-=> Quoting Dan Ceppa to Bruce Clark <=-

 DC> On 23 Mar 05  05:04:00, BRUCE CLARK got back to DAN CEPPA 
 -> Re: BWave.
 
 DC> How would BW know what the BBS was set for?  
 
 DS> Because BlueWave keeps a file of settings for each BBS you use.  
 DS> They are *.INF files and *.INI files, kept in the bluewave DATA
 DS> directory. 
 
 DC> OK, but how does it grab them in the first and can those files be
 DC> edited?    
 
 BC> BlueWave "grabs" them when you open a message packet or
reply packet. 

 DC> Does it have to be changed each time there's a change in a BBS?  

You can customize seperate BBSes. 

If the BBS changes the number to name order of message areas, 
then you would have to go through and change those around in 
your preferences also, but only if you have made selections in 
the: Msg Area Preference Override of BlueWave, otherwise it is 
just changing the download selections in the BBS door. 


 BC> Keep that in mind when you change things around, but the packets 
 BC> aren't doing what you want them to do. 

 DC> What I have to be careful of is changing the order of settings 
 DC> in some of files in OMX.  They are numbered and I can't just 
 DC> delete an area without changing how BW stores them.  

 DC> That's not a big deal unless I run BWSAVE and find different 
 DC> Echoes bundled into one area.  

I believe this is due to the BBS door optimizing things, rather 
then leaving numbers and names alone when an area is added or 
deleted. 

You need to make sure to notify your users, every time you add or 
delete message bases, that they need to check there offline reader 
download configuration. 

Another reason I like BBSNETS. 
Once an area is given a number, it never changes. 
You can switch between numerical or alphabetical viewing order 
though. 

All those areas can be viewed as smaller groups: 

    0. All conferences                   1. FidoNet (Complete)
    2. FidoNet (High Volume)             3. FidoNet (Low Volume)
    4. Familynet                         5. FidoNet (Non English Echos)
    6. Genealogy (Rime Relay)            7. Internal BBS Conferences
    8. ACENET                            9. Rime Full Conference Listing
   10. Intelec Network                  11. Race Net (Rime Relay)
   12. JustaNet                         13. ChristNet (Rime Relay)
   14. Xpresit Network                  15. Rime-Fidonet Gated (Rime Relay
   16. X-Files Networks

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