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The TriBBS Bulletin Board System 149
Q. I would like to be able to use TriMan and FileMan remotely. Is
there a way?
A. You can setup both TriMan and FileMan as an extension off of the
Sysop menu with the program Doorway (available for download off
of The Lobster Buoy). Although, I do not recommend the use of
either, especially TriMan, remotely. If you are not very
careful, you could very easily corrupt your data files. So
unless you are very experienced with TriBBS and fully understand
how all of the data files interact, I do not recommend that you
ever use TriMan remotely. Do not ever under any circumstances
add, insert, or delete either a message conference or a file area
remotely. Such an action will almost certainly corrupt your data
files.
Q. I want to backup my board on a daily basis, but I really don't
have the time or the floppy disks to back up the whole thing
every day. What's the minimum amount of files I need to back up
and not lose my whole system if it should crash?
A. As a minimal backup you should backup your SYSDAT1.DAT,
SYSDAT2.DAT, NODE.DAT, MWORK\USERS.DAT, MWORK\USERS.SUP,
MWORK\USERS.IDX, MWORK\ALIAS.IDX, MWORK\MCONF.DAT,
MWORK\FAREA.DAT, NWORK\*.*, DISPLAY\*.*, and all of the batch
file in your node's main directory. With such a backup
available, you may lose your message base and/or your file areas,
but you will still have all of your system data files, user
information, and display screens available should the need ever
arise. If you have a really small message base, you may want to
just backup the entire MWORK directory. You may also want to
maintain a backup of your file lists. They will come in very
handy should you have to rebuild one or more file areas.
Q. I think I've found a bug. What information do you need to fix
it?
A. Because no computer program is perfect, you may run across a bug
in TriBBS sooner or later. If you should find a bug, it is
extremely helpful if you can describe how it can be duplicated
every time. A bug can usually be fixed very quickly if I'm able
to duplicate it, but it can take a long time to track down if
there even is a bug at all. Even if you can't duplicate, please
let me know about any suspected bugs you might find. Sometimes
it's possible for me to determine a pattern that causes a bug if
more than one person has found the bug and they provide
sufficient detail for me to find a similar pattern between the
two systems.
Q. I would like to join a netmail network. What programs do I need?