGLISH
EchoRescan=SQRESCAN.BAT
FdRescan=
UEFTS=ECHOSTAT.LOG
FileStat=FILESTAT.LOG

[Template]
EchoArea="EchoArea  %20t %25p %10s %n"
EchoSpec=";EchoSpec %20t %3a %3l %d"
FileSpec=";FileSpec %20t %3a %3l %d"
EchoRescan="SQUISH RESCAN %t %a"
FileList="%12f [  0] %d"

[Log]
File=SEAL.LOG
Level=6
FD=No

[EchoAreas]
Alias=AREAFIX,AREAMGR,ECHOMGR,SQAEM
NewPath=

[FileAreas]
Alias=RAID,TIC,TICK,FILEMGR
NewPath=

[Message]
Copies=No
INTL=no
PID=No
FakeName=Seal
KillProcessed=Yes
LeaveUnRcvd=No
ShortList=No
ShowFeeds=Yes
NotifyList=No
RespondLinked=No
RespondList=No
DefaultDescription=
Split=12

[Files]
CRC=No
Fido=No
Rad=Yes
Replace=Yes
FileList=No
OldFiles=
MultipleDesc=no
In=C:\BINKLEY\NETFILE
Hold=E:\TICK\HOLDDIR
SendAs=Seal

[Announce]
To=All
From=Seal
SubjectFile="New file announcement"
SubjectArea="New area announcement"
HeaderFile=
FooterFile=
NewAnnounce=

[MsgArea.Ctl]
Area=%#
Extra=
TagDesc=Yes

[FileArea.Ctl]
Area=%#
Extra=
Upload=
TagDesc=Yes

[Security]
ValidateName=No
CheckFreeRide=No
ShowProtected=No
Secret=No
IgnoreFrom=
NoQuery=no
NoHelp=no
NoPause=no
NoTic=no
NoNotLinked=no
NoRescan=no

[OpenSystem]
OpenSystem=No
Level=0
Keys=
Attr=LPK

;
; NODELINKS
;
; addr=name,pw,level,keys,dlevel,dkeys,attr,flags,mgmt,lang,akas
;
; Where:  addr   = Address of this nodelink
;         name   = Name of the nodelink
;         pw     = Password for this nodelink
;         level  = Access level for this nodelink
;         keys   = Keys for this nodelink
;         dlevel = Display access level
;         dkeys  = Display keys
;         attr   = Message attributes for messages to this nodelink
;                    P = Private, K = Kill/Sent, L = Local, C = Crash
;                    H = Hold, I = Immediate (FD), D = Direct (FD)
;         flags  = Flags for TIC.CFG entry for this nodelink
;                    * = Accept files, & = Ignore when sending
;                    F = Send FLE file (not processed)
;                    T = Don't send TIC file, C = Crash, H = Hold
;                    P = Pre-released (not processed)
;         mgmt   = Management flags for this nodelink
;                    M = Remote management, S = Automated system
;                    F = Don't allow a free ride, X = Exclude from notify
;                    R = Forward requests
;         lang   = Language for this nodelink
;         akas   = Akas for this nodelink

[NodeLinks]
1:17/13="Dennis Stout",*****,70,,,,PH,,R,,


; ECHOFEEDS
;
; addr=name,pw,level,locks,attr,aka,cne,switches,group,announce,dir,nodes,lists
;
; Where:  addr     = Address of your uplink
;         name     = Send requests to this name
;         pw       = Password
;         level    = Access level to assign to areas created from this feed
;         locks    = Locks to assign to areas created from this feed
;         attr     = Message attributes for messages sent to this feed
;                      P = Private, K = Kill/Sent, L = Local, C = Crash
;                      H = Hold, I = Immediate (FD), D = Direct (FD)
;         aka      = Send messages to this feed from this address
;         cne      = (create new areas)
;         switches = Switches for EchoArea line
;                      -0 = Pass-through
;                      -$ = Squish
;                      -$d = Kill/days
;                      -$m = Kill/max msgs
;                      -$s = Skip msgs
;                      -f  = *.MSG
;                      -s  = Strip private
;                      -h  = Add private
;                      -a  = Add new areas to AREAS.BBS
;                      -p  = Send mail/packet from aka
;                      -x  = Don't accept from node
;                      -+  = Add to Seen-bys
;         group    = Area group to add new areas to
;         announce = Announce new areas in these echos
;         dir      = Directory to create new areas in
;         nodes    = Link these nodes to new areas
;         lists    = Forward lists; {at} = FIDONET.NA format
;
;[EchoFeeds]
;1:140/101=gecho,*******,30,,,1:140/234,Yes,"-$
-0",,sysfiles,C:\MAX\MSG\,,C:\MAX\lists\BACKBONE.NA

[EchoFeeds]
1:138/146=areafix,*******,0,,P,1:17/75,Yes,"-$
-0",,,E:\MSG\,,C:\BINKLEY\NETFILE\ELIST\BACKBONE.NA

; FILEFEEDS
;
; addr=name,pw,level,locks,attr,aka,cne,flags,group,announce,path,nodes,lists
;
; Where:  addr     = Address of your uplink
;         name     = Send request to this name
;         pw       = Password
;         level    = Access level to assign to areas created from this feed
;         locks    = Locks to assign to areas created from this feed
;         attr     = Message attributes for messages sent to this feed
;                      P = Private, K = Kill/Sent, L = Local, C = Crash
;                      H = Hold, I = Immediate (FD), D = Direct (FD)
;         aka      = Send messages to this feed from this address
;         cne      = (create new areas)
;         flags    = Flags for TIC.CFG entry
;                      * = Accept files, & = Ignore when sending
;                      F  = Send FLE file (not processed)
;                      T  = Don't send TIC file, C = Crash, H = Hold
;                      P  = Pre-released (not processed)
;                      0  = Create pass-through areas
;         group    = Area group to add new areas to
;         announce = Announce new areas in these echos
;         path     = Path to create new areas in
;         nodes    = Link these nodes to new areas
;         lists    = Forward lists; {at} = FILEBONE.NA format

[FileFeeds]
1:138/146=raid,*******,0,,PC,1:17/75,Yes,&*,,,,,
1:153/715=raid,********,0,,PC,1:17/75,Yes,&*,,,,,

;
; PROTECTED AREAS
;
; tag=type,level,locks
;
; Where:  tag   = Area tag
;         type  = "echo" or "file"
;         level = Access level for this area
;         locks = Locks assigned to this area

[ProtectedAreas]



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