On 2019 Apr 01 03:33:22, you wrote to All:

 JS>  I have tried a number of syntax changes to no avail. And regardless
 JS>  of how many message areas are enabled. Golded only shows the netmail
 JS>  area and one confused message area with Golded loaded.

 JS>  What the heck am I missing?

is your golded reading the tosser config?

 JS>  areadef FSX_MAG   "FSX_MAG"   X  Echo  Jam /home/mystic/msgs 21:1/128 .
 JS> (loc) "Fsxnet: The Twisted Balloon"

FWIW: my area definitions are expressed in this manner and look a lot
different...

==== Begin "1-3634-12.areas"  ====
# areas file used with husky software for 1:3634/12

# Fidonet Backbone Areas
EchoArea    10th_amd           
/home/myuser/fido/msgBase/fido/backbone/1/10th_amd              -d "10th
Amendment Echo"    -b jam -a 1:3634/12.73 -g B -p 1100 -dupeCheck move
-dupeHistory 1100 -sbkeepall 1:3634/12

==== End "1-3634-12.areas" ====


my GoldEd is also configured to read the fidoconfig format for my HPT
installation... in there i have only three areas defined right before the above
 include file... those areas are defined like this...


==== Begin "config"  ====
# FidoConfig generated by fidoInst for bash by Zano
Version 0.14

[...]

## mail areas
NetMailArea NetMailArea      /home/myuser/fido/msgBase/netmail                 
          -b jam
BadArea     Badarea          /home/myuser/fido/msgBase/bad                     
          -b jam
DupeArea    DupeArea         /home/myuser/fido/msgBase/dupe                    
          -b jam  -p 1

Include           /home/myuser/fido/etc/1-3634-12.areas
==== End "config" ====


i've never used the "areadef" format... only this one as depicted above which
has ~250 areas defined...


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 * Origin:  (1:3634/12.73)