ProBoard allows you to configure up to 255 Message Area Groups for your system. Message groups can be used to place message areas of similar interest into a group users can select from.

If you run a BBS that caters to programmers, and also to people who enjoy gardening, you may want to create two separate message area groups so programmers aren't reading about pruning roses, and gardeners aren't reading about array elements

When you select “Message Area Groups” a window is displayed showing any installed message groups (if any). To add a message area group press <Ins>. To delete a message area group, press <DEL>. To edit a message area group that already exists, press <Enter> with the highlight bar on the group you want to edit.

When you press <Ins> to add a new message group, a dialog will be displayed asking for the group number. Press <ENTER> to accept the next available area, or type a number (between 1 and 255) for the message area group you want to create.

The fields that make up a message group are as follows:

Area Name

The area name that will be displayed to users when selecting from your message area groups.

Access Level

The minimum security level needed for a user to be able to see/select this message area group.

Access Flags

The access flags needed (or not needed) to access this message area group.

Once a message area group has been defined, refer to Menu Function 49 (Select Message Area) for the options needed to allow your users access to it.