none of my users will get welcome or farewell messages when going through other zones until i give them preciousstones.admin.*

config.yml
?welcome-message: true
?farewell-message: true
p.s. what is the ? all about

hopefully is is something im doing
cheers
canz

Change those two lines to:

^welcome-message: true
^farewell-message: true

By default, those entry and exit messages only apply to players allowed in the field, but both can be applied to allowed and non-allowed players alike by putting the "^" symbol before them.