From b7d005ff133b5092f086dbb3c469d3dce99e73e8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: rswindell <>
Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2018 23:10:15 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Log a notice-level message when adding a new area to the
 unknown/bad area list.

---
 src/sbbs3/sbbsecho.c | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/sbbs3/sbbsecho.c b/src/sbbs3/sbbsecho.c
index b424763dbc..9389d140ab 100644
--- a/src/sbbs3/sbbsecho.c
+++ b/src/sbbs3/sbbsecho.c
@@ -5753,8 +5753,10 @@ void import_packets(const char* inbound, nodecfg_t* inbox, bool secure)
 			} else {
 				stat->known = false;
 				printf("(Unknown) ");
-				if(bad_areas != NULL && strListFind(bad_areas, areatag, /* case_sensitive: */false) < 0)
+				if(bad_areas != NULL && strListFind(bad_areas, areatag, /* case_sensitive: */false) < 0) {
+					lprintf(LOG_NOTICE, "Adding unknown area (%s) to bad area list: %s", areatag, cfg.badareafile);
 					strListPush(&bad_areas, areatag);
+				}
 				if(cfg.badecho>=0) {
 					i=cfg.badecho;
 					if(cfg.area[i].sub!=INVALID_SUB)
-- 
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