* D'Bridge 1.30


D'Bridge is a very easy mailer to setup with RA,  the reason for this
is D'Bridge can handle everything internally!,  no need  for any mail
tossers  or  packers.   The  drawback  is  the  price,  D'Brdige is a
commercial program and cannot  be used for a period in excess of more
than 30days without registration.   The  cost  of .UK60 is well worth
it (In my humble opinion).

There  are  many  different  ways of  using  D'Bridge  with  RA,  and
depending on your system configuration you may need to change some of
this sample configuration.  The following is a step  by step guide to
a basic setup.


Firstly go into D'bridge setup 'DB.EXE SETUP' and select 'BBS Config'
from the  ADVANCED menu.   Change  the 'Dos Command for BBS' to '*X'.
In the same menu also change  'Using a BBS?' to 'Yes', 'Scan ECHOmail
after?' to  'Yes'.

Now go into the 'Packet/Mail control' from  the  CONFIG menu  and set

Next, select 'Xmail control' for  the  CONFIG  menu and  set the path
and name of all your archiving utilities (ie PKZIP etc etc.)

Now   select  'Directory Paths'  from the  CONFIG menu and set 'Quick
directory path'  to your RA messagebase directory.

Finally,  you  need to setup  your echomail  areas  in  D'Bridge,   I
have found that it is benefical  to keep  the area  numbers in DB the
same as the RA area numbers.


   Example

              Area # 21
                Tag: R25_RA
     Security level: 9999          Sort group: 21
        Description: RemoteAccess Support Group Echo
            Storage: QuickBBS   (Fido/QuickBBS/None)
    QuickBBS area #: 21
    Default private? No
       Area archive:
        Purge after: 60   days       Preserve: 0   messages
          Area type: Echomail   (Echomail/Local)
     Conference tag: R25_RA
        Origin line: Dregal <>> RAccess Support Group <<> +44 224 693713
      Alias address:
      Tiny SEEN-BYs? No
   Default priority: Hold       (Immediate/Crash/Normal/Hold)
         Forward to: 2:440/66



           Area #  <Same number as set in RACONFIG for this msg area.
                    This makes configuration less confusing once
                    you start taking lots of message areas>

             Tag:  <Anything, this is just  a short word to remind
                    you what this msg area is>

  Security level:  <Unless you are a HUB set as 9999, if you are a
                       HUB read the docs>
      Sort group:  <Set the number to match the AREA #, this is
                    vital if you intend to use DBUTIL>

     Description:  <Decription of this echo area, for your use only>

         Storage:  <Set to QuickBBS>

 QuickBBS area #:  <Set to the RA msg area No. for this echo>

 Default private?  <NO, in mostly all cases>

    Area archive:  <Name of a file to achive old msg's to,  if you
                    don't want to save old msg's leave blank>

     Purge after:  <Then number of msg's to remain in this echo, or
                    if you press 'F1' the number of days msg's will
                    be keeped before deletion>

       Area type:  <Echomail or Local>

  Conference tag:  <The exact TAG name for the echomail conference,
                    ask your Net Echomail CoOrdinator for a list
                    of these>

     Origin line:  <Your Board Name and perhaps your Tel. No., this
                    should not contain your Node number as D'bridge
                    will add this automatically.  If you leave this
                    blank, the System Name field from the Basic
                    config will be used>

   Alias address:  <Blank, unless you wish to use an Alias address
                    for this area>

   Tiny SEEN-BYs?  <Set as NO,  *NEVER* change this to YES, without
                    firstly checking with your Net Echomail CoOrd>

Default priority:  <Normally HOLD or NORMAL, is you set it to CRASH
                    or IMMEDIATE there is a high change that your
                    system will call your HUB every time a user
                    enters a message.  This can be VERY costly>

      Forward to:  <Your HUB's Node Number>


Once you have done this for all your message area's,  you are  nearly
finished.   All that remains  is a batch  file to run  D'Bridge from,
the example  in the 'Help_Index'  of this guide, will work fine  with
this configuration.

Thats it,  D'bridge will pack and toss all messages automatically and
requires very little maintance.


.  (c) Mark Anderson,  1989-1991