Subj : synchronet (sbbs)
To   : Micheal Pierce
From : Alan Ianson
Date : Sat May 16 2020 12:46 pm

>is there a patch or update for golded to be able to reliably read synchronet's
> message base??

>I have gotten golded to read sbbs message base but, the message base has allot
> of holes. lots of missing headers

That's the result I got several years ago when I did this.

Your best be with Synchronet is to use the -W command line option to write a goldarea.inc file to include in your config. Once you do that you'll need to go over that file and correct any errors and include that file in your golded.cfg and remove the "AREAFILE SBBS /sbbs/" line, or comment it out.

I don't know what the issue is with the SBBS support in golded but it seems to be incorrect or incomplete. If all your areas have the same internal code prefix I think you'll have better luck, but I doubt they are.

> also, anyone know of a way to read mystic's areas and genterate an areas file
> that golded can read??

It's the same situation with Mystic. You need a goldarea.inc to include or just add AREADEF lines to your golded.cfg. There is no other way I know of.

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