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3.4.4 EchoAreaDefaults

Syntax:
EchoAreaDefaults [-b <msgbase>] [Options]
Example:
EchoAreaDefaults -b Squish -a 2:280/1507 -g F -dupeCheck move -dupehistory 11 -p 14 2:280/1126

With this keyword you can specify settings that will be set for the EchoArea and LocalArea definitions that follow. It makes the echoarea definitions shorter. All echoarea settings can be used except the areaname and path.

When you specify a different value in an echoarea definition, it overrules the default setting.

With the default from the example above, an echoarea definition could be:

 
EchoArea fidosoft.husky /var/spool/fido/msgb/fidosoft.husky -d "husky
develpment" 2:280/6207

This will internally be expanded to:

EchoArea fidosoft.husky /var/spool/fido/msgb/fidosoft.husky -d "husky
develpment" -b Squish -a 2:280/1507 -g F -dupeCheck move -dupehistory 11
-p 14 2:280/1126 2:280/6207

Another example:

 
EchoArea evolution /var/spool/fido/msgb/evolution -d "about fantasies" -p 100

that will be expanded to:

EchoArea evolution /var/spool/fido/msgb/evolution -d "about fantasies"
-b Squish -a 2:280/1507 -g F -dupeCheck move -dupehistory 11 -p 100
2:280/1126

As you will notice, the default settings are combined with the additional settings in the EchoArea definition, and the messages are purged after 100 days instead of 14 (the default).

This statement can be repeated.

An EchoAreaDefults setting is valid until a next EchoAreaDefaults setting of until a NetmailArea definition. EchoAreaDefaults can also be switched off with an empty definition:

 
EchoAreaDefaults [OFF]

The word 'OFF' is not needed but makes it more readable.



This document was generated by Pavel Andreew on August, 28 2002 using texi2html