REPLY: 2:250/1@fidonet 61d5c085
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 On 2022 Jan 05 15:53:38, you wrote to me:

 >> it isn't case sensitive here, either... i think this is the first time
 >> i've ever heard of area manager names being case sensitive... i'll
 >> have to try to remember it, too, since i manually add/remove areas
 >> from links rather than trying to understand my software's auto areafix
 >> forwarding stuff... especially since my software only allows for one
 >> so-called uplink to be specified which in the case of backbone stars
 >> is a tad on the restrictive side...

 VC> My system for both files and echo's allows each link - down or up to add,
 VC> remove or change their setting for any area so if linked to both files and
 VC> echo areas it requires one message to each service (as against BBBS which
 VC> does the lot in one sweep as near as I could make out with Janis's system.

that's standard... some systems also have an option to automatically add areas
to a system without the operator's intervention... that's what i'm dealing
with in one case, right now...

 VC> I sent out a list of my service names for both of these but in case I
 VC> did not do so here here it is :

[trim]

 VC> As you can see multiple names for each service with examples of case given
 VC> for each such as FileMgr and filemgr.

thank you for that... it looks similar to the alias list i have in my software
these days... i'll just stick with using areafix and filefix to keep it simple
:)

thanks!

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