Subj : Gating message areas
To   : Digital Man
From : Errol Casey
Date : Fri Feb 06 2026 07:46 am

  Re: Gating message areas
  By: Digital Man to Amessyroom on Fri Feb 06 2026 02:26 am

 DM> Re: Gating message areas
 DM> 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

 DM> Those messages mean that posts from 1:3634/58 are being rejected. Is
 DM> 1:3634/58 your address? What are you trying to import messages from your
 DM> own address?
I thought a source had to be provided (i.e. uplink) before linked node (receiving message).

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

 DM> Do you mean areas.bbs (not "area.bbs")? What do you have set in
 DM> echocfg->Paths and Filenames->Area File?
It is shown ../data/areas.bs

 DM> If 1:3634/58 is *your* addres, it would not normally be listed in the area
 DM> file - that's likely a mistake. I would expect to see just *one* linked
 DM> node on each of those lines and that would be the point system's address.
I obviously misread the wiki and thought an UPLINK was required before a linked node in the areas.bbs

 >> 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?

 DM> It looks wrong.
 DM> --
 DM> digital man (rob)
I agree. 3634/58 is my bbs fidonet address. I will remove it from areas.bbs
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