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-=> RickV wrote to All <=-

 Ri> Hello everybody!

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

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

 Ri> "Automatically Add New Subs to Area List     No
 Ri> and
 Ri> Allow Nodes to Add Areas from Area List     No"

While I see that DM has told you how to operate without an areas.bbs 
file..., I'm curious as to why you don't want to use it?




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