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PPoint/QWK Message Database System
Copyright (c) 1993 Harvey Parisien, Kingston, Canada
1:249/114
PPoint now let's you connect to a host using QWK technology to connect
to your host as an alternative to FidoNet Mailer/Binkley technology.
The advantage of this is there is virtually no setup needed on the
Host's part, you can connect to any system that has a QWK door. You set
yourself up on that system to receive the message areas you want, and
that's it. You use PPoint the same was as a mailer setup, with the
exception of the actual mail transfer. Where a mailer is automated to
the extent that it handles the mail transferring to and from your host
quite automatically, and without user intervention, the QWK host
transfer requires you to press a few keys.
Once a host transfer is requested, PPoint will dial up the host and the
host bbs will prompt you for a Name and Password. PPoint provides two
simple macros to insert these for you. Alt+N is your name and ALT+P is
your Password. Pressing these keys logs you on in seconds, then you
select downloading and/or uploading on the host.
Once you log off, mail is automatically processed into PPoint.
This type of QWK management is a few steps up from OFFLINE, a QWK Reader
also developed by Harvey Parisien, since the messages are stored and
managed in a message database.
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Setup:
Setup is automatic, just have PP-QWK.exe, PP-QWKT.exe, and PP-QWKZ.exe
in your PPoint directory. This must be for a NEW SETUP OF PPOINT ONLY!
Then just run PPoint. PPoint will prompt you for your name and your host
address (a standard fidonet address for your main host) and your log on
password to that bbs. THIS REQUIRES A NEW SETUP OF PPOINT. YOU CAN NOT
RUN QWK MODE WITH PKT/MAILER NODE.
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You can only have one QWK-HOST netmail area, however, you can have
multiple QWK HOSTS. It is recommended that you use the QWK HOST as
entered in your PPoint setup as your NETMAIL host. When you entered
details on that host, you also entered the fidonet address for that host
which will be used for netmail activities.
With a normal one host setup, PPoint just automatically dials up your
host for mail transfers. If you have multiple QWK HOSTS, you can make
your terminal prompt you to dial more than one HOST by creating a text
file called PHONE.LST in this format...
;Host address or name, phone number, password
1:249/114, 634-6125, sport
Fred's BBS, 555-1212, stuff
1:249/124, 555-1234, cat
... the terminal will then prompt you with a list including the BOSS you
setup in PPoint Setup for dialing.
TERMINALS: Using the terminal provided with PPoint has certain
advantages. It is a simple terminal with only the features you need to
deal with offline mail, and has some special PPoint/QWK features like,
when you upload a return QWK packet, you will be prompted to delete the
packet from your system. However, you can use any terminal. Simply
edit the QWK.BAT file and replace PP-QWKT with your terminal command(s).
Remember to delete your *.REP (return) files once uploaded. You might
want to add a line like .... Del \email\out\*.rep /P if you use Dos 6.
so it prompts you to delete packets, or something more creative than
that. If this paragraph was too complicated, stick with the terminal
included with PPoint... :)
PP-QWKT.CNF is a configuration file created by PP-QWKT the first time
you run it. It is a text file that can be edited to change certain
modem parameters. Read the comment lines preceeded with a ; in that
configuration file for more details.
The other thing to watch for, it is how your QWK host lables your
netmail (or sometimes called Matrix Mail) area.
If your QWK Host does not call the area NETMAIL, then you must edit your
qwk.bat file (created and operated internally by ppoint) as follows...
This is the standard QWK.BAT
@rem THIS BATCH FILE IS USED INTERNALLY BY PPOINT
@CLS
@PP-QWK /OUT
@PP-QWKT
@PP-QWK /IN
QWK.BAT Details...
Skip this to the /// if not interested...
The first line is a comment line, and the second line clears the screen.
The first PP-QWK /OUT command reads your outbound *.OUT file which is in
*.PKT format and converts it to a *.MSG file which is the QWK reply
format and then archives it to *.REP.
The next line PP-QWKT is simply the QWK smart terminal that comes with
PPoint. You can make it anything terminal you like. The only
advantage of PP-QWKT is that it will automatically dial your boss, it
has a zmodem protocol, it lists inbound and outbound qwk files and
prompts for deletion of *.rep files after uploading.
The last line PP-QWK /IN reads your inbound and converts the *.QWK
packet to *.PKT packets.
///
The pp-qwk commands can be edited as follows. Let's say your netmail
area name produced by your host qwk system is PRIVATE: MAIL...
@rem THIS BATCH FILE IS USED INTERNALLY BY PPOINT
@CLS
@PP-QWK /OUT /Nprivate:~mail
@PP-QWKT
@PP-QWK /IN /Nprivate:~mail
... upper/lower case is not important. This causes PPoint to translate
all mail in PRIVATE: MAIL to it's area called NETMAIL.
Alternatively, you could request alterations by the host. In Maximus,
the following command in AREAS.CTL should be changed to read...
MsgInfo NETMAIL
* * *
Here are other parameters for PP-QWK, they can be displayed any
time by entering: PP-QWK /?. You'll notice that PP-QWK defaults to my
favorite archiver LHA. This was made a default, because it's the most
memory efficient of all the archivers out there.
PP-QWK Interface v1.00 - A PPoint Companion
Copyright (C) 1993 Harvey Parisien, all rights reserved
FidoNet: 1:249/114
USE: PP-QWK /IN /OUT /Aarchiver# /Nnetmail_area_tag /?
Defaults are: /NNETMAIL and /A0
Archivers: 0=LHA 1=ZIP 2=ARJ
If /switches require spaces in the text, use a ~ in place of a space.
The ~ characters will be translated to a space.
ie: /nPRIVATE~MAIL will be read as PRIVATE MAIL
/IN converts QWK packets into PKT packets - auto-unarchives
/OUT converts PKT packets into MSG packets - archives to REP
* * *
If you don't use a QWK host, delete these...
PP-QWK.DOC
PP-QWK.EXE
PP-QWKZ.EXE
PP-QWKT.EXE
ADVANCED USER /SPECIAL APPLICATION NOTES:
Sysops can interface to their local BBS on the same system using PPoint
with QWK by editing your QWK.BAT as follows. This is assuming a Maximus
system...
@CLS
@PP-QWK /OUT
@cd\max
@max
@if exist c:\max\olr\node00\*.qwk red c:\max\olr\node00\*.qwk \qwk\in
SQUISH IN OUT SQUASH LINK -q -fECHOTOSS.LOG
@cd\qwk
@PP-QWK /IN
If your terminal leaves your system onhook and you want if OFFHOOK, freq
or download a file called OFFHOOK.ZIP from 1:249/114 (613) 634-6125
which will take your modem offhook in your QWK.BAT like this...
@CLS
@PP-QWK /OUT
@TELIX
@OFFHOOK 3
@PP-QWK /IN
... the 3 is a com port, that's the way offhook works. If you have
tried offhook type utils that didn't work, fear not, this one will take
your modem off hook without fail (and with no smoke).