TZUTC: -0500
MSGID: 723:1/1 68d1c5e4
REPLY: 1:154/110@fidonet.org 68d14f0c
PID: Synchronet 3.21a-Linux master/869dac47e Sep 14 2025 GCC 12.2.0
TID: hpt/lnx 1.9 2024-03-02
BBSID: PHARCYDE
CHRS: UTF-8 4
FORMAT: flowed
Hey RickV!

On Mon, 22 Sep 2025 08:21:30 -0500, you wrote:

 > @TZUTC: -0500
 > @MSGID: 1:154/110@fidonet.org 68d14f0c
 > @PID: GED+LNX 1.1.5-b20250409
 > @TID: SBBSecho 3.29-Linux master/8a076b781 Sep 03 2025 GCC 9.5.0
 > @BBSID: VERT
 > @CHRS: UTF-8 2
 > @FORMAT: flowed
 > Hello everybody!

 > I'm getting this error when echosbbs runs. I would like not to need the
 > areas.bbs file and have the settings set as displayed below. What is set
 > wrong, I don't want to use or need that file.

 > 2025-09-22 07:35:56 Could not open Area File (/sbbs/data/areas.bbs): No
 > such file or directory 2025-09-22 07:36:36 Could not open Area File
 > (/sbbs/data/areas.bbs): No such file or directory 2025-09-22 08:04:46
 > Could not open Area File (/sbbs/data/areas.bbs): No such file or
 > directory 2025-09-22 08:20:44 Could not open Area File
 > (/sbbs/data/areas.bbs): No such file or directory

 > "Automatically Add New Subs to Area List     No

 > Allow Nodes to Add Areas from Area List     No"

I don't know, but you should probably realize that whatever you did with
ChatGPT, you're now sending out two copies of every message you post, with a
tiny bit of the message body altered and different MSGIDs.

Regards,
Nick

... Sarcasm: because beating people up is illegal.
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