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INTERNET ADDRESS BOOK
IAB4E.PPE version 1.10A Beta
Compiled with: PPLC v2.00 (01-20-94)
PCBoard v15.1 Beta
by
Michael Walter
SQLCraft Software
Copyright (c)1993 SQLCraft Software
All rights reserved.
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Send questions/comments via Internet to: sqlcraft@data-base.com
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Note: Changes from the v1.01 documentation are marked with an '*'
in the left hand margin.
OVERVIEW:
This is a beta release of the Internet Address Book PCBoard
"E" command replacement PPE for use on systems running
PCBoard v15.1 beta 01-20-94 releases or later.
This document outlines installation and use of IAB4E.PPE, an
alternative to the standard IAB.PPE program.
The major difference between IAB and IAB4E is that:
IAB is a replacement for PCBoard prompt #199,
the "To: (Enter)= 'ALL'" prompt
and
IAB4E is a replacement for the PCBoard 'E' (enter a
message) command.
Initially we released only the IAB.PPE program, but soon found
out that if another PPE program attempts to send (stuff) the
'E'command (plus a string) to PCBoard, it may not return the
desired result after the standard IAB PPE was installed.
IAB4E properly accepts and processes 'E" +"..." commands from
both users and other PPEs.
* NOTE: Due to overwhelming user preference for the "E" command
replacement version of IAB (vs. the prompt replacement
version). All future standard versions of IAB will
released with only the "E" cmd replacement version
in the distribution file set. The older prompt #199
version may still be made available on request.
The benefit of the single program type is that we'll
be able to deliver new features, enhancements, and
fixes faster and at lower cost than before.
IAB4E INSTALLATION (New):
If you wish to install IAB as a direct replacement for your
PCBoard 'E' (enter a message) command, follow the instructions
below.
There are a number of steps required to install IAB4E, but they
are fairly straight forward and should be easy enough to follow.
First will briefly describe the steps in the procedure, then
we'll walk you through them one at a time in more detail:
- First, you'll create a directory to hold the IAB files.
- Second, you'll add several commands to PCBoard CMD.LST to
enable your users to access IAB.
- Third, you'll edit the IAB.CNF configuration file to fit
your BBS.
The following steps and examples should help you to quickly
setup IAB for your system.
1) Create a directory to hold the IAB files.
We use: R:\PCB\PPE\IAB
Unzip IABxxx.ZIP into this directory.
2) Run PCBSETUP and add the following lines to your CMD.LST file:
Command Security PPE/MNU File -or- Keystroke Replacement
======= ======== =======================================
E 0 R:\PCB\PPL\IAB\IAB4E.PPE
IAB 90 R:\PCB\PPE\IAB\IAB4E.PPE MAINT
IABS 90 R:\PCB\PPE\IAB\IAB4E.PPE STATUS
Actually, the command names can be anything you want to be
(that is, anything PCBoard allows). The Command names and
required security levels are what we use on Data-Base BBS
and are provided as an example. We suggest you set your
security levels to whatever is required for access to
Internet E-mail conference (obviously, IAB won't be of
much use to your non-Internet-enabled users).
Some explanation is order here to explain our "multi
command entry" above...
IAB can be invoked in one of three "modes" depending on
what parameter(s) (if any) are passed on the IAB4E.PPE
command line. IAB currently supports the following
"modes"...
a) No command line parameters
IAB4E.PPE
In this case, IAB4E will startup in Message Entry Mode
acting as a direct replacement to the standard PCBoard
'E' command, & display the "To: (<Enter>=list) ?" prompt.
This replaces the "To: (Enter) = 'ALL'" standard prompt
in your Internet E-mail conference (only). Your users
will still see the standard PCBoard "To:" prompt in your
other conferences (only your Internet E-mail conference
prompt will be customized - IAB active).
b) The Maintenance command line parameter
IAB4E.PPE MAINT (or simply: IAB4E.PPE M)
Here, you are telling IAB that you want to startup
in List Maintenance Mode...you want to edit your
Internet Address Book without having to join the
Internet E-mail conference (and type "E").
This mode also supports a second command line
parameter (active only for registered users)...
IAB4E.PPE MAINT QUIET (or simply: IAB4E.PPE M Q)
which will startup IAB in maintenance mode but
completely skip the welcome screen and jump
immediately to the Address Book list display.
c) The Status command line parameter
IAB4E.PPE STATUS (or simply: IAB4E.PPE S)
Sometimes you'll just want to check to see how many
entries are in your Address Book or whether you have
Auto-Record Mode turned on. Starting IAB this way,
will display a brief status report to the screen
instead of actually opening the Address Book.
We choose to "bury" the command line parameters in our
CMD.LST (as in our example above) but you don't have to
do it that way. You could just as easily make a single
entry to your CMD.LST file that doesn't pass any
parameters to IAB4E and leave that to your users.
However, we found the E,IAB,IABS entry approach
easier for our users.
3) Modify the enclosed IAB.CNF sample configuration file to
customize IAB for your system (same as for standard IAB).
* NOTE: IAB v1.0x Users: You *MUST* add 2 (two) new lines to your
IAB.CNF file for this release to work: Lines 10 and 11
(shown below).
Line 1: Michael Walter Your FULL Name
Line 2: Data-Base BBS Your BBS Name
Line 3: 000000 Registration number
(leave the 0's until you register)
Line 4: r:\pcb\ppe\iab\welcome Welcome screen path\filename
(file provided)
Line 5: r:\pcb\ppe\iab\iab.hdr Main Listing Header file
path\filename (file provided)
Line 6: r:\pcb\ppe\iab\dat Path (ONLY) for IAB to use for
the data files it creates
Line 7: 90 Minimum security level for IAB use
Line 8: 181 Internet E-mail conference number
Line 9: 1 Flag to Toggle Caller Log Writing
(ON=1/off=0). Registered users can
turn off logging by setting this to 0
* Line 10: 1 Flag to toggle whether or not the
system retains backup copies of
the users' datafiles after writing
changes to disk
(KEEP BAKS=1 / NO BAKs=0)
* Line 11: 100 Max number of entries per
address book user. IAB defaults
to storing up to 100 entries per
address book. You can increase
the max entries by entering a
number larger than 100 on this
line. Smaller numbers have no
effect.
* Line 12: 0 Flag to toggle whether "UUCP" mode
is on or off. When in UUCP mode,
IAB will enter "UUCP" in the message header "To:"
field (instead of placing the actual
address there) and create it's own
"To: <address>" line in the first
line of the body of the message.
(See HISTORY.DOC for more info).
(ON=1/off=0) default = 0.
IAB4E INSTALLATION (Converting from the older IAB prompt #199 version)
If you have already installed IAB, follow these instructions to
convert over to IAB4E.
1) Restore PCBTEXT prompt #199 to its default.
2) Follow the "IAB4E INSTALLATION (New)" instructions above.