Is there any way to alphabetize the list of scanned message bases when a user
hits the Z key? I am using the option to auto add any new message bases and
hitting Z lists them in the order that they came in.

Seems it would be easier to navigate if they were in alphabetical order.

Mike Dippel

On 03 Feb 2023, Mike Dippel said the following...
MD> Is there any way to alphabetize the list of scanned message bases when a
MD> user hits the Z key? I am using the option to auto add any new message
MD> bases and hitting Z lists them in the order that they came in.

You can tag a range of message areas with the tab key in the message area
config, then pressing / will bring up a list of options, one of them is sort.

MD> Seems it would be easier to navigate if they were in alphabetical order.

Yes, I agree. Another option is the import a backbone.na or similar list of
areas with mutil.

Ttyl :-),
Al

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MD> Is there any way to alphabetize the list of scanned message bases when a
MD> user hits the Z key? I am using the option to auto add any new message
MD> bases and hitting Z lists them in the order that they came in.

You can go into the message base editor and select all bases or a range of
bases and perform sorting on them by base name, file name, or network address.

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On 03 Feb 2023, Alan Ianson said the following...
AI> On 03 Feb 2023, Mike Dippel said the following...
AI>
AI> MD> Is there any way to alphabetize the list of scanned message bases whe
AI> MD> user hits the Z key? I am using the option to auto add any new messa
AI> MD> bases and hitting Z lists them in the order that they came in.
AI>
AI> You can tag a range of message areas with the tab key in the message area
AI> config, then pressing / will bring up a list of options, one of them is
AI> sort.
AI>
AI> MD> Seems it would be easier to navigate if they were in alphabetical ord
AI>
AI> Yes, I agree. Another option is the import a backbone.na or similar list
AI> of areas with mutil.
OK. I tried the mutil import option, but I can't figure it out. Where does
the .NA file have to reside for it to get imported?

In the [Import_FIDONET.NA] section, I inputted:
filename = fsxnet.na

netaddress = 21:1/100
acs_list = s10g1
acs_read = s10g1
acs_post = s20g1
acs_sysop = s255g1
header = msghead
read_template = ansimrd
index_template = ansimlst
max_msgs = 0
max_msgs_age = 365

so I could get fsxnet, but running mutil.ini, nothing inputted.

I need to do this for other nets as well.

Mike Dippel

On 03 Feb 2023, Mike Dippel said the following...
MD> OK. I tried the mutil import option, but I can't figure it out. Where
MD> does the .NA file have to reside for it to get imported?
MD>
MD> In the [Import_FIDONET.NA] section, I inputted:
MD> filename = fsxnet.na

That's the way I did it here. That file was in the /mystic directory.

I did that for DOVE-Net, fsxNet and Fidonet and they all imported fine here.

If you are setting up on linux case matters.

Ttyl :-),
Al

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MD> OK. I tried the mutil import option, but I can't figure it out. Where
MD> does the .NA file have to reside for it to get imported?
MD>
MD> In the [Import_FIDONET.NA] section, I inputted:
MD> filename = fsxnet.na

It resides where you tell it to reside here. So you should put the directory
where you want it to be, otherwise if you just leave it as "fsxnet.na" it will
probably try to read it from the mystic directory.

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