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    From Rick Smith@1:105/81 to All on Sat Jun 17 10:26:02 2023
    Hello All!

    Is there a way to make a specific echo area private from general mail users? I host micronet and there is one echo meant only for mail hubs and somehow a user was able to add it using areafix, I mean I know how they did it, but is there a flag or something in hpt that would prevent users without auth adding that echo?

    Regards,

    Rick

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  • From Rick Smith@1:105/81 to deon on Sun Jun 18 14:44:38 2023
    Hello deon!

    Sunday June 18 2023 09:31, you wrote to me:

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    Re: Private area
    By: Rick Smith to All on Sat Jun 17 2023 10:26 am

    Is there a way to make a specific echo area private from general
    mail users? I host micronet and there is one echo meant only for
    mail hubs and somehow a user was able to add it using areafix, I
    mean I know how they did it, but is there a flag or something in
    hpt that would prevent users without auth adding that echo?


    Yes, "levels" will help you with that. (lr and lw - read/write respectively)

    Set your nodes at one level, and make the inaccessible areas a higher level.

    Appreciate that Deon, I was reading that as well.. So on the one line in areas_micronet for that particular echo meant for hubs only I put -lr 50 -lr 50 and set all my downlinks to level 10, that should do it? I also put hide in that line I believe that will hide it from %LIST areafix requests?



    Regards,

    Rick

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  • From deon@3:633/509 to Rick Smith on Mon Jun 19 14:05:44 2023
    Re: Private area
    By: Rick Smith to deon on Sun Jun 18 2023 02:44 pm

    Hey Rick,

    Appreciate that Deon, I was reading that as well.. So on the one line in areas_micronet for that particular echo meant for hubs only I put -lr 50 -lr 50 and set all my downlinks to level 10, that should do it? I also put hide in that line I believe that will hide it from %LIST areafix requests?

    Yup, that should do.

    I dont know of the "hide" option - but I dont think it shows anyway in a %LIST if access prohibits it from being subbed to. (It wouldnt matter if it did, because a request to sub to it would be refused.)


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