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Setting up ALLFIX with TriBBS 5.11 and 10.0 ****** TriBBS and TriToss are copyright (C) TriSoft and Mark Goodwin.******* ************************ With the ever growing popularity of TriBBS it became essential to make All- fix compatible with TriBBS. This text file will go over the entire settings in asetup. Please follow them carefully and you should not have any prob- lems. First of all Allfix allows full uplink capabilities. If you send an Allfix request to your uplink and your uplink does not have that particular fillecho, ALLFIX has the ability to send an uplink request to HIS/HER uplink and so on down the line. Allfix can generate New File Reports which can be sent via netmail or to message echoes. It can also scan TriBBS' FILES.LST and gener- ate FILEFIND reports in message echoes, allowing other users to find a part- icular file. Allfix also has the capability of adding a FILE_ID.DIZ to an archive if the archive doesn't contain one. With Allfix you will never have to worry about seeing a "No Description" ever again. Now let's go into the basic setup for TriBBS. NOTE: IN ORDER TO PROPERLY USE ALLFIX AND TRIBBS YOU NEED TRIDOG IF YOU WANT TO GENERATE MESSAGES IN- TO ECHOES! SINCE TRITOSS WRITES DIRECTLY INTO THE MESSAGE CONFERENCES YOU NEED ALLFIX TO MAKE .MSG MESSAGES AND HAVE TRIDOG IMPORT AND EXPORT THEM. IF YOU USE GEcho, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU CAN USE THE PKT INTERFACE OPTION BUT YOU STILL NEED TRIDOG TO IMPORT AND EXPORT MESSAGES. BOTH SETUPS WILL BE DISCUSSED. General Setup: When you type asetup you'll get this menu: ╒═════════════ Main ╕ │ │ │ System data │ │ FileFind system │ │ Fileecho system │ │ New file reports │ │ BBS new file dirs │ │ Node manager │ │ Utilities │ │ Information │ │ Exit program │ │ │ ╘═══════════════════╛ System Data ╒════════ System data ╕ │ │ │ Address maintenance │ │ Pathnames (part 1) │ │ Pathnames (part 2) │ │ Filenames │ │ Origin lines │ │ External programs │ │ └─Options │ │ Global options │ │ Miscellaneous │ │ │ ╘═════════════════════╛ Address maintenace - here is a sample setup and explanation. ╒════ Address maint ╕ │ │ │ Network addresses │ <---- │ Site information │ │ Aka matching │ │ Domain names │ │ Uplink manager │ │ │ ╘═══════════════════╛ ╒══════════════════════════════════════════════════ Addresses ╕ │ │ │ Main 1:261/1367 ! Aka 10 │ │ Fake 9:9999/9999 @ Aka 11 │ │ Aka 1 410:1/103 # Aka 12 │ │ Aka 2 Aka 13 │ │ Aka 3 105:410/107 Aka 14 │ │ Aka 4 55:255/206 Aka 15 │ │ Aka 5 Aka 16 │ │ Aka 6 Aka 17 │ │ Aka 7 Aka 18 │ │ Aka 8 Aka 19 │ │ Aka 9 Aka 20 │ │ │ ╘═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╛ ! This is your main network address. Unless you don't belong to FidoNet I strongly recommend you use your fido address as your main address. @ This fake address is used in conjunction with the .PKT interface option. Use an extremely unique number for a fake address. More on this later. # You can use up to 20 Aka addresses with Allfix. ╒════ Address maint ╕ │ │ │ Network addresses │ │ Site information │ <-------- │ Aka matching │ │ Domain names │ │ Uplink manager │ │ │ ╘═══════════════════╛ Site Information- Self explanatory. ╒═══════════════════════ Site information ╕ │ │ │ BBS name LOPEZVILLE BBS │ │ Phone 1 1-410-592-2568 │ │ Phone 2 │ │ Phone 3 │ │ Location Hydes, MD. (TriBBS Support) │ │ SysOp Paul Lopez │ │ Max baud 28800 │ │ Flags CM,XA,V32B,V42,VFC,V34 │ │ Reg key Sorry, can't have this ;-) │ │ │ ╘═════════════════════════════════════════╛ ╒════ Address maint ╕ │ │ │ Network addresses │ │ Site information │ │ Aka matching │ <------ │ Domain names │ │ Uplink manager │ │ │ ╘═══════════════════╛ Aka matching This is no different than setting up a mailer. ╒══════════════════════════ Aka matching ╕ │ Zone:Net AKA │ │ 1 1:0 1:261/1367 │ │ 2 410:0 410:1/103 │ │ 3 │ │ 4 105:0 105:410/107 │ │ 5 55:0 55:255/206 │ ╒════ Address maint ╕ │ │ │ Network addresses │ │ Site information │ │ Aka matching │ │ Domain names │<----- │ Uplink manager │ │ │ ╘═══════════════════╛ Domain names ╒═══════════════════════════════╕═══╒═══════════════════════ Domain names ╕ │ Main 1:261/1367 │ │ Zone Domain name │ │ Aka 1 410:1/103 │Har│─────────────────────────────────────│ │ Aka 2 │═══│ 1 1 fidonet.org │ │ Aka 3 105:410/107 │▒▒▒│ 2 410 BaltNet │ │ Aka 4 55:255/206 │▒▒▒│ 3 │ │ Aka 5 │═══│ 4 105 AMBR-Net │ │ Aka 6 │═══│ 5 55 PlasmaNet │ This gives you an overview on giving your addresses domain names. Again this should be familiar to you if you set up a mailer like Front Door. Otherwise these are good examples. ╒════ Address maint ╕ │ │ │ Network addresses │ │ Site information │ │ Aka matching │ │ Domain names │ │ Uplink manager │ <------ │ │ ╘═══════════════════╛ Here is one of Allfix's prime functions. The uplink manager will be the main node from which you receive most of your files. If you have any downlinks and they request fileechoes that you don't have, Allfix will automatically send a message to your uplink with the echo request. Here is a sample setup: ╒══════════════════════════════════════ AreaMgr uplinks ╕ │ │ │ 1 1:261/1169 11 │ │ 2 12 │ │ 3 13 │ │ 4 14 │ │ 5 15 │ │ 6 16 │ │ 7 17 │ │ 8 18 │ │ 9 19 │ │ 10 20 │ │ │ ╘═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════╛ Put cursor on the 1:261/1169. ╒══════════════════════════════════════════════ Uplink 1 ╕ │ │ │ Uplink system 1:261/1169 │ │ AreaFix program ALLFIX │ │ ├─Password DEBUNGLE │ │ └─Add '+' prefix Yes │ │ Authorized groups 0..6,10,12,13 │ │ Unconditional Yes │ │ Areas filename FIDONET.NA │ │ └─File format FILEBONE.NA format │ │ Origin address 1:261/1367 │ │ Direct Yes │ │ │ │ │ ╘════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╛ With these settings a downlink would send an Allfix message to turn on a particular echo. If that echo is not present, Allfix has the capability to send an Allfix message to the listed uplink. Turning on this setting will be discussed in the Node Manager setup. Note the Add '+' prefix. This will automatically add a + prior to the name of the fileecho requested. If your uplink is also using Allfix this is a must! If the uplink is using another type of fileecho processor with up- link capabilities find out what is required to send an automated message. ╒════════ System data ╕ │ │ │ Address maintenance │ │ Pathnames (part 1) │ <--------- │ Pathnames (part 2) │ <--------- │ Filenames │ │ Origin lines │ │ External programs │ │ └─Options │ │ Global options │ │ Miscellaneous │ │ │ ╘═════════════════════╛ Pathnames Here is were you define all the paths Allfix needs to search. Most of these are self-explanatory. ╒═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════ Pathnames ╕ │ │ │ MSG path │ │ Netmail C:\FD\MAIL\ │ │ Netmail out │ │ Inbound C:\FD\FILES\ │ │ Sec inbound C:\FD\SECURE │ │ Outbound │ │ PKT in C:\FD\OUTBOUND\ │ │ PKT out C:\FD\SECURE\ * │ │ Tic path C:\FD\TICS\ │ │ Queue path D:\QUEUE\ │ │ DB queue │ │ │ ╘══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╛ Netmail, of course, is the directory were your netmail is. Netmail out should be left blank unless you have a mailer that requires one. Inbound is the directory were all your files come in via the mailer. You don't need to fool around with the Sec Inbound unless you actually have one. Outbound should also be left blank unless, again, your mailer supports one. All the settings shown here and througout are based using Front Door version 2.12. PKT in, for the most part, can be left blank. Front Door looks in your Inbound for PKT in. PKT out is used if you want Allfix to create .PKT packets as opposed to .MSG messages. GEcho supports this type of interface. Tic path is were Allfix will store any tic files you as an uplink will be hatching out. THIS IS NECESSARY!. Queue path is the directory were Allfix will send any files to downlinks in their original state. If you are receiving files which you are converting to another ar- chive but you want to send them in the original state to your downlink this is essential. IN FACT FUTURE VERSIONS OF ALLFIX WILL BE USING THIS AS A WORK DIRECTORY ALSO SO PUT ONE IN! Last but not least leave DB queue blank. * This is undocumented but if you want to try setting PKT out directory the same directory as your outbound mail directory in tritoss you can conceivably use the .PKT interface in ALLFIX with the FILEFIND. Allfix sends a message with your fake address to ALLFIX with .PKT. ╒═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════ Pathnames ╕ │ │ │ List path │ │ Rcvd path │ │ Bad tics C:\FD\BADTICS\ │ │ Dupe path C:\FD\DUPES\ │ │ Auto-add │ │ Tag path │ │ Tmp path C:\TEMP\TEMP\ │ │ Template C:\ALLFIX\TEMPLATE\ │ │ Billing C:\ALLFIX\BILL\ │ │ Old bills C:\ALLFIX\OLD\ │ │ │ ╘══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╛ Allfix needs to know were to send BAD files to. The BAD tics directory takes care of that. If you also leave Dupe path blank, Allfix will send duplicate files to the Bad tics directory. This is up to you. Tmp path is were allfix will do most of its work. Template directory is were allfix looks for all its template files (essential). Auto add (Registered Only) is were Allfix will place any new fileecho directory if one is listed. If this is left blank Al- fix will sort thru the Group Manager (explained later) in search of the proper assigned directory. Don't even worry about Billing and Old Bills. |═════════════ Main ╕ | │ │ System data │ │ FileFind system │ <------ │ Fileecho system │ │ New file reports │ │ BBS new file dirs │ │ Node manager │ │ Utilities │ │ Information │ │ Exit program │ │ │ ╘═══════════════════╛ Filefind system As previously stated, Allfix has the capabilites to search all your file areas with the use of a keyword or the exact name of the file. This feature is fully explained in the .DOC. Here is a sample setting: ╒════ FileFind system ╕ │ │ │ FileFind msg areas │ <------- │ FileFind file areas │ │ │ ╘═════════════════════╛ A) FileFind msg areas ╒ 1/2 ══════════════════════════════════════════════ FileFind msg areas ╕ │ │ │ Comment FILEFIND Echo Replies │ │ Scan *.MSG, C:\FD\FILEFIND\ │ │ Reply EchoTag, FILEFIND * │ │ Origin LOPEZVILLE BBS**28.8 V.34**Hydes, MD. USA │ │ Use aka 1:261/1367 │ │ Template FILEFIND │ │ InActive No │ │ │ ╘═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╛ In order for this feature to work you need to add the Fido echo FILEFIND to your system. Here users from all over the world make Allfix requests looking for particular files or keynames. Sending Allfix Filefind requests is fully documented in the .DOC. In order to utilize this feature with TriBBS you MUST use TRIDOG! Here is a sample TRIDOG.CFG to import and export FILEFIND replies: tribbs=c:\tribbs address=1:261/1367 tagline=LOPEZVILLE BBS** FILEFIND Requests ** Hydes, MD. USA conf=102,c:\fd\filefind The allfix command to do the search is allfix scan or allfix s. More on command lines later. After scan is run you must then run tridog to import/ export responses. Remember, you CANNOT use TriToss with ANY Allfix message conferences for return replies. Tritoss can import FILEFIND messages and queries into your message base but you need tridog to find those messages once they have been imported and re-export them back out into .MSG form so ALLFIX can properly scan them. ╒════ FileFind system ╕ │ │ │ FileFind msg areas │ │ FileFind file areas │ <------ │ │ ╘═════════════════════╛ FILEFIND.APL Template In order to use the FILEFIND feature you have to make an adjustment to the enclosed FILEFIND.APL template. Here is a portion of it: Found at : @systemname SysOp : @sysopname Location : @location Telephone : @phoneline1 Max Speed : @baud Flags : @flags Address : @akatouse @areabegin Area : @fileecho ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- @filebegin @just(@filename,L,13)@just(@filesize,R,9) @filedate @copy(@filedesc,1,53) @overflow @end ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- @just(@blockbytes,L,11) bytes in @just(@blockfiles,L,3) file(s) Note the @overflow macro. It MUST be placed 33 spaces from the left margin or DIRECTLY below the s in the @filesize macro. This is to compensate for the starting line in the FILES.LST. Later on this 33 setting will be used in the Spaces to Indent setting in the Fileecho manager setting. └─options FileFind file areas This setting shows you your file areas as defined in Triman. This list is made by running the following command: FCOMP 11 c:\tribbs\mwork for ver- sion 5.11 and FCOMP 20 c:\tribbs\mwork for version 10.0. FCOMP is the utility that comes with Allfix which compiles the files areas. This command not only is used for the FileFind feature but it also compiles TriBBS File Data Base with Allfix. Here is what the file areas window looks like after compiling: ╒════════════════════════════════════ FileFind file areas ╕ │ File area │ │─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────│ │ √ Fossil Drivers & Caches │ │ √ BBS Software (Mostly TriBBS) │ │ √ BBS Doors and Utilites │ │ Untested Uploads │ │ √ File Programs, DOS and OS/2 │ │ √ Archiving │ │ √ GIF Files, Graphics & Sound │ │ √ Educational │ │ √ Multi-Tasking (Windows & Desqview) │ │ √ Tribbs Betas │ │ √ FidoNet, Mailers (Front Door,etc.) │ │ √ Woodworking │ │ √ General Info: Shows, Catalog Offers.. │ │ √ Home Decorating │ │ √ Cross Stitch/Needlepoint/Tatting │ │ √ Knitting and Crochetting │ │ √ General Costuming Files │ │ √ Sewing Projects │ │ √ Misc Arts/Crafts Programs │ │ √ Quilting Programs │ ╘═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╛ Space-select F2-(de)select all Esc/Enter-done --------------------------------------------- At the bottom of this window you have these options. These will allow you to select/deselect any file areas you wish Allfix to scan for Filefind re- quests. ╒════════ System data ╕ │ │ │ Address maintenance │ │ Pathnames (part 1) │ │ Pathnames (part 2) │ │ Filenames │ <------- │ Origin lines │ │ External programs │ │ └─Options │ │ Global options │ │ Miscellaneous │ │ │ ╘═════════════════════╛ Filenames ╒═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════ Filenames ╕ │ │ │ Alias C:\FD\ALIAS\ALIAS.TXT │ │ Log file C:\ALLFIX\ALLFIX.LOG │ │ Mgr log C:\ALLFIX\MNGR.LOG │ │ Echotoss │ │ Unwanted │ │ Wanted │ │ Semaphore C:\FD │ │ │ ╘════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╛ Alias: Directory and filename of your alias freqs. Allfix has the capabil- ity of updating this directory automatically. Log file: Allfix will keep a running log of its activities. Mgr log: Allfix will keep a running log of any areamgr activities. If left blank it will be kept in the allfix log. Echotoss: leave BLANK Unwanted: leave BLANK, unless you want Allfix to purge unwanted files. Wanted: leave BLANK Semaphore: Wherever you want Allfix to put a semaphore file while active. ╒════════ System data ╕ │ │ │ Address maintenance │ │ Pathnames (part 1) │ │ Pathnames (part 2) │ │ Filenames │ │ Origin lines │ <------- │ External programs │ │ └─Options │ │ Global options │ │ Miscellaneous │ │ │ ╘═════════════════════╛ Origin lines Put in any origin lines you'd like Allfix to add to the end of a message. ╒════════ System data ╕ │ │ │ Address maintenance │ │ Pathnames (part 1) │ │ Pathnames (part 2) │ │ Filenames │ │ Origin lines │ │ External programs │ <------ │ └─Options │ <------ │ Global options │ │ Miscellaneous │ │ │ ╘═════════════════════╛ External programs and Options Leave these EXACTLY the way you see them here: ╒═════════════════════════════════════════════════════ External programs ╕ │ │ │ ARC PKARC -a PKUNARC -x │ │ ARJ ARJ a ARJ e -c -y │ │ LZH LHA a /tm LHA e /cm │ │ PAK PAK a /L /ST PAK e /WA │ │ ZIP PKZIP -ao PKUNZIP -o -ed │ │ SQZ SQZ a SQZ e -o1 │ │ 7 * RAR a -std -av -r -y RAR e -std -y │ │ 8 │ │ 9 │ │ 10 │ │ │ │ SCAN SCAN.EXE @1 /NOMEM /NOBREAK /NOEXPIRE . │ │ │ │ EAC $ │ │ GUS % │ │ │ ╘════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╛ * RAR has been added as an external program. If you want to add it use this exact configuration. $ Allfix can also make use of an external archive converter, like ZZAP. % Allfix can also call a general unpack shell program to call for an archi- ver if it can't figure out what archiver an incoming file consists of. ╒═══════════════ External program options ╕ │ │ │ Swapping method XMS/EMS/DISK │ │ Redirect output No │ │ No virus errorlevel 0 │ │ Files to scan .EXE, .COM, .OVR │ │ (EAC) virus errorlevel 0 │ │ (EAC) error errorlevel 0 │ │ │ ╘═════════════════════════════════════════╛ Again, if you are running a system with upper memory, use this configuration. ╒════════ System data ╕ │ │ │ Address maintenance │ │ Pathnames (part 1) │ │ Pathnames (part 2) │ │ Filenames │ │ Origin lines │ │ External programs │ │ └─Options │ │ Global options │ <----- │ Miscellaneous │ │ │ ╘═════════════════════╛ Global Options ╒════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════ Global options ╕ │ │ │ Log style FrontDoor Keep exported messages No │ │ Mailer mode FrontDoor Days to keep on hold 0 │ │ Date format mm-dd-yy Size of stat file 25 │ │ MSG compatibility Fido UTC offset -5 │ │ Process local requests No Max Msg size 14 │ │ Replace extension Yes Next invoice number 0 │ │ Max age of requests 0 Speech friendly Yes │ │ │ ╘════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╛ If you use Front Door these should be your settings. Otherwise change the Log Style and Mailer mode. Also depending on your time zone you may want to change the UTC offset (described in the .DOC). ╒════════ System data ╕ │ │ │ Address maintenance │ │ Pathnames (part 1) │ │ Pathnames (part 2) │ │ Filenames │ │ Origin lines │ │ External programs │ │ └─Options │ │ Global options │ │ Miscellaneous │ <------ │ │ ╘═════════════════════╛ Miscellaneous This field will show you different options which you can set up depending on your personal needs. It will give you this window: ╒══ Miscellaneous ╕ │ │ │ Log options │ │ AreaMgr options │ │ Edit days │ │ Edit months │ │ Exclude files │ │ ASETUP colors │ │ │ ╘═════════════════╛ This completes the System Data in Allfix. ........................................................................... ╒═════════════ Main ╕ │ │ │ System data │ │ FileFind system │ │ Fileecho system │ <-------- │ New file reports │ │ BBS new file dirs │ │ Node manager │ │ Utilities │ │ Information │ │ Exit program │ │ │ ╘═══════════════════╛ The Fileecho system is the heart and soul of Allfix. Here is were you con- figure your individual fileechoes. If you are a registered user, Allfix can do this automatically if you give your uplink the ability to autoadd fileechoes. This will be discussed in the Node Manager. ╒═ Fileecho system ╕ │ │ │ Fileecho manager │<------ │ └─options │ │ Hatch manager │ │ Magic file names │ │ Group manager │ │ │ ╘══════════════════╛ The Fileecho manager is the setup for fileechoes. Here is a sample: ╒ 63/65 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════ Fileecho manager ╕ │ │ │ Tag TRISOFT │ │ Desc TRI: TRIBBS Software Distribution │ │ Dest D:\TRIBBS\BBS\ │ │ Use FDB Yes, BBS Software (Mostly TriBBS) │ │ Group 5 - TriBBS Files │ │ Keep # 1 Use aka Aka matching │ │ Template MESSAGE2 LongDesc FILE_ID.DIZ/LDESC │ │ Banner BANNER Cost │ │ Options Convert ZIP Add FILE_ID Yes Security Yes │ │ Convert all No Virus scan Yes Send original Yes │ │ Convert inc No Dupe check Yes Add GIF specs No │ │ Pass through No Visible No Update magic No │ │ Allow replace Yes Tiny SB No Touch Av Yes │ │ Announce Yes No Touch No │ │ Systems 1:261/1169 │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ╘════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╛ As mentioned earlier, when you ran FCOMP 20 c:\tribbs\mwork Allfix read the FAREA.DAT info and compiled a File Data Base. Thus in order for Allfix to directly write a file description directly into the FILES.LST you MUST set the Use FDB setting to YES! The other settings can be set to your likings. But the FDB must be set to Yes. The Keep # setting is another nice feature of Allfix. Ever receive one file and soon afterward receive a bug fix? Allfix can automatically del- ete any previous release when a new release comes in by setting this to 1. If you like to keep a months worth of nodediffs around you can set this to 4 and Allfix will only keep that many nodediffs. Any time Allfix writes in a description into FILES.LST you MUST REMEMBER TO RUN ASCTOBIN!!!! The asctobin /all and makeidx /all should become a very important part of the batch file that calls Allfix after it finishes processing files. This will return the FILES.LST back to its binary state. Options Under the fileecho system you also have a very important subheading. This is the options for the Fileecho manager. The top half is recommended set- tings. The bottom half is MANDATORY settings for TriBBS version 10.0. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Keep original file date No Min HD space to import 0 Download counters Max TIC archive size 25000 Update DESCRIPT.ION No Max size to pack 25000 Dupe checking filecrc + fileecho + filename.ext ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── LongDesc character One line LongDesc No LongDesc width 0 Max len of LongDesc 0 Spaces to indent 30 (33) Add tag to desc No Filter ANSI No Filter LongDesc No The parenthises of 33 is what to set the Spaces to Indent for 5.11. The Spaces to Indent MUST be set at 30 for TriBBS version 10.0 since it expanded the FILES.LST to a maximum 45 characters per line the rest of the settings should be set at default. Allfix will be able to import High-Ascii descriptions right into FILES.LST for TriBBS version 10.0. Again note: ALWAYS run Asctobin /all and makeidx /all at the end of your allfix processing batch file. Make sure ALL your fileechoes are set to USE FDB!!! ╒═ Fileecho system ╕ │ │ │ Fileecho manager │ │ └─options │ │ Hatch manager │<--------- │ Magic file names │ │ Group manager │ │ │ ╘══════════════════╛ Hatch Manager- this is Allfix's internal hatch manager. ╒ 1/1 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════ Hatch manager ╕ │ │ │ Area 261_DOORS │ │ Spec D:\HATCH\*.* │ │ Desc /GET │ │ Days SMTWTFS │ │ Repl │ │ Mgic │ │ FDB Yes │ │ │ ╘═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════ This shows an example of a fileecho set up to both send and receive files. any file which is put in the d:\hatch directory (notice the *.* wildcard) will be hatched out with the echotag 261_DOORS to the connected node(s). Hatching is done as a means of interchanging files throughout a network. The files you receive, for instance, are "hatched" by the party whose echotag belongs to (i.e. Mark Goodwin will hatch files in the echotag TRITOSS. All files in this fileecho will be sent through all proper channels until it eventually arrives in your system. You also can hatch out files, especially if you have a local file distribution network. All you have to do is put the file in the directory D:\HATCH. When Allfix f s is run the file will be hatched and an outgoing .tic file will be made. This is the first process of the Seen-By lines. This is fully explained in the ALLFIX.DOC. ╒═ Fileecho system ╕ │ │ │ Fileecho manager │ │ └─options │ │ Hatch manager │ │ Magic file names │<----- │ Group manager │ │ │ ╘══════════════════╛ Magic file names Allfix has the capability of automatically updating Magic names. Here is a list of all the type of functions: ╒══ Select type ╕ │ │ │ AdoptFile │ │ CopyFile │ │ DeleteFile │ │ ExecCommand │ │ ForwardTo │ │ HatchNew │ │ KeepNum │ │ MoveToArea │ │ NoForward │ │ OtherPath │ │ PassThruFile │ │ PickUpFile │ │ UnpackFile │ │ UpdateAlias │ │ │ ╘═══════════════╛ ╒═ Fileecho system ╕ │ │ │ Fileecho manager │ │ └─options │ │ Hatch manager │ │ Magic file names │ │ Group manager │<------ │ │ ╘══════════════════╛ Group Manager ╒ 1/20 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════ Group manager ╕ │ │ │ Group 0 Unique No │ │ Name FDN │ │ Mask * │ │────────────[defaults for auto-added fileechos in this group]───────────│ │ Desc │ │ Dest Pass through │ │ Use FDB No │ │ Keep # 0 Use aka Aka matching │ │ Template MESSAGE2 LongDesc LDESC/FILE_ID.DIZ │ │ Banner BANNER Cost │ │ Advanced │ │ Max days 0 Max size 0 Max file 0 │ │ Systems 1:261/1169 │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ╘════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╛ The group manager's main function is to differentiate the fileechoes in your system. The best way to put this is that it is to be used with common preference more than anything else. As a sysop you may want to specify several fileechoes under certain groups, etc. But the group manager also has a very important role in that it is also used with Allfix's Auto-Adding (registered) function. If you allow your uplink in the node manager to auto-add echoes to your system, Allfix will search for the mask in each group you have and apply it to the closest match. In this example group 0 is set for *. This means Allfix is being told that any new fileecho that is not listed in the fileecho manager should be classified under this group with these particular settings. This is your basic setup for running TriBBS with Allfix. Should you encounter any problems please don't hesitate to post a message to Paul Lopez in the ALLFIX_HELP conference. ************************************************************************** Here is a sample batch file for running Tritoss with the FILEFIND feature using .MSG Scan and reply and InterMail. Special thanks to Andy Knifel of the E Street BBS for making this work :). C: CD\TRITOSS TRITOSS ----- Convert to TriBBS message bases.... C: CD\TRIDOG TRIDOG ----- Convert to *.msg format so that Allfix can C: 'FILEFIND" CD\ALLFIX ALLFIX SCAN -- Scan for *. ALLFIX FileFind messages. C: CD\TRIDOG TRIDOG ------ Reinstall FileFind's reply back to TriBBS! C: CD\IM GOTO LOOP ************************************************************************** Here is the batch file used at LOPEZVILLE BBS for processing BOTH files and echomail messages: echo off hyperdkx /s at h1m0 2 cd\trimail tridog cd\fd gecho toss pack -hold cd\desk desk read cd\trifido tridog cd\allfix<------- allfix s <------- cd\fd <------- gecho scan toss mgr<----- cd\trifind <------------- tridog <----------------- cd\fd zapmsg s if exist d:\files\*.tic goto ALLFIX <-------- hyperdkx /w cd\fd run :ALLFIX <------- cd\allfix <------ allfix a f -nocrc <------- copy c:\fd\alias\alias.txt c:\im\alias\alias.txt > nul cd\fd <------ gecho toss mgr<----- cd\tribbs <--------- asctobin /all <------ makeidx /all <------ cd\nu nu hyperdkx /w cd\fd run This batch file does EVERYTHING on LOPEZVILLE. It does file processing, echomail processing and FILEFIND processing. FILEFIND and echomail proces- sing on this board is done with GEcho and the .PKT interface for replies. The lines with arrows are allfix related. Don't forget the importance of running asctobin and makeidx on a constant basis!!! Good Luck!!!!!!!