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- .ss fsuucp.cfg configuration file ([basedir]\fsuucp.cfg)
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-
- This file controls execution of FSUUCP. Lines consist of a control variable
- and a value, seperated by whitespace (space or tab). This file will be
- created and set up by the installer. After creating this file, the
- installer will place it in the base directory, along with the rest of the
- executables.
-
- YOU MUST HAVE AN ENVIRONMENT VARIABLE, "FSUUCP," WHICH CONTAINS THE
- DIRECTORY WHICH CONTAINS THIS FILE.
-
- Following is a list of the fields in the FSUUCP.CFG file. Most are
- mandatory, and some are completed by the installer. They all may,
- of course, be changed at any time.
-
- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
-
- Field: sysname
-
- Use: The full domainized name of your site. If you do not have a domain name,
- the psuedo-domain .UUCP may be used, though it is discouraged, as most
- mailers will not understand it. It is highly recommended that you
- obtain a domain name. The .us domain set is free for the asking.
-
- Example: sysname vogonsys.space.big.com
- sysname vogonsys.UUCP
-
- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
-
- Field: logname
-
- Use: The standard UUCP site name. This is the name that other machines
- recognize your machine by.
-
- Example: logname vogonsys
-
- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
-
- Field: username
-
- Use: The name of the user currently using the FSUUCP session. This determines
- which mailbox to use, as well as which return paths are returned by mail
- and news. Note that the value of the environment variable USER will
- override this setting.
-
- Example: user zaphod
-
- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
-
- Field: fullname
-
- Use: The string that is printed in both mail and news headers to identify a
- user. Note that the value of the environment variable NAME will override
- this setting.
-
- Example: name Zaphod Beebelbrox
-
- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
-
- Field: spool
-
- Use: This is the base path for the spool directory. The spool directory holds
- the data and control files for mail and news that are waiting for
- transfer, as well as incoming data. It is recommended that the spool
- directory be located on a disk with plenty of space and decent response
- time.
-
- Example: spool c:\fsuucp\spool
-
- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
-
- Field: logfile
-
- Use: This is the name for the UUCP logging file. Note that this field
- contains a complete file name, and not just a directory as in other
- fields. FSUUCP generates log files that are even uglier than UNIX(tm)
- log files, but there is useful information in them for debugging purposes
- and feed testing. You will want to watch the size of this file and prune
- it occasionally.
-
- Example: logfile c:\fsuucp\spool\uucp\logfile
-
- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
-
- Field: organization
-
- Use: This is the organization field which is printed in Usenet message headers
-
- Example: organization Dr. Ho's Secret Laboratory and Daycare Centre
-
- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
-
- Field: smarthost
-
- Use: This is a valid UUCP bang-path to your nearest or most trusted smarthost.
- At this time, FSUUCP does not support domainized mailing by itself. If
- a mail path is generated that FSUUCP does not understand, it will punt
- the message off to this site, hoping it can make sense of it. Be sure
- that the first name in the smarthost field is a system to which you
- connect directly, and that it is mentioned in your SYSTEMS file.
-
- Example: smarthost foo!bar!ucbvax
-
- In this example, mail to "spock@enterprise.ufp.com" would be mailed as
- "foo!bar!ucbvax!spock@enterprise.ufp.com", parsing from left to right.
- (That is, it would be sent to "foo").
-
- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
-
- Field: libdir
-
- Use: This is the base path for the LIB directory. Within LIB are the control
- directories for UUCP and NEWS.
-
- Example: libdir c:\fsuucp\lib
-
- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
-
- Field: home
-
- Use: This is the directory under which each user will have a home directory
- for storing a mailrc, sig, and newsrc file, as well as any system
- generated files specific to the user.
-
- Example: home c:\fsuucp\home
-
- NOTE: There has been confusion as to where user directories must be created.
- The answer is under home, and only under home. You do not need to create
- user directories in spool/mail. Doing so will, in fact, prohibit mail
- from being delivered.
-
- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
-
- Field: pubdir
-
- Use: This is the path name for the directory which holds all files that are
- neither mail nor news. This path is being implemented and reserved
- for future use.
-
- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
-
- Field: news
-
- Use: This is the base path for the Usenet news directory. All newsgroup
- storage areas are based off of this path. The installer will also create
- [news]\outgoing, for outgoing batch files.
-
- Example: news c:\fsuucp\news
-
- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
-
- Field: port
-
- Use: This is the COM port to use. 1 is equivilant to COM1, 2 is COM2, etc.
-
- Example: port 1
-
- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
-
- Field: modem
-
- Use: This is a filename, which contains modem configuration information.
- See the help file on MODEM for information about the internals of
- the modem configuration file.
-
- Example: modem c:\fsuucp\modems\telebit.mdm
-
- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
-
- Field: editor
-
- Use: This is the switch for determining which editor to use. FSUUCP has an
- internal line editor, or allows you to specify your own. If you
- specify the line editor, you may still enter the visual editor with
- the proper escape code from within the line editor.
-
- Example: editor line
- Example: editor visual
-
- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
-
- Field: visual
-
- Use: This specifies an executable file name for visual editing. This file
- will be called if the EDITOR field is set to "visual," or you shell
- to a visual editor from within the line editor. The editor specified
- must be able to accept a file name as a sole argument, and not
- change the name of the final edited file.
-
- Example: visual c:\fsuucp\bin\vi.exe
-
- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
-
- Field: ramdisk
-
- Use: If this optional field is placed in the fsuucp.cfg file, then all
- temporary storage will use the root directory of the drive specified.
- If no ramdisk is used, then temporary storage will use the path
- [spool]\uucp\tmp for all temporary files.
-
- Example: ramdisk e
-
- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
-
- Field: serveralias
-
- Use: This optional field allows a remote machine to store files with
- server-dependent drive specifications in them. This is used by
- batcher.exe to correctly access news articles for batching.
- For example, if a network is running such that the remote machine
- references the server's c: drive as f:, this field allows batcher to
- run using the correct reference (c:).
-
- In this example, any references in a batch file in [news]/outgoing
- for any drive letter will be changed to c. This unconditional
- mapping allows multiple workstations to map the server's news spool
- to any letter, and allow the server to correctly access the articles.
-
- Example : serveralias c
-
- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
-
- Field: autosig
-
- Use: This field controls the status of the automatic appending of
- signature files to mail messages. The default setting is always
- off. If you set it on, your signature ([home]\[user]\sig) will be
- appended to your outgoing mail messages.
-
- Signatures are automatically appended to news articles if a sig file
- exsts.
-
- Example: autosig on
-
- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
-
- Timeouts
- --------
-
- FSUUCP now supports 3 levels of timeouts in UUCICO.
-
- Field: tcd - Timeout waiting for carrier from remote site
-
- For multiprotocol modems, like Telebits, you may have to set
- this pretty high, sometimes even as high as 90 seconds. Make
- sure that your modem register controlling how long the modem
- waits for carrier is at least as long as this variable.
-
- Field: tlogin - Timeout while executing login script from SYSTEMS file
-
- On the average, 15 to 20 seconds is a good value here.
-
- Field: tdata - Timeout while executing protocol transfer
-
- Since UUCICO will retry up to 10 times on bad data, 5 to 10
- seconds is a good average here. Your remote site may be slower
- or faster.
-
- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
-
- Field: attribution
-
- Use: This field allows you to create the format for the "attribution"
- line in news messages using the percent escape codes. See the manual
- page ESCAPE for a list of valid % codes.
-
- Example: attribution In article %i, %f writes:
-