Hi! Phil,

On Tue, 09 Aug 11, you wrote to me:

 PQ>>      FESetup -IE [-O]

 PK> Is this to say it wont import the echolist & 'automagically' create
 PK> the areas? In other words, I have to create the areas & this will 
 PK> only import the descriptions?

That's probably true.  Though the import of an Areas.Bbs file looks promising
as a way to actually create the areas.  It looks to be a two-step process to
auto-create areas: import Areas.Bbs, then import the echolist.

You still have the option to have an _uplink_ (in FEsetup) send you new echoes
with the auto-create option set, so that areas are created as traffic for
those areas comes through.  You can always generate traffic by sending an
areafix "rescan" netmail to the uplink.  Later, as a second step, then import
the echolist/backbone.na descriptions.

The second method works.  I'm not sure of the Areas.Bbs & echolist import
thingamajig.

 PK> I havent used FastEcho since about 1996 so I am a little foggy...
 PK> More than normal, that is.

I'm having the same trouble (remembering), Phil; my config started in mid-94,
as a point.  BTW, I was feeling brave (haven't finished my first coffee) when
I read your replies, and did an import using the (FEsetup) menu option with
the latest Backbone.Na file: "124 descriptions imported" fine.  There's a lot
of areas that still don't have descriptions in them but at the least the
existing ones weren't harmed.

Cheers,
Paul.

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