Hi Wilfred.

There seems to be a problem with lowercase areatag. It appears in fconfig, but tossing to the base doesn't work. The JAM base is created with fmail and it can be accessed with golded.

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ftools AddNew -a
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Area linux.debian.announce.security is already present

Areas added: 0, areas already present: 1

AddNew Active: 0.0022 sec.

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fmail toss -b
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Scanning netmail directory...


Tossing messages from bad message board...

(4583) Unknown area: 'linux.debian.announce.security'

(4584) Unknown area: 'linux.debian.announce.security'

Tossing messages...



Updating actual message base files...

Netmail: 0, Personal: 0, Hudson: 0, JAMbase: 0
Msgbase net: 0, echo: 0, dup: 0, bad: 0

Toss Active: 0.010 sec. =================================================================


'Tommi

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* Origin: FPoint (2:221/6.66)

Hi Wilfred.

08 May 26 09:26, I wrote to you:

There seems to be a problem with lowercase areatag. It appears in fconfig, but tossing to the base doesn't work. The JAM base is
created with fmail and it can be accessed with golded.

With FConfig it's not possible to create lowername echos, so I think it happens only with autoadding.

'Tommi

--- FMail-lnx64 2.3.3.1-B20260501
* Origin: FPoint (2:221/6.66)

Hi Tommi,

On 2026-05-08 09:49:13, you wrote to me:

There seems to be a problem with lowercase areatag. It appears in
fconfig, but tossing to the base doesn't work. The JAM base is
created with fmail and it can be accessed with golded.

With FConfig it's not possible to create lowername echos, so I think it happens only with autoadding.

I'll have to look into this... Thanks for the report.


Bye, Wilfred.

--- FMail-lnx64 2.3.3.1-B20260417
* Origin: FMail development HQ (2:280/464)

Hi Tommi,

On 2026-05-08 10:39:53, I wrote to you:

There seems to be a problem with lowercase areatag. It appears in
fconfig, but tossing to the base doesn't work. The JAM base is
created with fmail and it can be accessed with golded.

With FConfig it's not possible to create lowername echos, so I think it
happens only with autoadding.

I'll have to look into this... Thanks for the report.

I've looked. ;-)

The 'ftools addnew' function didn't indeed convert the area name to uppercase before adding the new area. This is fixed now in my code (not yet tested and pushed to the git repo).

Furthermore I'm going through the code to make all area name comparisons case independent. So if somehow a lowercase area name ends up in the config, it doesn't matter anymore...

Btw: Did you try changing the area name in fconfig to uppercase, so your current problem is fixed?


Bye, Wilfred.

--- FMail-lnx64 2.3.3.1-B20260417
* Origin: FMail development HQ (2:280/464)

Wilfred van Velzen wrote:

I'll have to look into this... Thanks for the report.

I've looked. ;-)

;-)

The 'ftools addnew' function didn't indeed convert the area name to
uppercase before adding the new area. This is fixed now in my code (not
yet tested and pushed to the git repo).

;-)

Furthermore I'm going through the code to make all area name comparisons
case independent. So if somehow a lowercase area name ends up in the
config, it doesn't matter anymore...

;-)

Btw: Did you try changing the area name in fconfig to uppercase, so your current problem is fixed?

Yes, editing the echotag forces all typed letters uppercase.

Also, fmail creates automatically areas.bbs. I can import that with
fconfig, and everything will be uppercase. :)

'Tommi

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* Origin: news://news.fidonet.fi (2:221/1.0)

Hi Tommi,

On 2026-05-12 17:45:26, you wrote to me:

I'll have to look into this... Thanks for the report.

I've looked. ;-)

;-)

The 'ftools addnew' function didn't indeed convert the area name to
uppercase before adding the new area. This is fixed now in my code (not
yet tested and pushed to the git repo).

FYI: This fix is in the git repo now.

Furthermore I'm going through the code to make all area name
comparisons case independent. So if somehow a lowercase area name ends
up in the config, it doesn't matter anymore...

This also...


Bye, Wilfred.

--- FMail-lnx64 2.3.4.1-B20260520
* Origin: FMail development HQ (2:280/464)

On Wed, 20 May 2026 22:42:01 +0200 Wilfred van Velzen wrote:

The 'ftools addnew' function didn't indeed convert the area
name to uppercase before adding the new area. This is fixed
now in my code (not yet tested and pushed to the git repo).

FYI: This fix is in the git repo now.

Thanks. ;)

'Tommi

--- FMail-lnx64 2.3.4.1-B20260521
* Origin: jamnntpd/lnx (2:221/360.0)

Hi Tommi,

On 21 May 26 08:14, Tommi Koivula wrote to Wilfred van Velzen:
about: "Re: lowercase areatag":

The 'ftools addnew' function didn't indeed convert the area
name to uppercase before adding the new area. This is fixed
now in my code (not yet tested and pushed to the git repo).

FYI: This fix is in the git repo now.

Thanks. ;)

'Tommi

--- FMail-lnx64 2.3.4.1-B20260521

And already in use! ;-)


Wilfred.

--- FMail-W64 2.3.2.3-B20250509
* Origin: point@work (2:280/464.112)