Forum: Jacob's Hideout BBS

scfg: new areas inherit template fidonet area tag

From Nigel Reed@1:103/705 to GitLab issue in main/sbbs on Tuesday, March 24, 2026 11:52:40

open https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/issues/1105

![image](https://gitlab.synchro.net/-/project/13/uploads/ccf5c927ec36cd161348d04f49eca261/image.png){width=900 height=249}

When creating a new message area, the Fidonet Area Tag is inherited from the group I have tagged as the default rather than taking it from the short name or internal code. Not sure if this is intentional but it caught me out.
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