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The InterBBS component of IceBank for the most part has been completely re-written, although the tosser still works basically the same way. Cosmetically, it looks the same from the user perspective, but the setup for it is much more efficient, and easier to understand. As a result IceBank v0.60 will NOT work with InterBBS packets from the previous version of IceBank. If anyone is running IceBank and are not using v0.60, they MUST upgrade in order to network with this version of the bank. File transfer packets are a different size, and have a different extension (.IBX, .IBR) to avoid confusion with the previous version of IceBank, and conflicts with other InterBBS software. ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │░░░▒▒▒▓▓▓ CopyRight Notices & Program Disclaimer ▓▓▓▒▒▒░░░│ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ The utility IceBank, along with all its support files and documents, are Copyright (C) 1994-95 Jeremy Landvoigt. Distributing a version AFTER it has been registered is prohibited; distribution & execution of the original, unaltered version is permitted, indeed encouraged, as long as all support-files and documentation that accompany the program are included WITHOUT ALTERATION OF ANY SORT. The author can be quickly reached for information through the RA_UTIL international FidoNET Conference. If you wish to trust comments/complaints/suggestions to the Post Office, you can send them to: Jeremy Landvoigt 100 Burling Place Newmarket, Ontario L3Y - 5W4 Canada The following programs mentioned in this documentation are Copyright of their respective authors. They are listed in no particular order: IceBank - CopyRight Jeremy Landvoigt RemoteAccess - CopyRight Wantree Development & Andrew Milner FKFossil - CopyRight Tim Strike and Forbidden Knights Systems THE USUAL LEGALITIES I (Jeremy Landvoigt) make no warranty of any kind, expressed or implied, including without limitation any warranties of merchantability and/or fitness for a particular purpose. I shall not be held liable for any damages, whether direct, indirect, special or consequential arising from the failure of this program to operate in the manner desired by the user. I shall not be held liable for any damage to data or property which may be caused directly or indirectly by the use of this program. In no event will I be held liable for any damages, including (but not limited to) any lost profits, lost savings, or other incidental or consequential damages arising out of the use -- or the inability to use -- this program, or for any claim by any other party. The only thing that IceBank is guaranteed to do is to take up space on your hard drive. ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │░░░▒▒▒▓▓▓ Credits ▓▓▓▒▒▒░░░│ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ There are a few people who helped with the development of IceBank that although they weren't involved in the creation or writing of the program, their suggestions, Bug reports, and lengthy ßeta testing have been an enormous asset. I would like to thank in no particular order : Ian Thomsen, David Doyle, David Casey, & Max Quagliotto for all of their help. Couldn't have done it without them! Also, portions of the Fossil Routines used in IceBank v0.60 are Copyright 1993-94 By Tim Strike and Forbidden Knights Systems. ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │░░░▒▒▒▓▓▓ Registration ▓▓▓▒▒▒░░░│ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ The Development of IceBank v0.60 took many long hours, and a lot of time and effort not to mention money. This program is not FreeWare. If this program satisfies your expectations of a RemoteAccess TimeBank, if not MORE, then you are expected to register it after an evaluation period of 30 days or sooner. By doing this you can be sure of continued development of the software. Thanks for your support. This Program may be freely distributed but DO NOT under any circumstances change any of the executables or alter any files that come in the original distribution archive. I urge you to register as soon as you can! The more registrations that I have will show the interest of people in the program, and I will release a newer version with many more features. If you should choose to register IceBank all "Unregistered" messages and almost inaudible beeps within the program will also be removed. Please note that the status of features (whether they are available or not to unregistered users) may be changed without further warning in later versions of the software; but this does not mean that they will be changed. If you wish to register, please fill out the registration form : North America ------------- Register.Can - Registration Form For Canadian Users Register.Usa - For the U.S.A, and for all other Registrations Europe ------ Register.Nl - Registration Form For The Netherlands Register.Ger - Registration Form For Germany Register.Uk - Registration Form For UK/Eire Australasia ----------- Register.Aus - Australia and surrounding area Please at this time send ALL registrations to the address listed in the correct registration form. Thank you for your support. Any Registration forms that have invalid or missing information may be considered void and not be processed, depending on the extent of the errors. Due to recent events, I have changed my policy on personal cheques that are sent in to pay for registration. I will continue to honour them, however as of this release, there will be a 3 week hold placed on the cheque to ENSURE that it does NOT go N.S.F. Although most people are honest about this, lately too many people have sent in N.S.F. cheques, and when contacted about them, show little or no concern about them or the financial difficulties they may have caused. Additionally, a service charge of $15 will be levied against any N.S.F. cheques. Until both the full payment, and the service charge is recieved in the form of a MONEY ORDER, the registration (and any future registrations) will not be processed. In conclusion to the above information, to ensure a speedy turnaround time it is recommended you send your registration in the form of a money order (or direct deposit for Canadian residents) If you do choose to send in a personal cheque, it means that you have read and understood these conditions. ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │░░░▒▒▒▓▓▓ Archive Contents ▓▓▓▒▒▒░░░│ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ IceBank v0.60 has been compressed using RAR. The archive should be approximately 124k in size. This archive should have an authenticity verification seal by Jeremy Landvoigt. If this archive is not in RAR format, or if the seal has been broken, it is may be advisable to get a new archive from one of the support sites listed at the end of the documentation. The IceBank archive should contain the following files : ICEBANK.EXE - The Main Program BANKCFG.EXE - Use to configure the program BANKNET.EXE - InterBBS transaction tosser 050TO060.EXE - Version Converter ICEBANK.DOC - Program Documentation REGISTER.USA - Generic Registration Form REGISTER.GER - Germany/European Registration Form REGISTER.UK - UK/Eire Registration Form REGISTER.NL - Netherlands Registration Form REGISTER.AUS - Australian Registration Form REGISTER.CAN - Canadian Registration Form FILE_ID.DIZ - General Program Description If one or any combination of these files are missing, or files have been ADDED, then you are using a possibly modified or altered copy of IceBank. It would be advised that you delete this copy, and get a clean copy of IceBank from one of the BBS's listed at the end of the documentation. Newest Version of IceBank can be F'REQed from Ice Technologies BBS under the magic name 'ICEBANK' (Without the quotes) ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │░░░▒▒▒▓▓▓ Files Used By IceBank ▓▓▓▒▒▒░░░│ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ Files IceBank will create are : ICEBANK.CFG - The configuration file. BANKNET.DAT - Unacknowledged BBS transactions. BANKMSG.DAT - Internal MSG Database. BANKBOOK.DAT - User transactions book. Files IceBank can/will read are : CONFIG.RA - Read when IceBank is first installed. It will attempt to determine if you are running RA by use of Environment variable, and if it can find the CONFIG.RA, it will read in some information from it. DORINFO1.DEF - Drop file containing user information. BANKINIT.ANS - This will replace the bank introduction information. Registered only [+] BANKDONE.ANS - This will replace the bank closedown screen. Registered only [+] also IceBank will read the files that it creates. ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │░░░▒▒▒▓▓▓ Program Information ▓▓▓▒▒▒░░░│ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ IceBank is a full featured Time/Kbyte banking system designed specifically for use with RA 2.0x/PB v2.xx. It was created over a year ago, but like many of my utilities, was thrown on the shelf and forgotten about. Because of recent inquiries, I have decided to re-construct the software. It has been completely overhauled from the original TimeBank I created, and has the Ice "Look 'N Feel" similar to IceChat, IceEdit, IceNote, & IceUser. ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │░░░▒▒▒▓▓▓ Program Configuration - Using BankCfg ▓▓▓▒▒▒░░░│ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ Setting up IceBank is quite easy. This section of the documentation will attempt to take you step by step on how to use the configuration utility BankCfg.Exe to set up IceBank. Most of the options are self explanatory. FILE: ----- █▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀█ ▌ Save & Exit ▐ ▌ Save Without Exit ▐ ▌ Exit Without Save ▐ ▌ Limits Manager ▐ ▌ Events Manager ▐ ▌ Registration Info ▐ ▌ Program Info ▐ █▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄█ · Save & Exit - This will save your current configuration to the IceBank.Cfg file and will exit the program. · Save Without Exit - This will save your current configuration to the IceBank.Cfg file and will allow you to continue modifying your setup. · Exit Without Save - This will abort the save procedure (just in case you somehow really messed up!) and will exit the program. · Limits Manager - This will allow you to configure up to 13 different security level restrictions within the bank.. Eg, Regular User, Priveledged User, Co-SysOp, etc.. · Events Manager - This will allow you to configure as many System Events as your BBS has. IceBank will attempt to gather the information from when RA you first install it, but the data can be manually altered here. Toggle whether or not the event is active, what time the event is at, and what days the event is run on. IceBank will check both to see if there is an event on the current day, and also if any events on the next day would affect the users ability to withdraw time. · Registration Info - This will simply display your current registration status, whether registered or unregistered. · Program Info - This will give you a little bit of information on the current version of IceBank that you happen to be using. PATHS: ------ █▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀█ ▌ External Chat ▐ ▌ Logfile Path ▐ █▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄█ · External Chat - This is the full path and filename of your external chat utility. This can be executed from within IceBank using the ALT-C key. · Logfile Path - Path and filename of the logfile that IceBank will create and write to. IceBank will log deposits, withdrawals, transfers, etc.. as well as program errors. TOGGLES: -------- █▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀█ ▌ Enable Robbing YES ▐ ▌ Enable Transfers YES ▐ ▌ Enable T/K Buying YES ▐ ▌ Show Success Rate NO ▐ ▌ Enable Userlist YES ▐ ▌ Message Writing YES ▐ ▌ Read Security Once YES ▐ █▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄█ · Enable Robbing - Should users be permitted to make bank robberies? · Enable Transfers - Should users be allowed to transfer time & Kbytes to other accounts? (This toggle enables/disables BOTH local and InterBBS transfers) · Enable T/K Buying - Should users be allowed to buy time or Kbytes from the bank at the cost determined in the Limits file? · Show Success Rate - Should users be told what their percentage chances are of a successful rob attempt? · Enable Userlist - Should users be able to list the other account names and how much time/kbytes those other accounts have? · Message Writing - Should users be able to write 3 line messages to other users? · Read Security Once - Should IceBank read in the user security only once, when the user's account is created, or should it update their security in the user datafile every time they enter the bank? If set to only once, this feature can be useful for giving "bad" users less bank access than other users of their "real" security level. Eg: A user can have less security in the bank than they do on the BBS. NAMES: ------ █▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀█ ▌ BBS Name ▐ ▌ SysOp Name ▐ ▌ Bank Name ▐ █▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄█ · BBS Name - The name of the BBS as configured in RemoteAccess. It MUST match both the name in RA, as well as the BBSname in the key (if registered). · SysOp Name - The name of the System Operator as configured in Remote- Access. It MUST match both the name in RA, as well as the SYSOPname in the key (if registered). · Bank Name - The name of this financial institution, as displayed in the header during runtime. [+] COLOURS: -------- █▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀█ ▌ Lines (Dark) ▐ ▌ Lines (Light) ▐ ▌ Header Text ▐ ▌ Header Background ▐ ▌ Fill Character ▐ ▌ Numbers ▐ ▌ Information Text ▐ ▌ Menu Option Text ▐ ▌ Hot Keys ▐ ▌ Str.Punctuation ▐ ▌ Str.Numbers ▐ ▌ Str.UpperCase ▐ ▌ Str.LowerCase ▐ ▌ Str.High Bit ▐ ▌ Default Settings ▐ █▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄█ · This section on colour configuration is self explanatory. Simply select the type of character which you wish to colour configure. Another box will appear that will show you the list of available colours. Type in the number of the colour you want to use. · STR refers to all prompts and transaction description paragraphs in the program. · All remaining colour configuration fields refer to text on the main transaction screen. · DEFAULT SETTINGS will restore all the colours to their original installation settings. OTHER: ------ █▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀█ ▌ Fill Character ▐ ▌ Daily Time Interest ▐ ▌ Daily Byte Interest ▐ ▌ Success Rate Chance ▐ ▌ No. Of Rob Attempts ▐ █▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄█ · Fill Character - The character IceBank will use to fill empty place values. · Daily Time Interest - The percentage of time added or removed DAILY. A small percentage is recommended. You MUST run ICEBANK /M in your maint if you want to enable this feature. · Daily Bite Interest - The percentage of kbytes added or removed DAILY. A small percentage is recommended. You MUST run ICEBANK /M in your maint if you want to enable this feature. · Success Rate % - What percentage should the user have of succesfully robbing the bank or another user? · No. Of Rob Attempts - How many rob attempts should the user get while they are in the bank. ACCOUNT MANAGER: ---------------- █▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀█ ▌ Add Account ▐ ▌ Edit Account ▐ ▌ Delete Account ▐ ▌ List Accounts ▐ ▌ Sort Accounts ▐ █▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄█ · Add Account - Allows you to add user accounts to the IceBank database. · Edit Account - Allows you to edit user accounts in the IceBank database. You can edit fields such as total time and kbytes deposited today, as well as current account balances, their security level, and their robbery status toggle. · Delete Account - Delete an account from the IceBank database. · List Accounts - Lists accounts in the IceBank database. Will list name, total kbytes, total time, and robbery status toggle. · Sort Accounts - Will sort and pack the user database file in alphabetical order by user lastname. ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │░░░▒▒▒▓▓▓ Installing IceBank Into RA v2.0x Systems ▓▓▓▒▒▒░░░│ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ Please read the section of this document entitled 'Setting Up IceBank Using BankCfg.Exe' BEFORE attempting to install IceBank into RA. Failure to setup IceBank correctly before installing it into your bbs program will probably result in IceBank failing to run or not running as expected. IceBank is only known to run with RA v2.0x/PB v2.xx. If other BBS packages can emulate the RemoteAccess EXITINFO.BBS file, then IceBank should work with those BBS packages as well. In order to run IceBank.Exe, you must have a fossil driver active. A fossil driver such as BNU should work fine with IceBank. If you don't have a fossil driver installed, a simple error message will be displayed, and the program will stop. A fossil is not required when running in local mode. We will now run through EVERYTHING you need to do in order to get IceBank to run in your RemoteAccess setup. 1. Extract all the files in the distribution archive to a directory of your choice. C:\RA\ICEBANK is recommended and is assumed to be the directory you are using from now on. 2. To help IceBank find it's configuration files, you need to define an environment variable for it in this manner in your AutoExec.Bat : SET IBANK={PATH TO ICEBANK DIRECTORY} PLEASE NOTE, THE ENVIRONMENT VARIABLE NAME IS IBANK - NOT ICEBANK !! The environment variable is used by IceBank to find its system files and configuration. Failure to setup the environment variable can result in IceBank failing to run correctly - YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED! Please see your DOS manual for more information on environment variables. N.B. You will need to reboot your machine after entering the environment variable for it to take effect. 3. Run BankCfg.Exe and configure all of IceBank's options as explained earlier in this document. You MUST configure IceBank for it to work correctly! Refer to the section of this document for setting up IceBank. 4. IceBank can be run using either a type 7 or a type 15 menu command. A type 15 menu will require a batch file that is called to execute IceBank, a type 7 menu only needs to have the command line to execute IceBank on the Optional data line of the menu. See your BBS manual for more information on type 7 and type 15 menus... Decide which type of menu command (Type 7 or type 15) you wish to use and then do ONE of the following depending on which menu type you have chosen to use: Type 7 Menu Command: Optional Data: <command line> [control codes] Description: This function will run an external program, or door in a shell while the user is on-line. Example command lines for Type 7 usage: Calling IceBank in either a single line or multiline system you would use: Single Line: C:\RA\IceBank\IceBank.Exe -d:C:\ra *! *M Multi Line : C:\RA\IceBank\IceBank.Exe -d:C:\ra\line*N -N:*N *M The following RA parameters are used in the above examples: ** It is strongly recommended that regardless if you set the environment variable or not, that you run IceBank from a batchfile. If you install INTERBBS support, you MUST run IceBank from a batchfile, so that it can access the packet tosser. A sample batchfile might look like this: @Echo Off Cd \Ra\IceBank IceBank.Exe -d:C:\ra CD \Ra *M Activate the MemorySwap feature. RemoteAccess attempts to swap itself and all the memory it occupies to XMS and EMS memory (if available) or to disk, leaving only 3KB resident. This is ideal when running memory-hungry programs but takes a few seconds longer in order to perform the swap. If the swap cannot be accomplished, RemoteAccess will attempt to load the program in a normal shell. *N The current node number, as specified by the -N command line parameter when RemoteAccess was loaded. Type 15 Menu Command: Exit to DOS with errorlevel Optional data: <errorlevel> Description: This function causes RemoteAccess to exit to DOS completely, returning an errorlevel to your BBS batch file. The optional data field should contain the errorlevel that you wish to pass to the batch file. The batch file should trap the errorlevel and act accordingly. If you use this exit while the user is still on- line, the user may be logged back into RemoteAccess using the command line parameter -R. This forces RemoteAccess to read the EXITINFO.BBS file that was written at the time of the exit so that it can restore system and user information, presenting the user with the TOP menu. NOTE: Errorlevels 0 through 5 are reserved for internal use by RemoteAccess. For a complete description of these internal errorlevels and how they are used, see the Errorlevels section of the Reference chapter. If you decide to use a Type 15 menu to call IceBank you will need to add IceBank into your BBS batchfile and call IceBank with the errorlevel you have chosen. :START IF ERRORLEVEL 10 GOTO IceBank IF ERRORLEVEL 5 GOTO NET&ECHO IF ERRORLEVEL 4 GOTO ECHOMAIL IF ERRORLEVEL 3 GOTO NETMAIL IF ERRORLEVEL 0 GOTO START_UP GOTO START_UP :IceBank CD\RA\IceBank IceBank.EXE <Don't forget IceBank's Parameters!> RA -R GOTO AFTER_BBS In this example, a TYPE 15 menu command with an Errorlevel of 10 will make the batch file execute the command following the :IceBank label. Include the line "RA -R" to return to the board after the external programs have been executed. N.B. DO NOT FORGET to include the correct command line switches for IceBank in your batchfile. Failure to do so will result in IceBank not functioning as it is intended. See the section of this doc file for more info on IceBanks parameters. 5. Make sure you have changed ALL of the menus you wish to call IceBank from and that you have saved the changes. These are only an example to get you going... Please refer to the section of these docs about 'parameters' to ensure you have the correct command line to execute IceBank. That's all there is to it.... When you run IceBank, be sure that the IceBank.Cfg file has been created. If it has not, then you MUST run BankCfg.Exe. If you don't, and attempt to run IceBank.Exe directly, IceBank will display an error message that IceBank.Cfg doesn't exist. ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │░░░▒▒▒▓▓▓ IceBank.Exe Commandline Parameters ▓▓▓▒▒▒░░░│ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ Note: ALL Commandline parameters are optional, and do NOT have to be used. /D:[PATH] - Use this parameter to specify the path ONLY to the dropfiles that are to be used by IceBank (DORINFO1.DEF, EXITINFO.BBS) Eg. ICEBANK.EXE /D:C:\RA\LINE2 /M - This parameter puts IceBank into maintenance mode. Once maintenance is run, the program will terminate. /N:[#] - This parameter will specify the node number that IceBank is being accessed by. ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │░░░▒▒▒▓▓▓ Setting up IceBank for InterBBS Transactions ▓▓▓▒▒▒░░░│ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ IceBank has the ability to be setup so that users can transfer time & kbytes between different BBS's. So far as I know, this is a completely unique feature that no other TimeBank has to offer! This feature is useful for BBS's that work in co-operation with each other. (Generally, there are at least a few SysOps in an area who are friends and support each other's BBS's.) InterBBS setup is quite simple, and is done in BANKCFG.EXE. We will briefly run through it now: INTERBBS: --------- █▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀█ ▌ Inbound Path ▐ ▌ Outbound Path ▐ ▌ Netmail Path ▐ ▌ Node Address ▐ ▌ System Pwd ▐ ▌ Network BBS's ▐ █▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄█ · Inbound Path - Where all inbound files are placed by the mailer that you use. · Outbound Path - Where all outbound files are placed by IceBank. · Netmail Path - Where all netmail messages are stored. (*.MSG format only!) · Node Address - What is your system node address? [Zone:Net/Node] · System Pwd - What is the System password that will be used for security during transfers. · Network BBS's - █ Address ▀▀▀▀▀ Route-To ▀▀▀▀▀ BBSName ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ Password ▀▀▀ CDH ▀▀▀▀▀█ ▌ 0:0/0········ ·············· RemoteAccess BBS······· ******······ -------- ▐ ▌ ············· ·············· ······················· ············ -------- ▐ ▌ ············· ·············· ······················· ············ -------- ▐ ▌ ············· ·············· ······················· ············ -------- ▐ ▌ ············· ·············· ······················· ············ -------- ▐ ▌ ············· ·············· ······················· ············ -------- ▐ ▌ ············· ·············· ······················· ············ -------- ▐ ▌ ············· ·············· ······················· ············ -------- ▐ ▌ ············· ·············· ······················· ············ -------- ▐ ▌ ············· ·············· ······················· ············ -------- ▐ ▌ ············· ·············· ······················· ············ -------- ▐ ▌ ············· ·············· ······················· ············ -------- ▐ ▌ ············· ·············· ······················· ············ -------- ▐ █▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄█ Enter connected BBS's in this section. Specify Address, BBSName, and the password that they use for packet security. Press <ENTER> to edit, and <INS> to add more records. IceBank uses the program BANKNET.EXE as an external tosser to process inbound and outbound transfer packets. It MUST be located in the IceBank directory, as it needs to be able to read the configuration, as well as other IceBank files. When a user decides to transfer to another BBS, IceBank will prompt the user for the BBSname, and then what to transfer and how much. If the limits are not exceeded, IceBank will exit to run BANKNET.EXE. The execution is not visible on either the SysOp or user end, so a brief pause will seem to occur. During this pause, BankNET will be creating a file attach for the target BBS, which can be transferred when the frontend mailer re-loads. Please note, only FrontDoor has been tested and is known to work. Intermail should work due to its similarity. Please contact the author if you are able to get your mailer working with IceBank if it is something other than these mailers. Files that IceBank will create for InterBBS purposes: .IBX - any file with this extension is a transaction file which has not yet been processed. If it is located in your IceBank directory, it is most likely one that your bank created that has not been sent. If it is in your inbound files directory, it is likely a file from another BBS that is awaiting processing by your bank. .IBR - any file with this extension is a transaction file that HAS been processed. It serves the function of a return receipt, and will be sent back to the originating BBS to inform them if the transaction succeeded or failed. .IBT - any file with this extension is a transaction file that has been ROUTED. Assuming a path has been agreed upon, it is currently on course to it's destination. You should not interfere with this file, as it is not for your system or from your system. IceBank will keep another file of unprocessed tranactions for it's records in BANKNET.DAT. As .IBR files are received, it will "check off" that the transaction has been recieved, regardless if it succeeded or failed. Some limitations exist: 1) Time & Kbytes can only be transferred if the user on the target BBS exists in the TimeBank userfile. 2) Time & Kbytes can only be transferred if the amounts do not exceeded the account limitations on the TARGET system. SETTING UP BANKNET.EXE WITH YOUR MAILER: ---------------------------------------- You must setup BANKNET.EXE almost the same as you would your Echomail or File Tosser. An example would be: IF EXIST C:\BBS\FD\FILES\*.IB* GOTO ICEBANK :ICEBANK CD \BBS\DOORS\BANK BANKNET INBOUND GOTO START You would place this in the section of your BBS.BAT that executes your echomail tosser when mail and files are recieved. As you can see, the parameter to do this is: BANKNET.EXE INBOUND You MUST change directory to your IceBank directory BEFORE executing the tosser. Your current directory MUST be your IceBank directory. ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │░░░▒▒▒▓▓▓ Other IceSoft Utilities ▓▓▓▒▒▒░░░│ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ Here is a list of all the IceSoft utilities that were available at the time of release of this archive. If you enjoy using this IceSoft utility, you may want to check some of these out! :) · IceChat - IceChat is a split screen chat utility for RemoteAccess BBS packages. It can be used with many other BBS types as long as they support Dorinfo1.Def/Door.Sys type Doors. · IceEdit - IceEdit is a fullscreen ANSi message editor that was originally designed for use with RemoteAccess. Although it has only been tested with RemoteAccess v2.0x, and TeleGard v2.7 it should be compatible with any other BBS that uses the QuickBBS style dropfiles that contain the message writing information. These files are MSGTMP & MSGINF. You should check your BBS documentation to see if your software supports this system. IceEdit also calls on the Dorinfo1.Def file to read in necessary information about the user profile. · IceNote - IceNote is one of the newest IceSoft doors available. It is a message to all users type door with many neat features. It has been tested with both RemoteAccess v2.0x, and the latest release of Renegade, and should work with any other Dorinfo1.Def compatible BBS Packages. · IceBank - IceBank is the very newest IceSoft utility available. It is a fully functional, fully configurable timebank system for RemoteAccess v2.0x. It has many cool features, including InterBBS transactions. · IceUser - This is the fifth IceSoft utility to become available. It is a fully functional online user editor for RemoteAccess v2.0x. Very secure. ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │░░░▒▒▒▓▓▓ Program Support - BBS Locations ▓▓▓▒▒▒░░░│ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ IceBank can be File Requested from any of the following BBS's under the magic name of ICEBANK. Multiple baud rates supported. Legend ────── S - Support Site B - Beta Site R - Registration Site D - Distrib. Site Ice Technologies Concession Stand Minerva Online Ltd. Ontario, Canada Florida, USA London, England (905) 895-7775 (407) 569-6568 +44-(0)181-402-3350 FidoNET 1:250/912 FidoNET 1:374/6568 FidoNET 2:254/33 Max. Baud: 14400 Max. Baud: 28800 Max. Baud: 28800 Flags: S B R D Flags: S B D Flags: S D R The Modem Link Slash BBS The Silverado Heidelburg, Germany The Netherlands Florida, USA +49-6221-390239 +31-4780-10920 (904) 532-1158 FidoNET 2:2468/6022 FidoNET 2:512/67 FidoNET 1:3618/11 Max. Baud: 19200 Max. Baud 28800 Max. Baud 28800 Flags: S B R D Flags: S R D Flags S B R D Infinity Communications Doncaster, Australia +61-3-9850-9115 FidoNET 3:633/262 Max. Baud: 28800 Flags: S R D <EOF>