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- Jan 9, 1987
-
- The purpose of this documentation is to show you how to implement
- a TCP/IP to MBL BBS (and back) message server. It has taken many hours
- (days) of trial and error to come up with it. The main problem was that
- the original SERVER.EXE by PA0GRI had a few bugs in it. With the
- help of WD5EFC, I was able to get the whole system working with only
- ONE bug. (More on that later)
-
- Step by step...
-
- It is assumed that you already have the BBS working on one or more
- ports, and TCP/IP on another with either DoubleDos or DeskView.
-
- The TCP/IP and BM files subdirectories should be as described
- in their respective documentation.
-
- In your forward file for the bbs, put the following:
-
- d serv
- 00-23
- ------
- t server.inp
- 00-23
- -------
-
- Then in the bbs subdirectory, the following batch file:
-
- server wa4ewv
- if not exist server.txt goto done
- copy server.old+server.txt server.old
- del server.txt
- :done
-
- Replace wa4ewv with your call, because if blank, it will put in PA0GRI.
- If you do not want the messages saved after processing, you can
- delete the line that does the copy in the batch file.
-
- The program SERVER.EXE should also be in the bbs subdirectory. Note
- that this is a NEW version with changes by Herb (WD5EFC).
-
- NOW... here is how the system works.
-
- From BBS to TCP/IP:
-
- S SERVER {Send a message to server}
- WD5EFC@WD5EFC {This is subject line. Syntax usernam@hostnam}
-
- Then the text of the message.
-
- When the BBS sees this message to SERVER, it puts it in a file
- called server.txt in the bbs subdirectory. Then when the BBS
- autoforwards¼ it takes this file, and makes the TCP/IP mail
- messages out of it so that SMTP can take care of them.
-
- From TCP/IP to BBS:
-
- Using BM enter your message as follows:
-
- To: SERVER@WA4EWV%WD5GAZ {Syntax first word SERVER
- @
- second word TCP/IP host that
- has the BBS.
- %
- third word Call of destination station.
- Subject: normal
- Text normal
-
- Now for the BUG>>>
-
- BM does not quite handle the % correctly, and we can't change it
- because we are missing one of the source code files.
-
- Sooooo... here is what you have to do. Go to the \spool\mqueue
- subdirectory, and having taken note of the message number produced
- by BM, edit the file xxx.WRK as follows:
-
- If you used the TO example above you will see on the first line:
-
- wa4ewv%wd5gaz
-
- Edit the %wd5gaz out so that it only has the wa4ewv call in it.
-
- Exit editor, delete the .BAK file and you are on your way. Bring
- up NET, and SMTP will take over.
-
- While on the subject of SMTP, I recommend that you put the following
- statement in your AUTOEXEC.NET file for NET:
-
- SMTP TIMER 600
-
- This starts the SMTP timer running, and polls the disk ever 600 seconds
- to see whats there.
-
- I sure hope this helps those of you who may have been having
- problems getting the thing up and running.
-
- 73 Al
- WA4EWV