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- TriNet 6.0
- A QWK Networking Program for the TriBBS Bulletin Board System
- Copyright (c) 1991-1993 By Mark D. Goodwin
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- TriNet is a QWK networking program that allows your TriBBS board
- to participate in one of the many QWK-based mail networks.
- Essentially, you download QWK packets from your host's QWK mail
- door. You then import these messages into your TriBBS message
- base using TriNet. In return, you export messages out of your
- TriBBS message base by having TriNet create a REP file. You then
- upload these messages to the net through your host's QWK mail
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- THE TRINET DIRECTORY
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- The first step during the TriNet installation process is to
- create a directory for the networking program and copy the files
- TRINET.EXE and RESET.EXE into the newly created directory.
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- THE CONFIGURATION FILE
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- Next, you must create a configuration file in your TriNet
- directory. The configuration file is the key to successfully
- operating TriNet. You must create a configuration file for each
- network host you do transfers with. Let's suppose your host
- produces QWK packets with the QWK mail door id of LOBSTER. You
- would have to name your configuration file LOBSTER.CFG. The
- following is a sample configuration file:
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- tribbs=c:\tribbs
- hsysop=Mark Goodwin
- htag=Test Network: The Lobster Buoy * 207-941-0805
- lsysop=Denise Goodwin
- ltag=Test Network: The Lobster Buoy (Test Board) * 207-555-5555
- hsysop1=Mark Goodwin
- htag1=TTN: The Lobster Buoy * 207-941-0805
- lsysop1=Denise Goodwin
- ltag1=TTN: The Lobster Buoy (Test Board) * 207-555-5555
- bulletin=c:\tribbs\display\bullet1.bbs
- noappend
- conf=5,7
- conf=4,13,1
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- TRIBBS=directory
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- This is a required configuration file statement and simply tells
- TriNet where your main TriBBS directory is located.
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- HSYSOP[n]=host sysop's name
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- This is a required configuration file statement and simply tells
- TriNet the host sysop's name. This statement is necessary so
- TriNet can translate any incoming messages from "Sysop" to the
- host sysop's name. An optional network number from 0 to 9 can be
- specified by "n". You should note that HSYSOP and HSYSOP0 are
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- HTAG[n]=host tag line
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- This is a required configuration file statement and simply tells
- TriNet the host's tag line. Whenever TriNet doesn't find an
- origin tag line in an incoming message, it will insert a tag line
- using the host's tag line. An optional network number from 0 to
- 9 can be specified by "n". You should note that HTAG and HTAG0
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- LSYSOP[n]=local sysop's name
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- This is a required configuration file statement and simply tells
- TriNet the name of the local sysop's name. In other words, your
- name. This option is necessary so TriNet can translate any
- outgoing messages from "Sysop" to your name. An optional network
- number from 0 to 9 can be specified by "n". You should note that
- LSYSOP and LSYSOP0 are synonymous.
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- LTAG[n]=local tag line
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- This is a required configuration file statement and simply tells
- TriNet the tag line for your board. Whenever TriNet doesn't find
- an origin tag line in an outgoing message, it will insert a tag
- line using your board's tag line. An optional network number
- from 0 to 9 can be specified by "n". You should note that LTAG
- and LTAG0 are synonymous.
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- BULLETIN=filename
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- This is an optional configuration file statement. If it is
- specified in the configuration file, TriNet will create a
- monochrome bulletin each time it imports messages.
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- This is an optional configuration file statement. Normally,
- TriNet will append any new outgoing messages to an existing REP
- packet. The NOAPPEND option instructs TriNet to delete an
- existing REP packet before processing any new outgoing messages.
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- STRIPNULLS
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- This is an optional configuration file statement. Some QWK mail
- doors (most notably Qmail) incorrectly puts null characters (00H)
- into message blocks. Unfortunately, others (most notably
- MarkMail) put garbage message blocks into QWK packets and can be
- corrected for by ignoring blocks that have null characters. So
- to provide for greater compatibility with QMail, you may want to
- specify STRIPNULLS in your configuration file if your hub is
- using QMail. This will instruct TriNet to simply strip away any
- null characters it encounters in a message block.
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- CONF=local conference,host conference[,network]
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- You must specify at least one CONF statement per TriNet
- configuration file. This statement tells TriNet what conference
- numbers are being used on both your board and your host's board.
- When you participate in a QWK network, it is more than likely
- that the conference numbers on your board will differ from the
- conference numbers on your host's board. Accordingly, you must
- include a CONF statement for each conference you are
- participating in. Let's suppose you are carrying a C programming
- conference on your board as conference number 3, but the
- conference is number 11 in your host's QWK packets. You would
- have to include a statement like CONF=3,11 in your configuration
- file for TriNet to properly handle the conference.
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- You may also specify a network number (0 to 9) to the conference.
- If you do not specify a network number, TriNet assumes network 0.
- Let's suppose in the above example, that you get two networks
- from the same host and that the above conference is for network
- 1. Accordingly, you would use a statement like CONF=3,11,1 to
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- IMPORTING MESSAGES WITH TRINET
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- Messages can be imported with TriNet by using the following DOS
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- TRINET IMPORT host
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- Where "host" is the host's QWK mail door id. If your host's id
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- TRINET IMPORT LOBSTER
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- NOTE: All QWK packets must be in the TriNet directory for TriNet
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- EXPORTING MESSAGES WITH TRINET
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- Messages can be exported with TriNet by using the following DOS
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- TRINET EXPORT host
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- Where "host" is the host's QWK mail door id. If your host's id
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- TRINET EXPORT LOBSTER
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- NOTE: TriNet will place the REP packet in the TriNet directory.
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- HIGH MESSAGE POINTERS
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- To be able to keep track of what messages have or haven't been
- exported from your message base, TriNet maintains a file of high
- message pointers. This file has a filename of host.HGH. Where
- "host" is your host's QWK mail door id. Normally, TriNet
- maintains this high message pointer file automatically. However,
- there are times when you may need to manually intervene.
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- For example, you may reconfigure your message conferences. This
- is no big deal; but if the changes you make move your networked
- conferences around, the high message pointer file will be
- incorrect. The solution to preventing such a problem is to
- export all networked messages before changing your configuration
- and then running RESET.EXE after you change your configuration.
- RESET is run with the following command line:
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- RESET host
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- Where "host" is your host's QWK mail door id. By taking this
- action, all unexported messages will be exported and all high
- message pointers will be correct.
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- A similar situation may occur if you renumber one or more of your
- networked conferences with TRIPACK. (Remember, you should only
- renumber your message base conferences if they are in danger of
- rolling over 999,999.) Simply export any messages, run RESET,
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- SUPPORT
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- If you have any problems installing and using TriNet, you can
- obtain support by calling either The Lobster Buoy, 207-941-0805,
- or any other TriBBS support board.
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