> Question about ECHOCFG on Synchronet version 3.17

ok

 > I've been used to Synchronet using sbbsecho.cfg as the configuration file
 > and using ECHOCFG to configure it. It appears that 3.17 now uses
 > sbbsecho.ini.

yep (unless you want to run the older version of sbbecho, before the change
over)
 
 > When I try to use ECHOCFG  to configure Fidonet, it complains that
 > sbbsecho.ini in the \sbbs\ctrl directory isn't there. (BTW, I'm running
 > everything off the E drive, if that makes  a difference). 

nope

 > Should the file already be there? Or should I need to create  it first? Or
 > didit  not create when I did the installation and the upgade to the latest
 > dev builds?

a program make them : sbbsecho_upgrade.js

 > Just wondering what I'm doing wrong or what files I'm missing that I need.

from msdos, in your \sbbs\exec dir. do this :
jsexec sbbsecho_upgrade.js
 
just make sure you have sbbsecho_upgrade.js in your \sbbs\exec dir.
 
 
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