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Hello Stephen!

Wednesday April 15 2020 10:48, you wrote to me:


 >>> %+ALL
 >>> Reading the helpfile a "%+ALL" should work.

 VC>> From share/int/macro/en/areamgr.help

 VC>> -!-
 VC>> In the body of the message to AreaMgr:

 VC>> +    To connect to an echomail area
 VC>> -    To disconnect from an echomail area
 VC>> %+ALL          To connect to all echomail areas

 > My areamgr.help is the same.


 VC>> Should work  - what do you have in log/manager.log  for the date
 VC>> time of his request?

 > Not a lot to go on. #-(
 > The "%+ALL" in the netmail didn't get a response, and the "+FRED" was
 > not found as it should be...


 > + 13-Apr-2020 09:43:00 mbfido[10951] AreaMgr request from Tom Aberdeen
 > of
 > 3:633/416@fidonet start
 > + 13-Apr-2020 09:43:00 mbfido[10951] AreaMgr: Connect group ALL
 > + 13-Apr-2020 09:43:00 mbfido[10951] AreaMgr request from Tom Aberdeen
 > of
 > 3:633/416@fidonet finished

 > + 15-Apr-2020 09:50:29 mbfido[25234] AreaMgr request from Stephen
 > Walsh of
 > 3:633/281@fidonet start
 > + 15-Apr-2020 09:50:29 mbfido[25234] AreaMgr: Connect group ALL
 > + 15-Apr-2020 09:50:29 mbfido[25234] AreaMgr request from Stephen
 > Walsh of
 > 3:633/281@fidonet finished

 > + 15-Apr-2020 09:59:30 mbfido[25324] AreaMgr request from Stephen
 > Walsh of
 > 3:633/281@fidonet start
 > + 15-Apr-2020 09:59:30 mbfido[25324] AreaMgr: Connect group ALL
 > + 15-Apr-2020 09:59:30 mbfido[25324] AreaMgr: connect "+FRED"
 > + 15-Apr-2020 09:59:30 mbfido[25324] Area FRED not found
 > + 15-Apr-2020 09:59:30 mbfido[25324] AreaMgr request from Stephen
 > Walsh of
 > 3:633/281@fidonet finished

It is reporting 'ALL' and as a group that does not look right as it should be
seeing '%+ALL'  which is hardly the same.

At the moment I cannot test this without screwing up existing settings.

Will try and take a look later in the week.

Vincent

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