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NetXpress
Internet Access BBS Door
Administrator's Manual
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Copyright ⌐ 1996 Merlin Systems Inc. All rights reserved. This software
product and this manual are copyrighted and all rights are reserved by
Merlin Systems Inc. No part of the contents of this manual may be
reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means without the written
permission of the publisher.
Merlin Systems Inc. does not assume any liability arising out of the
application or use of any products described herein. Merlin Systems Inc.
further reserves the right to make changes in any products described herein
without notice. This document is subject to change without notice.
NetXpress Internet Access BBS Door, NetXpress Server and NetXpress Mail &
News Gateway are copyrighted by Merlin Systems Inc.
All other mentioned products are copyrighted by their respective authors.
Merlin Systems Inc.
P.O. Box 3043, Station C
Ottawa, Ontario
K1Y 4J3 Canada
Fax/BBS: (613) 741-7583
info@merlinsys.com
support@merlinsys.com
sales@merlinsys.com
http://www.merlinsys.com
FidoNet: 1:163/509
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Contents
* Preface
o Welcome to the World of the Internet
o Conventions
o Technical Support
* Installation
o Installation
* Configuration
o Syntax
o Using Text Windows and your Mouse
o General Configuration
o TCP/IP
o World-Wide-Web
o Gopher , IRC & WhoIs
o Telnet
o Mail Configuration
o Dial-up Door Configuration
o Security Levels
* Internet Access BBS Door
o Syntax
o Functions
o Internal URLs
o Form Variables
* Dial-up IP Door
o Syntax
o Operation
o User Configuration
* Appendix
o HTML
o Error Messages
o Display Files Format
o Acknowledgments
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Preface
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WELCOME TO THE WORLD OF THE INTERNET
The future is upon us. That mythical information superhighway is now in
clear reach.
Many estimates are floating around about the Internet's population and its
increase in size. It is considered safe to say that it currently has around
50 million people and that it is doubling every couple of years. In fact
lately, the population acceleration has frightened and overwhelmed many
Internet old timers. All figures denote that the Internet has obtained
'critical mass' to be present for a very long time to come.
No longer the realm of universities and big business, the Internet has
begun to bring cyberspace to the masses.
The Internet with its thousands of protocols, can be managed from well
conceived software that takes care of all of the unruly elements of
Internet connectivity. There will always be a learning curve due to
terminology, but we hope that our software will provide one of the easiest
in-roads on to the Internet.
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CONVENTIONS
In this book, the following conventions are used:
* Optional variables are placed within square brackets; for example, [
<variable> ]
* Mandatory variables are placed within angled brackets; for example,
<variable>
* Whenever you may use more than one variation, a | character is used to
denote the different possible values; for example, put | send | output
* Input typed in by you is printed in italic; for example, cd \netxbbs
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TECHNICAL SUPPORT
There are a number of places to receive technical support.
Fax: 1-613-741-7583
BBS: 1-613-741-7583
E-mail: support@merlinsys.com
Web: http://www.merlinsys.com
FidoNet: Support 1:163/509
Installation
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INSTALLATION
If you received a diskette, insert the diskette in one of your disk drives.
Then enter INSTALL and press the <Enter> key.
Example: If you placed the disk in drive A:, you would type:
a:
INSTALL
NetXpress Door Directory: C:\NETXBBS
F10 - Ok Esc - Cancel
The NetXpress Door Directory is where you would like to install the
software.
Press the F10 key to continue.
If you received a compressed file containing the software programs, simply
uncompress the file(s) into an empty directory.
Example:
md \netxbbs
cd \netxbbs
pkunzip NETXBBS
After the INSTALL program finishes, you must go into the NXCFG program and
alter the default settings, especially your network addresses.
Configuration
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SYNTAX
The syntax for the Setup program is as follows:
NXCFG [configfile]
Where [configfile] is the location and name of the configuration file.
If you omit the [configfile] parameter, NXCFG will try to open the
configuration file NXBBS.CFG in the current directory.
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USING TEXT WINDOWS AND YOUR MOUSE
The NXCFG program uses a text window approach to displaying information for
you. The top window is always the current one and only those fields within
it are active.
NXCFG also allows you to use a mouse or a pointing device to perform
functions. All mouse-assessable functions can also be accessed through a
keyboard command. To access a certain field or command by using the mouse,
simply move the mouse cursor to the area occupied by the field or command
and click on the left mouse button. Clicking on the right mouse button will
usually get on-line help.
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GENERAL CONFIGURATION
System Directory d:\dev\netsrv\bbs
System Help HTML file:///help.htm
Work Directory C:\TEMP
Date Type MMDDYYYY
Date Delimiter /
F1 - Help Esc - Cancel F10 - Ok
System Directory:
The directory that includes the executable program and the
configuration file.
System Help HTML:
This is an URL of general help available at the menu.
Work Directory:
A tempoary directory that is used to store temporary files. This may
be a RAM disk or a local drive. All files written to this directory
will be deleted by NXBBS.
Date Type:
The format of the displayed date. This is only used in the FTP client
and in IRC for the log file.
You have four options:
o YYYYMMDD (1995-10-23)
o MMDDYYYY (10-23-1995)
o YYYYDDMM (1995-23-10)
o DDMMYYYY (23-10-1995)
Date Delimiter:
The character that is displayed in-between the date fields.
TCP/IP
This window allows you to configure your TCP/IP connection parameters.
These values are used with the Packet Driver software to connect the
NetXpress BBS Door to the Internet.
Most, if not all, of these values will come from your service provider
This section does not provide any way to configure your Packet Driver. You
must have it loaded and configured before running the NetXpress BBS Client
software. The Packet Driver software may handle either Ethernet or SLIP
classes. Please see the Appendix section on Packet Drivers for more
information.
For dial-up access, you will need to either have your modem connect and
login in to your service provider before you load in your SLIP/PPP packet
driver.
BOOTP Gateways
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