NOTE: this is a resend of this reply as a new message... it seems that the
previous one didn't get propogated on 2012 Oct 30 when it was written... 

 BG> ! 28 Oct 22:45:00 FSTE Messages would be tossed beyond HMB limits
 BG> (MSGTXT.BBS overflow)
 BG> * 28 Oct 22:45:00 FSTE Active 0:00:00 (Extern 0:00:00)
 BG> + 28 Oct 22:45:00 FSTE end, FastEcho 1.46

 BG> What would the problem/cause be, and how to fix it?

you have too many messages in your HMB... it has some pretty strict limitations... 

Max areas    : 255   (depending on software. quickbbs only allowed 200)
Max messages : 32767 (this is ALL messages in ALL areas)
Max size     : 16Meg (MSGTXT.BBS holds 65535 255byte records)

to be specific, those messages are telling you that you are running into
the third limitation...

your only choice is to trim the numbers of messages you have stored and
pack the base down... either one of the second two will cause problems like
you are seeing... if either of those limits are broached, the entire
message base is corrupt and the only option is to delete all the MSG*.BBS
files and start all over again...

)\/(ark
member, FastEcho Beta Team