Subj : Gating message areas
To   : Amessyroom
From : Digital Man
Date : Fri Feb 06 2026 02:26 am

  Re: Gating message areas
  By: Amessyroom to Digital Man on Fri Feb 06 2026 02:12 am

 > I've added dovenet sub-boards and I'm getting content, but cannot seem to
 > post.
 >
 > Also have gotten alt.bbs exported.
 >
 > But my postings fail. The point software doesn't show problem, but I get
 > a security violation on the BBS side.
 > 2026-02-05 22:20:31 DOVE-GENERAL: Security violation - 1:3634/58 not in Area
 > File
 > 2026-02-05 22:54:58 DOVE-GENERAL: Security violation - 1:3634/58 not in Area
 > File
 > 2026-02-05 23:13:10 DOVE-GENERAL: Security violation - 1:3634/58 not in Area
 > File
 >
 > 2026-02-06 02:02:07 ALT.BBS: Security violation - 1:3634/58 not in Area File

Those messages mean that posts from 1:3634/58 are being rejected. Is 1:3634/58 your address? What are you trying to import messages from your own address?

Those log messages are not mentioning posts from any point system. Did you find log messages that refer to posted messages (echomail) from the point system?

 > I'm not sure where the problem is. Here are entries for these sub-boards
 > from area.bbs
 >
 > DOVE-GENERAL    DOVE-GENERAL    1:3634/58       1:3634/58.1337
 >
 > USENET_ALTBBS   alt.bbs 1:3634/58       1:3634/58.1337

Do you mean areas.bbs (not "area.bbs")? What do you have set in echocfg->Paths and Filenames->Area File?

If 1:3634/58 is *your* addres, it would not normally be listed in the area file - that's likely a mistake. I would expect to see just *one* linked node on each of those lines and that would be the point system's address.

 > Are these incorrect, or is there other things that need to be defined to
 > allow the BBS itself to be the "uplink/hub" for the sub-board?

It looks wrong.
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