AreaFix Help Guide

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Address all requests to 'GEcho', 'AreaMgr' or 'AreaFix' (without quotes).
Your AreaMgr password goes on the subject line.

In the body of the message to AreaMgr:

[+]<areaname>         Connect an area (The '+' is optional)
-<areaname>           Disconnect an area (The '-' is REQUIRED!)
%HELP                 Request this message
%LIST                 Request a list of areas available to you
%QUERY                Request a list of areas to which you are connected
%UNLINKED             Request a list of areas to which you are not connected
%COMPRESSION <type>   Change the compression type (ARC/ARJ/LZH/PAK/SQZ/ZIP/ZOO)
%PASSWORD <password>  Change your AreaMgr password
%RESCAN               Request a rescan of new added areas
%ACTIVE               Reconnect all temporary disconnected areas
%PASSIVE              Temporary disconnect all connected areas
%FROM <address>       Remote maintenance, must be the first command  {+}
%+ALL                 Connect all available areas
%-ALL                 Disconnect all areas
[---]                 Everything below the tear line is ignored

You can also use the -H, -L, -Q, -R and -U switches on the subject line
which are:

-H : Help
-L : Request a list of areas available to you
-Q : Request a list of areas to which you are connected
-R : Request a rescan of new added areas
-U : Request a list of areas to which you are not connected to

Here is an example of how to use AreaMgr (Areafix) :

From: Joe John (11:111/111)
To  : Areafix, 11:111/0
Re  : password
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tem_sys
-tem_os

---
^^^ This is the Tear Line
This is a comment that is ignored by Areafix.

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In the example above, the From field is your name and address.  The To field
is the name of the Areafix program and the address of the BBS.  The Re field
is the subject line on which your Areafix password you selected is placed.
You may also place the 5 switches, -H -L -Q -R -U, on the subject field
after the password instead of using the % commands in the message.  The
body (text) of the message is the commands to Areafix.  In this example,
tem_sys is added to your list of active areas.  The command "-tem_os"
deactivates the conference tem_os.  The '-' is used to deactivate areas.
The --- is called the tear line.  Areafix reads in ALL text BEFORE this tear
line.  You must make sure that ONLY valid Areafix commands are placed in the
text before the tear line.  Areafix ignores all text AFTER the tear line, so
you may place notes or whatever after and ONLY after the tear line.

An example using the subject field command switches:

From : Joe John (11:111/111)
To   : Areafix, 11:111/0
Re   : password -L -Q
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---

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In this example, there are switches on the Re: field.  These are used to
instruct Areafix to send you a message depending on what option you used.
In this example, there were two options, -L and -Q.  These instruct Areafix
to write a message to you listing ALL available message area to you.  The
-Q instructs Areafix to write a message to you listing what conferences you
have currently active.  Also, notice there is nothing in the message except
---, which is the tear line.  Even though there was no test, you MUST still
put the tear line to tell Areafix that you are done.  If you do not put the
tear line, Areafix will treat the message as a blank message and ignore it or
even possibly delete it.

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