Re: How to add other echo message boards?
By: tmcca to All on Sat Aug 10 2024 07:08 pm

I am confused on how to add other message boards like AmigaNet; HobbyNet, etc. I know about running in init-fidonet.ini and selecting the correct number. After, that I am not sure what to do. Sorry, I am new and maybe a stupid ?.

init-fidonet.ini is just a data file for use by init-fidonet.js. So you run init-fidonet.js, not init-fidonet.ini.

Depending on the network you're joining, if they have an echolist available for download, the script will automatically download the echolist and import it into SCFG for you.

That's what this step is: "Download and import an EchoList (list of FidoNet message areas) in SCFG->Message Areas" and it's automated when running init-fidonet.js, you'll get prompted (if the echolist is retrievable via http or https) if you want to download and install it. Just answer 'Y' to that prompt.
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tmcca wrote to All <=-

I am confused on how to add other message boards like AmigaNet;
HobbyNet, etc. I know about running in init-fidonet.ini and selecting
the correct number. After, that I am not sure what to do. Sorry, I am
new and maybe a stupid ?.

It's pretty well documented on the Wiki. You'll have to spend some time reading and putting some effort into it, though. I suggest you start
here:

https://wiki.synchro.net/howto:fidonet

If you have more specific questions after that, come back and ask.



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I got FidoNet setup waiting for node address now.

I am trying to figure out how to add HobbyNet. Thanks
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I tried another Netmail AmigaNet same thing. I made a file directory named it AmigaNet and sent a filefix to hub. I got response back said it was imported but to where? I don't see it. very strange as it says getting AMYLIST echoed. I am at a loss.
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tmcca wrote to echicken <=-

I tried another Netmail AmigaNet same thing. I made a file directory
named it AmigaNet and sent a filefix to hub. I got response back said
it was imported but to where? I don't see it. very strange as it says getting AMYLIST echoed. I am at a loss.

Look at your 'tickit.ini' file (in /sbbs/ctrl). Then, *READ* the top
part of the file where it explains how to set it up. Then, read it
again. Then set it up properly.

This is all documented well on the Wiki.



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Re: Re: How to add other echo message boards?
By: tmcca to echicken on Sun Aug 18 2024 16:38:36

I tried another Netmail AmigaNet same thing. I made a file directory named it AmigaNet and sent a filefix to hub. I got response back said it was imported but to where? I don't see it. very strange as it says getting AMYLIST echoed. I am at a loss.

Where the files are going to depends on how you configured TickIT.
There's a global "Dir" setting in tickit.ini that says which of your file directories is used by default if a directory hasn't been configured for a particular echo. So if you have this configured, check that directory.

You might have an [AMYLIST] section in tickit.ini with a "Dir" setting, which would be where incoming files go to.

Note that when I say "directory" here, I don't mean just a path on disk, but a File Directory within a File Library as configured via scfg.

https://wiki.synchro.net/module:tickit

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I ran jsexec init-tickit.js and got the following:

[AMYLIST]
Dir=MAIN_AMYLIST
Handler=tickit/nodelist_handler.js
HandlerArg={"domain":"amiganet" ,"match":"AmyList.1*", "nlmatch":"AmyList.*"} Forcereplace = true
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