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The commands available from the WFC screen are explained in detail
below. For most of the commands, there is a part in the manual devoted
to it.
A Sends the "answer phone" command to the modem. It is
used mainly for situations where you have your system
wired to another system for testing purposes. In most
cases, the BBS will automatically answer the phone by
itself.
B Enters the message base editor, where you can enter and
modify the bases used to store public messages.
C Displays a list of callers for the day.
D Shells to DOS, allowing you to perform maintenance and
other functions that aren't available through Psuedo-DOS.
To return to the WFC menu, use the DOS "EXIT" command.
E Enters the schedule event editor, where you can enter
and modify the different scheduled events used to perform
certain functions to maintain the system or other things.
F Enters the file base editor, where you can enter and
modify the bases used to store files for uploading and
downloading by users.
H Sends the "initialization" command to the modem, which
serves to hang up the phone if it is offhook. See WFC
command "O".
I Sends the "initialization" command to the modem, used
to initialize the modem. See WFC commands "H" and "O".
L Displays the SysOp logs. You can display today's log,
or the logs of previous days (up to the number of days
specified in the system configuration).
M Allows viewing of ALL Email messages that have been
posted. It does not allow for the viewing of a
specific individual's Email. See WFC command "R".
N Lists the current users that are on your nodes. Available
only on multi-node systems.
O Sends the "offhook" command to the modem, which makes
the line busy to all remote callers. Use the "H" or
"I" commands to hang up the phone.
P P allows you to pack all of your message bases in case you
need to do so.
Q Exits the BBS and returns to DOS with the "normal
exit" ERRORLEVEL value.
R Allows you to read a specific individual's Email
messages.
S Enters the system configuration, where you can perform
most of the major changes and modifications to the BBS.
U Enters the user editor, where you can modify the
modify the information for each user of the BBS.
V Enters the voting editor, where you can enter and
modify the voting booth questions, as well as view
information on the different topics.
W Allows you to send Email messages to other users,
either individually or via various mass mail criteria.
X Enters the protocol editor, where you can enter and
modify the definitions of the file transfer protocols
used to transfer files.
Z Displays the usage log information contained in the
HISTORY.DAT file, which contains a record of all general
system activity.
# Enters the menu editor, where you can create and modify
the BBS online menus.
! Validate files - If you set files to not be auto-validated
in the System Config, this will allow you to validate the
files manually or automatically.
[SPACE] Allows you to log on to the BBS locally. You can
choose to log on normally (by pressing "Y") or log on
quickly (by pressing "F"), or not log on at all (by
pressing "N").
$ Enters you into the conference editor. Useful to keep
message bases or file bases seperate in sub-groups.
If local security is set to on, there are only 2 commands that become
available on the keyboard. (This is usuful if the BBS is in a space
where many people pass by and can cause great damage to the BBS.)
The only two commands which are allowed are [SPACE] and "Q".
[SPACE] brings up a prompt for the system password. Entering the correct
password will allow the use of all WFC menu commands.
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