BareBones Guide to RoseReader for Sysops First edition, Wide Beta Version, Fri 12 Mar 1993 Written for the RoseReader Team: Developer, Programmers, and Sysops by Carol Whitney This version contains only configuration instructions and a few notes on operations. ÉÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ» º º ÌÍÍÍÍÍÍͼ º Formatted for 10-ºitch dot matrix printers Copyright (C) 1993 by Rose Media, Inc. All rights reserved 93-03-12 BareBones Guide to RoseReader for Sysops Page ii CONTENTS Acknowledgments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 RoseMail and RoseReader Guides . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 About this guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Wide beta Notes: BareBones Guide to RoseReader for Sysops. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Contents of this Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 What is RoseReader for Sysops? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 To register RoseReader for Sysops. . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Essential features of RRS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Direct access to your message bases . . . . . . . . . 5 Your replies go directly into the message base. . . . 6 Message management with RRS . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 RRS and RoseNet messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 The RRS Link with RoseMail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 General information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Your RoseMail (RoseReader) Serial Number . . . . . . . . . 10 The RoseNet mail system. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 The RoseNet Identity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 RoseNet BBS Gateway messages. . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 RoseNet Internet messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Replying to RoseNet messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 RoseNet pseudo-conferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Sysop RoseNet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 RoseNet Archives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 RoseNet In Transit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 RoseNet Sent. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Monitored Messages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Wide beta notes, Fri 12 Mar 1993 . . . . . . . . . . 17 Copyright (C) 1993 by Rose Media, Inc. All rights reserved 93-03-12 BareBones Guide to RoseReader for Sysops Page iii To Install RoseReader for Sysops . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Sysop's Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 PCBOARD.DAT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Message Order. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 File Dir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 System Name. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 BBS Gateway: Addressing messages, Examples . . . . . . 21 Internet Gateway: Addressing messages, Examples. . . . 21 RoseNet Dir. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Selecting mail for your Sysop Module Personal conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Notes on the Sysop Module Personal conference . . . . 24 RoseNet Identity: Checking your RoseMail configuration. . . . 25 RoseReader for Sysops Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Mail packet handling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Participating in HUB conferences you do not carry yourself. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Automated mailruns for events . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 BareBones ENVOI. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Copyright (C) 1993 by Rose Media, Inc. All rights reserved 93-03-12 BareBones Guide to RoseReader for Sysops Page iv List of Screens Screen 1: RoseNet pseudo-conferences. . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Screen 2: RoseReader for Sysops configuration, main menu. . . 18 Screen 3: Sysop Module Configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Screen 4: Sysop Information configuration menu. . . . . . . . 19 Screen 5: Sysop Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Screen 6: RoseMail System Manager, main menu. . . . . . . . . 26 Screen 7: RoseNet Information configuration menu. . . . . . . 27 Screen 8: RoseNet File Information configuration menu . . . . 28 Copyright (C) 1993 by Rose Media, Inc. All rights reserved 93-03-12 BareBones Guide to RoseReader for Sysops Page v Acknowledgments Thanks to all the sysops and callers who are bringing the worthiness of RoseMail and RoseReader to its fruition by using them and enjoying them, and by contributing to this wide beta test. Copyright (C) 1993 by Rose Media, Inc. All rights reserved 93-03-12 BareBones Guide to RoseReader for Sysops Page 1 INTRODUCTION ------------ RoseMail and RoseReader Guides ------------------------------ This guide is the fourth in a series of guides that you, the RoseMail sysop, will need. You need two guides to RoseMail: The Sysop's Guide to RoseMail (!RM200-4.ZIP) and the Caller's Guide to RoseMail (!RM200-5.ZIP). The Sysop's Guide to RoseMail tells how to install, configure and maintain RoseMail on your PCBoard BBS. The Caller's Guide to RoseMail tells callers, including netmail sysops, how to configure RoseMail on the remote BBS in order to make mailruns to exchange mail, whether manually or unattended. Commands covered in the Caller's Guide to RoseMail that are not included in the Sysop's Guide to RoseMail cover the SIZ command, offline configuration of RoseMail, and script prompts given by RoseMail, and also describe the RoseMail Door Options in detail. The third guide you need is the BareBones Guide to RoseReader, which is written for callers who use, or wish to examine, RoseReader (the caller's version). The BareBones Guide to RoseReader contains instructions for installing and configuring RoseReader. This guide, the BareBones Guide to RoseReader for Sysops, contains the additional information needed to install and configure RoseReader for Sysops on your own PCBoard/RoseMail system. One additional guide describes the magazine maker that you can use to make files appropriate for RoseMail's MAGazine files. Copyright (C) 1993 by Rose Media, Inc. All rights reserved 93-03-12 BareBones Guide to RoseReader for Sysops Page 2 About this guide ---------------- Wide beta Notes: BareBones Guide to RoseReader for Sysops ---------------------------------------------------------- RoseMail/RoseReader friends, please bear with us. This first edition of the BareBones Guide to RoseReader for Sysops is being released to provide you with the most urgent information you may need. Although some sysops have been running RoseMail for some time, and many of those have been using RoseReader for Sysops, there are now multitudes of sysops who are brand new to these two programs. RoseMail and RoseReader for Sysops provide both QWK-format messaging in the traditional style and a new, routed, registered mail system, which is also handled by RoseMail and RoseReader. The most recent documentation for RoseReader is that for version 1.60, which is now very much out of date. This BareBones Guide is being written in utmost haste, to provide you with enough information to get your RoseReader for Sysops working for you. This guide is in first-draft form, and I beg your indulgence - and suggestions - which you may post in the RoseMail and RoseReader conferences. Thank you. Now, on with the BareBones of RoseReader for Sysops. Contents of this Guide ---------------------- This guide tells you how to install and configure RoseReader for Sysops on your PCBoard/RoseMail system. The information contained here adds to that available in the BareBones Guide to RoseReader, and also, depends on your having read - or at least, having at hand - the Sysop's Guide to RoseMail and the Caller's Guide to RoseMail. Copyright (C) 1993 by Rose Media, Inc. All rights reserved 93-03-12 BareBones Guide to RoseReader for Sysops Page 3 Information in those other three guides has been presented as simply and extensively as possible, to accommodate those who may be completely new to any of these programs, or who may not even know DOS (or whatever other operating system) very well. This guide takes a different approach. While remaining non- technical in approach, information contained here is presented in more compact form, without extensive explanations; in other words, some familiarity with RoseMail and with setting up RoseReader (the caller's version) is assumed. We do not expect you to remember the details from those guides, but we assume you can refer to them to refresh your memory when needed. To expedite delivery of information to you, the RoseMail Sysop, this BareBones Guide to RoseReader for Sysops is being delivered immediately, even though it is a first draft and very incomplete. This guide is part of the wide beta for RoseReader 2.00 and RoseMail 2.00. This guide will be fleshed out in subsequent editions, which will be posted as soon as they are ready. In the interim, if you need more information than that contained here, please join us in the RoseNet, Intelec, Smartnet or U'NI-net RoseMail and RoseReader conferences. Remember, too, to use the Tickler Help and the F1 context-sensitive help that is available throughout RoseReader and RoseReader for Sysops. We will be grateful for any suggestions or comments you have concerning this guide or any of the others for RoseReader and RoseMail. What is RoseReader for Sysops? ------------------------------ RoseReader for Sysops is, first of all, an ONLINE mail reader and mail manager for PCBoard. You can also use it as an offline mail reader to read QWK-format mail packets from any BBS. Copyright (C) 1993 by Rose Media, Inc. All rights reserved 93-03-12 BareBones Guide to RoseReader for Sysops Page 4 When you install and configure RoseReader, you assign a copy of PCBOARD.DAT from one of your nodes. RoseReader for Sysops, or "RRS", as we will call it in this guide, uses that copy of PCBOARD.DAT, but does not interfere with a caller who is on the node from which that copy comes. This means you can use RRS, running it "from a node" at the same time that a caller is online on that node, thus freeing up a node on your system for callers that otherwise you might need to reserve as your personal sysop's workstation. To register RoseReader for Sysops --------------------------------- As a RoseMail 2.00 Sysop using RoseReader 2.00, you will be carrying the RoseNet mail system, either for your own use, or for you and your callers. You are thus a part of the RoseNet routed, registered mail system. To arrange for the extent of participation in RoseNet that you desire, call Rose Media BBS at (416) 733-2285, fill out a PCBoard registration if you are not already registered on the system as a caller, (J)oin Conference 1 (MSG2SYSP), and leave a COMMENT to the sysop. Once contact has been established this way, you may follow the instructions given in the Caller's Guide to RoseMail to register your RoseReader for Sysops. If you have an earlier version of RoseReader for Sysops, you use the UPG command in your nearest RoseMail Door to upgrade your ROSEREAD.KEY file, or, if you prefer, you may register directly on Rose Media BBS by going into its RoseMail Door. If you do that, however, you will also need to pick up your ROSEREAD.KEY file directly from Rose Media. Copyright (C) 1993 by Rose Media, Inc. All rights reserved 93-03-12 BareBones Guide to RoseReader for Sysops Page 5 If you are brand new to RoseMail and RoseReader for Sysops, you will be obtaining a new KEY file directly. To do this, use the REG command instead of the UPG command in the RoseMail Door where you log on to obtain your ROSEREAD.KEY. Remember to consult the BareBones Guide to RoseReader, the Sysop's Guide to RoseMail, and the Caller's Guide to RoseReader for details. Essential features of RRS ------------------------- Once you have installed and configured RRS, you start the program. You are given the main menu, just as callers who use RoseReader (RR) are. When, from this main menu (the QWK packet menu), you press S for the Sysop Module, you are taken into another world altogether - your own PCBoard conference list. In effect, you are now online to your own board - however, you are not occupying the node you are on. Direct access to your message bases ----------------------------------- Once you have pressed S to go into the Sysop Module from the RRS main menu (QWK packet menu), your conference list comes up. Depending on how you have configured your Options under Sysop Configuration, you may or may not also see a Quickscan list of messages. Copyright (C) 1993 by Rose Media, Inc. All rights reserved 93-03-12 BareBones Guide to RoseReader for Sysops Page 6 In your Sysop Module conference list, you will see some conferences that are not PCBoard conferences on your BBS. These include the pseudo-conferences in which you (D)eposit messages that you wish to attend to later (the Archive conference), and your Personal conference, in which you will find messages addressed to you from the conferences you select to view here (notice that the Sysop's Personal conference differs in some respects from the Personal conference you have from the QWK packet menu). Your replies go directly into the message base ---------------------------------------------- However, you have no Replies conference, at least, none that resembles the Replies conference that callers using the caller's version of RoseReader have. Instead, when you write replies, these are added to your message bases, just as though you had logged onto your PCBoard locally, and written messages right into the message base. In effect, then, you are using what, for callers, would be an offline mail reader, but what, for you, is an online mail reader. Apart from some differences between the PCBoard commands you use when you log on locally, RRS manages messages much as PCBoard does. RRS, however, gives you most of the same conveniences that callers get when they use RoseReader with mail packets they download, along with some that are particular to RRS. Copyright (C) 1993 by Rose Media, Inc. All rights reserved 93-03-12 BareBones Guide to RoseReader for Sysops Page 7 When you use RRS, you do not have to download mail packets from your own system, nor do you have to upload your replies. When you start the Sysop Module, you are accessing your message bases directly, both when you browse messages and when you reply to them. When the situation warrants, you can, if you wish, download a mail packet from your own board, and use RRS to read it from the main menu (QWK packet menu), just as a caller would use RoseReader for this purpose. Most likely, though, you will usually use the Sysop Module for reading, replying, and entering messages. Message management with RRS --------------------------- RRS allows you to (M)odify messages (as in the PCBoard Edit and E commands), to (T)ransfer (PCBoard MOVE command) messages from one PCBoard conference to another (and from RoseNet to PCBoard and vice versa), to (C)opy a message from one conference to another (PCBoard COPY command), and, of course, to (K)ill messages. The RRS (M)odify command combines elements of PCBoard 14.5a's Edit and E commands. Using Modify, you can edit the text of the message, and change any message header information, or do any combination of these, all in a single operation. Apart from the fact that the names of the commands are sometimes different from those you use locally on PCBoard, you will find that the behavior of these commands with respect to your message bases are quite faithful to their behavior during your local logon to your system. Using RRS, you can post messages to your callers, or write and post messages into your echo mail conferences. RRS will receive and send messages from and to any PCBoard conference on your system. Copyright (C) 1993 by Rose Media, Inc. All rights reserved 93-03-12 BareBones Guide to RoseReader for Sysops Page 8 As you might expect, RRS will also send and receive messages through the RoseNet routed, registered mail system that you receive with your copy of RoseMail. Please refer to the Sysop's Guide to RoseMail for a description of the RoseNet mail system. RRS and RoseNet messages ------------------------ When you leave the RRS main menu (QWK packet menu) and go into the Sysop Module, you will see that besides the conferences from your board, several others are listed. Except for the Archive and Personal conferences mentioned above, these are the RoseNet "pseudo-conferences". They include the conferences named Sysop RoseNet, RoseNet Archives, RoseNet in Transit, RoseNet Sent, and Monitored Messages. These pseudo-conferences are your means for sending and receiving RoseNet messages, which, although they exist entirely apart from your PCBoard message bases, are transferred in and out of your system by RoseMail right along with the PCBoard messages. RRS allows you to read, reply, and enter messages in these conferences in much the same way as you would in your PCBoard conferences. You will notice differences in the message header information window, however. The message information window prompts you for any information you need to enter there, and Tickler Help and the F1 key will provide you with any additional information you may need at the moment. Copyright (C) 1993 by Rose Media, Inc. All rights reserved 93-03-12 BareBones Guide to RoseReader for Sysops Page 9 Detailed instructions for addressing RoseNet messages will be included in later editions of the Guide to RoseReader and the Guide to RoseReader for Sysops. This first edition of the BareBones Guide to RoseReader for Sysops summarizes those instructions very briefly, and depends on your using the Tickler Help and the F1 key to assist you further. If you need more help now than is available in this guide, please join us in the (PCBoard echo) RoseReader and the RoseMail conferences, available on the RoseNet, Intelec, Smartnet and U'NI-net networks. RoseNet mail is completely separate from PCBoard mail, yet your RoseMail net transfer software manages the exchange of RoseNet mail right alongside that of PCBoard echo mail. You do not need to attend to any additional tasks when scanning for outgoing mail or inserting mail from your hub. RoseMail handles everything for you automatically, once you have configured your RoseNet mail system using the RoseMail System Manager. See the Sysop's Guide to RoseMail for information on configuring RoseNet mail. The RRS Link with RoseMail -------------------------- RRS, then, allows you to work with the messages directly from your PCBoard. Once you and your callers have posted messages to your board, it is RoseMail's turn to take over and manage the PCBoard echo mail and the RoseNet routed, registered mail. General information ------------------- RoseReader for Sysops provides you with your own personal message handler. Using RRS, you can enter, read, reply to, messages in your PCBoard conferences and in the RoseNet routed, registered mail system. Copyright (C) 1993 by Rose Media, Inc. All rights reserved 93-03-12 BareBones Guide to RoseReader for Sysops Page 10 RoseMail manages all the net mail transfers, both for PCBoard mail and for RoseNet mail. See the other three guides mentioned in the Introduction for further information on the details of these transfers. RoseMail and RoseReader are inextricably linked as managers for mail that moves into and out of your PCBoard system and the RoseNet messaging system. The most obvious link is that to use RoseNet mail, you MUST have a copy of RoseReader for Sysops, and for your callers to receive RoseNet messages, they also MUST have a copy of RoseReader. It is possible for your callers to use other offline mail readers to send RoseNet messages from some RoseNet sites; however, only RoseReader will receive and decipher RoseNet messages. Your RoseMail (RoseReader) Serial Number ---------------------------------------- Your RoseMail and your RoseReader for Sysops serial number are the same. Your number identifies you personally, and forms a part of the RoseNet/Internet address provided by the RoseNet routed, registered mail system. You can see your RoseMail/RoseReader serial number on the main menu when you start RRS, on the taglines RRS appends to the messages you write, and in your RoseMail Door when a caller logs on and enters RoseMail, or when you log on locally. RoseMail shows your serial number immediately following the logo. The first line under the logo shows the date and time your version of RoseMail was compiled, and at the end of that line, displays your RoseMail/RoseReader serial number. Your serial number also shows under the RoseMail Logo on the opening screen of your RoseMail System Manager. Copyright (C) 1993 by Rose Media, Inc. All rights reserved 93-03-12 BareBones Guide to RoseReader for Sysops Page 11 Your RoseNet address, which you can use through RoseNet to access the Internet, looks like this: rn.@rose.com where is the last four digits of your serial number. The RoseNet mail system ----------------------- RoseNet mail allows you to send personal, routed messages. You can send two types of messages: BBS Gateway messages, or Internet messages. The RoseNet Identity -------------------- To communicate between BBSs on the RoseNet system, you will use the BBS Gateway. Here, you can address messages to known sysops and callers who also use RoseNet mail. If you are addressing callers, you will need to know what BBS they call, because you will address your message using a "RoseNet Identity," which is something like, but not the same as, a mail packet name. Copyright (C) 1993 by Rose Media, Inc. All rights reserved 93-03-12 BareBones Guide to RoseReader for Sysops Page 12 For example, if you are addressing the sysop on Rose Media BBS, you may use the address: SYSOP (at) ROSE. Here, "ROSE" is the RoseNet Identity. You do not need the "at-sign" in this type of message, because separate fields are provided in the message header for the name (SYSOP, or alternatively, the real name of the sysop if you know it) and for the destination BBS, identified as the "Target" in the message header. Your BBS Gateway message to a Target BBS where you do not know the name of the sysop, then, will go to SYSOP (at) , where is the RoseNet Identity of that BBS. Your routed message to a caller through the BBS Gateway will go to (at) , where, once more, is the RoseNet Identity of the BBS concerned, and is the correct logon name for the caller at that destination. Rose Media happens to use the same name for its QWK mail packets and for its RoseNet Identity. Although many BBSs may do this, others may use RoseNet Identity names that differ from their mail packet names. To address the sysop of a particular BBS through the BBS Gateway, if you do not already know the RoseNet Identity for that sysop, you will need to consult the lists that will be published periodically as the RoseNet mail system develops. These lists will come down to you automatically through your own RoseNet system, so you will not have to go looking for them. RoseNet BBS Gateway messages ---------------------------- RoseNet BBS Gateway messages go out from your system through your hub, if any, to the RoseNet central host, Rose Media BBS in Toronto, Ontario (Canada). From there, they are sent through the hub that allows them to reach their destination. Copyright (C) 1993 by Rose Media, Inc. All rights reserved 93-03-12 BareBones Guide to RoseReader for Sysops Page 13 These messages arrive only on the hub systems required for routing, on the RoseNet central host, and on the destination BBS. See the Sysop's Guide to RoseMail for more details on RoseNet messages. RoseNet Internet messages ------------------------- You can send messages into the Internet through the RoseNet mail system. To do this, you toggle the Gateway type in the RoseNet message header information window, from BBS to Internet. You use the space bar to toggle the Gateway type. To address your recipient, you enter "rn.xxxx@rose.com", where "xxxx" is the RoseMail (or RoseReader) serial number of your addressee. Obviously, if you are writing to another RoseMail sysop or caller, you need to know the serial number of that person to reach that person this way. Lists will be published as they become available. You can always learn the serial number of a RoseMail sysop by logging onto that sysop's BBS and going into the RoseMail Door, where the serial number is displayed just below the RoseMail logo. You can also learn the serial number of any RoseReader user by observing the RoseReader tagline on a message written by that person. To address a caller to a certain BBS, observe both the RoseReader serial number in that caller's reader tagline. You can send that caller a message through the Internet Gateway by using the address "rn.xxxx@rose.com", where "xxxx" is that caller's RoseReader serial number. Copyright (C) 1993 by Rose Media, Inc. All rights reserved 93-03-12 BareBones Guide to RoseReader for Sysops Page 14 Replying to RoseNet messages ---------------------------- RoseNet messages addressed to you arrive in your Sysop RoseNet conference. Replying to a RoseNet message is the utmost in simplicity and ease. Use the R key to reply to the message, save it, and when the Message Information Window pops up, the address of your correspondent is already entered in correct form in the TO: field of the message header. Apart from the normal checks you should make, as detailed in the Caller's Guide to RoseMail, you can just press F10 to save the message, and it will be on its way. When you save a RoseNet message, you will see a box pop up that tells you the message is being sent. You can examine the message you just sent by going into the RoseNet In Transit conference. Select the field that shows the name of your RoseNet hub, press Enter on that name, and you will see the message(s) you have just written. If you wish, you may (M)odify the message you just wrote, in the same way you would (M)odify a message in one of your PCBoard conferences. Similarly, you may use other RoseReader for Sysops commands on this message. Do not forget that you can also (D)eposit the message in your RoseNet Archives conference. And you may (C)opy the message to another RoseReader user. RoseNet pseudo-conferences -------------------------- There are five RoseNet pseudo-conferences, which you will see listed when you press S to enter the Sysop Module from your RoseReader for Sysops main menu (QWK packet menu). Copyright (C) 1993 by Rose Media, Inc. All rights reserved 93-03-12 BareBones Guide to RoseReader for Sysops Page 15 The following illustration identifies these conferences with an asterisk in the left margin of the illustration. These asterisks are only inserted in this guide to draw your attention to them; they do not appear on your RoseReader screen. Screen 1: RoseNet pseudo-conferences ÉÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ Select a Conference (SYSOP) ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ» º Archive Creatures º º Personal Notes º * º Sysop RoseNet Fishy º * º RoseNet Archives PCB-Rose_EN º * º RoseNet In Transit SavRoseNet º * º RoseNet Sent Beginners-PN º * º Monitored Messages PACAdmin-PN º º Main Board Reserved º º HelpThyme PC-Mania_PN º º Reference-RN HotRose_H º ÈÍÍÍÍ Conference Number : Non BBS ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ More Íͼ Sysop RoseNet ------------- The Sysop RoseNet conference is where you Enter, read and reply to your personal RoseNet mail. RoseNet messages addressed to you arrive in this conference. RoseNet Archives ---------------- RoseNet messages that you (D)eposit in Archive go to this conference. Copyright (C) 1993 by Rose Media, Inc. All rights reserved 93-03-12 BareBones Guide to RoseReader for Sysops Page 16 RoseNet In Transit ------------------ Messages that you and your callers have written and posted to your system are retained in this pseudo-conference until RoseMail has scanned them into your HUB.REP mail packet. RoseNet messages that arrive for your callers are held here until the callers download them from your RoseMail Door. This conference is packed automatically, except for messages to and from inactive callers, or those whose subscriptions have expired. To perform a complete pack on this conference, use the RoseNet Pack submenu under RoseNet Information in the RoseMail System Manager. RoseNet Sent ------------ Messages that have been sent to your hub in a HUB.QWK remain in this conference until they are packed out. Packing options are configurable under RoseNet Information in the RoseMail System Manager. Monitored Messages ------------------ This conference holds RoseNet messages to and from callers whose messages you have chosen to monitor. You configure this conference from the RoseMail System Manager, RoseNet Information, Options menu. NOTE: The Archive and Personal conferences, the first two on the Sysop Conference List, contain PCBoard messages, not RoseNet messages. Copyright (C) 1993 by Rose Media, Inc. All rights reserved 93-03-12 BareBones Guide to RoseReader for Sysops Page 17 Wide beta notes, Fri 12 Mar 1993 -------------------------------- Please remember to use the Tickler Help, the F1 context-sensitive help, the BareBones Guide to RoseReader, the Sysop's and Caller's Guides to RoseMail, and the RoseMail and RoseReader conferences, if you need more assistance right now. This ends the General Information in this first edition of the BareBones Guide to RoseReader for Sysops. Friends, this is a one- day writing job, which means most likely I have forgotten to include some very important information. Please send your suggestions to the RoseReader conference for what you wish to see here that is not yet included. Thank you! To Install RoseReader for Sysops -------------------------------- Consult the BareBones Guide to RoseReader for installation instructions. You will install your RoseReader the same way callers (users of the plain RoseReader) do. Once you have installed RoseReader and configured it as instructed in the BareBones Guide to RoseReader, you have one more area to configure. This is the area that links RoseReader for Sysops with your PCBoard system and with the Sysop RoseNet pseudo-conferences. The configuration menu that pops up during your first RoseReader installation, and that, thereafter, you access by pressing Alt-C, contains one more field than does the regular RoseReader configuration menu. This field shows as "Sysop Module". Your RoseReader for Sysops configuration menu, then, looks something like this. The arrow ( <== ) in the illustration points to the additional field. Copyright (C) 1993 by Rose Media, Inc. All rights reserved 93-03-12 BareBones Guide to RoseReader for Sysops Page 18 Screen 2: RoseReader for Sysops configuration, main menu ÚÄÄÄÄCONFIGURATIONÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ ³ Welcome to RoseReader configuration... Please ³ ³ use or a mouse to select different ³ ³ options to configure. ³ ³ ³ ³ Paths Options 3 ³ ³ Editor/Replies Defaults ³ ³ Compressors Swapping ³ ³ Colours DOS Keys ³ ³ Msg Colours Communications ³ ³ Editor Colours Password ³ ³ Options 1 Sysop Module <== ³ ³ Options 2 ³ ³ ³ ÀÄÄF10 to SAVEÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ The first time you configure the Sysop Module, you must do so from the main menu of RoseReader, because you need to tell RRS which copy of PCBOARD.DAT to use. You cannot enter the Sysop Module until RRS can find a valid copy of PCBOARD.DAT. Select Sysop Module. You will see a screen that looks something like this: Screen 3: Sysop Module Configuration ÚÄÄÄÄCONFIGURATION - Sysop ModuleÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ ³ Welcome to RoseReader configuration for the sysop module ³ ³ use to select different options to configure. ³ ³ ³ ³ Sysop Information ³ ³ Sysop Options ³ ³ Personal Mail ³ ³ ³ ÀÄÄF10 to SAVEÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄPgUpÄÄÙ Copyright (C) 1993 by Rose Media, Inc. All rights reserved 93-03-12 BareBones Guide to RoseReader for Sysops Page 19 Now select Sysop Information. You are presented with a screen that looks something like this, although you will place your own logon real name under "Sysop's Name", and your own RoseNet Identity name, which you arrange for with the RoseNet Central Host, under "System Name". Screen 4: Sysop Information configuration menu ÚÄÄÄÄCONFIGURATION - Sysop InformationÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ ³ ³ ³ Sysop's Name : SYSOP NAME ³ ³ PCBOARD.DAT : C:\PCB\NODE3 ³ ³ Message Order: Message Number ³ ³ File Dir. : C:\RRS\ ³ ³ System Name : ROSENET-ID ³ ³ RoseNet Dir : C:\PCB\ROSE\DM ³ ³ ³ ÀÄÄF10 to SAVEÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄPgDnÄÄÙ Sysop's Name ------------ Enter your real name, the one you use on your PCBoard system, here. PCBOARD.DAT ----------- Enter the full path (but not the filename) for the valid copy of PCBOARD.DAT which resides on the node you wish to access when you use RoseReader for Sysops. Notice that you may share this node with a caller who is online to your system, so you may use any valid node on your system for this purpose. Copyright (C) 1993 by Rose Media, Inc. All rights reserved 93-03-12 BareBones Guide to RoseReader for Sysops Page 20 Message Order ------------- Toggle this field with the space bar until your desired reading order for messages shows in this field. File Dir -------- Specify here the directory in which you wish to keep the files that save your message pointers inside the Sysop Module of RoseReader for Sysops, and other files that manage your RoseReader use. Some RoseNet files will be kept here as well. DO NOT USE ROSEREADER'S WORK DIRECTORY FOR THIS! Remember that RoseReader erases all the files in the Work Directory, and the directory itself, when you exit RoseReader (as explained in the BareBones Guide to RoseReader). System Name ----------- This is where you put the RoseNet Identity that you have arranged for with the RoseNet central host system. This identity is a NAME, not a serial number. You enter this name here, and also in your RoseMail System Manager, under the RoseNet Files/Identifier menu, where it says "RoseNet Ident". Thus your RoseNet Identity (which is the same as your System Name, but not necessarily the same as your mail packet name) is recorded both in your RoseReader for Sysops and in your RoseMail configurations. These records are necessary for your RoseNet mail addresses and transfers to work correctly. See the RoseMail System Manager illustrations following the ones for RoseReader for a reminder of how you enter your RoseNet Identity in the RoseMail System Manager. Copyright (C) 1993 by Rose Media, Inc. All rights reserved 93-03-12 BareBones Guide to RoseReader for Sysops Page 21 System Name (RoseNet Identity), Examples: ROSE - System Name for Rose Media INTELEC ONLINE - System Name for Intelec Online SOUND OF MUSIC - System Name for Sound of Music NIGHTMAGIC - System Name for Night Magic THYME - System Name for Mary & Thyme BBS Gateway: Addressing messages, Examples Address your messages: To: Gateway: BBS TARGET: thus: To: FIRST LAST Target: SYSTEMNAME Internet Gateway: Addressing messages, Examples Address your messages: To: rn.xxxx@rose.com Gateway: Internet There is no Target defined in this method of addressing. Copyright (C) 1993 by Rose Media, Inc. All rights reserved 93-03-12 BareBones Guide to RoseReader for Sysops Page 22 RoseNet Dir ----------- Here you enter the full drive and pathname to the directory that holds the MAP files for your RoseNet mail system. Do not enter a filename. The MAP files come with your RoseMail files, and they are what determines how messages are routed. As the MAP files are updated, they will be sent through to your system automatically, once the RoseNet mail system is fully established. In the meantime, you may need to download them occasionally. You may be able to obtain them from your nearest RoseNet host system. NOTE: You must also specify your RoseNet Dir in the RoseMail System Manager. See the section below on checking that your RoseNet Identity is fully configured. It shows the relevant screens from the RoseMail System Manager. Wide beta notes, Fri 11 Mar 1993: The RoseNet system is undergoing very rapid expansion as I write this. New MAP files will be issued as they become available. Keep an eye on your nearest RoseNet host system for information on the MAP files, and watch the RoseMail and RoseReader conferences for further information. Now configure the Sysop Options. When you select Sysop Options, you will see a screen that looks something like this. Copyright (C) 1993 by Rose Media, Inc. All rights reserved 93-03-12 BareBones Guide to RoseReader for Sysops Page 23 Screen 5: Sysop Options ÚÄÄÄÄCONFIGURATION - Sysop OptionsÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ ³ ³ ³ Flag messages as read : Yes ³ ³ Use real name when replying : Yes ³ ³ Enable message sorting/scanning : Yes ³ ³ Quick scan on conference selection menu : No ³ ³ Quick scan on entering conference : No ³ ³ Scan all messages in a conference : Yes ³ ³ Read messages from you in Personal : No ³ ³ Set mail waiting flag : Yes ³ ³ ³ ³ (SPACE to toggle) ³ ³ ³ ÀÄÄF10 to SAVEÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄPgUpÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ When you have finished filling out this screen, remember to press F10 to save your configuration. You cannot configure the Personal Mail from outside the Sysop Module, so you should save your configuration now. When you save your configuration, you are returned to RoseReader's main menu. From the main menu, you can now press S to enter the Sysop Module. It is not necessary to configure for Personal Mail immediately, unless you are going to read your Personal Mail immediately. Selecting mail for your Sysop Module Personal conference -------------------------------------------------------- If you do wish to configure your Personal Mail, go into the Sysop Module first. Then press Alt-C to bring up the configuration menu, select Sysop Module, and then select Personal Mail. Now you can use the cursor to highlight conferences from which you wish to read your Personal mail, and toggle them on (or off) by pressing the space bar. When you have finished selecting conferences, press F10 to save the configuration. Copyright (C) 1993 by Rose Media, Inc. All rights reserved 93-03-12 BareBones Guide to RoseReader for Sysops Page 24 Notes on the Sysop Module Personal conference --------------------------------------------- When you have configured the Personal Mail portion of the Sysop Module configuration, you can select the Personal conference in the Sysop Module. When you do that, RoseReader scans all the PCBoard conferences on your system, and collects your Personal mail from them. As you can imagine, if you have configured Sysop Options to "Scan all messages in a conference", you could spend days and weeks reading mail in your Personal conference. Therefore, it is highly advisable to set the Option to "Scan all messages in a conference" to No, BEFORE you highlight your Personal conference and press Enter. In other words, if normally you are set to "Scan all messages in a conference", you should probably change that configuration at least before selecting your Personal conference in the Sysop Module. As long as you are not reading mail out of your Personal conference, but joining each conference and reading mail there, you can leave "Scan all messages in a conference" set to Yes, and still RoseReader will keep track of your current message pointers, and let you begin from your Last Message Read. You can then use (Q)uickscan to read previous messages, in case you need to refer to them, and return as desired to the current messages. TIP: From your Quickscan screen, you can change the sort order in the conference by pressing O and toggling the order with the space bar. Many sysops configure to read in the order of Message Number, which helps the sysop serve callers in the order in which they appear on the system, but which tends to leave the sysop jumping from thread to thread, or perhaps unaware if some caller has answered another caller's question. Copyright (C) 1993 by Rose Media, Inc. All rights reserved 93-03-12 BareBones Guide to RoseReader for Sysops Page 25 Sorting messages from the Quickscan screen helps overcome the deficiencies caused by reading in Message Number order. When you have finished checking messages with other sort orders, you can return to your normal sort order by pressing O again from the Quickscan screen, and toggling the Sort Order with your space bar. RoseNet Identity: Checking your RoseMail configuration ------------------------------------------------------- To assist you in making sure your RoseNet Identity is properly configured, here are the screens from the RoseMail System Manager where you enter your RoseNet Identity. Remember that this identity is a NAME that you arrange with the RoseNet central host. This name provides your address for the BBS Gateway in the RoseNet routed, registered mail system. Your RoseMail (and RoseReader) serial number provides the other (Internet) half of your RoseNet address. Copyright (C) 1993 by Rose Media, Inc. All rights reserved 93-03-12 BareBones Guide to RoseReader for Sysops Page 26 Screen 6: RoseMail System Manager, main menu ÉÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ» º ÍËÍÍÍÍ» Serial #1545. ÍËÍÍËÍÍ» » º º º º º º º º º º ÌÍÍÍ˼ ÉÍÍÍ» ÉÍÍÍ» ÉÍÍÍ» º º º ÉÍÍÍ» Í» º º º º º º º ÈÍÍÍ» ÌÍÍͼ º º º ÉÍÍ͹ º º º º ÍÊÍ ÈÍ ÈÍÍͼ ÈÍÍͼ ÈÍÍͼ ÍÊ Ê Ê ÈÍÍÍÊ ÍÊÍ È º º RoseMail 2.00áSystem Manager (02-25-93 14:30) º º Copyright (C) 1991-93 Rose Media Incorporated º º º º ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÂÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ º º ³File Paths ³RoseNet Information ³ º º ³Compression Programs ³Networks/NetMail ³ º º ³Transfer Protocols ³Conference data ³ º º ³Transfer rates/limits ³User Flags ³ º º ³Local board information ³Add In Files ³ º º ³Duplicate checking ³Magazines ³ º º ³Options ³Conference Optimize ³ º º ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÁÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ º º Press ESC to exit º ÌÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ͹ º Set locations of needed files and edit help files. º ÈÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍͼ To set your RoseNet Identity in the RoseMail System Manager, select RoseNet Information from the top of the second column. Your next screen will look something like this: Copyright (C) 1993 by Rose Media, Inc. All rights reserved 93-03-12 BareBones Guide to RoseReader for Sysops Page 27 Screen 7: RoseNet Information configuration menu ÉÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ» º RoseMail 2.00áSystem Manager (02-25-93 14:30) º º Copyright (C) 1991-93 Rose Media Incorporated º º º º ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ º º ³RoseNet Files/Identifier ³ º º ³Options ³ º º ³RoseNet Pack ³ º º ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ º º º º Press ESC (right mouse button) to return to main menu º ÌÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ͹ º Enter file locations to be used for RoseNet º º information and your RoseNet identifier. º ÈÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍͼ Now select the first item, RoseNet Files/Identifier. Your next screen will look something like this: Copyright (C) 1993 by Rose Media, Inc. All rights reserved 93-03-12 BareBones Guide to RoseReader for Sysops Page 28 Screen 8: RoseNet File Information configuration menu ÉÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ» º RoseMail 2.00áSystem Manager (02-25-93 14:30) º º Copyright (C) 1991-93 Rose Media Incorporated º º º º RoseNet File Information º º º º RoseNet Dir : C:\PCB\ROSE\DM º º RoseNet Ident : THYME º º RoseNet Log file: C:\PCB\ROSE\DM\LOG º º RoseNet Monitor : C:\PCB\ROSE\MONITOR.DAT º º RN Bulletin 1 : C:\PCB\GEN\BLT5 º º RN Bulletin 2 : C:\PCB\GEN\BLT6 º º RN Bulletin 3 : C:\PCB\GEN\BLT7 º º RN Bulletin 4 : C:\PCB\GEN\BLT8 º º º º Press ESC (right mouse button) to return to main menu º ÌÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ͹ º The directory to store all messages and files º º associated with RoseNet and direct mail. º º º º The contents of the supplied DM.ZIP file should be º º placed here. º ÈÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍͼ NOTES: You configure the RoseNet Dir here in the RoseMail System Manager in exactly the same way as in RoseReader for Sysops. You must, in other words, make sure that your full drive and pathname to the MAP files (normally supplied in DM.ZIP) is the same here as it is in your RoseReader for Sysops configuration. Where it says "RoseNet Ident" here, you enter exactly the same name that you entered in your RoseReader for Sysops configuration, under System Name. Copyright (C) 1993 by Rose Media, Inc. All rights reserved 93-03-12 BareBones Guide to RoseReader for Sysops Page 29 RoseReader for Sysops Operations -------------------------------- Mail packet handling -------------------- This BareBones Guide to RoseReader for Sysops will end with a few remarks on handling your mail packets. RoseMail will bring you a netmail packet (HUB.QWK) that contains all the messages from whatever number of networks you take mail in from a single hub BBS. Similarly, your HUB.REP contains all the mail for all the networks on your hub to which you send mail from your system. Furthermore, as detailed above, your RoseNet mail is included in this same HUB.QWK packet, or this same HUB.REP packet. RoseMail sorts the mail as necessary. All the netmail from a single HUB.QWK is inserted on your system in a single pass, and all the netmail to go out in your HUB.REP packet is scanned into your REP in a single pass. Naturally, you must configure your RoseMail to perform these operations. It is simple to do so; just make sure your Networks/NetMail menus are all properly configured. If you look at the Available Networks menu under Networks/NetMail in the RoseMail System manager, and page down through the nets, you can see by the mail packet names where you are picking up different nets from the same hub. Consult the Sysop's Guide to RoseMail for details. Copyright (C) 1993 by Rose Media, Inc. All rights reserved 93-03-12 BareBones Guide to RoseReader for Sysops Page 30 Participating in HUB conferences you do not carry yourself ---------------------------------------------------------- If you wish to participate in local conferences on your hub, but you do not carry those conferences, you may include those conferences in the same HUB.QWK in which you take netmail that is inserted on your system. RoseMail's ability to distinguish between conferences and networks in which you carry netmail and in which you do not, and to insert nets in a single pass while skipping messages that should not be inserted, allows you, as a node sysop, to log onto your RoseMail hub using your real name. There is no need for you to have a separate account for netmail, unless your hub sysop desires it for administrative purposes. At the same time, you can deal with all kinds of mail using your single HUB.QWK packet. There are some precautions you need to take, and some things you need to configure in a particular way in order to make this kind of operation convenient. These are covered in the Sysop's Guide to RoseMail, in the main reference section. However, for your convenience, they are summarized quickly here. Wide beta note, Fri 12 Mar 1993: Please check and test the following suggestions before relying on them. This BareBones Guide is being written in the space of a single 15-hour period, and it could be incomplete or (I hope not!) contain errors. - In the RoseMail System Manager, under Options, set Remove REP file to No. This means your HUB.REP will be appended to during each mail scan, until it is deleted in an automated mail transfer from your RoseReader, or until you delete it manually after a manual mailrun, or an unattended mailrun set not to delete your REP. Copyright (C) 1993 by Rose Media, Inc. All rights reserved 93-03-12 BareBones Guide to RoseReader for Sysops Page 31 - In the RoseMail System Manager, under Options, set Remove QWK file to No. This means your HUB.QWK will be hanging around, subject to an attempt by RoseMail to re-insert the same packet after the next mailrun, unless you take steps to delete the HUB.QWK just before your next mailrun. - Immediately after a mailrun to your hub, insert the current HUB.QWK packet(s), and then rename them. Now you can use your RENAMED HUB.QWK (it must have a valid extension name; see below) as you would if you were a caller, rather than a sysop. That is, you can read your hub's local conferences from the main menu (QWK packet menu) of RRS, instead of going into the Sysop module. When you read out of a HUB.QWK packet, you will see the netmail conferences that you carry, as well as the hub's local conferences that you do not carry. WARNING! DO NOT REPLY TO MESSAGES IN CONFERENCES THAT YOU CARRY while reading your QWK packet! Your hub sysop, and others around the nets, will not appreciate your doing so, because messages you send from your HUB.QWK (instead of from your own board) would normally be tagged at your hub, with your hub's origin tagline. However, when you reply out of your QWK packet to a message in a conference that you CARRY ON YOUR BOARD, that message is flagged, at the time you scan for a HUB.REP, as already being tagged with an origin line. The result (thanks, Joe Sheppard!) is that your message will not be tagged at all with an origin line (unless some program that does not follow the normal QWK standard gets hold of it, in which case almost anything can happen anyway). Copyright (C) 1993 by Rose Media, Inc. All rights reserved 93-03-12 BareBones Guide to RoseReader for Sysops Page 32 Remember, then, to use your HUB.QWK only to reply to messages that are local at your hub, or that lie in echo conferences you do not yourself carry. Messages you send up for your hub's local conferences will show only your RRS tagline, and messages that you post in echo conferences on your hub that you do not carry yourself will be tagged with your hub's origin tagline. This is as matters should be. Such tagging helps sysops all over the world keep messages and netmail straight, and trace mail properly in case of loss. WARNING! Do not forget to check and test this mail-handling system before you rely on it. Also, consult the Sysop's Guide to RoseMail to check your configuration. IMPORTANT NOTE: Automated mailruns are covered in the BareBones Guide to RoseReader. You use exactly the same principles as your callers to do your netmail runs. The only difference in the mailruns you do is that your hub sysop grants you net status for the networks from which you carry conferences. You can check your net status on the hub by choosing Select Conferences while you are inside your hub's RoseMail Door. Each conference for which you have net status shows an "N" beside it. If there is no N beside the conference, then net status is not enabled for you in that conference. Notice as well that the RoseMail System Manager allows you to assign net status to net sysops completely selectively. You can assign net status for a whole net, under Net Sysop Access, and then deny netmail access to individual conferences under the User Flags menu. Similarly, your RoseMail hub sysop can make such arrangements for you. Copyright (C) 1993 by Rose Media, Inc. All rights reserved 93-03-12 BareBones Guide to RoseReader for Sysops Page 33 Automated mailruns for events ----------------------------- It is very easy to set up RoseReader to do automated mailruns as part of your event; it is a matter adding a few lines, such as: rm /s c:\rrs\rrs /Fnetrun.cfg /Pnetrun.phn /u rm /i In that example, "NETRUN.CFG" would be a copy of your ROSEREAD.CFG file that you have configured especially for a particular hub, and NETRUN.PHN would be its matching Phone Book file. See the BareBones Guide to RoseReader for further explanation. BareBones ENVOI, wide beta note ------------------------------- This completes the first edition of the BareBones Guide to RoseReader for Sysops. I hope I have not forgotten some essential item. If so, please report to the RoseReader conference, and I will try to get the essentials into the next edition. The idea here was to give you enough to get your RoseReader for Sysops up, running, and serving you. Thanks for your patience! Copyright (C) 1993 by Rose Media, Inc. All rights reserved 93-03-12 BareBones Guide to RoseReader for Sysops Page 34 INDEX !RM200-4.ZIP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 !RM200-5.ZIP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 (C)opy a message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 (D)eposit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 (K)ill messages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 (M)odify . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7, 14 (Q)uickscan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24 (T)ransfer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 About this guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Address (RoseNet). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13 Address for the BBS Gateway. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25 Alt-C. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17, 23 Archive conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Automated mailruns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32 Automated mailruns for events. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33 BareBones Guide to RoseReader. . . . . . . . . . .1, 2, 17, 20, 32 BareBones Guide to RoseReader for Sysops . . . . . . . . . 1-3, 29 BBS Gateway. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11, 12, 21, 25 BBS Gateway messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11, 12 BBS Gateway: Addressing messages, Examples. . . . . . . . . . .21 Caller's Guide to RoseMail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1, 2, 4 Caller's version of RoseReader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Checking your RoseMail configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25 Conference 1 (MSG2SYSP). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Conference list. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5, 6 DM.ZIP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28 Enable message sorting/scanning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23 Events, automated mailruns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33 F1 context-sensitive help. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 File Dir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20 Copyright (C) 1993 by Rose Media, Inc. All rights reserved 93-03-12 BareBones Guide to RoseReader for Sysops Page 35 Flag messages as read. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23 Gateway messages, BBS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12 Gateway type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13 Header information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 HUB.QWK. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29 HUB.REP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29 Install RoseReader for Sysops. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17 Install your RoseReader. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17 Installation instructions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17 Intelec. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3, 9 Internet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11, 25 Internet Gatesway. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21 Internet Gatesway: Addressing messages, Examples. . . . . . . .21 Internet messages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11, 13 Last Message Read. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24 Local logon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Magazine maker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Mail packet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Mail packet handling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29 Mail packet name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20 Mail waiting flag. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23 Main menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5, 7, 8, 10 MAP files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22, 28 Message base . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Message base, writing messages directly into . . . . . . . . . . 6 Message bases, direct access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Message header information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Message information window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14 Message management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Message Number sort order. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24, 25 Message Order. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20 Message pointers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24 Message pointers inside the Sysop Module . . . . . . . . . . . .20 Copyright (C) 1993 by Rose Media, Inc. All rights reserved 93-03-12 BareBones Guide to RoseReader for Sysops Page 36 Message sorting/scanning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23 Monitored Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8, 15 MSG2SYSP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Netmail. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29 Netmail packet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29 Networks/NetMail menu (RoseMail System Manager). . . . . . . . .29 Node you wish to access when you use RoseReader for Sysops . . .19 Offline configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Offline mail reader. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3, 6 Online . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 ONLINE mail reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3, 6 Options under Sysop Configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Options, RoseMail Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 PCBoard conference list. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 PCBoard conferences. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 PCBoard COPY command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 PCBoard E command. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 PCBoard echo mail. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 PCBoard Edit command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 PCBoard MOVE command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 PCBOARD.DAT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4, 18, 19 PCBoard, local logon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Personal conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6, 24 Personal conference (Sysop Module) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23 Personal conference in the Sysop Module. . . . . . . . . . . . .24 Personal Mail. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18, 23, 24 Pseudo-conferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Quick scan on conference selection menu. . . . . . . . . . . . .23 Quick scan on entering conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23 Quickscan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5, 24 QWK packet menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5, 7, 8 QWK-format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 QWK-format mail packets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Copyright (C) 1993 by Rose Media, Inc. All rights reserved 93-03-12 BareBones Guide to RoseReader for Sysops Page 37 Read messages from you in Personal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23 Real name when replying. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23 Register RoseReader for Sysops . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Replies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Replies conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Replies go directly into the message base. . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Replying to RoseNet messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14 Rn.@rose.com. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11 Rn.xxxx@rose.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13 Rose Media BBS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4, 12 Rose Media BBS: Conference 1 (MSG2SYSP) . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 RoseMail (RoseReader) Serial Number. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10 RoseMail conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2, 9, 22 RoseMail configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25 RoseMail Door. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 RoseMail Door, serial number display . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10 RoseMail guides. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 RoseMail Logo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10 RoseMail serial number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10, 13, 25 RoseMail System Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . .10, 20, 22, 25, 28 RoseMail System Manager, main menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26 RoseMail/RoseReader serial number. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10 RoseNet (network) conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3, 9 RoseNet address. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11, 25 RoseNet Archives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8, 15 RoseNet BBS Gateway messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12 RoseNet central host . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12, 20, 25 RoseNet Dir. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22, 28 RoseNet File Information configuration menu. . . . . . . . . . .28 RoseNet Files/Identifier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27 RoseNet Files/Identifier menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20 RoseNet host system. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22 RoseNet Ident. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20, 28 Copyright (C) 1993 by Rose Media, Inc. All rights reserved 93-03-12 BareBones Guide to RoseReader for Sysops Page 38 RoseNet Identity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11, 20-22, 25 RoseNet Identity, Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21 RoseNet in Transit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8, 14, 15 RoseNet Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26 RoseNet Information configuration menu . . . . . . . . . . . . .27 RoseNet Internet messages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13 RoseNet mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29 RoseNet mail addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20 RoseNet mail system. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11, 22 RoseNet message header information window. . . . . . . . . . . .13 RoseNet messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 RoseNet pseudo-conferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8, 14, 15, 17 RoseNet routed, registered mail. . . . . . . . . . . . 4, 8-10, 25 RoseNet Sent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8, 15 RoseNet/Internet address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10 ROSEREAD.KEY file. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 RoseReader conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2, 9, 22 RoseReader for Sysops configuration menu . . . . . . . . . . . .17 RoseReader for Sysops configuration, main menu . . . . . . . . .18 RoseReader for Sysops Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29 RoseReader for Sysops serial number. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10 RoseReader for Sysops, what is it? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 RoseReader Guides. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 RoseReader serial number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13, 25 RoseReader, BareBones Guide. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 RoseReader, caller's guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 RRS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 RRS features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 RRS taglines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10 Scan all messages in a conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . .23, 24 Script prompts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Serial number. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10, 25 Set mail waiting flag. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23 Copyright (C) 1993 by Rose Media, Inc. All rights reserved 93-03-12 BareBones Guide to RoseReader for Sysops Page 39 SIZ command. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Smartnet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3, 9 Sort order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24, 25 Sorting messages from the Quickscan screen . . . . . . . . . . .25 SYSOP (at) ROSE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12 Sysop Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18 Sysop Information configuration menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19 Sysop Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5, 7, 17, 18, 23 Sysop Module conference list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Sysop Module Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18, 24 Sysop Module Personal conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23, 24 Sysop Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18, 23, 24 Sysop RoseNet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8, 14, 15 Sysop's Guide to RoseMail. . . . . . . . . . . . . .1, 2, 8, 9, 29 Sysop's Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19 System Name. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20, 28 System Name, Examples. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21 Thread . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24 Tickler Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Toggle the Gateway type. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13 Toggling the sort order. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25 U'NI-net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3, 9 UPG command. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Upgrade your ROSEREAD.KEY file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Use real name when replying. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23 Valid copy of PCBOARD.DAT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19 Wide beta. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Wide beta Notes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2, 17, 22 Copyright (C) 1993 by Rose Media, Inc. 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