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- SBBSecho
- Version 1.12
- Updated 09/19/95
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- FidoNet Packet Tosser for Synchronet BBS Version 2
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- Copyright 1995 Digital Dynamics
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- PO Box 501
- Yorba Linda, CA 92686
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- Voice: 714-529-6328 BBS: 714-529-9525 V.32/V.32bis
- FAX: 714-529-9721 714-529-9547 V.FC
- Fido: 1:103/705 ftp: netcom.com /pub/sb/sbbs
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- Introduction.............................................................3
- Terminology..............................................................4
- Installation.............................................................6
- AREAS.BBS Format.........................................................7
- Configuration............................................................8
- Running SBBSecho........................................................20
- Command Line Switches...................................................21
- Area Manager Remote Commands............................................22
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- Introduction
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- SBBSecho is a full-blown FTN echomail program (tosser/scanner) for Synchronet
- BBS version 2. SBBSecho is level III implementation of the SMB v1.21
- specification including support for HyperAllocated and LZH compressed message
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- It is intended to replace FTSC-1 (*.MSG) compatible echomail programs (GEcho,
- Squish, FastEcho, Alexi/Mail, etc.) and SBBSFIDO with a single program
- incorporating the standard features of echomail programs without the .MSG
- phase (consuming disk space and time).
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- You will not need to use SBBSFIDO (*.MSG import/export utility for Synchronet)
- or any echomail programs after you have installed SBBSecho.
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- SBBSecho 3 Introduction
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- Terminology
- ============
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- FTN
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- FidoNet Technology Network: Any network using FidoNet standards for addressing,
- mail packets, mail sessions, node lists, etc.
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- Zones, Nets, Nodes, and Points?
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- FTN node addresses are like phone numbers, they are made up of multiple
- components (four to be exact). The components are: zone, net, node, and point.
- Each component is specified by a decimal (base-10) number, separated by symbols
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- Zone:Net/Node.Point
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- The zone represents the continent (if FidoNet) or the network number (if other
- FTN network). All FidoNet nodes in North America have a zone 1 address. When
- the zone is specified in an address, it is the first component and must be
- followed by a colon. If the zone is not present in an address, the local
- system's zone is assumed.
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- The net represents the network number of the FTN node. Duplicate net numbers
- may exist between zones. If the net number is not present, the local system's
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- The node number specifies an exact FTN node within a network. The node number
- is the only required element of an FTN node address.
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- The point is an optional component which specifies a sub-node that does not
- directly receive mail and is also not listed in the main FTN node list, but
- instead gets all its mail from its boss-node (zone:net/node.0). When the point
- is not specified, 0 (zero) is assumed (i.e. 1:2/3 and 1:2/3.0 are identical)
- which indicates the system is not a point node address.
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- A 2D (2 dimensional) address refers to an FTN address containing just the
- net and node numbers (i.e. 103/705).
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- A 3D (3 dimensional) address refers to an FTN address containing the zone,
- net, and node numbers (i.e. 1:103/705), specifically excluding the point number
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- A 4D (4 dimensional) address refers to an FTN address containing the zone,
- net, node, and optional point numbers (i.e. 1:103/705.1).
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- A 5D (5 dimensional) address refers to an FTN address consisting of a standard
- 3D or 4D address with an appended "@domain" (i.e. 1:103/705@fidonet.org).
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- Attach or FLO Mailer?
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- If you are using FrontDoor, InterMail, D'bridge, SEAdog, Dutchie, or any other
- ArcMail *.MSG attach-style mailer, you are using what we will refer to as an
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- If you are using BinkleyTerm, Portal of Power, or any other FLO/CLO/HLO/DLO
- style mailer, you are using what we will refer to as a "FLO Mailer".
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- Both types are supported equally by SBBSecho.
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- NetMail
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- Point-to-point (usually person-to-person) direct or routed messages.
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- Group or conference messages of a particular subject matter. Usually
- distributed on a regional or continental (e.g. FidoNet Zone 1 backbone) scale.
- FTN style echomail areas have a unique area tag (name) associated with them to
- distinguish each area from the others.
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- Packet
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- An FTN packet is a group of one or more messages contained in a single
- uncompressed file. Packets may contain echomail and/or netmail messages.
- Packets usually have a .PKT extension, although outbound NetMail packets for
- FLO Mailers will have .?UT extensions (where ? is either O, C, D, or H). The
- first eight characters of the filename may be anything, but are usually decimal
- digits representing the date and time the packet was created. SBBSecho creates
- temporary outbound packet files with a .PK_ extension and then renames them to
- .PKT when they're completed. If you find any .PK_ files in your outbound
- directory, don't worry. SBBSecho will find them the next time it is run and
- continue packing them and sending them on their way.
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- An FTN bundle is a single file archive of one or more (usually compressed)
- packets. Bundles will have file extensions where the first two characters
- represent the day of the week the bundle was created (MO, TU, WE, TH, FR, SA,
- and SU) and the third character of the extension is a number or letter. The
- first eight characters of the filename may be anything, but are usually
- hexadecimal digits representing the FTN node address (or relative address) of
- the system that created the bundle. SBBSecho changes the file extension of bad
- inbound bundles to .MO_, .MO-, or .MO.
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- Areafix/Area Manager
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- Areafix is a synonym for area manager (the very first FTN area manager
- program was called AreaFix). Area manager capabilities (remote adding/removing
- of areas, changing compression type, etc) are built into SBBSecho, so therefore
- no external area manager program is required. If you are not an FTN hub, then
- the area manager portion of SBBSecho will probably not get any use on your
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- Installation
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- To begin, copy the SBBSECHO.EXE, ECHOCFG.EXE, and AREAMGR.HLP files into your
- Synchronet EXEC directory (usually C:\SBBS\EXEC), copy the SBBSECHO.CFG file
- into your Synchronet CTRL directory (usually C:\SBBS\CTRL), and copy the
- SBBSECHO.DOC file into your Synchronet DOCS directory (usually C:\SBBS\DOCS).
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- If you plan on using the 32bit DOS or OS/2 version of SBBSecho, you will need
- to put the appropriate SBBSECHO.EXE file into your Synchronet EXEC directory
- (unzip OS2.ZIP for the OS/2 version or DOS4G.ZIP for the 32-bit DOS version).
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- Add the SBBSCTRL and SBBSNODE environment variables to your AUTOEXEC.BAT.
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- SET SBBSCTRL=C:\SBBS\CTRL
- SET SBBSNODE=C:\SBBS\NODE1
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- Note: The node number used for the SBBSNODE environment variable is not
- important, use your NODE1 directory.
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- These environment variables must be present for SBBSECHO and ECHOCFG to
- function correctly. Type "SET" at the DOS prompt to be sure they are listed
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- You will also need to modify your existing MAILER.BAT (or FDRUN.BAT, IMRUN.BAT,
- etc) file to accomodate the use of SBBSecho, or replace it with the MAILER.BAT
- included with SBBSecho. If this is your first time setting up FidoNet, you will
- not currently have a MAILER.BAT file set up, so use the one that is included
- and modify it so that it reflects the proper drive letters and directories.
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- Next, SBBSecho expects to find the file AREAS.BBS in your Synchronet DATA
- directory (usually C:\SBBS\DATA) unless you have overridden the default name
- and/or location using the ECHOCFG program. The format of this file is very
- similar to the standard AREAS.BBS (which many echomail programs use, or can
- at least export their native area file to this format - i.e. GEcho's GSETUP).
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- off modifying the AREAS.BBS file you're already using (if you are) or
- converting your current echomail program's area file to AREAS.BBS. This is
- because SCFG assumes the sub-board short name will be the same as the area's
- tag (as shown in your echo list), but this may not always be the case - unless
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- AREAS.BBS Format
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- Lines beginning with a semicolon (;) are considered comments, and are ignored.
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- CODE TAG UPLINKS
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- CODE is the internal code of the sub-board. Any unrecognized internal
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- TAG is the FidoNet tag as shown in your echo list (i.e. FIDONET.NA).
- If this is '*', then it will be considered a "badecho" area
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- UPLINKS is a list of FidoNet addresses which you wish to export mail
- to. At the very least, your hub's address should be listed
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- SBBS SYNCHRONET 1:3615/50
- SYNCDATA SYNCDATA 1:3615/50
- SYNC_SYS SYNC_SYSOPS 1:3615/50
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- The amount of spacing between each element in the line is not important. Each
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- In order to set up SBBSecho for your system you must run the included ECHOCFG
- program. It should already be located in your EXEC directory. You may want to
- put your EXEC directory in your DOS search path so you can execute SBBSECHO and
- ECHOCFG from any drive and directory on your system.
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- Multiple configuration files can be used (but isn't usually required) for
- multi-mailer systems. The default configuration filename is SBBSECHO.CFG
- located in your Synchronet CTRL directory. You can override this by specifying
- the name and location of the configuration file on the SBBSECHO and ECHOCFG
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- SBBSECHO D:\ECHO1.CFG
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- If you do not specify a configuration file, ECHOCFG and SBBSECHO will use
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- Upon running ECHOCFG you will be brought to the main menu of the configuration
- program. The path and filename of the configuration file being modified will
- appear at the top of the menu. Following are screen captures of available menus
- within the configuration program and an explanation of the options contained on
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- ║ C:\SBBS\CTRL\SBBSECHO.CFG ║
- ╠══════════════════════════════════════════════════╣
- ║ │Mailer Type FrontDoor/Attach ║
- ║ │Maximum Packet Size 250K ║
- ║ │Maximum Bundle Size 250K ║
- ║ │Areafix Failure Notification User #1 ║
- ║ │Registration Number UNREGISTERED ║
- ║ │Nodes... ║
- ║ │Paths... ║
- ║ │Log Options... ║
- ║ │Toggle Options... ║
- ║ │Archive Programs... ║
- ║ │Additional Echo Lists... ║
- ╚══════════════════════════════════════════════════╝
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- Mailer Type:
- Selecting this option will toggle between the mailer types supported
- by SBBSecho, either FrontDoor (message attach) type mailers or Binkley
- (FLO file) type mailers. Choose the one that matches your front-end
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- Maximum Packet Size:
- This option allows you to set the maximum size of each outgoing
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- Maximum Bundle Size:
- Mail packets are normally packed into what are called "bundles" (unless
- a node is set up to receive uncompressed mail packets). This option
- allows you to specify the maximum size of each outgoing mail bundle.
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- Areafix Failure Notification:
- This is the user number of the person where notification of Areafix
- failures should be sent. Such failures include nodes which are not
- configured for areafix, nodes using incorrect areafix passwords, and
- the like. Setting this to 0 will disable this option.
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- Registration Number:
- Upon registering SBBSecho with Digital Dynamics, you will be given a
- registration number. You should select this option and enter the
- registration number you are given here. If you have not yet registered
- the program, this should say "Unregistered".
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- Nodes...
- This option allows you to add, remove, and configure nodes that you
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- ║ Nodes ║
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- ║ │ALL ║
- ║ │1:100/ALL ║
- ║ │1:200/300 ║
- ║ │2:ALL ║
- ║ │ ║
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- At the Nodes... sub-menu, pressing the INSert key will allow you to
- add a new node, pressing the DELete key will remove the currently
- highlighted node number, and pressing ENTER on the currently
- highlighted node will allow you to edit the options for that particular
- node from a menu like the following (note that the node number you are
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- ║ 1:200/300 ║
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- ║ │Address 1:200/300 ║
- ║ │Archive Type ZIP ║
- ║ │Packet Type 2+ ║
- ║ │Packet Password ║
- ║ │Areafix Password ║
- ║ │Areafix Flags ║
- ║ │Status None ║
- ║ │Direct No ║
- ║ │Passive No ║
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- Address:
- This is the address of the node you are editing, selecting it
- will allow you to change this to a different address. Using
- the "ALL" wildcard in place of one of the address components
- will allow you to configure settings for all nodes that meet
- that specication (e.g. all nodes in zone 1 can be specified
- as 1:ALL or all nodes in zone 1, net 103 can be specified
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- Archive Type:
- This is the compression type to be used when packing mail
- bundles for this node. Selecting this option will allow you
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- ║ Archive Type ║
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- ║ │ZIP ║
- ║ │ARC ║
- ║ │LZH ║
- ║ │ARJ ║
- ║ │PAK ║
- ║ │SQZ ║
- ║ │ZOO ║
- ║ │None ║
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- Selecting "None" will specify that this node is to receive
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- Packet Type:
- This is the packet type that will be used when creating mail
- packets for this node. The default packet type used by SBBSecho
- is 2+. If you are a "point" address (e.g. 1:100/100.1) you
- should use either a type 2+ or 2.2 packet since type 2 packets
- do not support point numbers. Selecting this option will allow
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- ║ Packet Type ║
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- ║ │2+ ║
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- Packet Password:
- This is a password that will be placed into each outgoing mail
- packet for this node. Passwords are normally used for extra
- security when sending and receiving mail packets. This node
- must also have the same packet password defined for your
- address and SBBSecho must be set up for secure operation (set
- in the 'Toggle Options' sub-menu) in order for this feature to
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- Areafix Password:
- This is the password that will be required by this node (in
- the subject field) when it sends messages to the area manager
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- Areafix Flags:
- When additional echo lists have been defined (from the
- 'Additional Echo Lists...' sub-menu) these flags determine
- which echo lists can be used by this node when processing area
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- Status:
- This option determines the netmail status that will be set
- when SBBSecho sends out an areafix message or a file attach.
- Selecting this option toggles between None, Crash, and Hold
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- Direct:
- When set to 'Yes' this option will add a Direct kludge line
- to messages that SBBSecho sends out (or create DLO/DUT files
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- Setting this option to 'Yes' will prevent messages from being
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- Paths...
- This option allows you to configure the paths and filenames which are
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- ║ Paths and Filenames ║
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- ║ │Inbound Directory <Specified in SCFG> ║
- ║ │Secure Inbound (optional) None Specified ║
- ║ │Outbound Directory C:\IM\OUTBOUND\ ║
- ║ │Area File SCFG->DATA\AREAS.BBS ║
- ║ │Log File SCFG->DATA\SBBSECHO.LOG ║
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- Inbound Directory:
- This is the directory where SBBSecho should look for inbound
- mail packets. This is normally taken from whatever has been
- set in the SCFG program.
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- Secure Inbound (optional):
- This is an optional directory where SBBSecho should look for
- secure inbound mail packets.
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- Outbound Directory:
- This is the directory where SBBSecho will place outgoing mail
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- Area File:
- This is the path and filename of the file that SBBSecho will
- use as it's AREAS.BBS file. By default SBBSecho looks for
- the file AREAS.BBS in the data directory defined in SCFG.
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- Log File:
- This is the path and filename of the file that SBBSecho will
- use when logging events. By default SBBSecho uses the file
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- Log Options...
- This list allows you to toggle what events SBBSecho should place into
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- ║ Log Options ║
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- ║ │ALL ║
- ║ │NONE ║
- ║ │DEFAULT ║
- ║ │Ignored NetMail Messages No ║
- ║ │NetMail for Unknown Users No ║
- ║ │Areafix NetMail Messages Yes ║
- ║ │Imported NetMail Messages Yes ║
- ║ │Packing Out-bound NetMail Yes ║
- ║ │Routing Out-bound NetMail Yes ║
- ║ │In-bound Packet Information Yes ║
- ║ │In-bound Security Violations Yes ║
- ║ │In-bound Grunged Messages Yes ║
- ║ │Disallowed Private EchoMail Yes ║
- ║ │Circular EchoMail Messages No ║
- ║ │Duplicate EchoMail Messages No ║
- ║ │Area Totals Yes ║
- ║ │Over-All Totals Yes ║
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- Toggle Options...
- These options allow you to toggle various features in SBBSecho.
- Selecting this option will bring you to the following sub-menu:
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- ║ Toggle Options ║
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- ║ │Secure Operation Yes ║
- ║ │Swap for Executables Yes ║
- ║ │Fuzzy Zone Operation No ║
- ║ │Fast Message Base Open Yes ║
- ║ │Store PATH Lines in Message Base Yes ║
- ║ │Store SEEN-BY Lines in Message Base Yes ║
- ║ │Store Unknown Kludge Lines in Message Base Yes ║
- ║ │Allow Nodes to Add Areas in the AREAS.BBS List Yes ║
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- Secure Operation:
- When set to 'Yes', SBBSecho will compare the origin of any
- incoming mail packets to the nodes in the AREAS.BBS file
- as messages are imported. If a packet password has been
- defined for that node, it will also be compared to the
- password contained in the mail packet. Packets and messages
- failing this security will not be imported.
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- Swap for Executables:
- SBBSecho relies on external executable programs for extracting
- and compressing mail bundles. This option tells SBBSecho to
- swap out of memory when running any of these executables,
- giving the executable programs more free memory to run in.
- This option is only used in the 16-bit DOS flavor of SBBSecho.
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- Fuzzy Zone Operation:
- Some mail programs do not create netmail messages with zone
- information (INTL kludge line) or may only do so when sending
- between zones. This is a problem for systems that receive
- netmail for multiple addresses with different zones (AKAs with
- different zone numbers). Setting this option to "Yes" allows
- SBBSecho to guess what the correct originating and destination
- zone is based on the net and node portions of the destination
- address in netmail message.
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- Store PATH Lines in Message Base:
- When set to 'Yes', SBBSecho will store the PATH lines from
- incoming echomail in the Synchronet message base headers (not
- the body text). This option is useful for troubleshooting
- routing/duplicate message problems.
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- Store SEEN-BY Lines in Message Base:
- When set to 'Yes', SBBSecho will store the SEEN-BY lines from
- incoming echomail in the Synchronet message base headers (not
- the body text). This option is useful for troubleshooting
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- When set to 'Yes', SBBSecho will store any unknown kludge lines
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- This option allows you to add or remove archive programs from SBBSecho.
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- ║ Archive Programs ║
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- ║ │ZIP ║
- ║ │ARC ║
- ║ │LZH ║
- ║ │ARJ ║
- ║ │PAK ║
- ║ │SQZ ║
- ║ │ZOO ║
- ║ │ ║
- ╚════════════════════╝
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- At the Archive Programs... sub-menu, pressing the INSert key will allow
- you to add a new archive program. Pressing the DELete key will remove
- the currently highlighted archive program. And pressing ENTER on the
- currently highlighted archive program will allow you to edit the
- options for that particular prgram from a menu like the following (note
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- ║ ZIP ║
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- ║ │Packer Name ZIP ║
- ║ │Hexadecimal ID 504B ║
- ║ │Offset to Hex ID 0 ║
- ║ │Pack Command Line PKZIP %f %s ║
- ║ │Unpack Command Line PKUNZIP %f %s ║
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- Packer Name:
- This is the name that will be used to reference this particular
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- Hexadecimal ID:
- This is a hexadecimal identifier that SBBSecho should look for
- when determining the compression type used on incoming bundles.
- In this example we are looking for the ID 'PK', '50' is the
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- This is the byte offset (from the beginning of the file) where
- the hexadecimal ID for this archive program can be located.
- In this example we are looking at an offset of 0 bytes from the
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- Pack Command Line:
- This is the command line used by this archiving program for
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- to the name of the compressed file, the '%s' command line
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- This is the command line used by the archiving program for
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- This option allows you to add and remove additional echo lists which
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- toggle option 'Allow Nodes to Add Areas in the AREAS.BBS List' set to
- 'No', you MUST create at least one additional echo list if you wish
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- ║ Additional Echo Lists ║
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- ║ │C:\BACKBONE\FIDONET.NA ║
- ║ │ ║
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- ║ │Echo List Path/Name C:\BACKBONE\FIDONET.NA ║
- ║ │Hub Address None ║
- ║ │Forward Password None ║
- ║ │Forward Requests No ║
- ║ │Echo List Flags BACK ║
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- This is the full path and filename of the echo list you are
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- one per line, with any comments seperated from the areatag by
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- This is the address of the hub of the conferences contained
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- Forward Requests:
- Setting this option to 'Yes' will cause SBBSecho to send a
- request to the Hub Address specified to turn on an area from
- this list. This happens when users remotely add areas using
- Areafix and is not necessary if you are already receiving the
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- These are the flags required for a node to be able to gain
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- ║ Echo List Flags ║
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- The command line for executing SBBSECHO is very similar to SBBSFIDO, although
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- usage: sbbsecho [cfg_file] [/switches] [sub_code]
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- where: cfg_file is the filename of config file (default is ctrl\sbbsecho.cfg)
- sub_code is the internal code for a sub-board (default is ALL subs)
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- SBBSecho will execute normally (for Attach Mailer operation) with NO command
- line switches required. Command lines switches are used to cause SBBSecho to
- _do_ or _not_ do specific operations. When used, command line switches
- are prepended by a slash (/) character. Multiple switches can be specified
- in one grouping (multiple /switch sets are supported, but not required).
- Switch letters are not case sensitive. The available switch letters and their
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- P: Do not import inbound packets or extract inbound bundles
- X: Do not delete inbound packets (*.PKT) after they're imported
- N: Do not import inbound netmail (packetized netmail and *.MSG)
- D: Do not delete inbound netmail (*.MSG) after they're imported
- I: Do not import inbound echomail
- E: Do not export outbound echomail
- M: Ignore echomail pointers (export all locally created echomail messages)
- U: Update echomail pointers only (export no echomail messages)
- T: Do not update echomail pointers (test export)
- H: Export all echomail messages (including messages imported from FidoNet)
- J: Ignore recieved bit on netmail (import even though flagged as received)
- L: Create log file (data\sbbsecho.log)
- R: Create report of import totals (text\sbbsecho.msg)
- B: Import locally created netmail too (ignore the local flag)
- A: Export ASCII characters only (override individual sub-board ex-ASCII strip)
- F: Create packets for outbound netmail (necessary for FLO Mailer operation)
- Y: Import netmail for unknown users to sysop (user #1)
- O: Import all netmail regardless of destination address (unless flagged local)
- S: Import private echomail override (strip private flag)
- =: Change existing tear lines to === when exporting
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- Remote area manager, or areafix, commands are used by uplinks to be able to
- turn echo areas off and on, list currently connected areas, and more.
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- The following text is from the file AREAMGR.HLP which, after installation of
- SBBSecho, should be located in your Synchronet EXEC directory. It lists the
- area manager commands available to the nodes which have been configured using
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- Address all requests to 'SBBSecho' or 'AreaFix' (without quotes).
- Your Area Manager password goes on the subject line.
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- [+]<areaname> Connect an area
- -<areaname> Disconnect an area
- %HELP Request this message
- %LIST Request a list of areas available to you
- %QUERY Request a list of areas to which you are connected
- %UNLINKED Request a list of areas to which you are not connected
- %COMPRESSION <type> Change the compression type (ARC/ARJ/LZH/PAK/SQZ/ZIP/ZOO)
- %PASSWORD <password> Change your AreaMgr password
- %RESCAN Request a rescan of newly added areas
- %ACTIVE Reconnect all temporarily disconnected areas
- %PASSIVE Temporarily disconnect all connected areas
- %FROM <address> Remote maintenance, must be the first command
- %+ALL Connect all available areas
- %-ALL Disconnect all areas
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