Subj : FastEcho help To : Bill Gordon From : mark lewis Date : Thu Dec 08 2016 04:13 pm 08 Dec 16 12:13, you wrote to me: >> so what is your question/problem with FE? BG> When I try to import the Echolist or the Areas.BBS it asks for backbone.na BG> or fidonte.na, both of which are no longer in use. i haven't heard that... why would you think backbone.na is no longer in use?? it is only updated when necessary and these days, that may be a year or longer... it depends on when echos are added to the NAB and others may be removed... i use backbone.na here on my FE... i have my setting in FE pointing to the file area where backbone.na lands when it is hatched and arrives on my system... BG> I've tried using filegate.zxx, but I get an error. because filegate.zxx is for tic/raid/allfix... it is not message areas but file areas... )\/(ark Always Mount a Scratch Monkey Do you manage your own servers? If you are not running an IDS/IPS yer doin' it wrong... .... Writers should be read, but neither seen nor heard. --- * Origin: (1:3634/12.73) .