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                 The <programname> can be one of the following:

 AdeptXBBS

     Reads the AdeptXBBS configuration files.

     Looks for the ADEPTXBBS environment variable.

 AreasBBS

     GoldED is can handle a wide variety of AREAS.BBS type files. It can
     read and distinguish between the old CONFMAIL style with paths  for
     *.MSG  areas,  the  Hudson/Goldbase  style  with board numbers, the
     Squish style with "$basename" and the JAM style with "!basename".

     The disadvantage of  using an AREAS.BBS  is that there  are no area
     descriptions. The echoid is  used as description instead.  However,
     GoldED will use any text behind a semicolon on definition lines  as
     description.  This  may  or  may   not  be  compatible  with   mail
     processors, so  be careful.  A better  solution may  be to  use the
     AREAFILE Echolist to add descriptions from a separate file.

     One or more AREAS.BBS files may be specified on the same line.


 Concord       Support is planned but not yet implemented.


 D'Bridge      Reads the DBRIDGE.AA1/.AA2 files (for version 1.30) or the
               DBRIDGE.ADF of the later versions.

               Looks for the "DBRIDGE" and "DB" environment variables.


 Dutchie       Reads the DUTCHIE.ARE file.

               Looks for the "DUTCHIE" environment variable.


 Echolist      Reads a simple ascii-text file containing an echolist in
               this format:

               <echoid> <description>

               This feature adds descriptions to already existing areas
               in GoldED. Example:

               AREAFILE AreasBBS AREAS.BBS
               AREAFILE EchoList ECHOLIST.TXT

               Descriptions for unknown echoids are ignored. Blank lines
               and lines beginning with characters which are illegal  in
               echoids (such as ';') are also ignored.


 Ezycom Reads  CONFIG.EZY and MESSAGES.EZY. Supports Ezycom 1.02 and
               1.10g, but   not 1.01.

               Looks for the "EZY" and "TASK" environment variables.


 FastEcho      Reads the FASTECHO.CFG file. Supports version 1.10 up to
               1.45.

               Looks for the "FASTECHO" environment variable.


 FidoPCB       Reads FIDOPCB.CFG Supports version 1.x.

               Looks for the "FIDOPCB" environment variable.


 FMail         Reads FMAIL.CFG and FMAIL.AR. Supports versions 0.92,
               0.98 and 1.0g and 1.20.

               Looks for the "FMAIL" environment variable.


 FrontDoor     Reads the SETUP.FD/FD.SYS and FOLDER.FD/FOLDER.SYS files.
               If  you  want the real echoid's attached to the areas, you
               will also need  to supply the filename of the relevant
               AREAS.BBS file(s). Supports versions 1.99c and 2.xx.

               Looks for the "FD" environment variable.


 GEcho         Reads SETUP.GE and AREAFILE.GE. Supports versions 1.00,
               1.02, 1.10, 1.11 and 1.20.

               Looks for the "GE" environment variable.


 IMAIL         Reads the IMAIL.CF and IMAIL.AR files. Supports version
               1.60 to 1.7x and 1.85.

               Looks for the "IMAIL" environment variable.


 InterMail     Reads the FD.SYS/IMSYS.CFG and FOLDER.CFG/IMFOLDER.CFG
               files. Supports version 2.26 and newer.

               Looks for the "IM" environment variable.


 LoraBBS       Reads the CONFIG.DAT and SYSMSG.DAT files. Supports
               version 2.33, 2.40 and possibly others.

               Looks for the "LORA" and "LORABBS" environment variables.


 Maximus       Reads the MAX.PRM and AREA.DAT or MAREA.DAT files.
               Compatible (or should be) with both the old (1.xx) and
               (2.xx) and new (3.xx) formats. If your AREA.DAT is named
               differently, you must supply the correct filename.

               Looks for the "MAXIMUS" environment variable.


 ME2           Reads the old ME2 editor AREADESC.ME2 file and AREAS.BBS
               file(s). You must supply the names of both files.


 Opus          Reads the Opus 1.1x SYSTEM??.DAT files or the Opus 1.7x
               SYSMSG.DAT file.

               Looks for the "OPUS" environment variable.


 PCBoard       Reads the PCBOARD.DAT, CNAMES.@@@ and CNAMES.ADD files.
               Supports version 14.x and 15.x, up to 15.21. Note that,
               depending on the version, echoid's may not be read from
               this format. If the echoid is not available, the
               description is used as echoid, after conversion to
               uppercase and spaces to underscores.

               Looks for the "PCBOARD" environment variable.


 Portal        Reads the PORTAL*.CFG and PORTAL.ARE files.

               Looks for the "POPCMDLINE" environment variable.


 ProBoard      Reads MSGAREAS.PB. Supports version 2.0.

               Looks for the "PB" environment variable.


 QFront        Reads QORIGIN.DAT and QECHOS.DAT. Supports version
               1.13b.

               Looks for the "QFRONT" environment variable.


 QuickBBS      Reads the CONFIG.BBS or QUICKCFG.DAT and MSGCFG.DAT
               files. To get the real echoid's, you must also supply
               the filename of the relevant AREAS.BBS.

               Looks for the "QUICKBBS" and "QBBS" environment variables.


 RaEcho        Reads AREAS.RAE. Supports version 1.00 and 1.01.

               Looks for the "RAECHO" environment variable.


 RemoteAccess  Reads the MESSAGES.RA file. To get the real echoid's, you
               must also supply the filename of the relevant AREAS.BBS.
               Supports versions 0.xx, 1.xx, 2.0x and 2.5x.

               Looks for the "RA" environment variable.


 Squish        Reads SQUISH.CFG and AREAS.BBS (if used). Supports version
               1.0x and 1.1x. The "Include <filename>" feature of Squish
               1.10 is also supported.

               Looks for the "SQUISH" and "MAXIMUS" environment variables.


 SuperBBS      Reads CONFIG.BBS, SCONFIG.BBS and BOARDS.BBS. Supports
               version 1.16 and 1.17.

               Looks for the "SUPERBBS" and "SBBS" environment variables.


 timEd         Reads TIMED.CFG and any included file. Also reads the
               configuration from other mail software defined in TIMED.
               CFG.

               Looks for the "TIMED" environment variable.


 TMAIL         This is for the Terminate Mail system (TMAIL).

               Reads TMAIL.CFG and any AREAFILE (an AREAS.BBS type file)
               defined  there.

               NOTE: If you use this, you must start GoldED in the TMAIL
               directory, because the standard TMAIL configuration files
               use relative paths.

               Looks for the "TMAIL" environment variable.


 TosScan       Reads the FD.SYS/SETUP.FD and AREAFILE.FD files. Supports
               version 1.00 and FrontDoor 1.99c and 2.xx.

               Looks for the "FD" environment variable.


 WMail         Reads the WMAIL.PRM and AREAS.PRM files. Supports version
               2.2.

               Looks for the "WMAIL" environment variable.


 XMail         Reads the AREAS.XM file. Supports version 1.00.

               Looks for the "XM" environment variable.