Rob,

After setting a message area in a message board under
SCFG, is there a command line command that can be done,
without having to logon to the BBS to post a message to
activate the area??

What does "activate" mean in this context?

Does a message need to be posted in the area before any
other posts (autopost or otherwise) are done in that area??

"files are set for the correct day and time" - what are you talking
about?

I found the problem...a gray blonde moment on my part. I had two
words GOTO EXIT on the command line, and it was exiting before it
got to the jsexec command. :P

Daryl

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Re: Activating A Message Area
By: Daryl Stout to Digital Man on Sat Aug 22 2020 08:21 pm

Rob,

After setting a message area in a message board under
SCFG, is there a command line command that can be done,
without having to logon to the BBS to post a message to
activate the area??

What does "activate" mean in this context?

Does a message need to be posted in the area before any
other posts (autopost or otherwise) are done in that area??

Shouldn't, but there have been times when some programs or utilities (e.g. smbutil) didn't behave well when the message base files were not already created (e.g. by SCFG).

digital man

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