Subj : Re: St. Basil 02
To   : mark lewis
From : Tony Langdon
Date : Mon Mar 25 2019 09:44 am

-=> On 03-24-19 12:57, mark lewis wrote to Tony Langdon <=-

 ml> i'm not a QWK hub... it was a user uploading QWK mail before checking
 ml> that the conference numbers were still accurate for the areas they were
 ml> posting in... i don't even know what numbers they have without going
 ml> into scfg and wading through all the areas looking specifically for
 ml> them...

Ahh, OK, that'll do it too.  I've done that to myself by accident a couple of
times lol

 ml> static would be good, though... i'm concerned with how they would be
 ml> listed on the user's end when i insert new areas into the config in
 ml> alphabetical order... then there's the same problem but in reverse when
 ml> areas are removed...

I add new areas at the end where possible.  I still use dynamic conference
numbers for non networked nets and use static numbers for the QWK networks.

 ml> these two problems (above) are one of the main reasons why i much
 ml> prefer FTN echotags over QWK area numbers... the numbers can change but
 ml> with echotags it doesn't matter what order they are in, the tag is
 ml> always used so adding/removing areas doesn't lead to messages being
 ml> posted into the wrong areas...

You can set your QWK numbers to be static.  And don't use consecutive numbers,
if you want to be able to insert conferences between them.

 ml> we probably should move this over to one of the sbbs areas, though...

Feel free to, I am linked up. :)


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