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    From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Digital Man on Fri Apr 17 20:09:15 2026
    Re: Importing Message Areas
    By: Digital Man to MRO on Thu Apr 16 2026 10:18 am

    internal code prefix, access requirements and other options.

    you can't do that with the current formats that are left over, right?

    Nope, but you can by simply copy/pasting the msgs.ini entries (which
    don't have the same ordering and extensibility issues that the
    subs.txt entries did).


    i could do that or something else, but being able to export/export subs.txt
    was useful for people that ran msg networks or sysops who want to carry them.

    I never had any problem with the subs.txt format and i used it a lot over the years. i like the newer .ini formats for things in most cases, but i'm surprised you ripped that out.


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  • From Digital Man@VERT to MRO on Fri Apr 17 22:01:44 2026
    Re: Importing Message Areas
    By: MRO to Digital Man on Fri Apr 17 2026 08:09 pm

    Re: Importing Message Areas
    By: Digital Man to MRO on Thu Apr 16 2026 10:18 am

    internal code prefix, access requirements and other options.

    you can't do that with the current formats that are left over, right?

    Nope, but you can by simply copy/pasting the msgs.ini entries (which don't have the same ordering and extensibility issues that the
    subs.txt entries did).


    i could do that or something else, but being able to export/export subs.txt was useful for people that ran msg networks or sysops who want to carry them.

    I never had any problem with the subs.txt format and i used it a lot over the years. i like the newer .ini formats for things in most cases, but i'm surprised you ripped that out.

    subs.txt and dirs.txt were missing newer sub-board/directory fields and the format was kind of dumb (like all door drop file formats). I'll add some better import/export formats that'll serve the same purpose, but better.
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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Digital Man on Sat Apr 18 02:09:16 2026
    Re: Importing Message Areas
    By: Digital Man to MRO on Fri Apr 17 2026 10:01 pm


    subs.txt and dirs.txt were missing newer sub-board/directory fields
    and the format was kind of dumb (like all door drop file formats).
    I'll add some better import/export formats that'll serve the same
    purpose, but better.


    yeah you're right. that's good news, it would be good to have a better replacement.


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    looking after some of the richest clients in the world...Now we do!"


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