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          Menu System
          -----------

          Defining a Menu System
          ----------------------
               Ezycom allows the use of a fully user defined menu
          system.  That is, you can make the menus appear exactly as
          YOU want, not how the BBS software author wants.  For
          instance, you could combine a file area and message area
          into the one menu.  With the addition of this feature, a
          certain amount of complexity is added to the Ezycom package
          because you have to understand the menu system, so that you
          can build a system that you want.  Included with Ezycom is a
          sample setup. This allows you to have a look at a full
          blown, ready to go menu system. You can use this in order to
          help you understand how to put your own menu system
          together.

               First of all, a decision must be made on the format of
          the menu structure.  The structure appears much like a tree.
          A sample menu structure is:

                  --UTILITIES
                /
               -----FILES
          TOP-|
               -----MESSAGES
                \
                 ---GAMES

               Here, you have a TOP menu, this the name of the menu
          give to the first menu that is loaded when you run Ezycom.
          You can configure this in Other>System>Top Menu.  The 'TOP'
          menu allows a various range of options, which includes
          allowing moving to/from other menus such as 'FILES',
          'UTILITIES', 'MESSAGES' and 'GAMES'.

               When defining a menu, you can use the GOTO or GOSUB
          commands to move you to one of these menus.  From these
          menus (ie 'FILES' etc), you would most likely want to be
          able to move back to the 'TOP' menu.  This can be done in
          three ways.  First of all, you can use the GOTO command.
          This would move you to whichever menu you place in the
          'optional data' of the menu type.  Another option could be
          using RETURN FROM GOSUB.  This would return you to the menu
          who previously called it using GOSUB.  For instance, if you
          had the MESSAGES menu coming off the TOP menu and the FILES
          menu, you would never know which menu actually called you if
          you wished to return to it.  Using the GOSUB/RETURN FROM
          GOSUB, it would automatically return you to the menu that
          called it.  The other option is GOTO MENU AND CLEAR GOSUB
          STACK.  This is similar to the GOTO menu type, except that
          it also CLEARS any previous information about the menu stack
          (GOSUBs make a menu stack).

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               Now load EZYMENU.  This program is used to build/modify
          a menu system for Ezycom.  First of all you are greeted by a
          Menu called NONAME.MNU.  You can either load a new menu
          (F3), or create a new menu (F6).  If we were making the
          previously drawn menu structure, you would press F6.  Then
          type in the name TOP.  This would create the menu TOP and
          give it the same information as the current menu (NONAME).
          To load a different menu on startup with EZYMENU use the
          command line parameter
          -L<filename>.

          For Example: To load SYSOP.MNU on startup type

          EZYMENU -LSYSOP

               Now you can define the ways in which you will move to
          the higher level menus (eg FILES, MESSAGES, etc).  Press
          ENTER to edit the current menu line.  You will now be
          editing the top menu line of the menu called 'TOP'.  Here
          you place in the menu, options necessary to allow the user
          to move to the menu 'FILES'.

          Display
          -------
               This is the information that will be displayed to the
          user for this Menu option.  This could be something like "
          [F] File Area".  Although there are 90 characters available
          for use in the Display information, it must be noted that
          even when using 'Special' Characters documented later, that
          the displayed line length should never exceed 79 characters
          on the screen, or else weird visual side effects will occur.

          Data
          ----
               This is specific information for the menu command you
          are about to use.  Since we will be using the GOTO command,
          we need to place the name of the menu we intend to call in
          this field. We are calling FILES, so 'FILES' will be placed
          in the Data option.

          Menu Type
          ---------
                This is a number that is a code for the type of menu
          option we wish to use for this entry. For GOTO the Menu type
          is 1, so a '1' will be placed in the Menu Type field.
          Optionally, you could press F1 to scan through a list of all
          the menu types if you can not remember their code number.
          Note also that once you have defined the menu type, any
          optional/compulsory data for this menu type will be shown
          down the bottom of the screen in the Data information field.
          Use this as a reference for options to place in the Data
          field explained above.



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          For example:

          <Menu filename>     means the menu filename MUST be given
          [password]          means a password is optional

          Hotkey
          ------
               The Hot Key is the key you wish to use to activate the
          menu command.  In our example, 'F' would be placed in this
          field.

          Automatic
          ---------
               This should be left as 'No' for our current example.
          This will be explained at length later in this section under
          the heading 'Automatic Menu Options'.

          Security
          --------
               This option has two components. The first part defines
          the way in which the security level test will be applied to
          this menu option. The default is 'Greater than/equal to'.
          This means that a user must have a security level greater
          than or equal to the one specified in the 2nd part of this
          option, in order to be able to select this option. Use Space
          to toggle between the different options. The options
          available are:

               Greater than/equal to
               Greater than
               Less than/equal to
               Less than
               Equal to
               Not Equal to

               Consequently it is possible to have very complex
          controls over access to menu options in Ezycom. In our
          example, as you would probably want all users to have access
          to this menu, the test would be Greater than/equal to and
          the security level would be 0.

          Flags
          -----
               These are the Flags which the user MUST have to allow
          them to use the menu option.  Pressing 'X' while editing the
          flags fields tells Ezycom that the USER must have that flag
          ON to use this option.  Leaving an entry as is or pressing a
          '-' value on it means that you do not care whether the user
          has the FLAG or not. You can also place an 'O' on a flag to
          specify the user must have this flag OFF in order to use
          this menu option.




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          Foreground
          ----------
               Using Space you can toggle this field to change the
          foreground (text) colour to be used when displaying the
          'Display' field for this menu option.

          Background
          ----------
               This is simular to the foreground colour only this
          option controls the background colour when displaying the
          'Display' field this menu option.

          Time Online
          -----------
               This is the amount of time the user must have been
          online before they can access this menu option.  Setting the
          value to 0 means users will always have access to this menu
          option. If you set the 'Menu Time' flag in Ezyed (see later)
          for a user, this field will not affect that user.

          Start Time/End Time
          -------------------
               These two options control the start and end times (if
          any) in which the menu option can be selected by the user.
          The time is entered in 24 Hour format ie 1300 is 1:00pm.
          Setting both times to 0000 and 0000 will make the menu
          option function ANY TIME of day, where as setting it to 0001
          and 0001 would make the menu option only function at 1
          minute past midnight.  In our example, you would leave these
          as the default ie all the time.

          Node
          ----
               This is which node (line) number can access this menu
          option.  In multiline environments, it might be desirable to
          have different menu options for different nodes.  Setting
          this to 0 allows all nodes to activate the menu option.
          Setting it to 1 only allows node 1 to activate it.

          Baud
          ----
               This is the minimum baud rate a user must be connected
          at for this menu option to be available. Setting this to 0
          allows all baud rates to access it.

          File Points
          -----------
               Use this option to set a minimum number of file points
          that a user must have left in order to select this option.
          If you are using file points on your system, you could for
          instance use this on the Download key so that they cannot
          even begin to attempt a download until they earn more file
          points.


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          Age Test
          --------
               This is a flag that allows you to restrict access to
          this menu option depending on the users age defined in the
          Config (Usually 18 years old).  If this flag is set to Yes,
          then no one with an age less than 18 can use this menu
          option.

          Test Post/Call
          --------------
               If a user's post call ratio is not in balance, then
          setting this option to Yes will not allow them to select
          this menu option. You might use this to stop file area
          access to the user until he/she writes more messages for
          instance. Use the 'Ignore Message Ratio' in Ezyed (see
          later) on a user to exclude them from this test.

          Test Kilobytes
          --------------
               To stop a user whose kilobyte file ratio is out of
          balance, from selecting this menu option, toggle this
          setting to yes. The 'Ignore Ratios' option in Ezyed (see
          later) can be used to allow individual users to override
          this setting eg. yourself.

          Test Files
          ----------
               This is the same as Test Kilobytes only it works on the
          number of files ratio. It is also overridden by the same
          option in EZYED.

          Local Only
          ----------
               Sometimes you may want a menu option that can only be
          selected from the local console (ie by you). Setting this to
          Yes means users cannot press this option but should you
          press it from the local keyboard, they will see the result.


















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          Keys Available While Editing
          ----------------------------
               You will notice several function keys and other keys
          listed down the bottom of the screen while editing a menu
          option. A brief description of each follows:

               F1:  Brings up a pick list of available menu options
               in case you forget the number. Note this works
                    any time and you do not have to be in the menu
                    type field to press it.

               F2:  This will immediately write all changes to the
                    menu file.

               F5:  This allows you 'preview' what the menu will
                    look like complete with colours and all. If you
               are using an Auto ANSI/Hotkey Display Type 40
               command (see later), then this will also come
               up. Note all control codes (see later) will be
               ignored but!

           Ctrl-A:  Use this key to scrap/abort any changes you
                    have made to this option and return to the menu
               commands picklist.

              ESC:  Same effect as F2 only this returns you to menu
               option picklist where as F2 does not.

          Back to our example menu structure.....

               Press Escape to save the current menu option.  You
          should notice that the pick list now shows that menu option
          at the top.  You can now complete the other menu options for
          getting to the UTILITIES, MESSAGES & GAMES.
          To make a new entry before a current one, move to it and
          then press the INSERT key. To add a blank entry to the end
          of the current ones, press the '+' key.

                After you have finished you should SAVE the menu using
          the F2 key.  The TOP menu has now been completed.  It will
          allow users that logon to your system to go to all the menus
          laid out in your menu structure.

               Now, you can make the Second-Level menus.  To begin
          with, just make the menu options to allow users to return to
          the main menus.  As stated before, you can use the GOTO
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               After, defining the basic menu structure, all the
          options must be placed in each menu.  Work out what options
          will be in each menu.  A complete list and description of
          all the options available are listed later in this document
          under 'Menu Commands'.  You might wish to place options such
          as File List, Download, Upload and other various options in
          your FILES menu for instance. You can create as complex or
          as simple a menu structure as you like using the above
          process.


          Menu Templates
          --------------
               Ezycom has a special menu templating system which
          allows user defined menu systems to be less maintenance
          orientated.  Instead of creating a File Menu for EACH file
          area, it is possible to define ONE File Menu for all/some
          areas.  This can be accomplished by placing '/F' in the Data
          field in certain file area commands. This will tell Ezycom
          to use the current file area template number for use in this
          command. As an example, when doing a file list, instead of
          placing the file area number in the Data field, you could
          place a /F there instead.  This tells Ezycom to do a file
          list of the current file area template number.

               The problem now arises of how to tell Ezycom, which
          file area template to use.  There are a number of ways in
          which this can be done, the most used is the /F= command,
          which is placed on the GOTO/GOSUB/GOTO MENU and CLEAR GOSUB
          STACK commands.

          For Example:

          Menu Type : 1        (Goto Menu)
          Data : FILES /F=1

          This tells Ezycom to GOTO the FILES menu, and make the
          current file area template equal to File Area 1.  This means
          any file functions in the FILES menu containing a '/F' in
          their data field, would act on File Area 1.

               Ezycom also allows another way in which you can change
          the current file area, that is Select the Current File Area.
          This menu option allows the user to select the current file
          area.  This command would typically be placed in the FILES
          menu.

               Ezycom also allows the current file area to be
          incremented/decremented by the use of +/- respectively.
          This can be done by placing the + or - after the '/F='
          command.




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          For Example:

          Menu Type : 1       (Goto Menu)
          Data: FILES /F=+

               This would tell Ezycom to GOTO the FILES menu, and
          increment the current file area by One.  If the user does
          not have access to that file area (or there is none defined
          for that number), Ezycom keeps on searching till it finds an
          area that the user has access to.  The '-' option works in
          exactly the same manner, except that it goes decrements the
          file area. Often this option would be used to recall the
          same menu again but would change the current template area
          in the process of doing so.

               The message areas also contain this templating
          approach, except that instead of using '/F' a '/M' is used.
          '/M' is used to tell Ezycom to change the current Message
          Area template number on menu GOTO/GOSUB/etc commands. Thus
          it is easier to differentiate between file areas and message
          areas.  The only other difference, is that the command to
          allow the user to select the current message area is Select
          Current Message Area, instead of File Area.

               Note: You can specify the '/M' and the '/F' in the same
          Data field in order to simultaneously set the current file
          and message area templates.

          Global Menus
          ------------
               Ezycom also allows up to 10 menu commands to be defined
          GLOBALLY.  Thus instead of having say a command in EACH menu
          to return the user to the main menu, you could have a GLOBAL
          menu command to do this function.  The name used for the
          global menu is naturally 'GLOBAL'.  If this is in the menus
          directory on loading Ezycom, then ALL menu commands in the
          GLOBAL menu will become globally available in all menus. If
          a normal menu has the same menu command as one in the GLOBAL
          menu, then the normal menu command will override the GLOBAL
          option whilst in that menu. It is also possible to Disable
          the GLOBAL menu for a specific menu, using menu type 81
          'Disable Global Menu' command.  This command HAS to be an
          automatic menu option (See Below) to function correctly.












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          Automatic Options
          -----------------
               Ezycom allows for menu options to be automatically
          executed when a menu containing them is loaded.  When
          combined with Menu Type 40 (Display ANS/ASC/ASL/AVT), you
          can display these pictures automatically every time the menu
          is loaded, or after a menu function has been performed in
          that menu. In this way you can use a custom screen to
          display menu options to a user instead of the menu itself
          displaying the options. This allows you complete layout and
          design freedom over your menu's appearance.

          For Example: If you made the top line in a menu a Type 40,
          and Automatic is set to Yes, then that picture will be
          displayed every time that menu is loaded and the menu keys
          will be scanned for while it is being displayed.  Since you
          are displaying a picture to the users, you may not want to
          have all the Display lines shown to the users, to stop these
          from being shown, the only thing on the display line should
          be a ";".  This stops anything being displayed. Leaving the
          display line blank is NOT the same thing and causes a blank
          line to be displayed on the screen and can lead to a
          'bouncing menu' affect.


          Special Characters
          ------------------
               Ezycom provides some "SPECIAL" characters that may be
          used in the DISPLAY line of each menu option.

               ^    This changes the colours between the
                    highlight and the normal menu lines colours.

               ;    This stops a carriage return being placed on
                    the displaying of that line.  This should be
                    placed ONLY at the end of EACH line.

               The Ctrl-F/K smart text codes can also be embedded into
          the Display and/or Data options.
















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               Ezycom also provides a means for accommodating
          'SPECIAL' characters in the Data line of each menu option.
          You can do this by placing a $<hex code> in the menu line.
          The <hex code> is a two digit hexadecimal number.  To place
          a $ in the Data field as an example, the code would be $24.
          This feature's main inclusion was to cater for the placement
          of non-alphanumeric characters for use in the /SK= option.

          Keyboard Stuffing
          -----------------
               Ezycom allows characters to be stuffed into the
          keyboard buffer of the IBM PC on ANY menu option.  This
          allows the simulation of a keypress to Ezycom.  For example,
          if there was a need to pass through one menu, to get to
          another, you could stuff the keyboard with the character
          that the user needs to press to go to the other menu.  This
          option can also be used to press keys in external programs
          run by Ezycom.

          For Example:

          Type : 7
          Data : GAME.BAT /SK=$0D

               This would place a return character in the keyboard, so
          that when GAME.BAT is run, a return is pressed
          automatically.


          Groups
          ------
               Groups is a method in which file and message areas can
          be categorised into "Groups" or "Conferences".  Its main
          purpose is for use with templating, so if you are not using
          that, then you can skip this part of the documentation.  One
          use of grouping would be to allow all Amiga related areas to
          be grouped into one area, totally separate from all IBM
          areas.  Special commands in the questionnaire language can
          be used to allow users to select the groups they wish to
          view.  For information on this, see the Questionnaire
          language.

               In the configuration for each message are file area,
          message and file area there is an option to configure the
          group to which that message/file area belongs to. The groups
          can be configured from the letters of the alphabetic A
          through to Z.  To ALWAYS enable access to a certain
          message/file area, you can make the group a '*'.  Note that
          file and message areas use the SAME group.  That is, Group
          'A' in the message areas is ALSO Group 'A' in file areas.
          Possible group naming might be 'A' for Amiga, 'I' for IBM.




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               With the use of the questionnaire language group
          commands and the group settings, it is possible for the
          users to select which groups they wish to see.  All they
          have to do is turn on the groups they want and turn off the
          groups they don't want.  Then whenever they do a new files
          listing, combined read, message area change, file area
          change, search for files, or any other 'global' type command
          on message or file areas, then only those groups the user
          selects will be display.  Please note that groups are NOT a
          security feature, and the user will STILL be allowed to
          access areas even if they have the group turned off or if
          you make it available using /F=<area> or /M=<area> commands.

               Users can now select which groups they wish to select,
          but if they have all groups turned on, then they still could
          be presented with many file/message areas when doing area
          change commands.  It is possible to override the group
          commands on the Goto menu (with /F=+ or - or /M=+ or -), the
          change file area, change message area (and equivalents), and
          all global message area/file commands.  To override group
          settings the sysop MUST place a /G=<group> on the Data line.
          The <group> is either a letter from A through to Z, or '*'
          (meaning ALL groups).  For instance, to change to a file
          area only in the IBM group, a '/G=I' would be used on the
          Data line of the menu command.  So using a totally separate
          menu for IBM files, the sysop could use "/G=I" command on
          all global type commands in the file area, thus allowing
          only IBM files to be viewed and/or changed to. Using the
          /CG=<group> option on a Goto menu command eliminates the
          need to use totally separate menus for each group you have
          on your system. This will effectively template the group for
          a group menu.

               A problem now arises when the user changes between two
          "overridden" groups.  The problem is, that when they go into
          the other group (Eg. Amiga), they are still in an area of
          the group they were last in (Eg. IBM).  To overcome this, an
          option has been added to the /F= /M= command.  This option
          allows you to specify the <group>, which the user should be
          placed into.

          For Example:

          Type : 1           (Goto Menu)
          Data : FILEMENU /F=A

               This would place the user into the last Amiga file area
          they were in.  If the user has not yet been in an Amiga File
          Area, then they are placed in the first available Amiga File
          Area.





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               We realise that this is a difficult concept to grasp at
          first.  We suggest that the sysop should firstly become
          totally familiar with the menu templating approach before
          tackling groups.  The best way to learn groups is to
          experiment with them and see what happens.  If you are still
          having problems, please do not hesitate to contact any of
          the support/beta sites for help.
















































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          Utilities
          *********

          EZYMAINT
          ********
               This program will do all the daily maintenance required
          by your system to keep it up and running. There are a few
          command line parameters that will help you do what you need
          to get done.

               Available Command Line Options are
               : -D            Check for Deleted and Offline Files.
                               Make Offline files, On-line if
                               found.
               : -C            Activate Daily Maintenance Routine.
               : -M<filename>  Make a Master List for Selected File
                               Areas.
               : -F<date>      From Date for Master List Maker.
               : -T<date>      To Date for Master List Maker.
                               (Date Format - DDMMYYYY).
               : -O<days old>  Master List with files from days
                               old.
               : -E            Enter Descriptions for Non-Described
                               Files.
               : -U            Update File Size and File Date.
               : -P            File Download/Points Maintenance
                               (Part 1).
               : -I            Add Missing Files to File Lists
                               (Part 1).
               : -N<1..250>    Node Number.
               : -H<Filename>  Header for the Master List that was
                               generated with the -M option.

               If the -D option is used, EZYMAINT will check every
          file to see if it is still in the Fast Find Index (It is
          suggested to run EZYFF -C before this option).  If a file is
          not found, then it will either be marked Offline or Deleted
          depending on your configuration for that file area.  If an
          Offline file is found, Ezycom assumes that it has been made
          Online, and will mark the file as Online.

               If the -C option is used, and you have told EZYMAINT
          that you want to convert the files that have been uploaded
          to your system to another file compression type, then
          EZYMAINT will call a batch file called DOCONV.BAT and that
          will scan the file for Virii using the McAfee Scan program
          if you have that program in your path.  It will also do the
          archive conversion that is specified for that area.

               If the -M option is used, EZYMAINT will create a file
          of the name you specify after the -M and in that file it
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          For Example:

          EZYMAINT -MC:\BBSFILES\MASTER.LST

          Will create a file called MASTER.LST in the C:\BBSFILES
          directory.  The -F and -T options are also used with this
          option.

               If the -F<DDMMYYYY> option is used, in conjunction with
          the -M option.  EZYMAINT will create a Master List FROM the
          date specified after the -F. The date format is DDMMYYYY.
          All files dated on or after this date will be placed in the
          list.

               If the -T<DDMMYYYY> option is used, EZYMAINT will use
          the date after the -T create the Master List to that date.

          For Example:

          EZYMAINT -MC:\BBSFILES\1992.LST -F01011992 -T31121992

               Will create a Master List of all the files on your
          system dated form 01/01/1992 to 31/12/1992 using of course
          the DD/MM/YYYY date format.  Note that the -F and -T options
          don't have to be used together.

               If the -Odays option is used, you can get EZYMAINT to
          create a Master List of files less than a set number of days
          old.

          For Example:

          EZYMAINT -MC:\BBSFILES\NEWFILES.LST -O5

               Will create a Master List of files on your system that
          are 5 days old or less.

               If the -E option is used, EZYMAINT will prompt you for
          a description for all the files in the filebase that have no
          description.  If you don't know the description just hit the
          Enter Key to go to the next file. DO NOT USE THIS OPTION
          WHEN THE SYSTEM WILL BE UNATTENDED!

               If the -U option is used, EZYMAINT will update all
          files with their correct file size and date.  This is very
          handy if you convert your files outside the Ezycom
          environment and your converter is changing the date and the
          size of files. It is recommended that you do NOT use this
          with CD-ROMs online else it will take a VERY long time to
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               If the -P option is used, then EZYMAINT will start the
          first part of the filepoint management.  This will find
          files that have been downloaded and then add all the points
          together to send to the users that uploaded the files, as
          per the setting in the config.  USERCOMP does the 2nd part.
          This option also maintains the download counters so if you
          do not use the filepoints system, then this option should
          still be used.

               If the -I option is used, EZYMAINT will start (Part 1)
          of adding missing files to your filebase.  If you just place
          a file in one of the directories that your system uses for
          it's file areas, then this option will start the process of
          adding it to your system.  EZYFF does the 2nd part.

          Note: EZYFF -I should be run immediately after this option,
          or else new files will appear that are already in your
          database.

               If the -N<1..250> option is used, EZYMAINT will use
          that log file so you can use a node higher than the ones you
          use for online nodes. This means EZYMAINT will not cause any
          problems if you are running under a multitasker or on a
          network.

               The -H<Filename> option is used to add a header file to
          the master list that is generated by EZYMAINT.  This file is
          inserted into the master list.

          For Example:

          EZYMAINT -MMASTER.LST -HHEADER.LST

          Conversion
          ----------
               The two archive conversion files supplied with Ezycom
          do all the conversions from one archive type to another
          archive type, as well as scanning the files inside the
          archive for any virii that might be hiding in there.  They
          are just batch files that we have been using ever since we
          started this project and have found them to work very well.
          You must have your archive programs in your PATH if you want
          to use these batch files.  Also as we have made them to scan
          for virii you will have to also have McAfee's SCAN in your
          PATH somewhere as well. We have made the batch files to use
          McAfee's SCAN as this seems to be the most popular here in
          Australia.  If you use a mailer like FrontDoor, D'Bridge or
          use Ezycom to answer the phone with the ATS0=1 command you
          should ONLY use DOCONV.BAT.  If you however decide to use
          the UPCONV.BAT you will have to remember that the file is
          converted upon the finish of the upload and it will take
          time to do the conversion(s).



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          DOCONV.BAT/UPCONV.BAT
          ---------------------
               As stated above, two batch files are supplied to do the
          conversion of archive types in your file base to what ever
          archive type you want.  If however you use UPCONV.BAT
          remember that it will take time after the upload(s) to do
          the conversion(s).  So depending on how fast your
          computer/hard drive is, the user online might be slightly
          upset by the time it could take.  So look into using
          DOCONV.BAT in your daily maintenance when your system is not
          getting a lot of calls like late at night or early in the
          morning.










































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          FEDIT
          *****
               This is a menu driven file area editor that allows you
          to do things like move, delete edit and rename files.  It is
          run from your BBS System directory, by typing FEDIT at the
          DOS prompt and hitting Return.

               Upon first loading FEDIT, in the Centre of the screen
          you will see a list of the file areas you defined in Config.
          Use the PgUp/PgDn and the Up/Down arrow keys to move from
          file area to file area till you locate the one you wish to
          edit.  Press Return on the highlighted area and you will now
          be presented with another window. This will show all the
          files in that areas and their statistics. Again use
          PgUp/PgDn and the Up/Down arrow keys to select the file you
          wish to edit.  As you move from file to file you will notice
          at the bottom of the screen various data fields changing.
          These fields will be discussed later.

               At the top of the screen you will notice four headings:
          Help, Edit, File and Tag.

               To activate any of these functions press the ALT key
          and the first letter of the option.  For example to select
          'File' options press ALT-F.  We will now discuss each area
          in detail.

          Help
          ****
               (ALT-H) OR F1.  By activating this option you will be
          presented with another window which will give you quick
          reference for key functions in FEDIT.

          Edit
          ****
               (ALT-E).  When this is activated you will presented
          with a pull down menu which has three options.  Move the
          highlighted bar over the function you wish to use or press
          the desired ALT key plus letter as defined in the menu.

          The options on the Edit menu are:

               1) Edit Description (ALT-D).  This allows you to
          Edit the file description or add one if the
          uploader failed to give it.

               2) Edit UP/DN Load (ALT-U).  This allows you to Edit
          the Uploader's name and the download counter for          a
          file.

               3) Edit Statistics (ALT-S).  This allows you to edit
          the 8 fields in the bottom box. We will discuss
          each one individually.


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          Edit Statistics Options
          ***********************

          Checked
          -------
               This informs you if EZYMAINT has done a virus,
          integrity and missing file description check.  If this is
          on, then this has been done.

          Private
          -------
               This informs you if the file is for the sysop only (or
          for those with sysop security).  The file will not be shown
          in the file listing to those beneath sysop access.

          Delete
          ------
               Informs you if the description has been deleted.  This
          does not mean that the actual file has been deleted.

          Offline
          -------
               Tells you whether the file is marked as Offline or not.

          Security
          --------
               Used in conjunction with File List and File Security in
          Config.  Depending on what you have defined in those 2
          config areas will determine what security the file has.
          This will be the case, for example, if the file has a
          password, certain security level, if the file is free or
          particular flags are required. (See the documentation on
          Config for more details on File List and File Security).


          File
          ****
               (ALT-F). Select this option and a pull down menu will
          be presented with 4 options.  Move the highlight bar over
          the function you wish to use or press the desired ALT key
          plus letter as defined in the menu.

          The options on the File menu are:

               1) New file Edit (ALT-L).  This allows you to select
          another file area to edit.

               2) Rename File (ALT-N).  This allows you to rename the
          file.

               3) Update file (ALT-B).  This updates the file size and
          date in the database. For example, if you added a system
          comment to the file so that its size was now incorrect, this
          would get the new size for it.

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               4) View an Archive (ALT-V), this option allows you to
          view the contents of the archive that is highlighted in the
          file list.  From this option you can view a TEXT file within
          this archive with the V key.  This a very useful feature if
          you wish to check the files that your users upload to
          you.  The formats that are able to be viewed are GIF, JPG,
          ARC, PAK, ARJ, ZIP, LZH and ZOO.  This is done with batch
          files which there are examples in the file SETUP.DAT this
          file is in the LZH format, and the files to look for are the
          ones starting with "FED" eg FEDGIF.BAT will be the
                  batch file that the view option uses to view the
                  GIF files.

          Tag
          ***
               (ALT-T). Selecting this option gives a pull down menu
          will with 8 options.  Move the highlight bar over the
          function you wish to use or press the desired ALT key plus
          letter as shown on the menu.

          The options on the Tag Menu are:

               1) Tag All (ALT-A).  By pressing this option you will
          tag all files in the file list.  You can also do a single
          file tag by pressing either the T-key, the Space Bar, or the
          Return key.  A small triangle will appear next to tagged
          files.

               2) Clear All (ALT-C).  This option clears or (untags)
          all files in the current area that were tagged.

               3) Delete Tagged (ALT-K).  This will delete all tagged
          file descriptions (NOT the files themselves but).

               4) Move Tagged (ALT-M).  This will move all tagged
          file description(s) to another file area but the file(s)
          will remain in their current directories.  This will not
          interfere with EZYCOM as it works on Global principles and
          knows where the file is even if the description is in
          another file area.

               5) Remove Tagged (ALT-R).  This will delete all
          tagged file(s) and their descriptions.  Be careful using
          this option as it physically deletes the file from the disk.

               6) Tagged Offline (ALT-O).  This will place all tagged
          file(s) offline.  When a user does a file listing the files
          will be shown as Offline.

               7) Physical Move (ALT-P).  This will move tagged
          file(s) AND their descriptions to another selected file area
          as opposed to ALT-M that only moved the description.



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               8) Checked On/Off (CTRL-C).  This will allow you to set
          the checked status on tagged files to On or Off. You could
          use this if you've gone and done archive conversions/virus
          checking on a group of files with some other utility and
          don't wish Ezycom to do them again next time a maintenance
          is run.


               FEDIT can also be run from the DOS prompt with command
          line switches.

          The switches are:

               -A <Filearea number>
               -N <Node number>

               When you have finished using FEDIT press Escape to
          return to the DOS prompt.

          FEDGIF.BAT

          @echo off
          rem %1 is the Drive of the Gif
          rem %2 is the Path of the Gif
          rem %3 is the Filename (no extension)
          rem %4 is the Extension (including ".")
          rem For VPic, if you wish to choose Screen Mode inside
          vpic %2%3.* /a
          rem For VPic, if you just want to display it automatically
          rem vpic %2%3%4 /a

          This batch file is used for viewing GIF Files.  In its
          present state, it requires VPIC to work.

          FEDJPG.BAT

          @echo off
          rem %1 is the Drive of the JPG
          rem %2 is the Path of the JPG
          rem %3 is the Filename (no extension)
          rem %4 is the Extension (including ".")
          rem Change to Drive of JPG
          %1
          rem Change to directory of JPG
          cd %2.
          rem Convert JPG to GIF file (JPG2GIF.EXE must be in PATH)
          jpg2gif %3%4
          rem For VPic, if you wish to choose Screen Mode inside
          vpic %3.* /a
          rem For VPic, if you just want to display it automatically
          rem vpic %3.GIF /a
          del %3.GIF



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          This batch file is used to convert JPG files to GIF files,
          then view the GIF file.  After viewing the GIF file, it is
          deleted off of your hard disk.  In its present state, it
          requires VPIC and JPG2GIF to work.

          FEDVIEW.BAT

          @echo off
          rem ********************************************
          rem **                                        **
          rem **             FEdView.Bat                **
          rem **                                        **
          rem **      Copyright Peter Davies 1992       **
          rem **        All Rights Reserved             **
          rem **                                        **
          rem **        For use with Ezycom Only        **
          rem **                                        **
          rem ********************************************
          echo Extracting %1 from %2
          rem If called stand alone, it checks to see if enough
          parameters were
          rem passed to the batch file
          if !%3! == !! goto endit
          rem This is a list of the command line in FEdView.Bat
          (Ezycom)
          rem %1 EZYCOM.PAS                Filename to Extract
          rem %2 C:\EZY\FILES\EZYSRC.ZIP   Filename to Extract From
          rem %3 ZIP                       Archive Type
          if not exist %2 goto :endit
          goto :get%3
          :getzip
          pkunzip -o %2 %1
          goto endit
          :getlzh
          lha e /cnm %2 %1
          goto endit
          :getarc
          PKXARC -r %2 %1
          goto endit
          :getpak
          PAK e /wa %2 %1
          goto endit
          :getarj
          arj e -y %2 %1
          goto endit
          :getzoo
          ZOO -e %2 %1
          :endit
          echo Finished Extraction

          This batch file is used by FEDIT to extract a text file for
          viewing in any archive format.  It requires all the standard
          de-archive programs.


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          USERCOMP
          ********
               USERCOMP is a userbase compacter that will do
          maintenance on your Userbase files.  There are several
          command line switches that can be used with USERCOMP. Each
          will be discussed separately below:

          -S1   :  Sort By Security then Surname.
          -S2   :  Sort By Security then First Name.
          -S3   :  Sort By Security then Alias.
          -S4   :  Sort By Surname.
          -S5   :  Sort By First Name.
          -S6   :  Sort By Alias.
          -DXXX :  Delete Users After xxx days.
                   This will delete users who have not called the
                   system for the amount of days specified by XXX.
                   Eg. If you set -D30 then all users who have not
                   called for 30 days (or more) will be deleted,
                   unless you have set 'Don't kill user' in their
                   user record.
          -UXXX :  No Delete Users >= xxx security.
                   This will tell -DXX not to delete users with a
                   security level greater than or equal to the one
                   specified by XXX. Eg. If you set -U100 the users
                   with security level 100 and above will not be
                   deleted.
          -ADD :   Add 0 Security Users to TRASHCAN.CTL.
                   (See the documentation for more information on
                   TRASHCAN.CTL)
            -P :   Credit File Points for Downloads of their
                   Upload. This function will credit file points to
                   uploaders whose files have been downloaded,
                   provided this option has been implemented in
                   'File Areas>Misc' in Config.
          -BXX :   Make XX Best User Information. This allows you
                   to assign how many users you want shown in your
                   best users information screens. Eg. If you
                   assign -B10 then the best 10 users will be
                   shown. Valid range is 1-200.
          -ALIAS : When USERCOMP makes the best lists, it will make
                   them up using the users' aliases instead of
                   their real names by giving this switch.
          -N<Node> : Node Number. Will tell USERCOMP which file
                     to log to. Range 1-250.

               Any combination of these command line switches can be
          used simultaneously if you wish with USERCOMP.

          For Example:

          USERCOMP -S1 -D20 -P -B1O -ALIAS -N1

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          USERCOMP -?

          at the DOS prompt for a quick reference.


          ANSTOAVT
          ********
          This enables you to convert your .ANS (ANSI) files to .AVT
          (Avatar) files.

          For Example: To convert MESS.ANS to MESS.AVT, type

          ANSTOAVT MESS.ANS

          at the DOS prompt.  Wild cards are supported so if you wish
          to convert ALL your .ANS files type:

          ANSTOAVT *.ANS

          This will convert all of your ANSI screens to AVATAR
          screens.


          EZYMAIL
          *******
               This is a Fido compatible Echomail tosser/scanner.  It
          can be used with any Fidonet Front End Mailer that uses the
          .MSG approach to file attaching.  That is, Front Door,
          D'Bridge, etc, Binkley will however NOT work with EzyMail.

          There are several command line switches that can be used.
          They are explained below:

            -SCAN :  Scan Message Base for Waiting Echomail.
                     This function scans all echomail conferences
                     and exports all messages that have not been
                     exported before. It will export these messages
                     to systems listed in your export list for each
                     area, as appropriate.

            -TOSS :  Toss Echomail into the Message Base.
                     This function is used to import mail packets
                     into Ezycom's Echomail areas.  If EZYMAIL
                     detects a message for a conference in which
                     you have systems defined in your export list,
                     it will automatically forward the message to
                     those systems. Complete information about
                     all mail tossed, is logged to the logfile.

            -N<NODE> : Node Number. (1-250)





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          EZYMAIL and Multiline BBS's
          ---------------------------
               EZYMAIL creates an EZYMSG.NOW file in your Ezycom
          message base path while running.  This tells EzyMail (and
          other programs) that EzyMail is already running.  For
          instance, you would not want a mail session sending out
          mail, while Ezycom is packing up mail for that session.
          EZYMAIL can NOT run simultaneously with another EZYMAIL. So
          if EZYMSG.NOW is present then the second EZYMAIL will not
          run.

          FrontDoor
          ---------
               If EZYMAIL finds the FD environment variable, it will
          update FDRESCAN.NOW and FMRESCAN.NOW after completion of
          execution.  The commercial versions of Front Door make a
          file called FDINSESS.<task> in the Front Door System
          Directory while a mail session is in process.  If EZYMAIL
          detects one of these files then it will not execute. Imagine
          what could happen if it was updating a mail bundle which was
          currently being sent in that session.

          D'Bridge
          --------
               If EZYMAIL finds the D'BRIDGE environment variable, it
          will update DBRIDGE.RSN after completion of execution.  This
          tells D'Bridge to rescan its netmail.


          EZYNET
          ******
               EZYNET is used to import and export your NetMail from
          your Front End mailer like FrontDoor, D'Bridge etc. It also
          will pass EchoArea messages to Ezycom for processing. EZYNET
          is FULLY Zone Gate aware and will correctly re-address
          netmail messages, as appropriate, should you be acting as a
          zone gate or should this process be found necessary.

          EZYNET has the following command line parameters :

               -EXPORT  : This will export all Netmail from Ezycom
                          and place it in to the correct path for
                          your Frontend Mailer to send.

            -NOZONEGATE : This will disable EZYNET's built in
                          ZONEGATE function. Normally EZYNET will
                          automatically re-address netmail messages
                          for you if you are acting as a zone gate.
                          If you are a zone gate, you will know
                          what this means. You would not normally
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               -IMPORT  : This will import all the NetMail from the
                          directory where your Front End mailer
                          puts them and places them into your
                          message base.

               -NOUSERS : This parameter is used in conjunction
                          with the -IMPORT parameter. It will
                          disable EZYNET's special checking
                          function for inbound netmail. The netmail
                          checking function ensures that all
                          netmail destined for your system actually
                          has someone to go to on your system (ie
                          it checks the userfile to make sure the
                          user name exists). Should the user not
                          exist, the mail is redirected to the
                          sysop automatically along with an
                          explanatory note. You would not normally
                          disable this function so don't include
                          the this parameter unless you have a
                          specific reason for doing so.

              -ECHOAREA : Also used in conjunction with -IMPORT,
                          this parameter tells Ezycom's EchoMail
                          Area processor to read a message sent to
                          it and act upon it. The specifics of this
                          detailed in the next section.

          What is EchoArea?
          -----------------
               EchoArea is a part of the Ezycom mail processor.  It is
          used to update and maintain your echomail profile without
          needing to bother your host with manual requests. EchoArea
          will process them automatically.

          How To Use EchoArea
          -------------------
               To access EchoArea send a netmail message to your host,
          addressed to EchoArea. To safeguard your echomail profile,
          you must specify a password on the subject line of the
          netmail message.  If you don't have a password, or you don't
          know what it is then contact your host.

          For Example:

               To: EchoArea, 3:622/400
               Re: Password









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          Echomail Profile Maintenance
          ----------------------------
               EchoArea's main use is to add/remove your node to/from
          your host's export list. To do this you simply tell EchoArea
          the area tag of the conference(s) you want to pick up or
          drop.  For example, to add the Ezycom support conference
          (EC_SUPPORT) to your system you would send a message like:

             To: EchoArea, 3:622/400
             Re: Password
             ----------------------------------------
             +EC_SUPPORT

               Note that the '+' sign in front of the name is
          optional.  To remove a conference is very similar, only you
          put a '-' sign in front of the conference name instead of a
          '+'.  In this case (of removal) the prefix is NOT optional.

               For example:  to get rid of an echo you are no longer
          interested in send a message like:

             To: EchoArea, 3:622/400
             Re: Password
             ----------------------------------------
             -BORING_ECHO_CONF
             ---

               As many of these commands as you like can be combined
          into the one message, so both of the above examples could
          have been in one request:

             To: EchoArea, 3:622/400
             Re: Password
             ----------------------------------------
             EC_SUPPORT
             -BORING_ECHO_CONF
             ---

          Note: The tear line (row of dashes) at the end of this
          example.  Everything after the tear line is ignored, so you
          can also send comments or queries to your host.  This is
          useful if you have a question relating to your conference
          set-up or have problems using EchoArea.












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          Options
          -------
               There are several optional commands that can be invoked
          by putting a parameter after your password on the subject
          line.

             -Q   : Query.

               The query command will cause EchoArea to create list of
          all the echomail areas available to your system and send it
          back to you. The list will have the conference tag, a
          description, and one of either 'On', 'Off' or 'Sec'.

          On : The conference is already active for your system, Off:
          The conference is not active for your system
          Sec: The conference is not available to your system.

             -L   : List.

               This is similar to the -Q command above, but does not
          add the conference status (On/Off/Sec) to the list.

             -H   : Help.

               EchoArea will send a help file back to you in a netmail
          message.

             -All : All on.

               The All command will turn on all available areas to
          your system. Saves listing them all one by one when you want
          all of them anyway.

           -NoAll : All off.

               The All Off command is the exact opposite to the All
          command.  It will turn all echomail areas off for your
          system.

          For Example:

               To: EchoArea, 3:622/400
               Re: Password -Q
               ----------------------------------------
               EC_SUPPORT
               -BORING_ECHOMAIL_CONF
               ---

               This will turn on the EC_SUPPORT conference, turn off
          the BORING_ECHOMAIL_CONF area and send back a list of
          available areas and their status.




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               Echo Area also supports several meta commands. These
          are placed in the text part of the message and are as
          follows:

               %+ALL [G] : This will turn all groups ON. The
                           optional [G] (group) parameter allows
                           only specific groups of echo areas to be
                           turned on for the requesting node.

               %-ALL [G] : This is the same as the above command
                           only it turns all areas OFF or only
                           those in the optional group parameter.

               %PAUSE    : This command will temporarily turn off
                           exporting of mail to the node who
                           uses this command. This could be useful
                           if they are going away on holidays or
                           something.

               %RESUME   : This command will resume any previously
                           paused mail using the above command.


































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          EZYPACK
          *******
               EZYPACK is a netmail archiver/pack router for Ezycom.
          Its main use is for sysops who belong to one of the many PC
          Based mail networks which utilise FidoNet Technology.  It
          basically packs netmail into an archived mail bundle (where
          echomail is placed).  This reduces
          transmission size, thus saves money!

          To get command line help use

          EZYPACK -?

          Valid switches are

              -DEBUG :   Shows a listing of the internal routing,
                         of how EZYPACK understands your routing.

           -TESTMODE :   Allows you to type in nodes where you
                         might send mail. It will tell you where it
                         would send the mail to.  The -C (Crash
                         Mail) and -H (Hold Mail) are also valid
                         after the address, as it is possible to
                         route those messages to different
                         addresses.

            -VERBOSE :   Verbose shows who the packed netmail is
                         being sent from and sent to, and who it is
                         being sent via ie. a verbose readout of
                         what EZYPACK is doing.

            -L<filename> This switch allows more than the standard
                         control file (EZYPACK.CTL) to be used for
                         routing.

          For Example:

          EZYPACK 3:* VIA 3:622/400 -LEZYPACK2.CTL -LEZYPACK3.CTL

          EZYPACK.CTL
          -----------
               This is the standard routing file.  The command line
          routing (routing placed on the command line) is used in
          exactly the same way as routing in EZYPACK.CTL.  It is not
          essential to have routing on the command line.










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          Comment lines may be placed in EZYPACK.CTL by placing a
          ';' at the start of the line. Each line indicates a new
          routing statement.  To list exceptions to a global
          routing statement (Eg: 3:*), they must be placed on a
          line previous to the global routing statement.  The
          command line can be considered as the 'top' line.  Any
          files added for routing with -L<filename> are processed
          after EZYPACK.CTL (if present). Global routing can be done
          by using '*' or using a '-' for ranges in nodes.

          For Example:

           *: 3:* 3:636/* 3:633/374.* .* *

          EZYPACK recognises short form addressing.  The short form
          is taken off the previous node listed.  That is,
          3:636/204 205, would mean 3:636/204 3:636/205.  All VIA
          lines (route mail via <address>) have to include a fully
          qualified address.

          EZYPACK is 4D aware netmail packer and recognises 2000
          different routing of netmail for one run.  Using different
          control files, and command lines, it is possible to make
          this limit endless assuming that 2000 is not enough.

          Following are a series of routing examples. For the purpose
          of the examples it is assumed that 3:636/213 is one of your
          addresses.

          3:636/213

          This tells EZYPACK to pack netmail for all of your points
          off of 3:636/213.  That is 3:636/213.1 etc.  As it is one of
          my points, netmail is directly sent to the point instead of
          being boss routed.

          3:636/213.1

          This tells EZYPACK to pack netmail for 3:636/213.1 .

          3:633/374

          This tells EZYPACK to pack netmail for 3:633/374 and all of
          its points. Any netmail for the points will be sent to the
          boss node.

          3:633/374.1 .*

          Tells EZYPACK to pack netmail for 3:633/374.1, but directly
          send the netmail to it.  Netmail for 3:633/374.0 or
          3:633/374.2 etc will be sent to 3:633/374.0 however.

          3:633/374
          3:* VIA 3:636/204

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          Tells EZYPACK to pack netmail for all of Zone 3 and send it
          to 3:636/204.  However, netmail for 3:633/374 and points
          will be packed and directly sent to 3:633/374 as it was
          listed previously in the routing statements.

          3:633/374-379 VIA 3:633/374
          3:* VIA 3:636/204

          This is exactly the same as the previous statement, except
          that netmail for 3:633/374 375 376 377 378 379 will be sent
          to 3:633/374.

          Notice the '-' between 374 and 379.  This indicates a range
          of nodes. The '-' only works on node addresses.

          3:* VIA 3:633/374
          *:  VIA 3:636/204

          This would tell EZYPACK to route all netmail for Zone 3 to
          3:633/374 and route netmail for other zones via 3:636/204.

          3:633/374 -C -H

          This tells EZYPACK to pack netmail for 3:633/374 and all of
          its points and include Crash and Hold Mail.  All mail is
          routed to the boss node as points were not specifically
          listed.



























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          MSGCOMP
          *******
               This is Ezycom's message base compacter and will do
          maintenance on your message areas.  Its function is to keep
          your message areas to the limits you set in Config 'Msg
          Areas'.  For example if you set 'Kill Max Msgs' to 200 and
          the area has 300, MSGCOMP will delete the first 100 messages
          to maintain the area at 200.  However if you set any of the
          message limits to 0 then MSGCOMP will ignore these fields.
          MSGCOMP should be run once a day in a nightly event and can
          ONLY be run while NO-ONE is online else it will abort with
          an error message.

               The message compacter is limited to a maximum of 16,000
          messages per message area and so if the number of messages
          in an area exceeds 15,000, it will automatically compress
          that message area to 15,000 messages.  Depending on how much
          free RAM is available, MSGCOMP will handle more messages per
          area with an upper limit of 16,000.  Ezycom and other
          utilities can handle up to 65,000 messages per conference.

               MSGCOMP also has six command line switches, explained
          individually below:

          -LINK :      This will LINK all message areas that have had
                       new echomail/netmail tossed into them since
                       MSGCOMP -LINK was last run.

          -LINKALL :   This will unconditionally LINK ALL echomail and
                       netmail areas.  Local areas are NOT linked, as
                       Ezycom does this when you reply to messages, so
                       trying to LINK them, would be wasting system
                       time.  MSGCOMP links the messages (makes reply
                       chains), by matching those with the same
                       subjects together.

          -NODELETE :  This will stop MSGCOMP from deleting
                       messages by days, received days, number of
                       messages, or number of kilobytes.

          -CLEANUP  :  This will tell MSGCOMP to delete conference(s)
                       that no longer exist in your configuration
                       setup.

          -RAMDRIVE=<path> : If you have a reasonably big RAMDRIVE
                             you can tell MSGCOMP to use it as a
                             temporary and FAST packing location
                             whilst it kills messages.

          -N<node>  :  Allows you to specify the log file which
                       MSGCOMP should log its progress to.




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          EZYFF
          *****
               This is used to keep all your file area indexes up to
          date.  It will add and remove files tell you of duplicates
          and sort the file indexes.  There are seven command line
          switches that can be used with EZYFF.  These are listed
          below in detail:

               -C :  This creates/updates the Fast File index.  This
                     is a index to all the files available on your BBS
                     for downloading.  If you add files to your file
                     areas or remove them, this should be run to
                     update the index.  This should be run every day
                     to make sure your index is correct and up to
                     date.

               -S :  Sorts the fast file index.  It makes it faster
                     if you don't do -C everyday (you should!).

          -L<file>:  This generates a list of all your file paths
                     to the specified text file name. Use this for
                     instance as a list of requestable directories
                     for your Front End Mailer.

               -F :  This creates a QuickBBS compatible
                     FLSEARCH.CTL. Some doors may use this.

               -D :  This lists all the duplicate files in
                     directories to your maintenance log. In other
                     words if FRED.ARC was in C:\FILES and FRED.LZH
                     was in C:\NEWFILES, then it would make an
                     entry in the log that FRED.* was in both of
                     those directories.

               -I :  This is the second part of maintenance to
                     place files in your files lists which are in
                     your directories but not in the files lists.
                     The file area the files are placed in, is the
                     upload area in Config>File Areas>File Paths.

               -ID : Does the above check but also logs duplicate
                     file descriptions, much like the -D option. It
                     will also log duplicates when the same file
                     area has duplicate descriptions, again on a
                     file extension independent level.

               -N<node> Node number to run EZYFF under. (1-250).








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          EZYUTIL
          -------
               EZYUTIL is a program that will import a file <Text>
          into your message base. It will also import files into a
          specified file area, while updating your fast file index
          with the information from a FILES.BBS file (Great if you use
          a program like TICK).  It can also undelete messages in one
          or ALL of your message areas and lastly EZYUTIL will sort
          your Echo Node Information.  EZYUTIL will also export
          message/file area configuration, and make message base
          statistics on a message area.

          Message Importing
          -----------------
               To import a message file into your message base use the
          following command line :

               EZYUTIL -IMPORT -A<1..400> -F<Who_From> -T<Who_To>
                       [-N<Address] -S<Subject> -L<Text File>

               -A   Message area to send the file to. (Message area
                    number in your Config)

               -F   Who the message is to be from. (Note the
                    Underline between the First_LastName) it MUST
                    be there.

               -T   Is who the message is sent to. (Again Must have
                    the Underline)

               -N   This is the full network address to send the
                    message to should it be a netmail message.
                    There are also some optional parameters for use
                    in conjunction with this option in order to
                    specify the status flag(s) to place on the
                    message being posted. They are:

                    PVT   : Private Status
                    KS    : Kill/Sent Status
                    FILE  : File Request Status
                    DIR   : Direct Status
                    C     : Crash Status

               -S   The Subject of the message to be imported.
                    (Remember the Underline)

               -L   The path and file to import.

          For Example:

          EZYUTIL -IMPORT -A1 -FPeter_Davies -Tall -SHi -LTest.TXT

          Note: Automatic word wrapping is carried out on any lines
          that are too long in the text file that you are importing.

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          Importing a File With Description
          ---------------------------------
               To import files and their descriptions (from a
          FILES.BBS) into the BBS, use the following command line :

               EZYUTIL -FILESBBS -A<1..400> [-L<Files.bbs Path>]

               -A   File area to import the file to. (File area
                    number in your Config)

               -L   Path to the FILES.BBS (This is the path where
                    the FILES.BBS, and the files IN the FILES.BBS
                    are located).  If, this option is omitted, then
                    the area path for the filearea is used.

          For Example:

          EZYUTIL -FILESBBS -A1 -LC:\BBS\FILES\GAMES

          Sorting Echonode Information
          ----------------------------
          Use the following command line :

          EZYUTIL -SORTNODE

             This will sort all your Echo Manager Nodes in Ascending
          order while updating the export list for each message area
          at the same time. This may take some time to do if you have
          a complicated message export setup.

          Undelete Messages
          -----------------
          Use the following command line :

          EZYUTIL -UNDELETE

               EZYUTIL will then prompt you for the message area
          number where you wish to undelete the messages contained
          within it.  If you select a valid message area, then EZYUTIL
          will undelete all the messages in that conference.  Only
          messages that were deleted AFTER the last MSGCOMP will be
          undeleted however.  After a MSGCOMP, you can NOT retrieve
          any messages that were deleted.












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          Strip Logs
          ----------
          Use the following command line :

          EZYUTIL -STRIPLOG -L<logfile> -D<days old>

               Use this to strip Ezycom's log to leave a certain
          number of days of log information remaining. The

               -L<logfile>    This is the name of the Ezycom log
                              which you wish to be stripped.

               -D<days old>   This is the number of days of log
                              which you wish to keep.  Eg. -D7
                              would keep the last 7 days of log
                              file.

          Note :  When using EZYUTIL -STRIPLOG, you MUST not be using
          any other utility or Ezycom itself, if it uses this logfile.

          File Area Information
          ---------------------
               EZYUTIL can export file area configuration information
          to a file called FILES.TXT.  This file contains all the
          information on your file areas.  It is placed in the system
          path.

          For Example:

          EZYUTIL -EXPORT -FILEAREA

          The following is an example of what to expect in the
          FILES.TXT file that is created with this option.

             File Area Num: 1
            File Area Name: IBM PC Archiving Utilities
          Upload File Area: IBM PC Uploads
                 Area Path: C:\DOS\ARCHIVE\
                File Group: I
             User Security: 10
               User Flag A: --------
               User Flag B: --------
               User Flag C: --------
               User Flag D: --------
            Sysop Security: 100
              Sysop Flag A: --------
              Sysop Flag B: --------
              Sysop Flag C: --------
              Sysop Flag D: --------
                   Sort By: Alpha
           Offline Allowed: Yes
               Master List: Yes
                 Age Check: No
                Conversion: None

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          Message Base Information
          ------------------------
               As for the file base, EZYUTIL can also create an
          information file for the message base.  The file created is
          called MESSAGES.TXT.  This will give you the following
          information about your message base.

             Mess Area Num: 160
            Mess Area Name: EZYCOM Support
             Mess Area Tag: EC_SUPPORT
            Mess Area Type: Echomail
            Mess Area Kind: Public
                Mess Group: G
             AreaMgr Group: E
                    Uplink: 80:1000/301
                 Days Kill: 30
              Receive Kill: 14
                Count Kill: 500
             Kilobyte Kill: 0
             Read Security: 10
              Read Flags A: --------
              Read Flags B: --------
              Read Flags C: --------
              Read Flags D: --------
            Write Security: 100
             Write Flags A: --------
             Write Flags B: --------
             Write Flags C: --------
             Write Flags D: --------
            Sysop Security: 100
             Sysop Flags A: --------
             Sysop Flags B: --------
             Sysop Flags C: --------
             Sysop Flags D: --------
             Alias Allowed: Real Names Only
           Combined Access: Yes
          Initial Combined: Yes
                  Age Test: Yes
              Keep Private: No
               Show Seenby: No
              Clear Seenby: No
                   Visible: Yes
                    Uplink: 80:1000/301
                Origin Aka: 3:622/407
               Origin Line: Lake BBS. Line 1. [phone].
                    Seenby: 3:622/407 80:1000/303
               Export List: 3:622/403 3:622/410 3:640/588
          80:1000/301 80:1000/305
               Export List: 3:711/437






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          Message Base Statistics
          -----------------------
               EZYUTIL can generate a set of statistics for your
          message base. The file created is called STAT<area>.  This
          will include the number of participants in that message
          area, the average message length in bytes then a list of the
          user's names, number of messages posted by that user, the
          total length in bytes for all their messages posted then an
          average of the length of their messages posted.  At the end
          of the file there is a section showing the person that
          posted the longest message and the person that posted the
          shortest message.  This text file could be imported into the
          message base using the EZYUTIL message import command to
          show the users the statistics of the message area being
          used.

          For Example:

          EZYUTIL -MBS -A161

          Message area statistics for "EZYCOM Developer Support"

          Number of participants : 12
          Average message length : 460 bytes

          Poster                      Posted     Length     Average
          ---------------------------------------------------------
          Cal Gardner                     1        515        515
          Christian Kraus                 2        942        471
          Christopher Dean                1        309        309
          Gavin Baumanis                  1        418        418
          Mark Pittenger                  1        366        366
          Michael Hughes                  1        276        276
          Paul Sanders                    2       1024        512
          Peter Davies                    2       1189        594
          Richard Stocks                  1        427        427
          Robin Cook                      2       1036        518
          Roger Aspelin                   1        360        360
          Wayne Burnside                  1        511        511

          Longest message  : Peter Davies, 660 bytes
          Shortest message : Michael Hughes, 276 bytes

          Sort Netmail Messages
          ---------------------
          Use the following command line:

          EZYUTIL -SORTMSG

          This simple option allows you to sort/renumber messages in
          your Netmail (.MSG) directory. If a last read pointer file
          is found in this directory, it will also be updated.



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          Rescan Messages
          ---------------
          Use the following command line:

          EZYUTIL -RESCAN -A<area number> -U<node>

          This option allows you to rescan mail to one of your mail
          links. You might use this for a new node for example, to
          give them some mail to test out their tossing setup with.
          The area number is the message area (as in the config) you
          wish to scan the mail from. The <node> is the complete
          network address of the node from your node manager you wish
          to scan the mail out to.

          For Example, to Rescan mail from Area 70 to 3:622/400:

          EZYUTIL -RESCAN -A70 -U3:622/400

          Note: EZYUTIL only sets up the data for the rescan. You
          still have to run EZYMAIL -SCAN in order to actually
          generate the mail packet.


          EZYLINK
          *******
               This is a small, quick utility to allow you to reply-
          link messages in echomail areas that have received new mail
          since you last ran MSGCOMP -LINK.  It is not designed to
          replace MSGCOMP.  It would normally be used immediately
          after tossing new echomail with EZYMAIL so that you do not
          have to wait for the next run of MSGCOMP in order to have
          all replies to messages, linked together.  EZYLINK (unlike
          MSGCOMP) will also run with users online.






















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          EZYED
          *****
               On loading EZYED you will be presented with the
          first User in your Ezycom userbase.  This should normally
          be the SysOp as he/she would usually be the first person
          to use the system, also he/she should have the Highest
          Security Level.
          Display Mode Options

          F1      : Displays the online Help Screens for EZYED

          P       : This gives you a very elaborate Pick List for
                    you to chose a user from. To move around in the
                    Pick List, just use the Arrow Keys to go up
                    and down one user at a time or the PgUp and
                    PgDn Keys to move up and down the list a page
                    at a time.

          E       : This launches you in to the Edit Mode more on
                    this later.

          F10     : Toggles you to and from the 2 display screens.

          Arrow   : These keys move you to and from the next and
          Keys      previous record this includes PgUp and PgDn.

          F2      : You will be given a choice to Search for either
                    the User's Name/Alias or by the User's
                    Security Level. The search will bring up the
                    first occurrence of the pattern you chose.
                    For example, Name = 'Pet' will find the first
                    record that has 'Pet' in the Name/Alias Field.
                    Case is not used in the search so 'Peter' is
                    the same as 'peter'.

          F3      : This will continue the search using the last
                    pattern used. When the search doesn't find a
                    user to match the pattern, EZYED will tell you
                    before taking you to the First user in your
                    userbase.

          F4      : This command allows certain global options to be
                    performed on the userbase.  These include flag
                    editing and group editing.  When editing global
                    flags, a '-' sign means do not change the flag, an
                    'X' sign means turn the flag ON for all users, and
                    an 'O' sign means turn the flag OFF for all users.
                    When editing global groups, the setting that you
                    make will affect all users, so every user will
                    have that global group setting.

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          Insert  : This will add a New Record to your user base.

          Delete  : This key will Toggle the (Deleted) Flag of the
                    user displayed.

          Edit Mode
          ---------

          Ctrl A    : Abort any changes made to this record.

          Ctrl P    : This gives you a very elaborate Pick List for
                 you to chose a user from. To move around in
                      the Pick List you just use the Arrow Keys to
                      go up and down one user at a time or the PgUp
                      and PgDn Keys to move up and down the list a
                      page at a time.

          Ctrl S    : Saves the record you are editing. Esc will do
                      the same.

          Ctrl Y    : Delete the current line (in a text field eg.
                      alias, location) while editing.

          Arrow     : These keys move you to and from the next and
          Keys        previous entries.

          PgUp      : These two keys move you to the next and
          PgDn        previous records after first saving your
                      changes.

          Ctrl Home : These keys will take you to the top and
          Ctrl End    bottom of the page you are currently editing.

          Ctrl PgUp : These keys will take you to the first and
          Ctrl PgDn   last records in your userfile respectively.

          Alt-J     : Jump (shell) to DOS. This also works when not
                 editing.

          Esc       : Exit from Edit Mode.

               The function keys (F1, F2, F3, F4, F10) function in
          exactly the same way as in display mode.












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          Special User Settings
          *********************
               There are some special user settings in EZYED that you
          should know about.  All of these settings are changed by
          placing the highlight on the Yes or No display and then you
          tap the Space Bar to toggle between Yes or No. These
          settings are as follows:

              Deleted              : No
              Clear Screen         : Yes
              Continue             : Yes
              ANSI Capable         : Yes
              Don't Kill User      : No
              Ignore File Points   : No
              Full Screen Ed       : Yes
              Quiet Mode           : No
              Ignore Ratios        : No
              Avatar Capable       : No
              IBM Chars            : Yes
              Ignore Paging        : No
              Exclude User         : No
              Menu Time            : No
              No Page Sound        : No
              Page on Logon        : No

              Ignore Message Ratio : No

          Deleted
          -------
               If this is set to Yes then the next time you run
          USERCOMP, this user will be deleted from the userbase.

          Clear Screen
          ------------
               This will tell Ezycom to send screen clearing codes to
          this user when required.

          Continue
          --------
               This tells Ezycom that this user requires a continue
          prompt to be sent when displaying file lists and screens
          longer than their screen length.

          ANSI Capable
          ------------
               This tells Ezycom whether the user will accept ANSI
          graphics characters/control codes or not.

          Don't Kill User
          ---------------
               If this option is set to Yes, then even if the user
          hasn't called in the number of days you set to kill users
          when using USERCOMP, then this user will not be deleted from
          the userbase.

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          Ignore File Points
          ------------------
               This option will stop the user from using his/her
          filepoints.  The end result is this user will not be stopped
          by this powerful ratio system when downloading files.

          Full Screen Ed
          --------------
               Enables or disables whether this user uses the external
          Full Screen Editor (such as Ezyedit).

          Quite Mode
          ----------
               If enabled for this user, then they will not be able to
          be called by another node with the multinode chat system.

          Ignore Ratios
          -------------
               This is similar to the ignore file points option but it
          applies to all the other file ratios used in the Ezycom
          package.  So if this option is Yes and ignore file points is
          No the users can download all they like until there file
          points are used up (Providing they don't exceed the daily
          download limit/time limit).

          Avatar Capable
          --------------
               This option will tell Ezycom to send AVATAR screen
          codes to this user when set to Yes.

          IBM Characters
          --------------
               When this option is set to Yes, Ezycom will send high-
          bit IBM characters to the user. Users of Non-IBM systems
          will likely have this set to No.

          Ignore Paging
          -------------
               If this option is set, then the user will be able to
          override all paging hours, hence page the sysop 24 hours a
          day, seven days a week.

          Exclude User
          ------------
               With this option to Yes, the user will NOT be displayed
          in any user display lists.

          For Example: Best User Stats, User Lists, Last Caller

          The sysop may find this setting of use given the number of
          times the sysop may end up logging in each day.




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          Menu Time
          ---------
               If this option is set to Yes, then the user will NOT
          have to wait for the time restrictions on any of the menu
          options.

          No Page Sound
          -------------
               When a user pages you with this option set to Yes, no
          page sound will be heard. The user will however still be
          under the impression that he/she is paging you.

          Page on Logon
          -------------
               If you set this option to yes and this user logs on,
          five short beeps are sounded to indicate to you that a very
          important user has logged on.  Note though that this option
          works 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and is not restricted
          by page times.

          Ignore Message Ratio
          --------------------
               If this option is set to Yes, then the user will NOT
          have to abide by the post/call ratios.































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          LANGEDIT
          --------

               LANGEDIT is a complete language file editor for Ezycom.
          It allows full sysop customization of virtually all prompts
          that Ezycom uses. Once it is loaded the following keys are
          available:

          Up       : Use these keys to move the highlight bar up
          Down       and down the prompts, one at a time.

          Page Up  : These two keys allow you to move up and down
                     the prompts one screen full at a time.

          Home     : These two keys will take you to the first &
          End        last prompts respectively.

          Ctrl-D   : Pressing this will reset the current prompt to
                     its default text and colour.

          Ctrl-S   : This will bring up a pop-up search string box
                     and allow you to search prompts for a
                     particular series of characters. This is
                     useful for quickly locating a prompt in order
                     to edit it.

          Ctrl-A   : This option will throw away all changes made
                     and exit.

          Escape   : This option will exit and SAVE all changes.

          F1       : This brings up the help screen.

          Editing Keys
          ------------
               If you press Enter on a prompt you will then be able to
          edit that prompt. A pop-up editing box will appear and the
          following keys are available:

          Up       : Use these keys to move between the different
          Down       editable fields in the pop-up editing box.

          Space    : When on the colour field, pressing space will
                     cycle through the colours the current prompt
                     can be. The actual prompt text will also cycle
                     in colour as you do so.

          Ctrl-A   : This will abort any changes and return to the
                     prompt list.

          Esc      : Save changes and return to the prompt list.




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          EZYNODE
          -------
               This utility compiles your Nodelists for your network
          addresses for use in Ezycom.  If you do not know what these
          terms mean, or do not belong to a network, then you can skip
          the documentation on EZYNODE.

               Ezycom has a very different style of nodelist
          compiling/viewing than many other BBS packages.  It allows
          the sysop to configure the nodelists to be viewed for each
          address that the sysop has.  In all, the sysop has a maximum
          of 16 network address. For each network address the sysop
          can multiple nodelists.  Ezycom has a maximum of 256
          nodelists.  This should not be any real limit though.  This
          feature can be used to secure your network from unwanted
          user access.  For instance if you allow your users to post
          messages into FidoNet, but NOT allow them to post messages
          into Ezynet (Network of Ezycom BBS's).  It can also be used
          to make sure users only enter messages to FidoNet using your
          FidoNet address etc.

               EZYNODE requires a nodelist control file for it to
          operate.  This file is called EZYNODE.CTL, and should be
          located in your Ezycom system directory.

               Comments may be placed in this control file by placing
          a ";" at the start of the comment.

          For Example:

          ;EZYNODE control file

               This is a valid comment since the ";" precedes the
          comment.  Blank lines are also ignored by EZYNODE.

               EZYNODE accepts 6 different keywords.  START, AKA,
          LIST, PLIST, DEFAULT and COST.  A description of how each
          command is used and applied to the control file follows.

          *********************************************************
          START
          *********************************************************

               The START command tells EZYNODE that a NEW index should
          be created for the following AKAs/NODELISTs.  Up to 16 START
          commands (indexes) may be present in EZYNODE.CTL.









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          *********************************************************
          AKA <network address or ALL>
          *********************************************************

               The AKA command tells EZYNODE which network address
          should be used for this index.  This is very important as
          only those network addresses that use the nodelists
          indicated after this command should be used.  However a
          short cut command can be used called ALL.  This will tell
          EZYNODE that all network addresses are to be used for these
          nodelists.  If the ALL command is used for the network
          addresses, then no other network addresses should be stated.

          For Example:

              AKA 3:636/213
              AKA 3:636/213.3
              AKA ALL

               After entering the AKAs for the index, the nodelists to
          be used for the index must be specified.  This can be
          accomplished using the LIST or PLIST commands.


          *********************************************************
          LIST <nodelist> [optional zones]
          *********************************************************

               The LIST command indicates that the nodelist that
          follows it compiles to the St Louis nodelist format, or in
          simpler terms that it has at least 1 Zone statement at the
          top of the nodelist.

          For Example:

          LIST NODELIST.* 1 2 3

               If the [optional zones] are left out, then EZYNODE
          assumes that all Zones are to be processed.  In this
          example, NODELIST.* will be compiled (the latest version of
          NODELIST in the nodelist directory).














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          *********************************************************
          PLIST <nodelist> <zone to use>
          *********************************************************

               The PLIST command indicates that the nodelist which
          follow will be a private nodelist that does not contain any
          Zone statements.  You must indicate which Zone EZYNODE is to
          use.

          For Example:

          PLIST EZYNODE.* 80

               In this example, Ezycom's network nodelist will be
          compiled, but because no valid zones are in the nodelist,
          EZYNODE will use zone 80 for the zone address.  The
          <zone to use> parameter MUST be present for the PLIST
          command to function.

               EZYNODE places the Index files it creates into your
          nodelist directory.

          *********************************************************
          DEFAULT <cost>
          *********************************************************

               This sets the default cost for all network addresses,
          that are not matched using the COST statement.  If no
          DEFAULT statement is specified, then a cost of 0 is assumed.
          The <cost> is the units of cost for each minute of
          transmission.

          For Example:

          DEFAULT 250

          This sets the default cost is set to 250 units.


















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          *********************************************************
          COST <phone number> <cost>
          *********************************************************

               This sets the <cost> for a match of <phone number> in
          the network address where the message is being sent to.  The
          first match that Ezycom makes in phone number searching,
          will be the one Ezycom will use the cost for. Costing is
          global for all nodelists.

          For Example:

               COST 61-3- 25
               COST 61-   50

               In this example, any phone numbers such as 61-3-578-
          0968 would cost 25 units.  Whereas phone numbers such as 61-
          8-123-1234 would cost 50 units.  If COST 61- 50 was before
          the line COST 61-3- 25, then all 61- phone numbers would
          cost the same, as the match for 61-3-578-0968 would first
          match 61-. Costing is currently node used by Ezycom so this
          part isn't greatly important for the time being.

               EZYNODE stores all its index files in your nodelist
          directory.  Each index is named EZYINDEX.<index number>.
          EZYINDEX.00 contains path and netmail address information.
          EZYINDEX.COS contains phone number matching and costing
          information.

               To sort the indexes (for viewing ease), run EZYNODE
          with a command line switch of -SORT.

          For Example:

          EZYNODE -SORT

          EZYNODE, Sample EZYNODE.CTL
          ---------------------------

          ; First Block will create EZYINDEX.01
          START
          AKA 3:622/407
          LIST NODELIST.* 1 2 3 4 5 6
          ;
          ; Second block will create EZYINDEX.02
          START
          AKA 151:6122/100
          LIST EZYNODE.*
          ;
          ;end of EZYNODE.CTL





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                      Appendix A (Questionnaire Language)

          Questionnaire
          -------------
               Questionnaire languages are like a miniature
          interpreter language built around the BBS, simular in a lot
          of ways to the BASIC programming language.  It is a simple
          but a very powerful way in which tasks can be accomplished.
          Some ideas for the use of Q-A language are, asking newusers
          details which the BBS doesn't ask them (NEWUSER.Q-A) or
          (NEWUSER2.Q-A which allows MENUCMND unlike NEWUSER.Q-A),
          handling registration expiry (REGEXP.Q-A), writing door
          information files (DOOR.Q-A), turning off access to certain
          file/message areas (eg. If an Amiga user doesn't want to
          view IBM Files) and much more.

          Notes: Throughout this Appendix, <var num> is referred to,
          and has a range of 1 through to 50.  All commands are case-
          insensitive, that is 'Quit', 'QUIT' and 'quit' are all the
          same, valid command.

          *********************************************************
          DISPLAYFLAG <flagnum A-D><flagbit 1-8>
          *********************************************************

          This option displays the current status of a user's flag.

          For Example:

          DISPLAYFLAG A1

          Would display ON/OFF depending on the value of the user's
          flag A1.


          *********************************************************
          SETFLAG <flagnum A-D><flagbit 1-8> <ON|OFF|TOGGLE>
          *********************************************************

          This option is used to set the user's flag to a value.  ON
          would turn the user's flag on, OFF would turn the user's
          flag OFF, and TOGGLE would turn the user's flag OFF if it
          was ON, or ON if it was OFF.

          For Example:

          SETFLAG D8 ON

          Would set the user's flag D8 to ON.






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          *********************************************************
          SETSECURITY <security>
          *********************************************************

          SETSECURITY changes the user's current security level to
          that defined in the command.

          For Example:

          SETSECURITY 100


          *********************************************************
          SETIGNOREFP <ON|OFF|TOGGLE>
          *********************************************************

          SETIGNOREFP sets the file points ignore flag ON or OFF for
          the user.

          For Example:

          SETFP OFF

          Would set the file points ignore flag OFF.


          *********************************************************
          SETANSI <ON|OFF|TOGGLE>
          *********************************************************

          SETANSI sets the ANSI graphics ON or OFF for the user.

          For Example: SETANSI OFF

          Would set ANSI graphics OFF.


          *********************************************************
          SETAVATAR <ON|OFF|TOGGLE>
          *********************************************************

          SETAVATAR sets AVATAR graphics ON or OFF for the user.

          For Example:

          SETAVATAR TOGGLE

          Would turn AVATAR OFF, if it was currently ON, or ON if it
          was currently OFF for the user.






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          *********************************************************
          SETFSE <ON|OFF|TOGGLE>
          *********************************************************

          SETFSE sets the ANSI Full Screen Editor ON or OFF for the
          user.


          *********************************************************
          SETRATIO <ON|OFF|TOGGLE>
          *********************************************************

          SETRATIO sets the File Ratio Ignore Flag ON or OFF for the
          user.


          *********************************************************
          SETPOSTCALL <ON|OFF|TOGGLE>
          *********************************************************

          SETPOSTCALL sets the Ignore Post Call Ratio Flag ON or OFF
          for the current user on-line.


          *********************************************************
          SETMNUTIME <ON|OFF|TOGGLE>
          *********************************************************

          SETMNUTIME sets the Ignore Menu Time Restrictions, that is
          time on-line/start time/end time, ON or OFF for the current
          user on-line.


          *********************************************************
          SETVARS "<text>" <var num>
          *********************************************************

          SETVARS is a special command where you can set any of the 50
          variables (each of maximum 255 characters), to a default
          value.  This value can be anything from a number to a word.
          The 'SPECIAL' feature about this command is that most Type 7
          codes can be used to place 'SPECIAL' information in the
          variable for testing.  The <text> field also supports the
          Ctrl-F/K smart text codes.

          For Example:

          SETVARS "Hi There" 1

          Would place "Hi There" in Variable 1.

          Example 2:

          SETVARS "Ctrl-FA" 1

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          Would place the user's name in Variable 1.

          Example 3:

          SETVARS "COM*P" 1

          Would place "COM1" in Variable 1 in the current comport was
          1.  "COM2" in Variable 1, if the current comport was 2, and
          so on.
               Valid codes from Type 7 are *P, *B, *O, *F, *L, *A, *G,
          *V, *R, *S, *N, *7, *8, *9, *0, *1, *2.

               Some new codes have been added specifically for the
          SETVARS statement.

               *E is the errorlevel returned from the last Type 7
          Shell.  If the program to be run in the Type 7 shell could
          not be found to run, then *E will give a value of 65535.

          For Example:

          MENUCMND 7 TEST.EXE
          SETVARS "*E" 1
          IF 1 = 65535
             DISPLAY "File Not Found|"
          ELSE
             DISPLAY "Errorlevel Returned "
             DISPLAYASW 1
          ENDIF

               *AGE is the users age.  This can be used to set user
          flags on or off, for restricting their access to message
          areas and/or file areas.  If their Birth Date is Invalid,
          then *AGE will return 255.

          For Example:

          SETVARS "*AGE" 1
          IF 1 = 255
             DISPLAY "Sorry, your Birth Date is Invalid|"
             SETFLAGS A1 OFF
          ELSE
             DISPLAY "Your Age is "
             DISPLAYASW 1
             IF 1 <= 17
                SETFLAGS A1 OFF
                DISPLAY "Sorry, you can not access Adult Areas.|"
             ELSE
                SETFLAGS A1 ON
                DISPLAY "Yes, you are old enough for Adult Areas.|"
             ENDIF
          ENDIF
          WAITENTER

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               *TIME is the current time.  This can be used to further
          restrict users from doing things at certain times, run a
          program in the BBS, and still keep the user on-line and so
          on.  The time is made into the numeric format HHMM.


















































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          For Example:

          SETVARS "*TIME" 1
          IF 1 < 1600
             DISPLAY "It is not 4pm yet.|"
          ELSE
             DISPLAY "Enjoy our On-line Game.|"
             MENUCMND 7 *C /C GAME.BAT
          ENDIF


          *********************************************************
          SETCOMMENT <var num>
          *********************************************************

          SETCOMMENT sets the user's comment field the variable
          number.  Only the first 40 characters of the variable number
          are used.

          For Example:

          SETVARS "High"
          SETCOMMENT 1


          *********************************************************
          SETTOPMENU <menuname>
          *********************************************************

          SETTOPMENU sets the user's top menu field to <menuname>.
          Menuname should NOT include the .MNU extension.

          For Example:

          SETTOPMENU TOP


          *********************************************************
          WAITENTER
          *********************************************************

          WAITENTER displays the enter prompt, and waits till Enter is
          pressed.












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          *********************************************************
          MENUCMND <option number> [Data]
          *********************************************************

          MENUCMND executes ANY of the menu commands, except for Menu
          Types 12 and 15.  These are used exactly the same as the
          normal menu commands.  Note that Menu Commands are NOT
          allowed in NEWUSER.Q-A.  When using Menu Types 1 through to
          5, Ezycom will NOT execute any automatic menu options in
          those menu until it exits the menu. You can also place Q&A
          variables in the data options for a menu command by putting
          % symbols around the variable number.

          For Example:

          MENUCMND 7 *C /C GAME.BAT %1%

          MENUCMND 27 1 /T=Peter_Davies

          In the first example, the %1% would automatically be
          substituted with the current contents of variable 1.  To use
          a normal % sign, simply place two % signs instead of one.
          That is, %%.


          *********************************************************
          DISPLAY "<message>"
          *********************************************************

          This displays a message to the user.  It does NOT
          automatically place a carriage return on the end.  Use | to
          force a carriage return.

          For Example:

          DISPLAY "High"
          DISPLAY "High|"

          The latter example will move the cursor to the beginning of
          the next line. Use multiple | characters to skip lines.


          *********************************************************
          DISPLAYASW <var num>
          *********************************************************

          DISPLAYASW or LISTANSWER display the <variable number> to
          the user WITH a carriage return.

          For Example:

          SETVARS "High" 1
          DISPLAYASW 1


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          *********************************************************
          DISPLAYGROUP <group>
          *********************************************************

          DISPLAYGROUP will display the current status of a group (A
          through to Z).  If the particular group is ON, then ON is
          displayed, or if it is OFF, then OFF is displayed.

          For Example:

          DISPLAYGROUP A


          *********************************************************
          CLEARSCREEN
          *********************************************************

          CLEARSCREEN clears the user's screen if he/she has the
          clearscreen flag set to ON.


          *********************************************************
          POSTINFO
          *********************************************************

          POSTINFO writes the users name and the current time and date
          to the answer file.


          *********************************************************
          OUTPUTANSWER "<message>" [var num]
          *********************************************************

          OUTPUTANSWER writes <message> and then the variable contents
          to the answer file.  The [var num] is an optional parameter
          and allows just <message> to be written to the answer file
          if so desired.  The <message> also supports all the CtrlK/F
          commands, such as Ctrl-FA.

          For Example:

          SETVARS "High" 1
          OUTPUTANSWER "Current Value of Var 1 " 1
          OUTPUTANSWER ""
          OUTPUTANSWER "Ctrl-FA"

          (The Ctrl-F represents Control F key)








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          *********************************************************
          QUIT
          *********************************************************

          QUIT terminates execution of the script IMMEDIATELY.  This
          is useful inside an IF statement or at the end of a GOTO.


          *********************************************************
          CAPITALIZE <ON|OFF|FIRSTLETTER|>
          *********************************************************

          CAPITALIZE or CAPITALISE turns ON or OFF the capitalising of
          all input statements to the script.  FIRSTLETTER however,
          will Capitalise the first letter of every word and force
          lower case on every other letter.


          *********************************************************
          CHANGECOLOR <foreground color> <background color>
          *********************************************************

          CHANGECOLOR or CHANGECOLOUR changes the current foreground
          and background colours to those specified in the command.

          For Example:

          CHANGECOLOR 15 0

          Would change the current colour to White with a black
          background.

             The colour assignments are

               Foreground                    Background

                0 - Black                    0 - Black
                1 - Blue                     1 - Blue
                2 - Green                    2 - Green
                3 - Cyan                     3 - Cyan
                4 - Red                      4 - Red
                5 - Magenta                  5 - Magenta
                6 - Brown                    6 - Brown
                7 - LightGray                7 - LightGray
                8 - DarkGray
                9 - LightBlue
               10 - LightGreen
               11 - LightCyan
               12 - LightRed
               13 - LightMagenta
               14 - Yellow
               15 - White



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          *********************************************************
          GETCHOICE <key list> <var num> [default]
          *********************************************************

          GETCHOICE waits until a key in <key list> is pressed and
          stores the result in <var num>.  If a [default] key is in
          the command, then if ENTER is pressed, the default key will
          be placed in <var num>.  If GETCHOICE is used in conjunction
          with Capitalise ON or FIRSTLETTER, then all input is
          capitalised.

          For Example:

          GETCHOICE YN 1 Y

          Would wait until either Y(es) or N(o) or ENTER is pressed.
          If, ENTER is pressed, then Variable would contain Y.

          Example 2:

          GETCHOICE YN 1

               Is exactly the same as the previous example but if
          ENTER is pressed, it is ignored ie. the user MUST type in
          Y(es) or N(o).


          *********************************************************
          IF ... [ELSE] ... ENDIF
          *********************************************************

          This is a very powerful way of manipulating responses from
          the user.  Ezycom's IFs can be up to 65,000 levels deep.
          The ELSE is optional.

          For Example:

          SETVARS "X" 1
          IF 1 = "Y"
             DISPLAY "Y Was Entered|"
          ELSE
             DISPLAY "Y Was Not Entered|"
          ENDIF

          Since the contents of 1 was "X", the test failed when
          testing for "Y", so the result would be "Y Was Not Entered|"









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          Example 2:

          SETVARS "X" 1
          IF 1 = "Y"
             DISPLAY "Y Was Entered|"
          ELSE
             DISPLAY "Y Was Not Entered|"
             IF 1 = "X"
                DISPLAY "X Was Entered|"
          ELSE
                DISPLAY "I Can not work it Out|"
             ENDIF
          ENDIF

          In this example, the result would be "Y Was Not Entered" and
          on the next line "X Was Entered".  Notice how the IF's can
          be deep.

          Example 3:

          :JUMPBACK
          GETCHOICE WXY 1
          IF 1 = "Y"
             DISPLAY "Y Was Entered|"
          ELSE
             DISPLAY "Y Was Not Entered|"
             IF 1 = "X"
                DISPLAY "I actually wanted a W or Y|"
                GOTO jumpback
             ENDIF
             DISPLAY "W Was Entered|"
          ENDIF

          In this example, the script keeps on asking the user until
          he/she enters W or Y.  Whenever an X is entered, it jumps
          back to the start for another Choice.

          IF's can also use other testing methods, besides the
          equality "=" test.  They can also use "<=", ">=", "<", ">"
          and "<>" which mean less than or equal to, greater than or
          equal to, less than, greater than and not equal to
          respectively. This makes the possibilities endless.

          For Example:

          ASK 1 1
          IF 1 <= "M"
           DISPLAY "A letter less than or equal to M was entered.|"
          ELSE
           DISPLAY "A letter greater than M was entered.|"
          ENDIF




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               This testing might be all well and good, but what about
          numeric testing?  Ezycom does this as well.  Simply do NOT
          place quotes around the number you wish to be tested.  If a
          number was expected in the variable, but a letter was placed
          there instead, then Ezycom gives the variable a value of
          2,000,000,000.  Although no commas can be placed in the
          command.

          For Example:

          :JUMPBACK
          ASK 4 1
          IF 1 < 2000
             DISPLAY "The Number was less than 2000.|"
          ELSE
           IF 1 = 2000000000
                DISPLAY "Please ENTER a numeric value.|"
                GOTO jumpback
             ENDIF
           DISPLAY "The Number was greater than or equal to 2000.|"
          ENDIF


          *********************************************************
          :<label>
          GOTO <label>
          *********************************************************

               Ezycom also allows you to move around the script using
          GOTOs.  These are common in BASIC languages.  A GOTO moves
          the current position in the script to the next command after
          :<label>.  If Ezycom finds a :<label> without GOTOing to it,
          it is simply ignored.  The labels are NOT case sensitive.

          For Example:

          :JumPiT
          DISPLAY "Enter Something "
          ASK 4 1
          IF 1 = ""
             DISPLAY "Please Enter Something|"
             GOTO jumPIT
          ENDIF


          *********************************************************
          GOSUB <label>
          RETURN [label]
          *********************************************************

          GOSUB is like GOTO except that a RETURN statement at the end
          of the subroutine returns control to the command on the next
          line after the GOSUB which called it.


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          For Example:

          GOSUB test
          DISPLAY "After Gosub|"
          QUIT
          :test
          DISPLAY "In Gosub|"
          RETURN test

          In this example, "In Gosub" will be displayed then
          "After Gosub" will be shown on the next line.  Note that
          placing the subroutine name after the RETURN is not
          mandatory but is useful for readability.


          *********************************************************
          GOTOXY <xpos> <ypos>
          *********************************************************


          GOTOXY moves the text cursor to position that is defined in
          the command line.  Note that this does not work in ASCII.

          For Example:

          SETVARS "*G" 1
          IF 1 = "0"
             DISPLAY "ASCII User|"
             GOTO :getoutofhere
          ENDIF
          MENUCMND 5 DISP
          GOTOXY 5 5
          ASK 5 1
          OUTPUTANSWER "Answer " 1
          GOTO skip
          :getoutofhere
          MENUCMND 5 DISP
          ASK 5 1
          OUTPUTANSWER "Answer " 1
          :skip
          QUIT


          *********************************************************
          CREATE
          *********************************************************

          CREATE deletes the current Answer file and restarts it.
          This can be used ANYWHERE within the Script language.  If
          you are Creating DOOR files, this is an good option to use.





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          *********************************************************
          SETREGRESET
          *********************************************************

          SETREGRESET resets the user's registration date to Today's
          Date.  This would typically be used for
          REGEXP.Q-A.  As the user's registration has just expired,
          his/her registration date is then started again, but you
          would lower his/her security level.  So when he/she paid you
          more money, then all you have to do is increase their
          security level again and they are back on target.

          For Example: (REGEXP.Q-A)

          DISPLAY "Your Registration has Just Expired|"
          SETREGRESET
          SETVARS "*S" 1
          IF 1 = 10
             DISPLAY "Didn't register again... You Now have hardly"
             DISPLAY "any time per day|"
             setsecurity 5
          ELSE
             setsecurity 10
          ENDIF


          *********************************************************
          ASK <length> <var num>
          *********************************************************

          ASK  will ask the user for a string (A sequence of
          characters).  The string length maximum is that defined with
          <length>.  The result is placed in <var num>.  If used in
          conjunction with CAPITALIZE then the text entered can be
          forcefully capitalised.  The <var num> can be a number from
          1 to 50.  Length can be from 1 to 255.

          For Example:

          ASK 20 1
          DISPLAYASW 1

          Would ASK the user for a string of maximum length 20
          characters, and store it in variable 1.











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          *********************************************************
          SETGROUP <group> <ON|OFF|TOGGLE>
          *********************************************************

          SETGROUP sets the current group (file and message) for the
          user.  <group> is the group letter (A through Z), which you
          wish the command to act on.  Instead of specifying a group,
          "*" can be used to globally set ALL groups ON or OFF (TOGGLE
          is NOT support for Global Group Setting).  The second switch
          (ON|OFF|TOGGLE) sets the user's group to either ON or OFF or
          TOGGLE the group.

          For Example:

          SETGROUP * OFF
          SETGROUP A ON

          This would set all groups off, then set Group A to ON.


          *********************************************************
          GETFLAG <flag> <var num>
          *********************************************************

          GETFLAG will take the status of <flag> and place in to the
          variable <var num>. The result will either be ON or OFF.

          For Example:

          GETFLAG A1 1

          This will set variable 1 equal to 'ON' or 'OFF' depending on
          the status of the A1 flag.


          *********************************************************
          RANDOM <range> <var num>
          *********************************************************

          RANDOM chooses a random number between 1 and <range> (max
          65536) and places this into <var num>.

          For Example:

          RANDOM 5 1

          This would pick a random number between 1 & 5 and place it
          into variable 1.







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                        Appendix B (Multiline Operation)

          Multiline Operation
          -------------------
               Ezycom has been tested successfully with Desqview,
          Lantastic and Novell.  It has been tried on Double DOS, but
          this has not been extensive testing.  Ezycom provides
          support for Desqview, OS/2, DoubleDOS, Taskview, Topview and
          MultiDOS Plus Multitaskers in that when Ezycom is waiting
          for something to happen, it will give away its time slice so
          that other tasks may use it.  Ezycom's file locking routines
          require SHARE to be loaded (except under OS/2) and a common
          problem if it is not loaded, is internode communication does
          not work.

               When using Ezycom in multiline operation, you do not
          have to place each line in separate directories.  Ezycom has
          been written in such a way to allow all nodes to be run in
          the one directory.  As every node is in one directory, a
          problem might arise with using different configurations for
          each node.  This can be solved by copying the configuration
          (CONFIG.EZY) to CONFIG.<node> (Eg. CONFIG.1).  Then Ezycom
          will ALWAYS load CONFIG.1 for node 1.  Also you can have a
          few nodes reading the same CONFIG.EZY in one directory and
          have other nodes reading different CONFIG.EZY in a different
          directory.  This might be desirable if you had 4x2400 baud
          modems and 4x9600 baud modems for instance.  Ezycom looks
          for CONFIG.<node> firstly, then CONFIG.EZY in the current
          directory, then CONFIG.EZY in the system path (pointed to by
          the EZY environment variable).

          For Example, to edit CONFIG.2 type:

          CONFIG -N2

               However, if Ezycom is being used with either the
          QUICKED or TOPED full screen editors, then each line of
          Ezycom MUST be run in separate directories.  If EZYEDIT or
          the Internal Editor is being used, then Ezycom will run
          every line in one directory (if so desired).

               Not only can CONFIG.EZY be arranged using this
          CONFIG.<node> method, but all the other configuration files
          including EVENTS, PROTOCOL etc. The only exceptions to this
          rule are CONSTANT.EZY, MESSAGES.EZY, FILES.EZY and
          ECHOMGR.EZY.  Ezycom will ALWAYS locate these files in the
          system path, and can not be overridden.  So it is quite
          possible to have different events for each node using
          EVENTS.1 for node 1 and EVENTS.2 for node 2.  Do not forget
          that to edit any configuration files for nodes other than 1,
          you MUST place a -N<node> on the command line of CONFIG.

          For Example: CONFIG -N2.


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               Ezycom supports up to 8 nodes locally, that is COM1
          through COM8.  You must however be able to configure your
          FOSSIL driver to this.  Remember that any external programs
          you use (Eg. Door Games) will also have to support it!
          Generally if they use the fossil, you won't have any
          problems.

               Each node will most likely require a different batch
          file to run it, although you could use a command line
          parameter and use %1 (etc) for the node number.

               When using external programs you MUST make sure they
          are multinode capable. If not, then only allow one user to
          access them at anyone time.  Another method would be to
          restrict certain DOORs to nodes, using the Menu Option
          'Node'.  If you have any problems with multinode operation,
          please don't hesitate to write us a message in our Support
          Conference or contact your nearest support site.

          Multidos Plus
          -------------
               Ezycom can not detect this so you have to change the
          configuration to point to MultiDOS Plus specifically.  It
          has NOT actually been tested with MultiDOS.  We have used
          information from various people to give time slices away for
          it.  If you have any problems, simply unselect it.  Please
          let us know how it works with MultiDOS PLUS.

          Networks
          --------
               Ezycom works basically like a Multitasker in a network.
          It doesn't need to know anything about the Network, so it
          doesn't detect its presence.  You must however load SHARE
          (or equivalent) on the File Servers of the Network.  When
          using Novell, Ezycom detects the 'Double DOS' multitasker.
          To stop this, turn off multitasker detection.

          Ezycom Utilities
          ----------------
               Although Ezycom can have multiple nodes running at the
          same time, its utilities do not function while
          nodes/utilities are running, with the exception of EZYMAIL,
          EZYNET and FEDIT.

               EZYMAIL will function fine while one or more lines are
          running, as long as you are using a different log file for
          EZYMAIL, than the other nodes running.  For instance, if
          node 1 was running, and you wanted to run EZYMAIL, then you
          might run EZYMAIL as node 2.

          For Example: EZYMAIL -TOSS -N2

          Note: You can NOT run two versions of EzyMail or EZYNET
          simultaneously.

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          EZYNET functions exactly the same way as EzyMail.

          FEDIT does not log to a log file, so there are no
          restrictions whatsoever while nodes are running.

          EYZFF does not function while any nodes are active, this
          prevents you from adding New Files to your Database, while
          users are online.  To overcome this, you can logon locally
          and upload the files.

          MSGCOMP will NEVER run while users are online, as it can and
          will interfere with users lastread pointer, mail checking,
          marked messages, and more. Trying to get it to do so will
          cause it to exit with an error message.








































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                      Appendix C (File Control Characters)

          AVT/ANS/ASC/ASL File Control Characters
          ---------------------------------------
               These are control characters that can be placed in any
          of your AVT/ANS/ASC/ASL files.  These functions will be
          initiated once the imbedded control character is reached
          within the AVT/ANS/ASC/ASL file.  For example, to show the
          user's name you would have a control code of ^FA (Ctrl-F A).
          To wait for a key you would have a control code of ^A (Ctrl-
          A).  To display the total system calls you would have a
          control code of ^FA (Ctrl-F A).

               The first set of control characters do not require ^F
          or ^K to precede the required function, but the others
          require ^F or ^K to precede them, as shown.

          ASCII    Ctrl-Code    Description
          -----    ---------    ----------------------------
            01          ^A      Wait for [Enter] Key to be Pressed.
            02          ^B      Disable Abort with "S" key
            03          ^C      Enable  Abort with "S" key
            04          ^D      Enable "Continue" Prompt
            05          ^E      Disable "Continue" Prompt
            06          ^F     @Insert User Parameter
            07          ^G      Beep at User's End
            08          ^H      Backspace
            09          ^I      Move Forward 8 spaces
            10          ^J      Line Feed
            11          ^K     @Insert System Parameter
            12          ^L      Clear Screen
            13          ^M      Carriage Return
            22          ^W      Pause for One Second
            23          ^V      Reserved for Avatar
            24          ^Y      Reserved for Avatar




















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                     User Parameters

          Add a Control-F to Precede The User Parameters.

          ASCII    Character    Description
          -----    ---------    -------------------
            65         A        User's Name
            66         B        Location
            67         C        Password
            68         D        Business/Data Phone
            69         E        Voice Phone
            70         F        Date of Last Call
            71         G        Time of Last Call
            72         H        Flag A
            73         I        Flag B
            74         J        Flag C
            75         K        Flag D
            76         L        Netmail Credit
            77         M        Messages Posted
            78         N        Date Format (DDMMYY/MMDDYY)
            79         O        Security Level
            80         P        Number of Calls to BBS
            81         Q        Number of Uploads (Files)
            82         R        Number of Uploads (Kilobytes)
            83         S        Number of Downloads (Files)
            84         T        Number of Downloads (Kilobytes)
            85         U        User/Sysop Comment
            86         V        Screen Length
            87         W        First Name Only
            88         X        ANSI (On/Off)
            89         Y        Continue (On/Off)
            90         Z        Screen Clearing (On/Off)
            48         0        Full Screen Editor (On/Off)
            49         1        Quiet (Multi-Line) (On/Off)
            50         2        Extended IBM Characters (On/Off)
            51         3        Time Banked
            52         4        Kilobytes Banked
            53         5        FilePoints
            54         6        User's Alias
            55         7        Date of First Call
            56         8        Date of Birth
            57         9        Subscription Expiry Date
                                (Registered Version Only)
            96         a        Days till Expiry Date (Registered)
            97         b        AVATAR (On/Off)
            98         c        Ratio for Files
            99         d        Credit for Files
           100         e        Number of Files Downloadable
                                until Ratio Expires.
           101         f        Number of Files to Upload
                                until Ratio is Even.




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               User Parameters (Continued)

          ASCII    Character    Description
          -----    ---------    -----------------------------------
           102         g        Ratio for Kilobytes
           103         h        Credit for Kilobytes
           104         i        Number of Kilobytes Left
                                until ratio Expires.
           105         j        Number of Kilobytes to
                                upload until ratio is even.
           106         k        Default Protocol
           107         l        Number of Kilobytes for File Points
           108         m        Last NEW File Search Date
           109         n        Post/Call Percentage for Security
           110         o        Credit for Post/Call ratio
           111         p        Number of Msgs behind Post / Call
                                ratio
           112         q        Number of Msgs in front of
                                Post/Call ratio
           113         r        Graphics Mode (Verbose)
           114         s        Users Post/Call Percentage
           115         t        File Points awarded since last
                                session
           116         u        Hold Status of the Users Mailbox
           117         v        Who the user is currently
                                forwarding messages to
           118         w        Displays whether mail check uses
                                Combined Settings or a Full mail
                                check
           119         x        Max Messages per QWK Bundle
           120         y        Max Messages per QWK Msg Area
           121         z        Max Message Days Old for QWK Bundle
            33         !        Change the current colour to the
                                user's Message Quote Colour
            64         @        Change the current colour to the
                                user's Message Text Colour
            35         #        Change the current colour to the users
                                Message Prompt Foreground Colour
            36         $        Change the current colour to the users
                                Message Prompt Background Colour
            37         %        Change the current colour to the
                                user's Filename Colour
            94         ^        Change the current colour to the
                                user's File Size Colour
            38         &        Change the current colour to the
                                user's File Date Colour
            42         *        Change the current colour to the
                                user's File Description Colour
            40         (        Change the current colour to the
                                user's Uploader Colour





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          System Parameters (Preceded by Ctrl-K)

          ASCII    Character    Description
          -----    ---------    -----------------------------------
            65         A        Total System Calls
            66         B        Last Caller (any line)
            67         C        Number of Messages (Total)
            68         D        Number of Msgs in Template Msg Area
            69         E        Maximum K Download
            70         F        Number of Times user has Paged
                                Sysop
            71         G        Day of Week (Complete)
            72         H        Number of Users
            73         I        Time in 24 format
            74         J        Today's Date
            75         K        Minutes Connected this Call
            76         L        Number of Current Template File
                                area
            77         M        Minutes Used Today
            78         N        Number of Current Template Msg Area
            79         O        Minutes Remaining Today
            80         P        Downloads (K) Left Today
            81         Q        Daily Time Limit
            82         R        Current Baud Rate
            83         S        Day of the week (abbreviated)
            84         T        Daily Download limit
            85         U        Minutes Until Next System Event
            86         V        24 hour format time of next event
            87         W        Node Number (Multi-Line)
            88         X        Terminates Session
            89         Y        Name of Message Area
            90         Z        Name of File Area
            48         0        Time before a menu option can be
                                activated.
            49         1        Start Time for last invalid menu
                                Option
            50         2        End Time for last invalid Menu Opt
            51         3        Number of Files in Template Area
            52         4        Total Number of Files
            53         5        Number of New Users Today
            54         6        Number of New Messages Today
            55         7        Number of New Files Today
            56         8        Total Amount of Files in Kilobytes
            57         9        Last Callers Alias
            96         a        Ezycom Version Number
            97         b<hex>   Changes the users current colour to
                                <hex>.  See Appendix G.
            98         c        Number of session failures since
                                last session.
            99         d        Number of times the user has called
                                today.




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                           Appendix D (Menu Commands)

               The following commands are used to create your menus.

               Ezycom has 86 different menu types for use in menus.
          Following is a list these commands.  A few conventions have
          been used in this section:

           <....>  : Means that is a necessary option and must be
                     included for the menu command to function
                     correctly
           [....]  : This means that it is optional information.
           |       : This means "or".  Eg. 1 | 2 would mean 1 or 2,
               but not 1 and 2.

          Menu Types

          Option  0    Display

          Data    None

               This command simply does NOTHING and is included for
          display line purposes only.


          Option  1   Goto Menu

          Data        <MENUNAME> | /TOPMENU
                      [Password]
                      [/F=<file area template number>
                         | + | - | <group>]

                      [/M=<message area template number>
                         | + | - | <group>]

                      [/CG=<current group setting>]

                      [/NC]

               This command allows the movement from the current menu
          to another.  The menu name which Ezycom will move to when
          activated is indicated by <MENUNAME>.  The <MENUNAME> must
          not include the .MNU extension as that is appended by Ezycom
          automatically.  If /TOPMENU is used instead of <MENUNAME>,
          then the user will be moved to the TOP MENU when selecting
          this option.  Optionally a [Password] may be specified.  The
          user must then type in the Password correctly before he/she
          can gain entry to the menu.  As stated in the Menu
          Templating documentation the /F=, /M= & /CG= commands are
          valid for the Goto Menu Command.  The Optional parameter /NC
          means that NO clear
          screen command will be sent to the user when displaying the
          new menu.

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          Data Example: /TOPMENU thepassword /F=+


          Option  2   Gosub Menu

          Data        <MENUNAME> | /TOPMENU>
                      [Password]
                      [/F=<file area template number>
                         | + | - | <group>]

                      [/M=<message area template number>
                         | + | - | <group>]

                      [/CG=<current group setting>]

                      [/NC]

               This command works exactly like the GOTO menu command
          except that it leaves its FILENAME on the GOSUB MENU STACK,
          so you can later return to this MENU using Option 3 (Return
          from Gosub).

          Option  3   Return From Gosub

          Data        None

               This commands returns to the last menu where a GOSUB
          menu command was used.


          Option  4   Goto Menu & Clear Gosub Stack

          Data        <MENUNAME> | /TOPMENU
                      [Password]
                      [/F=<file area template number>
                         | + | - | <group>]

                      [/M=<message area template number>
                         | + | - | <group]

                      [/CG=<current group setting>]

                      [/NC]

               This command behaves exactly like the GOTO menu command
          except that it CLEARS the GOSUB menu stack, so you can not
          return from anymore menus until you have GOSUB'd to more.







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          Option  5   Display Text File

          Data        <Textfile>

               This command displays a <textfile> to the users screen.
          This command does NOT support MENU hotkeys.  The <textfile>
          name should not include the extension as Ezycom
          automatically determines this (ASL/ASC/ANS/AVT) according to
          the user's Terminal Emulation Options.


          Option  6   Bulletin Menu

          Data        <1-8 character name>

               Displays the <1-8 character name> file in the text file
          directories.  The user is then prompted for the remaining
          part of the file name (8 - <length of file>).  The file is
          then displayed.  No extension should be placed in the
          filename.



































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          Option  7   Run Program In DOS Shell

          Data        <program to execute> [parameters]

               The <program to execute> is the name of the program you
          wish to run.  If a COM or EXE file is being executed, then
          just the name of the program AND extension is required.

          Example Data: EZYED.EXE

               However, if a batch file is being run, then a command
          line interpreter needs to be loaded (ie COMMAND.COM).

          Example Data: C:\COMMAND.COM /C GAME.BAT

               Instead of specifying the entire path to COMMAND.COM,
          the COMSPEC environment variable can be used to retrieve the
          path.  In this case, the C:\COMMAND.COM would be replaced by
          *C.

          Example Data: *C /C GAME.BAT

               On executing a Type 7 Shell, Ezycom writes two files,
          EXITINFO.<node> and DORINFOx.DEF.  The name for DORINFOx.DEF
          is configurable and can be changed with the list of special
          commands later.  The EXITINFO.<node> holds Ezycom specific
          information, that it uses to run.  On returning to Ezycom
          after the Type 7 Shell, Ezycom reads in the EXITINFO.<node>
          file to process any information that might have been
          changed.

           *F  User's First Name
           *L  User's Last Name
           *H  The Fossil Driver is left "Hot" during the Type 7
               Shell. Generally this option is not used.
           *M  Swap out Ezycom leaving it using only 9K of RAM.  This
               enables larger programs to be executed in the Type 7
               Shell although swapping can take a few seconds, if Disk
               Swapping is used.
           *P  Comport Number
           *R  User Record Number
           *G  ANSI On/Off On=1 Off=0
           *V  ANSI/Avatar On/Off
               3  ANSI & Avatar
               2  Avatar
               1  ANSI
               0  ASCII
           *A  Users Alias (Real Name if there is no alias)
           *C  COMSPEC Environment variable (COMMAND.COM)
           *S  User's Security Level
           *N  Node : Format 1..250
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                This format could be used for renaming/copying
          DORINFOx.DEF to a naming convention that some door programs
          might prefer.

            *0  This switch is replaced by the current File Area
                Template number.
            *1  This switch is replaced by the current Message Area
          Template number.
            *2  This is the upload path for the current file area
                template.
            &V  This is the same as *V, except that it places the
                *V information in the DORINFOx.DEF and DOOR.SYS
                files.
            &A  This is the same as *A, except that it places the
                Alias of the user in the DORINFOx.DEF and DOOR.SYS
                files instead of the user's real name.
            &O  This is the same as *O, except that it places the
                Locked Baud rate in the DORINFOx.DEF and DOOR.SYS
                files instead of the effective baud rates.  That
                is, if the comport is locked.
            *D1 This option creates the DORINxxx.DEF on executing
                the Type 7 Shell where xxx is the *9 Node Format.
            *D2 This option creates the DORINFO1.DEF on executing
                the Type 7 Shell.
            *D3 This option creates DOORx.DEF on executing the Type
                7 Shell where x is the *N Node Format
            *D4 This option creates a doorway compatible DOOR.SYS
                file in executing the Type 7 Shell.
            *!  This option stops the clock when the user is in the
                Type 7 Exit.  That is, the user does not loose
                anytime in the Shell.
            *#  This option turns off the Want Chat Flag.
            *B  This is the users effective Baud Rate.  If, the
                user is local then the baud rate is 0.
            *O  This is the users actual Baud Rate between the
                computer and modem.  If the comport is NOT locked,
                then it is the same value as the effective Baud
                Rate.

               These options can be used in the parameters field of
          the Type 7 Exit.

          For Example: GAME.EXE *F *L *P

          This would translate to for instance,

          GAME.EXE Peter Davies 1.








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          Option  8   Version Information

          Data        None

               This option displays the current version of Ezycom and
          information about who the copy is registered to (where
          applicable).


          Option  9   Logoff

          Data        [/NOHANGUP] [/ERR=<errorlevel>]

               This option displays GOODBYE.A* (if it exists), before
          hanging up the user.  If the /NOHANGUP flag is used, then
          the users Carrier is not dropped during the termination of
          the call.  The [/ERR=<errorlevel>] command tells Ezycom that
          you wish to exit Ezycom with an errorlevel.  The errorlevel
          must be from 20 through to 255.

          Example Data: /NOHANGUP /ERR=25

               If both of these options are used together with some
          intelligent batch file programming, it is possible to make a
          relogon option.


          Option  10  System Usage Graph

          Data        None

               This option displays a graph of system usage for the
          node number that the user is logged into. This information
          will begin from when TIME<node>.BBS was created.


          Option  11  Page SysOp

          Data        String to Display to User (about chat)

               This option pages the sysop for a chat request, and
          sends the Data line to the user.  A suitable line for Data
          might be "Paging Sysop for a Chat... Please Wait...".












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          Option  12  Execute Questionnaire

          Data        <questionnaire name>

                      [output file] | [/NOWRITE] [/NOLOG]

               This option executes a Questionnaire.  The
          Questionnaires are named <questionnaire name>.Q-A in your
          system directory.  [output file] is the name of the answer
          file you wish to use. If you do not wish anything to be
          outputted from the questionnaire, use the /NOWRITE option.
          This will prevent zero byte files being created even if the
          questionnaire does not write anything to an answer file. The
          /NOLOG option tells Ezycom not to log the fact that the
          questionnaire was executed. See "Questionnaires" in Appendix
          A for information about Questionnaires.


          Option  13  List Users

          Data        [/A] [/C] [/S] [>=<security] [<=<security>]
                                     [=<security>] [<<security>]
                                     [><security>]

               This option displays a list of all the users on the
          system.  Various options exist.  They are

            /A : Show user's aliases instead of real names
            /C : Displays user's comments, instead of their
                 location
            /S : Displays user's security, instead of number of
                 calls

          >=<security>
               : User's security must be equal to or greater than
                 the security to be displayed
          <=<security>
               : User's security must be less than or equal to the
                 security to be displayed
          =<security>
               : User's security must be less than or equal to the
                 security to be displayed
          <<security>
               : User's security must be less than the security to
                 be displayed
          ><security>
               : User's security must be greater than the security
                 to be displayed


          Option  14  Time And Date

          Data        None


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               This option displays time statistics about the user on-
          line.


          Option  15  Exit To DOS With Errorlevel

          Data        <errorlevel>

               This option exits Ezycom with <errorlevel>, which must
          be in range from 20 to 255.  Ezycom can relogon the user
          using the -R option.  This option would only be used if the
          door games are so big that they can not run inside of a Type
          7 Shell, even with Swapping. The same parameters apply to
          this option as for Option 7.


          Option  16  Change Location

          Data        None

               This option allows the user to change his/her location.


          Option  17  Change Password

          Data        None

               This option allows the user to change his/her password.


          Option  18  Change Screen Length

          Data        None

               This option allows the user to change his/her screen
          length.


          Option  19  Toggle Screen Clearing

          Data        None

               This option allows the user to toggle whether screen
          clearing codes should be sent to him/her.


          Option  20  Toggle 'More' Prompt

          Data        None

               This option allows the user to toggle whether they will
          be given a more prompt after each screen of text.



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          Option  21  Toggle ANSI Graphics

          Data        None

               This option allows the user to toggle ANSI Graphics.


          Option  22  Check For Mail

          Data        [/G=<groups>]

               This option allows the user to check for mail waiting.
          Optionally, the groups option can be used to override the
          user's groups settings and thus for instance force scanning
          of specified groups.

          Example Data: /G=ABC


          Option  23  Read Messages

          Data        <message board> | /M

               This option allows the user to read a particular
          conference.  If /M is placed in Data, then the current
          message area template is used, otherwise the message board
          selected is used.

               While reading messages the user/sysop is presented with
          various option keys. They are:

               [A]gain   : Display the message again.
               [L]ast    : Go back to the previous message.
               [N]ext    : Move to the next message.
               [R]eply   : Reply to the current message.
               [W]rite   : Write a message.
               [D]elete  : Delete the current message.
               [F]orward : Forward the message to someone else.
               [E]dit    : Edit properties of the current message.
                           Also allows you to move/copy the message
                      to another area upon saving the changes.
               [K]eep    : Keep the message unread.
               [!]       : Shows hidden information in the message.
               [S]top    : Stop reading messages.
               [U]pdate  : Update the user whom the message is
                           from ie edit their user record (page 1).
               Alt-M     : (Local Only) Fully Update User who the
                           message is from.
               e[X]port  : (Local Only) Export the message to Disk.
                           If the filename is PRN/LTP1/LPT2/LPT3, then
                           the message is printed.




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               In the [E]dit mode, various attributes of the message
          can be edited.  The most powerful feature is the No-Kill
          flag.  If this is set to On, then MSGCOMP will NEVER delete
          the message until such times as the message is deleted by a
          User.


          Option  24  Scan Messages

          Data        <message board> | /M

               This option is the same as Option 23 except that none
          of the message body is display to the user.


          Option  25  Quickscan Messages

          Data        <message board> | /M

               This option is the same as Option 24 except that the
          information displayed is on one line, allowing an even more
          brief view of the messages.


          Option  26  Delete A Message

          Data        <message board> or /M

               This option allows the user to delete individual
          messages for a particular message area.  The user can only
          delete message(s) if they are A) A Sysop of that Message
          Area, B) They wrote the message and it is not an echomail
          message, or C) They received the message and it is not an
          echomail message.  If the user does not fall into one of
          these categories, then they will not be able to delete the
          message(s).


          Option  27  Post A Message

          Data        <message board> | /M
                      [/T=<to_user_name>] [/S=<subject>]
                      [/L]

               Post Message allows users to post a message into a
          conference pointed to <message board> or /M (the current
          message area template).  The menu creator can FORCE the name
          of the user to whom the message is to be posted to by
          placing a /T=<to_user_name> in the data line.  Note that
          when using this command, if the name has TWO words, an
          underscore must be placed between them.

          Example Data: /T=Peter_Davies


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               The subject can also be forced as well.  This can be
          accomplished by using the /S=<subject> field.  As with the
          /T option, an underscore MUST be used to separate words.
               The /L option can be used to logoff the user
          immediately after he/she posts the message.  If the user
          does not post the message, they are not logged off.


          Option  28  Select Combined Area

          Data        [/G=<groups>]

               This option allows the user to individually select
          which message areas they want on/off. Combined area settings
          are used for global reading and are now also used for
          controlling which message areas QWK will extract mail from
          for downloading. Type the area numbers you wish to toggle
          On/Off. 'Range' toggles also work.

          User Input Example: 10 15 5-8 20 100

          This toggles the status of areas 5,6,7,8,10,15,20 & 100.

          Use the /G=<groups> option to overide any group settings the
          user has.


          Option  29  Read New Messages (Global)

          Data        [/SCAN | /LIST] [/G=<groups>]

               This option allows the user to read all messages which
          he/she has not read.  Optionally /SCAN can be used to tell
          Ezycom to do scanning for new mail, instead of actually
          reading new mail.  Optionally /LIST can be used to tell
          Ezycom to list the messages.  The user's groups can also be
          optionally over ridden with the /G=<groups> command.


















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          Option  30  BiModem Transfer

          Data        <upload area> | /F

               This option allows users to transfer BIDIRECTIONALLY
          using the BiModem External Protocol.  The path for BiModem
          must be set before this option will work.  Also, the
          configuration files for BiModem (BIMODEM.1 BIMODEM.2 etc)
          must have also been placed in the path.  See "BiModem" for
          more information on it.  The <upload area> or /F specifies
          what upload area you wish any uploads to be placed in.  If
          /F is used, then uploads could be redirected to another file
          area if "Upload File Area" for that file area points to a
          different file area.  If the actual file area number is
          used, then all the uploads are always placed in that file
          area, that is no redirection can occur.


          Option  31  List Files

          Data        <file area> | /F
                      [/NEW]
                      [/G=<groups>]

               View a file list for <file area> or /F (current file
          area template).  Simply, if the user has access to the file
          area they can view the file list for it.  If /NEW is used,
          then only NEW files in that file list will be displayed.
          Optionally the user's groups for viewing can be over ridden
          using the /G=<groups> command.  While viewing the file list,
          the user is given an option to add to batch (if more prompt
          is turned on).  The user can add files to the batch using
          filenames (wildcards supported) or by typing in the number
          of the file. For Example: 1 2.  Instead of typing in the
          numbers of the files for say 1 to 10, the user could also do
          1-10.  It is suggested that you make up a standard message
          to send to all new users telling them how to use this
          feature.  It makes file batching VERY quick.


          Option  32  Download

          Data        None

               Using this option, users can download files from
          anywhere on the system, so long as they have access to the
          file areas in question.  This option also supports all the
          download batch interaction commands.







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          Option  33  Upload

          Data        <upload area> | /F

               This option allows the user to upload files to the
          system.  If <upload area> is used, then uploads are ALWAYS
          uploaded to that file area. No redirection can take place.
          If /F (current file area template) is used, then uploads are
          placed in that file area's template upload area.  That is if
          the current file area's upload area is pointed to another
          file area, then uploads would be placed in that other file
          area.


          Option  34  View Archive or GIF Info

          Data        None

               This option allows users to view the contents of ZIP,
          LZH, PAK, ARC, ZOO, GIF and ARJ files anywhere on the
          system, as long as they have download accesss to those
          files. In the case of a GIF image it will give the image
          dimensions (resolution), number of colours and the revision
          level of the image.


          Option  35  File Scan (Keyword)

          Data        [file areas to search and/or /F]
                      [/G=<groups>]

               This option allows users to search through the file
          areas by using a keyword.  Data can Optionally contain a
          list of file areas that can be used to search.  If, Data is
          blank, then all file areas are searched. The user may also
          optionally select start and ending dates for the search to
          be done for.

          Example Data: 1 /F

               This would mean that first of all, file area 1 is
          scanned, then the current file area template is scanned.  If
          they were reversed on the Data line (ie '/F 1'), then the
          current file area template would be searched first then file
          area 1.
               Again Optionally, /G=<groups> can be used to override
          the user's groups for viewing.








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          Option  36  File Scan (File name)

          Data        [file areas to search and/or /F]
                      [/G=<groups>]

               This option allows users to search through the file
          areas by using a filespec.  A filespec is a file
          specification.  This can include DOS/UNIX valid wild cards
          such as * and ?. For example to list all files, *.* would be
          used.  As with Menu Type 35, the file areas to search can be
          selected for this Menu Type.  They work in EXACTLY the same
          way as Option 35.  Again, the user's groups for viewing can
          be overridden using the /G=<groups> option.


          Option  37  New File Search

          Data        [file areas to search and/or /F]
                      [/G=<groups>]

               This option allows users to view new files since the
          last time they executed this option, or the view new files
          option at logon.  For instance, if the user logged on, and
          did not did a new files list in that session, then the next
          time they do a new files list, they will see all the files
          since the last time the did this option, not the last time
          they logged on.  The Data also allows the specification of
          which file areas to scan.  The file areas are listed EXACTLY
          the same way as with Option 35.  Optionally, the /G=<groups>
          can again be used to override the current user's groups for
          this command.


          Option  38  View Text File

          Data        None

               This option allows users to view text files that are in
          file areas.  The user is asked for the filename of the text
          file to view.  Note that this is a GLOBAL option, so the
          users do not have to be in the correct file area to view the
          text file.


          Option  39  Display Fully Named Text File

          Data        <Textfile Name>

               This option allows the viewing of a textfile name,
          specified by <Textfile Name>.  This filename should also
          include the extension.

          Example Data: C:\EZY\SOLUTION\PQ3.SOL


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          Option  40  Display Text File With Hotkeys

          Data        <FileName> | /MENU

               This option allows the displaying of AVT/ANS/ASC/ASL
          with the use of Menu Hotkeys.  Typically this option would
          be used as an automatic option at the top of a MENU.  The
          <FileName> should NOT include an extension.

          Example Data: QUICKF

               The /MENU command can be used instead of the filename.
          This option automatically replaces itself with the FileName
          of the current Menu.  For example, if Ezycom was in the Menu
          TOP and if the /MENU command was used in the Data, then
          Ezycom would display the TOP.A* textfile.


          Option  41  Toggle Full Screen Editor

          Data        None

               This option allows the user to toggle the use of the
          full screen message editor.


          Option  42  Toggle IBM Extended Characters

          Data        None

               This option allows the user to toggle the user of the
          IBM Extended Character Set.  This will tell Ezycom whether
          to use the .ASC files or the .ASL files for menu display to
          ASCII (non ANSI or AVATAR) users.


          Option  43  View Nodelist

          Data        /M | <msgboard> | /N=<network address>

               This option allows you to view a nodelist which has
          been indexed with EZYNODE (See EZYNODE for configuration).
          If /M is used on the command line, then the current message
          template area is used to view the nodelist.  If <msgboard>
          is used, then that message board's nodelist will be used.
          If /N=<network address> is used, then that <network address>
          is used to view the nodelist.  Note that when viewing the
          nodelist from a message board, only echomail or netmail
          areas will work.

          Example Data: /M                (Current Message Area)
                        1                 (Message Board 1)
                        /N=3:622/407      (Net Address 3:622/407)


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          Option  44  Reset Combined Areas

          Data        [/G=group]

               This option allows the user to set all of their
          combined areas to either ON, OFF or the DEFAULT values. This
          is also how users control which areas they wish to get mail
          from when using QWK offline mail (see later).
          Use the /G=group option to overide any group settings the
          user has.

          Option  45  Display Text File -w- Pause

          Data        <FileName> or /MENU

               This option displays the text file, then asks the user
          to press enter when it has finished being displayed.  Again
          the /MENU command can be used to substitute the MENU name
          for the filename.  The FileName should not include paths or
          extensions.

          Example Data: QUICKF


          Option  46  Display Fully Named File -w- Pause

          Data        <TextFile>

               This option displays <TextFile> to the screen and
          pauses at the end.  This option is basically the same as
          option 39 except in this option, the FULL pathname should be
          given.

          Example Data: C:\EZY\FILES\PQ3.SOL


          Option  47  Make A Log Entry

          Data        Text to Place in Log

               This option allows an entry in the log to be generated
          Typically this would be an automatic option, and would be
          used to indicate that the user moved into a menu on the
          board.  The smart text codes of @ and ` can be used to
          indicate the current file area template and the current
          message area template respectively.








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          Option  48  Download Specific File

          Data        <filename> [/FREE] [/FREETIME]

               This option allows the user to download the file
          pointed to be <filename>.  <filename> should be a full path
          and extension of the file.  Optionally the /FREE switch can
          be used to signify a free download for the user (ie the file
          does not count against their download record). You might use
          this for downloading a membership form from a menu for
          instance. The /FREETIME option means all time constraints
          and system events will be ignored when downloading this
          file.


          Option  49  Select Message Area

          Data        [text file] [/G=<groups>] [/RETLIST]

               This option gives the user a list of message areas and
          changes the current message area template to the message
          area they select.  If you want to make your own list of
          message areas, then place the filename (no extension) of the
          textfile to be used instead in the Data like.  Optionally,
          /G=<groups> can be used to override the default user's
          groups for this command. The /RETLIST option tells Ezycom to
          immediately begin listing areas instead of giving the user
          the option to pick an area without first viewing the list of
          areas (ie. skips the need to type '?' all the time).


          Option  50  Select File Area

          Data        [text file] [/G=<groups>] [/RETLIST]

               This option is basically the same as Option 49, except
          that it changes the current file area template instead.
          Optionally, /G=<groups> can be used to override the default
          user's groups for this command. /RETLIST has the same
          function here as for Option 49.


          Option  51  List Today's/Yesterday's Callers

          Data        [/A] [/Y]

               This option displays a list of todays or yesterdays
          callers to the Bulletin Board Service.  If /Y is placed in
          Data, then Yesterday's callers are shown, otherwise Today's
          callers are shown.  If /A is used in Data, then aliases are
          used instead of real names.




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               When a list of today's callers is displayed, a DidWhat?
          field is shown.  They represent certain actions the user did
          while online.  These are:

          N = NewUser
          R = Read Messages
          S = Sent Messages
          D = Downloaded
          U = Uploaded
          P = Paged Operator
          C = Chatted with Sysop, or other Users (multiline chat)
          O = Outside Ezycom (type 7/15 shell)


          Option  52  Show Users On-Line

          Data        [/A]

               This option displays a list of users who are currently
          online.  This option works across networks and/or
          multitaskers, to show every user who is using Ezycom at this
          time.  If the /A switch is used on the Data line, then
          Aliases are shown instead of real names. Users logged in
          locally (eg. the sysop) will be shown with the baud rate as
          'Local'.


          Option  53  Toggle "Do Not Disturb"

          Data        None

               This option allows the user to toggle the Do Not
          Disturb mode.  This mode stops users on other lines from
          sending a message to their node.


          Option  54  Send An Online Message

          Data        [/A]

               This option allows the user currently online, to send a
          one line message to a user on another line.  The message
          arrives only while users are in the menu system, not while
          they are reading messages or in an menu option and more.  If
          the /A switch is used, aliases are shown instead of real
          names.









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          Option  55  Download ANY File

          Data        None

               This option allows user(s) to download files from
          ANYWHERE on the system.  They can specify a full pathname to
          download the files.  This option should only be made
          available to the Sysop or not used at all. It can be a major
          security risk otherwise.


          Option  56  Import Text File To Message

          Data        <message board> | /M
                      [/U=<from_username>]
                      [/T=<to_username>]
                      /S=<subject>
                      /L=<text file>

               This option is used for importing a text file into the
          BBS.  The main use for this option would be to post a
          message to a newuser.  The <message board> | /M specify
          which message area the message will be posted in.  The /U
          command specifies the 'From' user name.  All spaces in the
          names must use an UNDERSCORE character.

          For Example: /U=Peter_Davies

               If the /U command is left out, then the from user name
          defaults to the name of the user currently online.  The /T
          command is mostly the same as the /U command, except that it
          specifies the name of who the message is to be posted to.
          If, the /T command is omitted, then the message is posted to
          the name of the user online.  The /S command specifies the
          subject of the message and is NOT an optional parameter.
          The /L commands specifies a fully qualified filename (path,
          name and extension) of the file which contains the message
          to be imported into a message area and is also NOT an
          optional parameter.

               This command supports the Ctrl-F/K smart text codes in
          the text file to be imported.













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          Option  57  Change Voice Phone Number

          Data        None

               This option allows the user to change his/her home
          voice phone number.


          Option  58  Change Data Phone Number

          Data        None

               This option allows the user to change his/her
          business/data phone number.


          Option  59  Toggle mailbox hold

          Data        None

               This options allows the user to toggle whether his/her
          mail is on hold. If a user is going away on vacation, then
          this will ensure that all their mail is still waiting for
          them (and does not get deleted) until after they get back
          and read/reply to it


          Option  60  Mail forwarding

          Data        None

               This option allows the user to turn on forwarding of
          his/her mail to another user on the system. A user may want
          to redirect all their mail to someone else whilst they are
          away on vacation for instance.


          Option  61  Toggle Avatar Graphics

          Data        None

               This option allows the user to turn Avatar Graphics
          On/Off.


          Option  62  List Transfer Batch

          Data        None

               This option displays the current contents of the user's
          download batch.




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          Option  63  Erase Transfer Batch

          Data        None

               This option erases the entire contents of the user's
          download batch.


          Option  64  Add Files To Batch

          Data        None

               This option allows the user to add files to his/her
          download batch.

          Option  65  Erase One File From Batch

          Data        None

               This option allows the user to erase single or multiple
          files (using wildcards) from the download batch.


          Option  66  Multiline Conference

          Data        [/A]

               This option allows live chatting between two or more
          users on different nodes of the Bulletin Board.  The
          optional /A switch forces Aliases instead of Real Names to
          show whilst in chat.


          Option  67  Change To Area With Unread Mail

          Data        [/RETLIST]

               This option is the same as option 49 (change to message
          area) except that the user is told if there is new/unread
          mail in an area, indicated by a [NEW] in front of the
          message area name in the list. The /RETLIST option also has
          the same affect as described in option 49.













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          Option  68  Online Master List

          Data        [/FREE] (Free Download)
                      [/RAW]  (Allow Raw File Download)
                      [/ZIP]  (Allow ZIP Compression)
                      [/LZH]  (Allow LZH Compression)
                      [/ARJ]  (Allow ARJ Compression)
                      [/SWAP] (Swap Out Ezycom on Compression)

               This option allows the user to download a master list
          that is generated online and on the fly.  /RAW, /ZIP, /LZH,
          /ARJ allow the sysop to define which archive formats are
          allowable for the download of the master list.  The /SWAP
          command will tell Ezycom to swap out leaving only 8K of
          memory resident while producing the list.  If the /FREE
          command is used then the download is free.  It is
          recommended that systems with large filebases do not use
          this option and just make a master file list each day
          instead (during maintenance for instance).

          Option  69  Toggle local display

          Data        ON | OFF | TOGGLE

               This option turns on/off the local display when a
          remote user is on-line (does nothing in local mode).  If ON
          is used, then the display is turned ON.  If OFF is used,
          then the display is turned OFF.  If TOGGLE is used, then the
          display is turned ON or OFF depending on its current state.


          Option  70  Toggle Date Display Format

          Data        None

               This option allows the user to toggle between using the
          American (MM/DD/YYYY) and European (DD/MM/YYYY) date
          formats.


          Option  71  Change Colour Setup

          Data        <1..8> <+ | ->

               This option allows the user to change colours for the
          display of message/file areas.  The <1..8> is which colour
          to change.  If "+" is used, then the colour number is
          incremented by one.  If "-" is used, then the colour number
          is decremented by one.






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          Option  72  Change Alias

          Data        None

               This option allows the user to change his/her alias to
          any other name as long as it is not already in use by
          another user (either as their real name or as their alias).


          Option  73  Change Comment

          Data        None

               This option allows the user to define a comment about
          him/herself, or change the current one to something else.


          Option  74  Clear Screen

          Data        None

               This option simply clears the screen, if the user has
          clear screen codes set to On.


          Option  75  Display .ASC -w- HotKeys

          Data        <FileName>

               This option is the same as Type 40 except that only
          ASC/ASL menus can be displayed.  This can give the user fast
          menus, but still have ANSI/AVATAR for other options like the
          Full Screen Editor for instance.


          Option  76  Select Default Protocol

          Data        None

               This option allows the user to select a default
          protocol for downloading and uploading. This removes the
          necessity to choose a protocol each time the user wishes to
          do a transfer (ie saves time).


          Option  77  Deposit Time Or Kilobytes

          Data        /K | /T

               This option allows the user to deposit time or
          kilobytes into their time or kilobyte bank respectively.
          The /K switch, forces the kilobytes bank. The /T forces the
          time bank.


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          Option  78  Withdraw Time Or Kilobytes

          Data        [/K]

               This option allows the user to withdraw time or
          kilobytes from their time or kilobyte bank respectively.
          The /K and /T switches work the same as for option 78.


          Option  79  Display Best User Stats

          Data        [/M]     Display Best Messages
                      [/C]     Display Best Caller
                      [/UP]    Display Best Uploader (Files)
                      [/DN]    Display Best Downloader (Files)
                      [/FP]    Display Best File Points
                      [/UK]    Display Best Uploader (KiloBytes)
                      [/DK]    Display Best Downloader (KiloBytes)

               This option displays a best users list.  If no options
          are specified, then all best lists are displayed.  It is
          possible to have more than one best list displayed at a time
          using a combination of the options.


          Option  80  Disable GLOBAL For This Menu

          Data        None

               This option disables functions on the GLOBAL menu for
          the menu current menu, thus rendering any normally global
          options, inactive.  This should be used as an automatic
          option and should be the first line in the MENU.


          Option  81  Create Door Information Files

          Data        [DOORWAY=<filename>]
                      [DORINFO=<filename>]

                      *A   Place Alias in the Files to written.
                      *O   Place the Locked Port Baud Rate
                           (MaxBaud)
                           in the Files to written.
                      *V   Use Avatar Standard for Graphics Flags
                           in DORINFOx.DEF.
                      *9   Use FO1..250 for Nodes  1 to 250
                      *N   Use   1..250 for Nodes  1 to 250







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               This option writes the doorway DOOR.SYS and/or
          DORINFO1.DEF file(s) to the filenames of your choosing.  The
          subset of type 7 parameters listed can be placed in any
          parts of the command line and will be translated into their
          meaning.

          Example Data: DORINFO=DORIN*9.DEF *A *O *V


          Option  82  Select compression type

          Data        None

               This option allows users to select the type of
          compression they wish to use on QWK mail bundles.


          Option  83  Download .QWK bundle

          Data        None

               This allows users to begin bundling and later begin
          downloading a QWK mail archive. Selecting this option gives
          a submenu where users can also toggle whether they wish to
          receive their personal mail and whether they wish to receive
          new mail or not. Once download is selected, bundling of the
          QWK files will begin. The user is given constant updates as
          to the status of the bundling. Local downloading of QWK is
          also allowed and you will be prompted for a path to download
          to after the bundle is ready for transfer.


          Option  84  Upload .QWK bundle

          Data        None

               This allows users to send QWK reply bundles to the BBS
          ie replies to messages they downloaded. Local uploads are
          also allowed in the same manner as local QWK downloads.


          Option  85  Toggle full/combined mail check

          Data        None

               This allows the user to toggle whether a New Mail Scan
          (at login or from a menu option) checks ALL areas or only
          those turned on in their combined area setup. The latter
          case is best not used otherwise users will miss new mail to
          them in areas not in their combined setup.





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          Option  86  Set .QWK options

          Data        /MAXMESS | /MAXAREA | /MAXOLD

               Use this option to allow users to place restrictions on
          the size of their QWK bundles. The /MAXMESS option allows
          the user to set the maximum number of messages per bundle
          (up to the limit you've set in Config). Use /MAXAREA to
          allow users to select the maximum number of messages that
          can be scanned out from each area they have selected. The
          /MAXOLD option allow the user to control the maximum number
          of days old that messages scanned out, are allowed to be.











































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                       Appendix E (Operating Batch Files)

               The following is a batch file for running Ezycom as a
          stand alone system.  This batch file will work for any
          number of nodes you like, up to 250 that is.  For Node 1
          just type BBS with no parameters after the batch file name.
          For any other Node type the node number (up to 250) after
          the batch file name.

          For Example: For node 4 type -

          BBS 4

          BBS.BAT from the startup file that comes with Ezycom.

          @echo off
          rem    Ezycom Standalone Batch File V1.0
          rem    Command Format :
          rem        BBS        (for node 1 operation)
          rem        BBS [node] (for node X operation)
          rem    [node] is the node number from 1 through to 250
          rem    Eg.  BBS 2
          cd %EZY%
          if %1! == !     SET TASK=1
          if not %1! == ! SET TASK=%1
          :start
          ezy -E25
          if errorlevel 27 goto start
          if errorlevel 26 goto tossmail
          if errorlevel 25 goto start
          if errorlevel 24 goto weeklyevent
          if errorlevel 23 goto dailyevent
          if errorlevel  9 goto start
          if errorlevel  8 goto sysopnext
          if errorlevel  7 goto netecho
          if errorlevel  6 goto netmail
          if errorlevel  5 goto echomail
          if errorlevel  4 goto modeminit
          if errorlevel  3 goto fossil
          if errorlevel  2 goto runtimeerror
          if errorlevel  1 goto setuperror
          goto finish
          :weeklyevent
          echo Weekly Maintenance Being performed
          cd %EZY%
          ezyff -c
          ezymaint -D
          goto start
          :dailyevent
          echo Daily Maintenance Being performed
          cd %EZY%
          ezyff -c
          ezymaint -p -i -c

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          ezyff -i
          usercomp -B20 -S1 -P -D90 -A
          msgcomp  -LINK
          ezyutil  -STRIPLOG -TEZY%TASK%.LOG -D21goto start
          :tossmail
          cd %EZY%
          ezymail -toss
          ezynet  -import -echoarea
          :netecho
          echo Net/Echo Mail Entered
          cd %EZY%
          EZYMAIL -SCAN
          :netmail
          cd %EZY%
          EZYNET  -EXPORT
          goto start
          :echomail
          cd %EZY%
          EZYMAIL -SCAN
          goto start
          :fossil
          echo Fossil Error
          goto finish
          :modeminit
          echo Modem Init Error
          goto finish
          :runtimeerror
          echo Runtime Error Please consult Errors.log
          goto start
          :setuperror
          echo Setup Error
          :finish
          echo Ezycom is Down






















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               The following Batch file is for running D'Bridge with
          Ezycom.  Again this batch file will run any amount of Nodes
          you want (up to 250).  The syntax is the same as the BBS.BAT
          example DBMAILER 2 would run D'Bridge with node 2 operating.

          DBMAILER.BAT

          @echo off
          rem    Ezycom DB Mailer Batch File V1.0
          rem    Command Format :
          rem    DBMAILER        (for node 1 operation)
          rem    DBMAILER [node] (for node XX operation)
          rem    [node] is the node number from 1 through to 250
          rem    Eg.  BBS 2
          set DBRIDGE=C:\DB {You may have to change this to suit}
          rem NOTE : no trailing backslash
          if %1! == !     SET TASK=1
          if not %1! == ! SET TASK=%1
          :EXECDB
          cd %DBRIDGE%
          echo scan >dbridge.rsn
          Db
          if errorlevel 100 goto WEEKEND
          if errorlevel 90  goto DAILY
          if errorlevel 60  goto MAILIN
          if errorlevel 50  goto BBS
          if errorlevel 45  goto EDITOR
          if errorlevel 1   goto EXIT
          if errorlevel 0   goto EXIT
          goto execdb

          :DAILY
          cd %EZY%
          ezymail -scan
          ezynet  -export
          ezyff -C
          ezymaint -C -I -P
          ezyff -ID
          usercomp -A -S1 -P -B10 -D90
          msgcomp -LINK
          goto execdb

          :MAILIN
          ezynet  -import -echoarea
          ezymail -toss
          goto execdb

          :BBS
          CALL bbs.bat
          goto execdb

          :EDITOR
          cd %DBRIDGE%

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          dbedit
          goto execdb

          :WEEKEND
          rem weekend event like stuff goes here
          cd %EZY%
          ezyff -c
          ezymaint -D
          goto execdb

          :EXIT
          echo Ezycom is Down

               Here is also an excerpt of a D'BRIDGE.AUT to show you
          how to set the exit to the BBS section in D'Bridge setup.

          * D'Bridge "Exported Config"
          * Execute BBS Segment From D'BRIDGE.AUT file

          After hours filename C:\DB\AHOURS.TXT
          Please wait text   Please wait...20 sec or Press <esc> <esc>
          Loading BBS text   Loading another Ezycom BBS.
          BBS DOS commands   ECHO @C: >BBS.BAT
          BBS DOS commands   ECHO @CD\EZY >>BBS.BAT
          BBS DOS commands   ECHO @EZY -B*b -T*t >>bbs.bat
          BBS DOS commands   *X50

               This is explained far better in the D'Bridge user
          manual that comes with D'Bridge.


























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               The following batch file is for users of FrontDoor. It
          will also run as many Nodes you want.  Don't forget to check
          if you have to change the set command in your batch file.


          @echo off
          rem    Ezycom FD Mailer Batch File V1.0
          rem    Command Format :
          rem    FDMAILER        (for node 1 operation)
          rem    FDMAILER [node] (for node XX operation)
          rem    [node] is the node number from 1 through to 250
          rem    Eg.  BBS 2
          set FD=C:\FD
          rem NOTE : no trailing backslash
          if %1! == !     SET TASK=1
          if not %1! == ! SET TASK=%1
          :start
          cd %FD%
          fd
          if errorlevel 210 goto 38400baud
          if errorlevel 209 goto 19200baud
          if errorlevel 208 goto 14400baud
          if errorlevel 207 goto 12000baud
          if errorlevel 206 goto 9600baud
          if errorlevel 205 goto 7200baud
          if errorlevel 204 goto 4800baud
          if errorlevel 203 goto 2400baud
          if errorlevel 202 goto 1275baud
          if errorlevel 201 goto 1200baud
          if errorlevel 200 goto 300baud
          if errorlevel 191 goto scanecho
          if errorlevel 190 goto unpackmail
          if errorlevel  51 goto localbbs
          if errorlevel  50 goto cleanup
          if errorlevel  10 goto end
          if errorlevel   6 goto fossil
          if errorlevel   5 goto modeminit
          if errorlevel   4 goto modemresp
          if errorlevel   3 goto fulldisk
          if errorlevel   2 goto external
          if errorlevel   1 goto internal
          goto start

          :38400baud
          cd %EZY%
          ezy -b38400 -E20
          goto after_ezy

          :19200baud
          cd %EZY%
          ezy -b19200 -E20
          goto after_ezy



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          :14400baud
          cd %EZY%
          ezy -b14400 -E20
          goto after_ezy

          :12000baud
          cd %EZY%
          ezy -b12000 -E20
          goto after_ezy

          :9600baud
          cd %EZY%
          ezy -b9600 -E20
          goto after_ezy

          :7200baud
          cd %EZY%
          ezy -b7200 -E20
          goto after_ezy

          :4800baud
          cd %EZY%
          ezy -b4800 -E20
          goto after_ezy

          :2400baud
          cd %EZY%
          ezy -b2400 -E20
          goto after_ezy

          :1275baud
          cd %EZY%
          ezy -b1275 -E20
          goto after_ezy

          :1200baud
          cd %EZY%
          ezy -b1200 -E20
          goto after_ezy

          :300baud
          cd %EZY%
          ezy -b300 -E20
          goto after_ezy

          :localbbs
          cd %EZY%
          ezy -L -E20

          :after_ezy
          if errorlevel 20 goto start
          if errorlevel 9 goto start
          if errorlevel 8 goto sysopnext
          if errorlevel 7 goto scanecho

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          if errorlevel 6 goto scanecho
          if errorlevel 5 goto scanecho
          if errorlevel 4 goto modeminit
          if errorlevel 3 goto fossil
          if errorlevel 2 goto runtimeerror
          if errorlevel 1 goto setuperror
          goto start

          :unpackmail
          cd %EZY%
          ezymail -toss -verbose
          ezynet  -import -echoarea
          goto start

          :scanecho
          cd %EZY%
          ezymail -scan -verbose
          ezynet  -export
          goto start

          :cleanup
          cd %EZY%
          ezyff -c
          ezymaint -i -p -c
          ezyff -i
          usercomp -b20 -p -d90 -s1 -a
          msgcomp -LINK
          goto start

          :sysopnext
          echo Yo!!!! Your LOGON NOW!!!
          pause
          goto start

          :weekly
          cd %EZY%
          ezyff -c
          ezymaint -d
          goto start

          :setuperror
          echo Setup Error!
          goto end

          :runtimeerror
          echo Runtime Error! Consult Errors.Log
          goto start

          :modeminit
          echo Modem Init Error!
          goto End

          :fossil
          Echo Wrong Fossil Version!

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          goto end

          :modeminit
          Echo EZY Unable To Initialise Modem!
          goto start

          :modemresp
          Echo FD Modem NOT Responding!
          goto end

          :fulldisk
          Echo Insufficient Disk Space TO Proceed!
          goto end

          :external
          Echo External FD Error - System File Missing!
          goto end

          :internal
          Echo Internal FD Error!
          goto end

          :end
          Echo Ezycom Is Down!
          cd %EZY%


               As you can see, Ezycom will run with most mailers as
          well as run as a stand alone system.


























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                                   (Credits)

          Credits

             I would like to thank in no particular order Wayne
          Burnside, Richard Stocks, Garry Gillard, Neil Lees, Geoff
          Edes, Steven Schnitzer, Brad Vonarx, Stuart Healey, Brendan
          McCarthy, Ian Mason, Donald Grover, Christian Kraus, Lloyd
          Bayley, Matthew Taylor, John Buetefuer, Dean Harry, Bernard
          Holkner, Andrew Doran, Robin Cook, Douglas Taylor, Paul
          Sanders, John Davies, Paul Chandler, Jeff Clements, Gavin
          Baumanis, Ken Givens, Bob Ratliff, Medhi Attaran, Lars
          Eriksson, Reoger Aspelin, Niklas Karlsson, Jens Mueller,
          Darren Gibs, Ron Clark, Mark Bayles, Scott MacKenzie, Dean
          MacKin, Robert Wilson, Pete Wren and all the other
          Beta/Gamma Testers.  Definitely, Ezycom would not have been
          what it is, without the aid and support of these people.





































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                          Appendix G (Colour Changer)

               Ezycom now supports a colour changer which can be
          embedded in text files or in menus.  Ctrl-Kb initiates the
          colour changer. Following this a hex code is required to
          actually tell Ezycom what colour to change to.  The <hex>
          code is a two digit hexadecimal number that indicates the
          colour to change to.  The first digit indicates the
          background colour and whether the foreground colour should
          be blinking or not.  The second digit is the foreground
          colour.

                Foreground                   Background

                0 - Black                    0 - Black
                1 - Blue                     1 - Blue
                2 - Green                    2 - Green
                3 - Cyan                     3 - Cyan
                4 - Red                      4 - Red
                5 - Magenta                  5 - Magenta
                6 - Brown                    6 - Brown
                7 - LightGray                7 - LightGray
                8 - DarkGray                 8 - Black+Blinking
                9 - LightBlue                9 - Blue+Blinking
                A - LightGreen               A - Green+Blinking
                B - LightCyan                B - Cyan+Blinking
                C - LightRed                 C - Red+Blinking
                D - LightMagenta             D - Magenta+Blinking
                E - Yellow                   E - Brown+Blinking
                F - White                    F - LightGray+Blinking

          For Example: CtrlKb07

          Would set the background colour to black (0) and the
          foreground colour to LightGray (7).

          For Example: CtrlKb4F

          Would set the background colour to Red (4) and the
          foreground colour to White (F).

          For Example: CtrlKbCF

          Would set the background colour to Red ((4) + (8) = C) and
          the foreground colour to White Blinking (F)










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                            Appendix H (Suggestions)

               If, you have any suggestions for Ezycom, please feel
          free to contact Peter Davies.

               Please clearly state your suggestion, and a return
          address so that we may get back to you if required.

          Post/Email to

          Peter Davies             Fido     3:633/152
          PO Box 43                Internet [e-mail]
          Bentleigh VIC 3204
          Australia









































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                             Appendix I (Problems)

               If you have any bugs or problems with Ezycom please
          feel free to contact Peter Davies or one of our Support
          Sites.

               Please clearly state your problem or bug, and a return
          address so that we may get back to you if required.

          Post/Email to

          Peter Davies         Fido:     3:633/152
          PO Box 43            Internet: [e-mail]
          Bentleigh VIC 3204
          Australia








































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          Index
          -----

          Table of Contents                                          2
          Features of Ezycom                                         4
          Conditions of Use                                          7
          Registration                                               9
          Ezycom Support Sites                                      10
          Copyrights                                                11
          Installation                                              12
          Installation Requirements                                 12
          Installation Set-up                                       12
          Config (Info, Site)                                       14
          Config (Other)                                            15
          Config (Other, Paths)                                     15
          Config (Other, Overlay Path)                              15
          Config (Other, System Log)                                15
          Config (Other, Maintenance Log)                           16
          Config (Other, Swap File)                                 16
          Config (Other, Text Files)                                16
          Config (Other, Menu Files)                                16
          Config (Other, Menu 2nd)                                  16
          Config (Other, Netmail/Nodelist)                          16
          Config (Other, Message Base)                              16
          Config (Other, File Base)                                 17
          Config (Other, File Index)                                17
          Config (Other, File Sec)                                  17
          Config (Other, Userbase)                                  17
          Config (Other, Bimodem Path)                              17
          Config (Other, Node Message)                              17
          Config (Other, Temp Path)                                 17
          Config (Other, Outside Page)                              17
          Config (Other, Upload Path)                               18
          Config (Other, System)                                    18
          Config (Other, Inactivity (Mins))                         18
          Config (Other, Local Inactivity Timeout)                  18
          Config (Other, Multiline)                                 19
          Config (Other, Multi Tasker)                              19
          Config (Other, Allow Extended IBM Chars)                  19
          Config (Other, Swap Out on Jump to Dos)                   19
          Config (Other, Top Menu)                                  19
          Config (Other, Log to Printer)                            19
          Config (Other, Printer Port)                              19
          Config (Other, Password Echo Character)                   19
          Config (Other, Internode Message Freq (s))                20
          Config (Other, Age Check, minimum Age)                    20
          Config (Other, Utility Date Format)                       20
          Config (Other, Use EMS for Overlays)                      20
          Config (Other, Swapping Type)                             20
          Config (Other, Enclosing Brackets)                        20
          Config (Other, Left Bracket/Right Bracket)                20
          Config (Other, Min Time For Call)                         21
          Config (Other, New User)                                  21
          Config (Other, Ask NewUser Home/Voice Phone)              21

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          Config (Other, Ask NewUser Data/Bus Phone)                21
          Config (Other, Use Forced Phone Format)                   22
          Config (Other, Forced Phone Format)                       22
          Config (Other, Ask NewUser For Alias)                     22
          Config (Other, Ask NewUser For Date of Birth)             22
          Config (Other, NewUser Ansi)                              22
          Config (Other, NewUser Avatar)                            22
          Config (Other, NewUser Full Screen Editor)                23
          Config (Other, NewUser Clear Screens)                     23
          Config (Other, NewUser More Prompt)                       23
          Config (Other, NewUser IBM Characters)                    23
          Config (Other, NewUser Date Format)                       23
          Config (Other, NewUser Security)                          23
          Config (Other, NewUser Flags)                             23
          Config (Other, Minimum Password Length)                   23
          Config (Other, Minimum ANSI/AVATAR Baud Rate)             24
          Config (Other, NewUser File Points Credit)                24
          Config (Other, NewUser Netmail Credit)                    24
          Config (Other, NewUser Top Menu)                          24
          Config (Other, Logon)                                     24
          Config (Other, Forced Password Change)                    24
          Config (Other, Ask for Date of Birth)                     25
          Config (Other, Ask for Phone Number)                      25
          Config (Other, WatchDog Message Board)                    25
          Config (Other, Bad Login Message Board)                   25
          Lost User Password Feature                                25
          Config (Other, Minimum Logon Security)                    26
          Config (Other, Number of Logon Attempts)                  26
          Config (Other, Allow OneWord Logon Names)                 26
          Config (Other, Minimum Logon Baud Rate)                   26
          Config (Other, Minimum Slow Baud Rate)                    26
          Config (Other, Slow Baud Start and End)                   26
          Config (Other, Low Security Start and End)                27
          Config (Other, Initial Logon Time)                        27
          Config (Other, 1st Rego Exp Warning (Days))               27
          Config (Other, 2nd Rego Exp Warning (Days))               27
          Config (Other, Check for Mail at Logon)                   28
          Config (Other, Check for Files at Logon)                  28
          Config (Other, Fast Local Login)                          28
          Config (Other, Display Remote User's Password)            28
          Config (Other, Ask for Local Password)                    28
          Config (Other, Allow Sysop Remote)                        28
          Config (Other, Auto Detect ANSI)                          28
          Config (Other, IEMSI)                                     29
          Config (Other, Alt/Ctrl)                                  29
          Config (Other, Paging)                                    30
          Config (Other, Maximum Pages per Session)                 30
          Config (Other, Number Of Page Files)                      30
          Config (Other, Page Length (secs))                        30
          Config (Other, Ask For Page Reason)                       30
          Config (Other, Page Start/End)                            31
          Config (Other, Message To Sysop Area)                     31
          Config (Other, Use Sysop's Alias In Chat)                 31
          Config (Other, Auto Capture In Chat)                      31

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          Config (Other, Sound)                                     31
          Config (Other, Access)                                    31
          Config (Other, Guest Account)                             32
          Config (Other, Keyboard Password)                         32
          Config (Other, Logon Password)                            32
          Config (Other, NewUser Password)                          32
          Config (Screen)                                           33
          Config (Screen, Message/Files)                            33
          Config (Screen, Windows)                                  33
          Config (Screen, General)                                  33
          Config (Screen, Default Colour)                           33
          Config (Screen, Default Mono)                             33
          Config (Screen, Options)                                  34
          Config (File Areas)                                       35
          Config (File Areas, File Areas)                           35
          Config (File Areas, File Area Name (Number))              35
          Config (File Areas, Area Path)                            35
          Config (File Areas, Upload File Area)                     35
          Config (File Areas, File Group)                           36
          Config (File Areas, Conversion)                           36
          Config (File Areas, Off-line Allowed)                     36
          Config (File Areas, Sort by)                              36
          Config (File Areas, Use in Master List)                   36
          Config (File Areas, User Security)                        37
          Config (File Areas, User Flags)                           37
          Config (File Areas, SysOp Security)                       37
          Config (File Areas, SysOp Flags)                          37
          Config (File Areas, File Paths)                           37
          Config (File Areas, File Path)                            37
          Config (File Areas, Download Security)                    37
          Config (File Areas, Download Flags)                       37
          Config (File Areas, File Area)                            38
          Config (File Areas, Password)                             38
          Config (File Areas, CD Rom Path)                          38
          Config (File Areas, Sec Action)                           38
          Config (File Areas, Free Path)                            38
          Config (File Areas, Age Check)                            38
          Config (File Areas, Misc)                                 39
          Config (File Areas, Usable File Areas)                    39
          Config (File Areas, Minimum Upload Space)                 39
          Config (File Areas, Swap Out on Bimodem)                  39
          Config (File Areas, Ezymaint Conversion Swap)             39
          Config (File Areas, Fedit View Swap)                      40
          Config (File Areas, Swap Out on Upload Checks)            40
          Config (File Areas, Minimum Ignore FPs Security)          40
          Config (File Areas, FPs credited for Download (%))        40
          Config (File Areas, Time of Upload FPs Given (%))         40
          Config (File Areas, 1 File Point is Worth (k))            40
          Config (File Areas, Upload Time Credit Factor (%))        40
          Config (File Areas, Min Description Length)               41
          Config (File Areas, Max Description Length)               41
          Config (File Areas, Delete Incomplete Uploads)            41
          Config (File Areas, Move Local Uploads)                   41
          Config (File Areas, File List)                            41

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          Config (File Areas, User Show Date)                       42
          Config (File Areas, User Show FileSize)                   42
          Config (File Areas, User Uploader)                        42
          Config (File Areas, User Download Count)                  42
          Config (File Areas, User Show Security Files)             42
          Config (File Areas, User Transfer Time)                   42
          Config (File Areas, User Show File Points)                43
          Config (File Areas, Sysop File List Options)              43
          Config (File Areas, Highlight New Files)                  43
          Config (File Areas, Show New Files Character)             43
          Config (File Areas, Security Files Char)                  43
          Config (File Areas, File Security)                        43
          Config (File Areas, Filename)                             44
          Config (File Areas, Security)                             44
          Config (File Areas, Flags)                                44
          Config (File Areas, Password)                             44
          Config (File Areas, Security Action)                      44
          Config (File Areas, Free File)                            44
          Config (File Areas, Age Check)                            44
          Config (File Areas, Global File Options)                  45
          Config (File Areas, Set Default Security)                 45
          Config (File Areas, User File Area Security)              45
          Config (File Areas, Sysop File Area Security)             45
          Config (File Areas, Protocol Security)                    45
          Config (File Areas, File Path Security)                   46
          Config (File Areas, Individual File Security)             46
          Config (File Areas, Set Default Flags)                    46
          Config (File Areas, Set File Area Conversion)             46
          Config (File Areas, Set File Area Sort)                   46
          Config (File Areas, Set File Area Offline)                47
          Config (File Areas, Set File Area Master List)            47
          Config (File Areas, Set CD Rom Drive)                     47
          Config (File Areas, Set Security/Not Found)               47
          Config (File Areas, Centre File Area Names)               47
          Config (File Areas, UnCentre File Area Names)             47
          Config (File Areas, Protocols)                            48
          Config (Protocols, Bimodem)                               49
          Config (Protocols, Setting Up Your Own Protocols)         50
          Config (Protocols, Name)                                  50
          Config (Protocols, Key)                                   50
          Config (Protocols, Status)                                50
          Config (Protocols, Batch)                                 51
          Config (Protocols, BiDir)                                 51
          Config (Protocols, Log Name)                              51
          Config (Protocols, Ctrl Name)                             51
          Config (Protocols, Minimum Security)                      51
          Config (Protocols, Flags)                                 51
          Config (Protocols, Download Command)                      52
          Config (Protocols, Download Ctrl)                         52
          Config (Protocols, Download Log Key)                      52
          Config (Protocols, Download Err Key)                      52
          Config (Protocols, Dnload Err2 Key)                       52
          Config (Protocols, Upload Command)                        53
          Config (Protocols, Upload Log Key)                        53

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          Config (Protocols, Upload Err Key)                        53
          Config (Protocols, Upload Err2 Key)                       53
          Config (Protocols, Efficiency (%))                        53
          Config (Protocols, Log - FileName)                        53
          Config (Protocols, Log - CPS)                             53
          Config (Msg Areas)                                        54
          Config (Msg Areas, Message Area Name)                     54
          Config (Msg Areas, Areafix Tag)                           54
          Config (Msg Areas, QWK Name)                              54
          Config (Msg Areas, Alias)                                 55
          Config (Msg Areas, Message Types)                         55
          Config (Msg Areas, Message Kinds)                         56
          Config (Msg Areas, Message Group)                         56
          Config (Msg Areas, Areafix Group)                         56
          Config (Msg Areas, Kill Old Msgs)                         56
          Config (Msg Areas, Kill Recv Messages)                    57
          Config (Msg Areas, Kill Max Msgs)                         57
          Config (Msg Areas, Kill Max Kilobytes)                    57
          Config (Msg Areas, Read Security)                         57
          Config (Msg Areas, Write Security)                        57
          Config (Msg Areas, Sysop Security)                        57
          Config (Msg Areas, Read Flags)                            58
          Config (Msg Areas, Write Flags)                           58
          Config (Msg Areas, Sysop Flags)                           58
          Config (Msg Areas, Combined)                              58
          Config (Msg Areas, Age Check)                             58
          Config (Msg Areas, Visible)                               58
          Config (Msg Areas, Int Combined)                          59
          Config (Msg Areas, Private)                               59
          Config (Msg Areas, Security)                              59
          Config (Msg Areas, Use Template)                          59
          Config (Msg Areas, Import Seenby)                         59
          Config (Msg Areas, Force Mail)                            59
          Config (Msg Areas, Tiny Seenby)                           59
          Config (Msg Areas, Origin Aka)                            60
          Config (Msg Areas, Uplink Aka)                            60
          Config (Msg Areas, Origin Line                            60
          Config (Msg Areas, Seenby)                                60
          Config (Msg Areas, Page Up/Down)                          60
          Config (Msg Areas, (F8) Seenbys)                          61
          Config (Msg Areas, (F10) Export List)                     61
          Config (Msg Areas, Pick List)                             61
          Config (Msg Areas, Moving Message Areas)                  61
          Config (Msg Areas, Deleting Message Areas)                61
          Config (Msg Areas, Node Manager)                          62
          Config (Msg Areas, Node)                                  62
          Config (Msg Areas, Echomail Active)                       62
          Config (Msg Areas, Echo Manager Groups)                   62
          Config (Msg Areas, Compress to)                           62
          Config (Msg Areas, Password To Echomgr)                   63
          Config (Msg Areas, Password From Echomgr)                 63
          Config (Msg Areas, Mail Status)                           63
          Config (Msg Areas, Days To Hold Mail)                     63
          Config (Msg Areas, Send .PKT Type)                        63

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          Config (Msg Areas, Can Create New Echos)                  63
          Config (Msg Areas, Add to New Echos)                      64
          Config (Msg Areas, Max Num Msgs in PKT)                   64
          Config (Msg Areas, Max Bundle Size (k))                   64
          Config (Msg Areas, Network Aka)                           65
          Config (Msg Areas, Domains)                               66
          Config (Msg Areas, Netmail Boards)                        67
          Config (Msg Areas, New Echo Area)                         67
          Config (Msg Areas, Security)                              68
          Config (Msg Areas, Force Crash Mail Security)             68
          Config (Msg Areas, Optional Crash Mail Security)          68
          Config (Msg Areas, Netmail File Attach Security)          68
          Config (Msg Areas, Security To Update Users)              69
          Config (Msg Areas, Read Security On New Echomail Area)    69
          Config (Msg Areas, Write Security On New Echomail Area)   69
          Config (Msg Areas, Sysop Security On New Echomail Area)   69
          Config (Msg Areas, Reply Via Netmail Security)            69
          Config (Msg Areas, Request Receipt Security)              69
          Config (Msg Areas, Upload Message Security)               70
          Config (Msg Areas, Misc)                                  70
          Config (Msg Areas, Usable Msg Areas)                      70
          Config (Msg Areas, Inbound Mail Path)                     71
          Config (Msg Areas, Outbound Mail Path)                    71
          Config (Msg Areas, ARCmail 0.6 Compatibility)             71
          Config (Msg Areas, Swap Out on EzyMail)                   71
          Config (Msg Areas, Dupe Detection)                        71
          Config (Msg Areas, Keep EchoMgr Node Receipts)            71
          Config (Msg Areas, Bad Message Board)                     72
          Config (Msg Areas, Unknown Area(s) Action)                72
          Config (Msg Areas, Kill Bad Archive(s))                   72
          Config (Msg Areas, Quote String)                          72
          Config (Msg Areas, External Editor)                       72
          Config (Msg Areas, Old Style MSGTMP)                      73
          Config (Msg Areas, Default Origin Line)                   73
          Config (Msg Areas, Mark Netmail as Kill/Sent)             73
          Config (Msg Areas, Kill Null Netmail)                     73
          Config (Msg Areas, Show Full Messages)                    73
          Config (Msg Areas, Maximum Messages to Rescan)            74
          Config (Msg Areas, Delete Mail Bundles)                   74
          Config (Msg Areas, Unique QWK Filename)                   74
          Config (Msg Areas, Maximum Messages)                      74
          Config (Msg Areas, QWK Message Board)                     74
          Config (Msg Areas, Global Message Options)                75
          Config (Msg Areas, Set Default Security)                  75
          Config (Msg Areas, Set Default Flags)                     76
          Config (Msg Areas, Set Maximum Kilobytes)                 76
          Config (Msg Areas, Set Maximum Messages)                  76
          Config (Msg Areas, Kill Messages After XX Days Old)       76
          Config (Msg Areas, Kill Recv Messages After XX Days)      76
          Config (Msg Areas, Global Export List)                    76
          Config (Msg Areas, Global Seenby List)                    77
          Config (Msg Areas, Centre Message Area Names)             77
          Config (Msg Areas, UnCentre Message Area Names)           77
          Config (Manager, Limits)                                  78

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          Config (Manager, Security Level)                          78
          Config (Manager, Maximum Time)                            78
          Config (Manager, Daily K Limit)                           78
          Config (Manager, Global Daily K)                          78
          Config (Manager, Downloads per One Upload)                79
          Config (Manager, Initial Download Credit (Files))         79
          Config (Manager, Downloads in k per One K Uploaded)       79
          Config (Manager, Initial Download K Credit)               79
          Config (Manager, Post Call Ratio)                         80
          Config (Manager, Initial Message Credit)                  80
          Config (Manager, Number Of Days till Rego Expires)        80
          Config (Manager, Maximum Time in Bank (mins))             80
          Config (Manager, Maximum Time To Deposit per Day)         80
          Config (Manager, Maximum Time To Withdraw per Day)        80
          Config (Manager, Maximum K in Bank)                       81
          Config (Manager, Maximum K to Deposit Per Day)            81
          Config (Manager, Maximum K to Withdraw Per Day)           81
          Config (Manager, Maximum Calls Per Day)                   81
          Config (Manager, Events)                                  82
          Config (Manager, Compression)                             83
          Config (Manager, UnCompression)                           83
          Config (Modem)                                            84
          Config (Modem, Comport)                                   84
          Config (Modem, Maximum Baud Rate)                         84
          Config (Modem, Locked Port)                               84
          Config (Modem, Init Response)                             85
          Config (Modem, Ring String)                               85
          Config (Modem, Modem Delay)                               85
          Config (Modem, Force Answer)                              86
          Config (Modem, Answer Delay)                              86
          Config (Modem, Start Time)                                86
          Config (Modem, End Time)                                  86
          Config (Modem, Init Tries)                                86
          Config (Modem, Init String 1)                             86
          Config (Modem, Init String 2)                             86
          Config (Modem, Set Busy String)                           87
          Config (Modem, Manual Answer String)                      87
          Config (Modem, No Carrier String)                         87
          Config (Modem, Fax Connect String)                        87
          Config (Modem, Send Break To Modem)                       87
          Config (Modem, Baud Rate Setup)                           87
          Config (Modem, Efficiency (CPS))                          88
          Config (Modem, Connect String)                            88
          Networking with Ezycom                                    89
          Sysop Function Keys                                       91
          Ezycom Command Line Parameters                            93
          Errorlevels                                               94
          Ezycom External Support Files                             95
          External Files (TRASHCAN.CTL)                             95
          External Files (ALIAS.CTL)                                95
          External Files (PHONENUM.CTL)                             95
          External Files (SECCHECK.CTL)                             95
          External Files (REGEXP.Q-A)                               96
          External Files (NEWUSER.Q-A)                              96

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          External Files (NEWUSER2.Q-A)                             96
          External Files (PHONEDUP.LOG)                             96
          Graphic Support Files                                     96
          Graphic Support Files, (ALIAS.A*)                         96
          Graphic Support Files, (AREAHELP.ASL)                     96
          Graphic Support Files, (DOBSEC.A*)                        96
          Graphic Support Files, (DOWNHELP.A*)                      96
          Graphic Support Files, (EDITHELP.A*)                      96
          Graphic Support Files, (FLSPHELP.A*)                      97
          Graphic Support Files, (FILEXXX.ASC)                      97
          Graphic Support Files, (KEYWHELP.A*)                      97
          Graphic Support Files, (LOCKOUT.A*)                       97
          Graphic Support Files, (LOGO.A*)                          97
          Graphic Support Files, (MAXPAGE.A*)                       97
          Graphic Support Files, (NEWS.A*)                          97
          Graphic Support Files, (NEWUSER1.A*)                      97
          Graphic Support Files, (NEWUSER2.A*)                      97
          Graphic Support Files, (NOTAVAIL.A*)                      97
          Graphic Support Files, (ONCEONLY.A*)                      97
          Graphic Support Files, (PAGEABRT.A*)                      97
          Graphic Support Files, (PAGED.A*)                         98
          Graphic Support Files, (PAGESTOP.A*)                      98
          Graphic Support Files, (PASSWORD.A*)                      98
          Graphic Support Files, (PHONESEC.A*)                      98
          Graphic Support Files, (PRIVATE.A*)                       98
          Graphic Support Files, (PROTHELP.A*)                      98
          Graphic Support Files, (REGWARN1.A*)                      98
          Graphic Support Files, (REGWARN2.A*)                      98
          Graphic Support Files, (READHELP.A*)                      98
          Graphic Support Files, (SECXXXXX.A*)                      98
          Graphic Support Files, (TIMESLOW.A*)                      98
          Graphic Support Files, (TIMESEC.A*)                       98
          Graphic Support Files, (UPHELP.A*)                        98
          Graphic Support Files, (WATCHDOG.ASL)                     98
          Graphic Support Files, (WELCOME.A*)                       99
          Graphic Support Files, (WELCOME1.A*)                      99
          Graphic Support Files, (WELCOME2.A*)                      99
          Graphic Support Files, (WELCOMHH.A*)                      99
          File Points                                              100
          Page Tunes                                               100
          Menu System (Ezymenu)                                    101
          Menu System (Defining a Menu System)                     101
          Ezymenu (Display)                                        102
          Ezymenu (Data)                                           102
          Ezymenu (Menu Type)                                      102
          Ezymenu (Hotkey)                                         103
          Ezymenu (Automatic)                                      103
          Ezymenu (Security)                                       103
          Ezymenu (Flags)                                          103
          Ezymenu (Foreground)                                     104
          Ezymenu (Background)                                     104
          Ezymenu (Time Online)                                    104
          Ezymenu (Start Time/End Time)                            104
          Ezymenu (Node)                                           104

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          Ezymenu (Baud)                                           104
          Ezymenu (File Points)                                    104
          Ezymenu (Age Test)                                       105
          Ezymenu (Test Post/Call)                                 105
          Ezymenu (Test Kilobytes)                                 105
          Ezymenu (Test Files)                                     105
          Ezymenu (Local Only)                                     105
          Ezymenu (Keys Available While Editing)                   106
          Menu System (Templates)                                  107
          Menu System (Global Menus)                               108
          Menu System (Automatic Options)                          109
          Menu System (Special Characters)                         109
          Menu System (Keyboard Stuffing)                          110
          Menu System (Groups)                                     110
          Utilities (EZYMAINT, Maintenance Program)                113
          Utilities (Conversion Files)                             115
          Utilities (Conversion Files, DOCONV.BAT UPCONV.BAT)      116
          Utilities (FEDIT, The Filebase Editor)                   117
          Utilities (FEDIT, Edit)                                  117
          Utilities (FEDIT, Edit Description)                      117
          Utilities (FEDIT, Edit UP/DN Load)                       117
          Utilities (FEDIT, Edit Statistics)                       117
          Utilities (FEDIT, Edit Statistics, Checked)              118
          Utilities (FEDIT, Edit Statistics, Private)              118
          Utilities (FEDIT, Edit Statistics, Delete)               118
          Utilities (FEDIT, Edit Statistics, Offline)              118
          Utilities (FEDIT, Edit Statistics, Security)             118
          Utilities (FEDIT, File)                                  118
          Utilities (FEDIT, File, New File Edit)                   118
          Utilities (FEDIT, File, Rename File)                     118
          Utilities (FEDIT, File, Update File)                     118
          Utilities (FEDIT, File, View Archive)                    119
          Utilities (FEDIT, Tag)                                   119
          Utilities (FEDIT, Tag, Tag All)                          119
          Utilities (FEDIT, Tag, Clear All)                        119
          Utilities (FEDIT, Tag, Delete Tagged)                    119
          Utilities (FEDIT, Tag, Move Tagged)                      119
          Utilities (FEDIT, Tag, Remove Tagged)                    119
          Utilities (FEDIT, Tag, Tagged Offline)                   119
          Utilities (FEDIT, Tag, Physical Move)                    119
          Utilities (FEDIT, Tag, Checked On/Off)                   120
          Utilities (FEDIT, Command Line Options)                  120
          Utilities (FEDIT, Batch Files)                           120
          Utilities (USERCOMP, Userbase Utility Program)           122
          Utilities (ANSTOAVT, Makes Avatar Screens)               123
          Utilities (EZYMAIL, Echomail Utility)                    123
          Utilities (EZYMAIL and Multiline BBS's)                  124
          Utilities (EZYNET, Netmail & Areafix Utility)            124
          Utilities (EZYNET, What is EchoArea?)                    125
          Utilities (EZYNET, How To Use EchoArea)                  125
          Utilities (EZYNET, Options)                              127
          Utilities (EZYPACK)                                      129
          Utilities (EZYPACK, EZYPACK.CTL)                         129
          Utilities (MSGCOMP, Messagebase Utility)                 132

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          Utilities (MSGCOMP, Command Line Options)                132
          Utilities (EZYFF, Filebase Utility)                      133
          Utilities (EZYFF, Command Line Options)                  133
          Utilities (EZYUTIL, General Utility)                     134
          Utilities (EZYUTIL, TICK                                 134
          Utilities (EZYUTIL, Message Importing)                   134
          Utilities (EZYUTIL, Importing a File With Description)   135
          Utilities (EZYUTIL, Sorting Echonode Information)        135
          Utilities (EZYUTIL, Undelete Messages)                   135
          Utilities (EZYUTIL, Strip Logs)                          136
          Utilities (EZYUTIL, File Area Information)               136
          Utilities (EZYUTIL, Message Base Information)            137
          Utilities (EZYUTIL, Message Base Statistics)             138
          Utilities (EZYUTIL, Sort Netmail Messages)               138
          Utilities (EZYUTIL, Rescan Messages)                     139
          Utilities (EZYLINK, Fast Echomail Linker)                139
          Utilities (EZYED, Userbase Editor)                       140
          Utilities (EZYED, Display Mode Options)                  140
          Utilities (EZYED, Edit Mode Options)                     141
          Utilities (EZYED, Settings)                              142
          Utilities (EZYED, Settings, Deleted)                     142
          Utilities (EZYED, Settings, Clear Screen)                142
          Utilities (EZYED, Settings, Continue)                    142
          Utilities (EZYED, Settings, ANSI Capable)                142
          Utilities (EZYED, Settings, Don't Kill User)             142
          Utilities (EZYED, Settings, Ignore File Points)          143
          Utilities (EZYED, Settings, Full Screen Ed)              143
          Utilities (EZYED, Settings, Quite Mode)                  143
          Utilities (EZYED, Settings, Ignore Ratios)               143
          Utilities (EZYED, Settings, Avatar Capable)              143
          Utilities (EZYED, Settings, IBM Characters)              143
          Utilities (EZYED, Settings, Ignore Paging)               143
          Utilities (EZYED, Settings, Exclude User)                143
          Utilities (EZYED, Settings, Menu Time)                   144
          Utilities (EZYED, Settings, No Page Sound)               144
          Utilities (EZYED, Settings, Page on Logon)               144
          Utilities (EZYED, Settings, Ignore Message Ratio)        144
          Utilities (LANGEDIT, Language File Editor)               145
          Utilities (LANGEDIT, Language File Editor)               145
          Utilities (EZYNODE, Nodelist Compiler)                   146
          Utilities (EZYNODE, Sample EZYNODE.CTL)                  149
          Appendix A (Questionnaire Language)                      150
          Appendix B (Multiline Operation)                         165
          Appendix C (File Control Characters)                     168
          Appendix D (Menu Commands)                               172
          Appendix E (Operating Batch Files)                       198
          Appendix E (Stand Alone Batch File)                      198
          Appendix E (D'Bridge Batch File)                         200
          Appendix E (FrontDoor Batch File)                        202
          Appendix F (Credits)                                     206
          Appendix G (Colour Changer)                              207
          Appendix H (Suggestions)                                 208
          Appendix I (Problems)                                    209


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