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│ FLOG306 - ProBoard 2.1x PEX Version 3.06 (C)1996 Fe-line Software │
│ Written by Faye Pearson, Docs by Sarah Pearson (18th March 1996) │
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This is a sort of mini FAQ for FastLog/IEMSI.
The following Questions have been asked by people and hopefully we can give
answers here.
* Next to a question means it has been added since version 3.05.
% Next to a question means it has been changed since version 3.05.
1) I don't want to allow my Users to skip past the intro screens to my BBS
but FastLog/IEMSI seems to provide this option.
FastLog/IEMSI can be setup to allow these shortcuts, but they are NOT
essential to the use of FastLog/IEMSI.
2) Can the IEMSI part of FastLog/IEMSI be used without the need for the
_LOGIN.PEX?
One User of FastLog/IEMSI has reported that with versions of FastLog/IEMSI
upto 2.25, you could just use the IEMSI.PEX part of the package. We
never got this to work here, and are still baffled as to why it works.
In version 2.30 we re-wrote the IEMSI Handling routines to make it quicker
and also to make implementing IEMSI support into PEXs much easier.
In version 3.00 we re-wrote the IEMSI Handling routines yet again to
enhance the performance even more.
Both of these re-writes caused problems for this User who just used the
IEMSI.PEX, so we do recommend that you use the FULL FastLog/IEMSI
package as it was intended to be used.
3) Do I need to the ASK PEX?
No. The ASK.PEX file is included as an optional extra. ASK.PEX is IEMSI
aware which means you can support MAIL, FILE and NEWS IEMSI Requests.
You can use ANY Mail/File/News Pexs you want, but they may not support
IEMSI.
4) Can you make just an IEMSI PEX instead of having to use the whole
FastLog/IEMSI package.
FastLog/IEMSI can be used as just a basic IEMSI login PEX. The features
that the _LOGIN.PEX support are all optional and do not need to be
installed, thus a seperate IEMSI only PEX is not needed.
5) Why cripple FastLog/IEMSI?
We decided on a 5 second delay for IEMSI Logins and no IEMSI New User
Questions Support to maybe entice people to register. Registrations have
been very good so far, and we decided that to increase the registrations
we had to remove the delays and limitations to FastLog/IEMSI.
So now FastLog/IEMSI is totally functional to Unregistered Users.
Since the removal of the cripples we have had several registration that
would not of been, if cripples had been implemented.
6) Is there any speed loss for NON-IEMSI Users?
No. FastLog/IEMSI seems to be the only ProBoard _LOGIN.PEX which operates
without a delay for NON-IEMSI Users.
7) Some of my Users seem to be demoted to Level 0 when logging in when using
FastLog IEMSI.
FastLog/IEMSI does NOT set any User Security Levels, however the problem
seems to lie in the DownLoad Limits part of ProCfg.
If you have set the Maximum Download to a particular amount and haven't
changed the Fall to Level option, then the User will be dropped to
Level 0 (default) and effectivly locked out when they reach the D/L limit.
8) Some of my Users seem to be losing their Flags when using FastLog/IEMSI.
FastLog/IEMSI only alters the Flags specified in the LOGIN.INI file for
the shortcut character. No other Flags are altered by FastLog/IEMSI.
We have extensivly tested the code and could not find any problems with
Flags.
See the previous question for a possible solution.
9) I think FastLog/IEMSI is very good, what new features are you going to
implement in future versions?
We are constantly updating FastLog/IEMSI and are open to any suggestions
you may have for FastLog/IEMSI.
We add new features as and when they are suggested or we come across
a good idea in another program :-)
Two new features are planned for the next version of FastLog/IEMSI :
Telephone Number formating
ProMail QWK PEX support for requests.
10) Why are you called Fe-line Software?
We used to have a little cat called Cleo and she was the inspiration
behind the name.
Feline is the species name for CAT.
11) I heard you have a WWW and FTP site, can you tell me the addresses?
We do have WWW and FTP sites now available with the latest versions of
all our Software as well as the ProBoard FAQ.
http://www.win-uk.net/~fe-line
ftp://ftp.win-uk.net/pub/users/fe-line
12) Why has AUTOPOST been added to FastLog/IEMSI?
One User of FastLog/IEMSI asked if it was possible to implement an
automatic New User Welcome Message poster into the PEX as he already
used 2 Newuser.pexs and couldn't use our AUTOPOST pex.
--
Sarah & Faye, sysops@fe-line.demon.co.uk Home of Fe-line Software
http://www.win-uk.net/~fe-line ftp://ftp.win-uk.net/pub/users/fe-line
ProBoard *UK* Registration and Support Site ProBoard Beta Team
SCiNET European Zone Coordinator PSN *UK* Regional Coordinator
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│ (2:254/278 Fido / 311:21/0 PSN / 173:902/300 DqP-Net / 752:752/0 SCiNET) │
│ sysops@fe-line.demon.co.uk / Internet │
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