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You can manually define a message area by putting a line of the following
format into your configuration file:
format flags "description" path areatag [address]
Except for the address parameter, all parameters are mandatory. The
meaning of these parameters is as follows:
- format
-
The format parameter tells the message base format this message area is
held in. It can be either `Fido', designating a message area in Fido
*.MSG file format, `Quick', desingating a message area held in a
QuickBBS or Hudson Message Base, `Squish', designating a message area
in the Squish format, or `Jam', designating a message area in the JAM
format (Jam will only be enable when MsgEd TE was compiled with Smapi
2.0 or higher).
- flags
-
The flags parameter is a sequence of characters where each character is
a flag that toggles a certain option. The following flags can be used:
-
Flags that specify the message area type. You have to use exactly one of
those:
m
- netmail area,
e
- echomail area,
l
- local mail area.
-
Flags that toggle certain special features of MsgEd TE. All of these
flags are optional. See section 4 Advanced Concepts in MsgEd TE, for more information on the
meaning of these flags.
8
- allow 8 bit characters with the proper @CHRS
kludge,
u
- enable internet gateway support for this area,
n
- this flag is obsolete.
-
Default message attributes for messages written in this area. You should
specify `p' for netmail areas. The `loc' flag will always be set,
so you can't specify it here.
p
- private,
h
- hold,
k
- kill/sent,
d
- direct.
- description
-
The description parameter specifies the name under which the area will
appear in the area selection screen. It may contain white spaces if you place
it between quotation marks.
- path
-
The path parameter gives the location of the message area. For Fido *.MSG
areas, this is the path name of the corresponding directory. For QuickBBS
areas, it is the area number. For Squish and Jam areas, it is the base name of the
area files without extension.
- areatag
-
The areatag parameter gives the official area tag of this area. You
must specify this parameter for echomail areas, and you must
not specify this for netmail areas!
- address
-
Finally, the address parameter specifies the FTN address to use for
this area. You must use this for othernet areas where you must use an AKA
different to your main AKA.
Here are some examples:
Fido mup "Fidonet Netmail" e:\fido\netmail 2:2476/418.0
Squish eu "MsgEd Support" e:\fido\sq\msged MSGED_ECHO
Squish eu8 "OS/2 Debate" e:\fido\sq\os2deb OS2.DEBATE.GER
Squish eu "c't conference" e:\fido\sq\ctger CT.GER 21:492/2851.0
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