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- ; AREAS.INI: Message & File Area definition file
- ; For: Fido/Fidonet version 12a
- ; Copyright T. Jennings
- ; 16 July 87
- ;
- ;This file defines all of the message and file areas available within
- ;Fido/FidoNet. After making any changes to this file, please be sure
- ;to run SET-FIDO to make the changes take effect.
- ;
- ;
- ; Each definition must fit in one line. Otherwise it's not very fussy.
- ;You can have blank lines and comments anywhere in this file for clarity.
- ;
- ; - DEFINING AREAS -
- ;
- ; Three things must be specified as a minimum to define an area:
- ;the MSGAREA or FILEAREA keyword, a subdirectory name and a description.
- ;
- ; For example:
- ;
- ;MSGAREA= C:\FIDO\MESSAGE1 D="General Messages"
- ;
- ; This defines a message area in a subdirectory on drive C:. Any
- ;privilege level caller can access this area, and no locks are applied.
- ;Refer to LOCKS and PRIVILEGE LEVELS below on restricting caller access.
- ;
- ; Subdirectories that do not exist are created automatically when
- ;SET-FIDO.EXE is run. If it does exist, any files already inside the
- ;subdirectory are not affected.
- ;
- ; - LOCKS -
- ;
- ; LOCKS can be applied to areas as needed. Using the example above,
- ;you apply locks as follows:
- ;
- ;msgarea= c:\fido\messages L= 32 d="General Messages"
- ;
- ; Callers can access this message area only if they have key 32. The
- ;same applies to file areas. Any number of keys can be applied, such
- ;as "L= 1,2,32".
- ;
- ; - PRIVILEGE LEVEL -
- ;
- ; The minimum privilege level to access areas by default is zero; any
- ;caller can access them. For example, to allow only privilege level 3
- ;callers and above to access a given area, use:
- ;
- ;msgarea= c:\fido\message1 P= 3 d="General Messages"
- ;
- ; - OTHER OPTIONS -
- ;
- ; Besides defining message and file areas, you can specify here
- ;what areas to assign as defaults to new callers when they first log on,
- ;define the area that Fido puts messages entered at the G)oodbye command,
- ;and tell FidoNet which area to use for FidoNet messages and FidoNet files.
- ;To do this you Use the O= options. Only the first character of the
- ;option name is currently used. You can use "O=F", "O=Fi" or "O= FIDONET".
- ;
- ; O=FidoNet this is a FidoNet message or file area
- ;
- ; O=NewCaller this is the message and/or file area that new callers get
- ; assigned as their default area. If you don't specify this,
- ; Fido uses the first area defined.
- ;
- ; - THESE APPLY TO MESSAGE AREAS ONLY: -
- ;
- ; O=Goodbye this is the area that callers leave msgs entered at G)oodbye
- ; If no goodbye area is defined, then the G)oodbye command
- ; doesn't ask the caller to leave a message.
- ;
- ; - THESE APPLY TO FILE AREAS ONLY: -
- ;
- ; O=OverWrite Uploaded files may overwrite existing files, otherwise
- ; Fido will abort any upload of a file with the same name.
- ;
- ; File areas are the same as message areas with one exception: you
- ;can define a seperate subdirectory for uploading. If none is specified,
- ;uploading is not allowed in that area. If you want to allow uploads
- ;into the same subdirectory as downloads, enter "U=" then repeat the
- ;subdirectory name.
- ;
- ;You can define an upload subdirectory by:
- ;
- ;filearea= c:\fido\files U= C:\FIDO\UPLOADS d= "General Files"
- ;
- ; If no upload subdirectory is specified, then callers cannot
- ;upload in this area.
- ;
- ; ----------------------------------------
- ;
- ; Locks, Privilege levels and Options may be used in any combination.
- ;It is possible (and common) to use for example, the same message area
- ;for new callers and G)oodbye messages, and to allow uploads and
- ;overwrites into the FidoNet File area.
- ;
- ; You can put MSGAREA and FILEAREA lines in any order; all of one
- ;kind first, or alternate line by line, it makes no difference.
- ;
- ; The following are usable message and file areas; you need only
- ;remove the semicolons from the others to use them. Change as necessary!
- ;
- msgarea= genmsg D="General Messages" O=New ;all can access
- msgarea= tosysop D="Messages to/from Sysop" O=GoodBye ;all can access
-
- filearea= genfiles U= upload D="General Junk" ;all can access
- filearea= docfiles D= "Documentation" ;no uploads here
- ;
- ;If you use FidoNet your areas might look like this:
- ;
- ;msgarea= netmsg D="FidoNet Messages" O= FidoNet Priv=2 ;level 2 users
- ;filearea= netfiles U= netfiles D="FidoNet Files" O=F P= 2 ;level 2 users
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