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Q: How do I use BIOS video writes?
A: Use the command line switch, "/BIOS".
Q: How do I use direct video writes?
A: That is the default.
Q: How do I turn off the video display?
A: Specify NOVIDEO in your configuration file. Once GIGO is past
the configuration stage, and is fully loaded, GIGO will stop
generating video output, giving you an approximate 20% increase
in speed.
Q: How do I stop GIGO from deleting files, when I am testing?
Q: Why am I getting things in multiple when I use the TEST keyword?
A: Specify the TEST keyword. When you use the TEST keyword, some
actions will still be ran more than once, and you may see multiple
instances of the same message.
Q: GIGO can find the .X files, but can not find the .D files. What now?
A: Enable the "ALTMUNGING" keyword, and see if that works.
Some sites are feeding you nonstandard unix filenames; they
should be handled anyways. ALTMUNGING will only be needed by an
estimated 3-4 sites in the world.
Q: The filenames contain my host's name instead of mine.
A: This is _normal_. However, if you want to switch it to have
your site's name instead of your host's, for whatever reason,
specify "BACKWARDSFEED". Don't do this unless you really need it.
Q: My "From " lines need FQDN names, not bang paths..
A: Look at the BURT_JUDA_HACK. This is only required if you are directly
piping the files into a sendmail session on unix; most UUCP hosts
handle this stuff properly automaticly.
Q: My host requires the .XQT file to say it's from "uucp"..
A: Enable XQT_FROM_UUCP in your configuration. Normally, the
address that errors should be sent to would be the original
person who wrote the message. For some people, however, their
host will only accept "uucp" for the name that errors should go
to. [Okay, not some people, but one specific person..:-)]
Q: People say that my entire message is on a single line. What I do?
A: LINESPLIT 80 tells GIGO to take all fidonet messages, and make
sure that no line is longer than 80 characters, so that people
on the internet can read your messages.
Q: Arg, so many crossposts! How do I limit the number of copies GIGO makes?
A: Use MAXNEWSGROUPS 5 if you want to limit GIGO to only 5 copies
of the same message, one copy per newsgroup that you are keeping.
Default is to allow for up to 20 crossposts.
Q: How do I get rid of "cmsg cancel" messages?
Use CMSG_CANCEL - it will look for any message with a "Control:" header
in it (mostly used for cancellation messages), and junk the message.
Q: Why is my tosser saying GIGO's pkts are from Net 65535 or Net -1 ?
Q: What is the OLDTOSSER option for?
A: This only happens when GIGO is running as a point off of your main
address; this behavior is not apparent when GIGO has a dedicated
node address.
Some fidonet software packages are not entirely FSC-0048 aware.
GIGO generates FSC-0048 mail packets, which specify that when
sending to a point, that the NET field be specifed as "65535"
(or "-1").
To accomodate for the older programs that get a tad bit confused,
add the config option "OLDTOSSER". It will generate "Almost-FSC-0048"
mail packets instead, which will be properly understood by those
tossers.
Q: What is FSC-0035? What are the ^aREPLYTO and ^aREPLYADDR kludge lines?
A: An option in GIGO is called FSC-35. FSC-35 states that
messages should contain kludge lines called REPLYTO and REPLYADDR
at the top, which help certain message editors reliable reply
to the authors of various messages. These kludge lines contain
the address of the internet gateway, as well as the complete
internet address of the person that should receive the netmail reply.
Q: What is PARTIAL-35?
A: Some people are annoyed with all of these extra kludge lines
in the messages. PARTIAL-35 is a compromise; PARTIAL-35 will only
introduce the FSC-35 kludge lines, _if_ and _only if_ the netmail
"From:" field is not enough to get a guaranteed reply back to the
proper place. For example, if the message was from "jfesler@netcom.com",
the fidonet header is big enough to hold the email address.
However, "Joe.Schmoe@Barbeque-BBS.wmeonlin.sacbbx.com" is too long -
FSC-35 kludge lines would be included, so that you can accurately
reply to him.
Q: How do I change the size of the .PKT files GIGO creates?
A: Use the MAXPKT command. It specifise the approximate .PKT file
size that you wish individual .PKT files to be. MAXPKT 150000 seems
to be a decent number, your mileage may vary.
Q: How do I stop large messages from coming in?
Q: How do I split up such large messages?
A: Use the SPLIT keyword. Suggested: SPLIT 15000 ; which leaves
enough room for other mail processors to keep the total message
under 16k. Many mail processors (including those that the backbone
runs on) break after 16k; your mileage may and will vary.
Q: How do I get people's addresses to show up in the fidonet header?
Q: Why are people's names in the fidonet header instead of their address?
A: You can change what information GIGO places into the fidonet header
pretty easily; it is definable for both email and for newsgroups.
By default, GIGO places the _name_ of the person in the fidonet
header, when found; otherwise, as much of the person's email address
that can fit is used.
[from options.cfg]
;RETURNADDRESS_EMAIL ; Uncomment this to put the email adddress in the hdr
;RETURNADDRESS_EMAIL UUCP; Uncomment to put "UUCP" in the message hdr
;RETURNADDRESS_NEWS ; Uncomment this to put the email address in the hdr
;RETURNADDRESS_NEWS UUCP ; Uncomment to put "UUCP" in the message hdr
Q: How do I get threading information from the usenet messages?
Q: How do I generate References: lines in my echomail replies?
A: Add the keyword "KEEP_THREADS" in your configuration. This option
will generate MSGID and REPLY kludge lines that are in technical
violation of the standards; however, they are perfectly safe to use.
The MSGID and REPLY kludges generated will contain threading information
that some message base linkers are willing to take advantage of.
(Squish message bases: see QQLINK 1.24 - does a GREAT job!)
Q: People are complaining that my MSGID fields are causing problems..
Turn off the KEEP_THREADS option. This option has proven safe for
my area, but you may have someone that is extremely [expletive adj]
on adhering the technicallity instead of the spirit of the
specifications.