Subj : How to add other echo message boards?
To   : tmcca
From : Digital Man
Date : Sat Aug 10 2024 07:34 pm

  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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                                            digital man (rob)

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