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SEA Technical Memorandum #0102, Using SEAdog with TBBS
Last updated: January 5, 1987
Copyright 1988 by System Enhancement Associates, Inc.
Using SEAdog With TBBS
It is possible to use SEAdog as a front end for TBBS versions 2.0 and
later. TBBS is loaded first, and then loads the SEAdog mailer. SEAdog
will answer the phone and determine whether or not a caller is trying to
send mail, and exits back to TBBS if not.
First, SEAdog must be told to terminate when it gets a non-mail caller.
This is done with a BBS statement in the CONFIG.DOG file, like so:
bbs *x
SEAdog will terminate with an error level of the caller's baud rate divided
by one hundred (3 for 300 baud, 12 for 1200 baud, and so on). TBBS knows
what to do with this, and will act accordingly.
In addition, you can gain local access to TBBS while SEAdog is running by
pressing the "F1" key. This tells SEAdog to terminate with an error level
of ten, which TBBS understands as indicating that you want to get on
locally.
You should use CEDIT to define external events in TBBS to match your mail
events in SEAdog so that TBBS will know when to force callers off to do
mail. You will also need to define external events to run PREMAIL before
your mail events, and to run POSTMAIL after your mail events. Please refer
to the TBBS manual for more details about PREMAIL and POSTMAIL.
You will need to define a message board in TBBS with the name "NET·MAIL".
This is a special name which lets TBBS know that it should ask for a
network address whenever a message is entered in this area. Network mail
to and from TBBS will take place only on this message board.
You will need to modify your SET TBBSPATH= environment string to include
the directory where the SEAdog system files are kept so that TBBS will be
able to find the files it needs. Please refer to the DOS manual for more
information about the SET command, and to the TBBS manual for more
information about the TBBSPATH environment string.
You must place a copy of MAILER.EXE in the same directory as TBBS.COM so
that TBBS will be able to load it when it runs. Also, TBBS should be
invoked with a statement of the form:
TBBS /m
This tells TBBS to load the SEAdog mailer whenever it is waiting for a
caller. If you do not invoke TBBS with the "/m" switch, then it will not
load MAILER, and you will be unable to receive mail outside of scheduled
mail events (you will not receive crash mail).
TBBS is available from:
eSoft, Inc.
4100 S. Parker Rd. #305
Aurora, CO 80014
United States of America
Please refer to your TBBS manual for more information about how to
configure TBBS to work with SEAdog.
SEAdog's default banner states that it is a private mail system, and asks
the caller to hang up. You will want to change this. You can use either
or both of two methods. The first is the BANNER statement in your
configuration file. Whatever follows the word "BANNER", up to the end of
the line or a semicolon, is displayed instead of the default banner. A
typical example might be:
BANNER SEAboard system -- stand by for TBBS
You can also create a text file named BANNER.DOG, which will be displayed
instead of the banner string to any callers outside of mail events. This
file may contain anything you like, and may be as long as you like, but we
recommend that you keep it short, as SEAdog banners cannot be interrupted.