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+====== Message Area Groups - (F4) ======
-│ Message Area Groups - (F4)                                            │
-└───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
 ProBoard allows you to configure up to 255 Message Area Groups for your
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 group you want to create.
-The fields that make up a message group are as follows:
+**The fields that make up a message group are as follows:**
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-Area Name ................... The area name that will be displayed to
+**Area Name**
-                              users when selecting from your message
-                              area groups.
-Access Level ................ The minimum security level needed for a
+The area name that will be displayed to users when selecting from your message
-                              user to be able to see/select this message
+area groups.
-                              area group.
-Access Flags ................ The access flags needed (or not needed) to
+**Access Level**
-                              access this message area group.
+The minimum security level needed for a user to be able to see/select this message
+area group.
+**Access Flags**
+The access flags needed (or not needed) to access this message area group.
-─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-
 Once a message area group has been defined, refer to Menu Function 49
 (Select Message Area) for the options needed to allow your users access
 to it.
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-│ File Areas - (F5)                                                     │
-└───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
-File areas are used to setup and categorize your downloadable files.  You
-can prevent groups of users from accessing certain file areas with the
-use of Access Levels and/or Access Flags.  ProBoard uses an advanced file
-index to locate files as defined here in your file areas.  Once you have
-configured your file areas, you MUST run PBUTIL FI (file index) to create
-the index in order for ProBoard to find the files for users to download.
-A file area has the following fields:
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-Area Name ................... Name of this file area.  Displayed to users
-                              on the BBS on the file selection list.
-File Location ............... Directory where the files for this area are
-                              physically located.  It is also possible to
-                              specify multiple directories per file area.
-                              To do this, enter the first file directory
-                              here, then create a file in your ProBoard
-                              system directory (usually C:\PB) called
-                              FA_<area>.CTL.  Place each additional file
-                              directory (one directory per line) in this
-                              file to tell ProBoard where to find the
-                              additional directories for this file area.
-                              Example:  for file area #10 (Games), which
-                              has a total of 4 directories, place the
-                              first directory in the "File Location" slot
-                              in PROCFG, then create a file called
-                              FA_10.CTL. In this file, place the
-                              additional directories one per line like
-                              this:
-                                   D:\DLOAD\GAMES2
-                                   D:\DLOAD\GAMES3
-                                   D:\DLOAD\GAMES4
-                              Use an ascii editor like QEDIT, or the DOS
-                              editor to create this file.
-Listing File ................ Full path & filename of the file in which
-                              the downloadable files are described.  This
-                              files is often called FILES.BBS.  Refer to
-                              Menu Function 31, in the chapter on Menus.
-                              Sample: C:\PB\DLOAD\FILES.BBS)
-Access Flags ................ Flags needed to download files in this
-                              area.  You can now specify flags that a
-                              user MUST NOT have to access this file
-                              area.  These flags are displayed in
-─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-
-                              reverse.  To set a reverse flag - type the
-                              flag letter twice until you see it display
-                              in reverse.  To clear a reverse flag type
-                              the flag letter again.
-Access Level ................ Level needed to download files in this
-                              area.
-Copy Local .................. Setting this option to "Yes" (use the
-                              <SPACEBAR> to toggle), tells ProBoard
-                              whether or not to use it's CD-ROM specific
-                              file listing formats.  In addition, it
-                              tells ProBoard to copy the files in this
-                              file area to a different location, usually
-                              a local drive before a download of the file
-                              begins.  This is ideal for CD-ROM or
-                              Network drives since it frees up these
-                              resources for other users to access them.
-It's important to understand that ProBoard now determines the format of
-"FILES.BBS" itself.  This will assist you in using CD-ROM's on your BBS
-that have different "FILES.BBS" formats.
-The "FILES.BBS" can have any of the following formats:
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-         <filename> <description>
-         <filename> <size> <date> <description>
-         <filename> <date> <size> <description>
-         <filename> <size> <description>
-         <filename> <date> <description>
-Any missing information ( <date> or <size> ) will be retrieved from the
-CD-ROM or Network drive by ProBoard.  If only the <date> is specified in
-your "FILES.BBS", ProBoard will need to retrieve the <size> of the file
-from the disk in order to display your file listing for this area to your
-users.  If both the <date> and <size> are specified, (the preferred
-format for your "FILES.BBS") ProBoard will not need to check the CD-ROM
-or Network drive for this information.
-Hot Tip!
-────────
-Use "FILES.BBS" listings that include <date> -and- <size> whenever
-possible, to prevent ProBoard from accessing your CD-ROM or Network
-drives.  This will give your BBS optimum performance when users choose to
-list your files.
-ProBoard will also copy files from CD-ROM or Network drives to a local
-drive when the "Copy Local" flag is set to "Yes".  Files will be copied
-to a directory called "CD_TEMP", which will be created by ProBoard, off
-of the directory from which ProBoard was started from.  You can specify
-your own directory by creating a DOS environment variable called CDTEMP
-containing the name of the drive -and- directory.
-How to create your own "Copy Local" directory:
-──────────────────────────────────────────────
-.) Decide on and create the directory where you want the files from the
-    CD-ROM or Network to be copied into.  For example, C:\MYDIR\CDFILES
-─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-
-.) Add the following line to your "AUTOEXEC.BAT" file:
-         SET CDTEMP=C:\MYDIR\CDFILES
-If ProBoard can not find the directory as specified it will attempt to
-create it, and if it can't will revert to using the CD_TEMP directory off
-of the directory the ProBoard was started from.
-In TOPFILES.................. Determines whether or not this file area is
-                              included when TOPFILES.A?? is created.
-                              Refer to PBUTIL FC for more information.
-Free Area ................... Specifies whether or not ALL files in this
-                              file area are FREE files.  If this is set
-                              to 'Yes', any files a user downloads from
-                              this area will not be deducted from their
-                              download limits.
-Group #1 .................... The first group number this file area
-                              belongs to (1-255) if any.
-Group #2 .................... The second group number this file area
-                              belongs to (1-255) if any.
-Group #3 .................... The third group number this file area
-                              belongs to (1-255) if any.
-Group #4 .................... The fourth group number this file area
-                              belongs to (1-255) if any.
-All Groups .................. Does this file area belong to all file
-                              groups?  Press the <SpaceBar> to toggle
-                              between Yes/No.
-Max. files................... Maximum number of files that can be
-                              downloaded from this area per user per day
-                              (0 means unlimited).
-Max. Kb...................... Maximum number of Kbytes that can be
-                              downloaded from this area per user per day
-                              (0 means unlimited).
-FILES.BBS Date Format ....... The date format that is used in this area's
-                              FILES.BBS file.  You have to change this if
-                              FILES.BBS contains dates in a different
-                              format than "MM/DD/YY" of "MM-DD-YY"
-                              (CD-ROMs from Europe for example).  If you
-                              don't set this so it matches the date
-                              format in FILES.BBS, ProBoard will not be
-                              able to correctly read the dates listed in
-                              your file list.

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