Hi Paul,

On 2016-12-06 21:33:43, you wrote to Paul Hayton:

 PH>> No but let me know where these files should be and what they should
 PH>> look like as I suspect they are simply not there

 PQ> Just guessing from your previously posted config and a quick browse of the
 PQ> doco... Your 'NETMAIL' directory should have *.Msg files in it.  The
 PQ> 'USENET' directory ought to have all your JAM areas and the Hudson board
 PQ> areas.  The Hudson config should look something like this...

It's better to separate the hudson and jam directories...

 PQ> File Name         Size        Allocated   Modified
 PQ> --------------------------------------------------
 PQ> LASTREAD BBS           400           512  17/08/01
 PQ> MSGHDR   BBS             0             0  18/08/01
 PQ> MSGIDX   BBS             0             0  02/09/06
 PQ> MSGINFO  BBS           406           512  06/12/16
 PQ> MSGTOIDX BBS             0             0  02/09/06
 PQ> MSGTXT   BBS             0             0  18/08/01

Here's mine:

 Directory of d:\com\MsgBase

2016-12-06  13:19    <DIR>          .
2016-12-06  13:19    <DIR>          ..
2016-12-06  12:30                 0 fmail.loc
2016-12-06  12:30            27.200 lastread.bbs
2016-12-06  12:30           453.662 msghdr.bbs
2016-12-06  12:30             7.278 msgidx.bbs
2016-12-06  12:30               406 msginfo.bbs
2016-12-06  12:30            87.336 msgtoidx.bbs
2016-12-06  12:30         5.681.408 msgtxt.bbs
2016-12-06  12:30             1.016 users.bbs
2016-12-01  09:06                 0 usersidx.bbs
2016-12-01  09:06                 0 usersxi.bbs
              11 File(s)      6.258.306 bytes

I recently deleted the users* files. They were auto recreated. And used to have
 a much older date from the time (decenia ago), when I still ran an elebbs
system. 

 PQ> (I think Mark Lewis posted a copy of his recently, too.)  Of course
 PQ> yours will be somewhat more fleshed out, as I see you're bumping the
 PQ> size limit. Mine is only enough to have since FastEcho insists on
 PQ> needing one. Your problem with the LastRead.Bbs file nags me into
 PQ> thinking that you may need an editor to create one; simply pointing an
 PQ> editor at the Hudson areas prompts the editor to create one... IIRC.

I was thinking the same thing...

 PQ> Find yourself a Golded archive and install it.  Generally a default
 PQ> config file ought to work but you may care to do a little obvious
 PQ> fine-tuning, and you /will/ most certainly have to point Golded at
 PQ> your message areas configured in FMail.  Quoting from the Golded
 PQ> dox...

 PQ> // GoldED can get area setup from many other programs.
 PQ> // Uncomment and edit one of these for a quick and simple area setup.
 PQ> ;AREAFILE FastEcho      C:\FIDO\UTIL\FE\
 PQ> ;AREAFILE AreasBBS      M:\HUDSON\AREAS.BBS

 PQ> Using an exported Areas.Bbs file from FMail is your best & simplest option
 PQ> (the only downside is that area descriptions aren't dispayed).  Sure
 PQ> there's an option to use an FMail config file (I didn't quote that) but
 PQ> it's problematical as to whether Golded could use the latest FMail
version.

FMail has an option to auto generate/update an AREAS.GLD file. Which is updated
 everytime something changes in your area config. It includes the descriptions.
 You simply use it from the GOLDED.CFG file with an INCLUDE line, like "INCLUDE
 AREAS.GLD".

Bye, Wilfred.

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