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- The PXX Gateway version 1.10
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- Summary:
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- The PXX Gateway permits WA7MBL 2xx,3xx,4xx BBS users to pass messages
- to and from SMTP on KA9Q's TCP/IP "NET" versions 871225.6 or higher. I
- assume that you are using DDOS or Deskview, with the BBS in one partition
- and Net running in the other. The gateway exploits the X type forwarding
- capabilities to selectively "export" messages from the WA7MBL bbs to
- \SPOOL\MQUEUE directory for subsequent periodic processing automatically
- by SMTP running on NET. Messages destined for routing thru the BBS are
- "extracted" by a new feature in NET (871225.6 or later). A AUTOEXEC.NET
- command SMTP MODE QUEUE (as contrasted by SMTP MODE ROUTE) permits messages
- which are NOT local users to be placed in \SPOOL\RQUEUE directory in much
- the same way as NET handles \SPOOL\MQUEUE "notesfiles". Local users are
- any user that is found in the HOSTS.NET file. If you want a message routed
- to the BBS from SMTP you may address the message: N5FFN%WA5MPQ@WA3PXX
- The gateway will change the address to N5FFN@WA5MPQ after it arrives at
- WA3PXX BBS. Another feature of the gateway is to distribute bulletins
- (as known by WA7MBL BBS) via SMTP on TCP/IP. In this way the local bulletins
- passed around the local BBS's are automagically routed directly to User
- on his PC! Bulletins and private mail may be originated from TCPIP/BM
- and automatically routed to the BBS.
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- Organization of the PXX gateway version 10.1
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- Packet Bulletin Board \/ KA9Q TCP/IP Environment
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- (FWD.BBS) PXX Gateway SMTP directory
- --------------------\ * sample files
- W \
- X TCPIP \
- A @TCPIP.TXT \ ====> [ TCP.COM ] ===> \SPOOL\MQUEUE { smtp input }
- wb6rqn \
- 7 ka4tmb \ *4234.TXT
- ... \ *4234.WRK
- M ________ \
- T C:\$$WRK.$$ \ <==== [ TCPX.COM ] <=== \SPOOL\RQUEUE { smtp output}
- B 00-23 \
- ________ \ ^ *2345.TXT
- L \ | *2345.WRK
- T BULL \ |
- B @TCPIP.TXT \ <==== [ TCP.COM FORWARD.LST ] +
- B $ARRL \ ^
- S $MBLBBS \ |
- ... \ +---- File with Bulletin Call List
- --------------------\
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- The gateway is composed of two programs and two files:
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- TCPX.COM Program to "extract" messages from TCP/IP to WA7MBL BBS.
- TCP.COM Program to "import" messages from WA7MBL BBS to TCP/IP.
- FORWARD.LST File with list of stations to forward bulletins to.
- PXX.CNF Configuration file for TCPX.COM and TCP.COM programs.
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- The following files are created by the gateway (all in the directory
- that the WA7MBL PBBS runs in).
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- TCPIP.TXT This file is created out of the FWD.BBS file for local users
- and for Bulletin forwarding.
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- Format of the PXX Gateway FORWARD.LST file:
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- <host>,<Bulletin "To: " name>
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- # is comment character
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- Example:
- To forward to 3 local TCP/IP users via PXX Gateway (wb6rqn,ka4tmb,w3fws).
-
- #
- # sample FORWARD.LST file for forwarding Bulletins via PXX Gateway
- #
- wb6rqn,bulletin
- ka4tmb,bulletin
- w3fws,bulletin
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- "bulletin" could be any valid SMTP string
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- The following modifications must be made to the following WA7MBL BBS
- files:
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- FWD.BBS add entries for T "import" , X "export" and two D ("DOS")
- entried to call batch (.BAT) file to execute TCP and TCPX
- programs.
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- $E $E entries for name on X "export" on FWD.BBS file.
- (This a WA7MBL BBS command..listed only as a reminder!)
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- The following modifications must be made to AUTOEXEC.NET
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- SMTP MODE QUEUE -To "export" unknown messages to PXX gateway.
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- * Everyone in you LAN (local users) should specify you as there
- default gateway. In this way if your users specify an unknown
- host (the @HOST) the mail will be sent your way by default.
- SMTP DEFAULT WA3PXX
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- SMTP TIMER 300 -To specify to SMTP every 300 seconds to check \SPOOL\MQUEUE
- for new TCP/IP messages.
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- The following files in the BBS default directory must be configurated.
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- PXX.CNF This file contains the two path names for SMTP files.
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- First record contains pathname of \SPOOL\MQUEUE\
- Second record contains pathname of \SPOOL\RQUEUE\
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- FORWARD.LST List of users, and bulletin addresses. # is comment char.
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- Instructions for Installation of the PXX Gateway:
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- (1) Create FORWARD.LST with names of each user as defined in HOSTS.NET file.
- Sample FORWARD.LST is included as an example.
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- (2) Create PXX.CNF with two standard text records. The first is the
- path name of the SMTP \SPOOL\MQUEUE\ directory:
- The second record is the name of the "export" directory \SPOOL\MQUEUE\
- Sample PXX.CNF file is included for an example.
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- (3) Copy TCP.COM into WA7MBL BBS default directory.
- (4) Copy TCPX.COM " " " " ".
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- (5) Modify sample FWD.BBS to include T and X entries to your FWD.BBS
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- (6) Create a batch file TCPX110.BAT in the BBS default directory
- like sample TCPX110.BAT.
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- (7) Create a batch file TCP110.BAT in the BBS default directory
- like sample TCP110.BAT.
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- (8) Create a batch file TCPB110.BAT in the BBS default directory
- like sample TCPB110.BAT.
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- Installation checklist:
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- (1) PBBS FWD.BBS file contains X entry pointing to TCPIP.TXT with call
- signs of all local automatic distribution.
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- (2) A D entry in FWD.BBS after (1) above calling TCP110.BAT. This file
- contains a short batch job to kick-off TCP.COM.
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- (3) A X entry in FWD.BBS after (2) above, exporting bulletins with the
- $BULL format to TCPIP.TXT.
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- (4) A D entry in FWD.BBS after (3) above, to TCPB110.BAT. This file contains
- a short batch job to execute TCP.COM with a FORWARD.LST file as the
- first parameter.
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- (5) A D entry in FWD.BBS after (4) above, to TCPX110.BAT. TCPX110.BAT
- is a short batch job to 'import' mail from SMTP to WA7MBL bbs.
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- (6) A T entry in FWD.BBS after (5) above, to $$WRK.$$$. This 'imports'
- messages into WA7MBL BBS via the "T" (Text-to-mail) command in FWD.BBS.
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- (7) PXX.CNF has two entries first pointing to \SPOOL\MQUEUE\ ,
- \SPOOL\RQUEUE of your NET.
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- (8) Make sure you have a \SPOOL\MQUEUE directory defined. Create
- \SPOOL\RQUEUE directory.
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- (9) FORWARD.LST has a complete list of bulletin users. The first field
- in the record is HOST call sign, followed by a comma. The next field
- is the "To:" for bulletins. Normally its "Bulletin".
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- Testing installation of Gateway:
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- Enter a message on the WA7MBL to one of the users defined in FWD.BBS
- for local users.
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- Have a user add you as there default mail gateway.
- Have the user send a message to any user on a remote unconnected BBS.
- This should cause a message to appear at your station as: AUSER@REMOTE
- and the EXPORT gateway TCPX.COM should extract it from \SPOOL\RQUEUE
- delete it ...and create a text-to-mail input into WA7MBL BBS.
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- Issue a command X to the WA7MBL BBS to start forwarding. You should see
- the user message sent to the BBS. You should see the message you entered
- into the BBS as a couple of #.WRK, #.TXT in the \SPOOL\MQUEUE directory
- (as defined in PXX.CNF).
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- Good luck and feel free to send me questions, comments and problems,
- or bugs to:
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- WA3PXX@WA3PXX PBBS (HF gateway W3IWI via SKIPnet).
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