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    From Santiago Zapata@2:346/7 to All on Wednesday, June 28, 2000 03:57:30
    Hi All! :-)

    How can I define echomail areas that I want to receive but I don't want to export if I don't have dowslinks to export in that echo?

    FE always scan echos, regardless have or not downlinks.


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  • From mark lewis@1:3634/12 to Santiago Zapata on Saturday, July 01, 2000 12:30:02
    Hi All! :-)

    How can I define echomail areas that I want to receive but I
    don't want to export if I don't have dowslinks to export in
    that echo?

    increase the WRITE security level in that echo definition...

    FE always scan echos, regardless have or not downlinks.

    yup... your feed is also a 'downlink'... one also has to remember that as far as tossers are concerned, there's no real uplink/downlink... it's a mass, "i got it, you haven't seen it, i'll send it over" type logic...

    with that in mind, you do have at least one link in the area(s) in question... that link being the one you are pulling those messages from...

    )\/(ark


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  • From Chris Lander@2:257/144 to Santiago Zapata on Sunday, July 02, 2000 15:07:15
    Hello Santiago!

    28 Jun 00 10:57, Santiago Zapata wrote about scanning to All:

    How can I define echomail areas that I want to receive but I don't
    want to export if I don't have dowslinks to export in that echo?

    Generally any area will have at least one export link which is normally your mail feed. If you don't want to export at all then don't put any nodes in the Export to line.


    FE always scan echos, regardless have or not downlinks.

    When you create new mail you'll be using FE to scan/pack mail to go out, normally FE will try and use the ECHOMAIL.BBS, NETMAIL.BBS, ECHOMAIL.JAM, & NETMAIL.JAM files to speed up processing. These files are normally found in the Messagebase folder as defined in FEsetup. If the files don't exist for whetever reason then FE scans through all areas to ensure there's nothing left to go out.

    Have a look at the FE Documents chapter 6.3 for more detailed information, and the command line options you can pass.

    Best regards

    Chris
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