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WARNINGS
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MCFGEDIT will rearrange ALL of your message areas!
If you are not sure you will want to use the new format please backup
before you run the program. MCFGEDIT Writes to the following files:
MSGCFG.DAT
MSGHDR.BBS
MSGIDX.BBS
MSGTOIDX.BBS
MSGINFO.BBS
All Menu Files (Registered)
AREAS.BBS
COMBINED.BBS
LASTREAD.BBS
The registerd version will Rewrite the menus files to the new format
while while using the Nonregistered version this will have to be done
manually. It will also write any obsolete menu commands to a text file
telling you what needs to be altered.
What this means is if you are not registered and have a menu item with
a direct call to a read/write menu like this: RW /M=12 where Area 12
is the local SysOp Comments Area and you run this program then Area 12
could be ANYTHING. It is your responsibilty to change your Menu Entrys
to Match the new MSGCFG.DAT structure. If Area 12 was Deleted and there
was a menu command like {1} Joke Conference with a call of /M=12 then
this would now call what used to be area 13. A message would be sent to
the screen telling you and the information would be written BADMENU.TXT
in the directory you ran MCFGEDIT from.
The following Menu Calls will be unaffected: /M=* ,/M- & /M+
To insure that ECHO MAIL is not affected by this: If AREAS.BBS is in
the main QuickBBS directory (Which it SHOULD be if you have one) it
will be rewritten conforming to the new structure of MSGCFG.DAT.
The reason for this is two fold:
1) It saves you a tremendous amount of work restructuring AREAS.BBS
and insures it is done accuratly.
2) Most immportantly I do NOT want anyone blaming me for your
BAD_JOKES echo being tossed into the NUNS_ONLY Echo.
Also note: Copy the new MSGCFG.DAT to all node directories that use
their own DAT files for configuration.
A note about offline mail programs. Unless the program gets the message
areas directly from MSGCFG.DAT these programs will need to be
reconfigured. I have no way of gaining access to these files and
could not support them even if I had wanted to.
All versions will maintain the Last Read and Combined Pointers.
Also PLEASE note: Runnung MSGPACK -i after running this program will
enable the display of message with (Deleted) after them. These will
not be in the correct area. Please run MSGPACK -P if you need to run
anything.