Hello Allen,

> All I have to say about BBBS is it has to the the most generous BBS
> system on the planet.

Yup, one can easily add/request one or one hundred echos with a single short
areafix command.

> Can someone please post a full explanation on the regex Areafix
> requests.  I try to do as best as I can but every now and then I screw
> up and adding one echo adds a hunderd.  Like I said it's generous
> loves to share lol.

A snippet of the areafix documentation is:

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BBBS comes with built-in AreaFix capabilities, just like any other mail or
file tosser.  BRoboCop is the central AreaFix "robot" and it handles both mail
and file requests.

Messages can be sent to AreaFix or BRoboCop, and areafix passwords must be on
the subject line.  WARNING:  AreaFix will not work without an areafix password!

Users can also pass extra commands to BRoboCop on the subject line:

  -h    BRoboCop sends the help message menus/brobo_cf back to user
  -l    Gives list of all areas available for user
  -q    Gives list of linked areas available for user
  -u    Gives list of unlinked areas available for user

In the actual message text, the following meta commands can be used.  Only one
command is permitted per line:

  %help               BRoboCop sends the help message menus/brobo_cf back to
                      user
  %list               Gives list of all areas available for user
  %query              Gives list of linked areas available for user
  %unlinked           Gives list of unlinked areas available for user
  +arearegexp         Connect to file or echo area(s)
  -arearegexp         Disconnect file or echo area(s)
  file +arearegexp    Connect to file area(s)
  file -arearegexp    Disconnect file area(s)
  echo +arearegexp    Connect to echo area(s)
  echo -arearegexp    Disconnect echo area(s)

Arearegexp's are standard regular expressions used to find message or file
echo names.  The arearegexp "%all" will be expanded to ".".  Find out more 
information on Regular Expressions.

Example:

  From: Joe Sysop, 111:1200/58          To: BRoboCop, 111:111/0
  Subj: MYPASSWD -l

    +^STN

This will connect Joe Sysop at 111:1200/58 to all message and file echos with
names starting with STN and will also send him a list of all the message and
file echos he has access to.
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Jeff

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