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The PPoint/FrontDoor Interface
A Short Text File On Using PPoint With FrontDoor/InterMail
By Lawrence Gordon (Fidonet 1:100/560)
I. Introduction
PPoint is an outstanding netmail and echomail program. It features
a built-in mail tosser, seamless integration with your favorite
text editor and spell checker, file requests, tagline support,
UUCP e-mail support, multiple host support, and, perhaps most
importantly, ease of use.
The author of PPoint, Harvey Parisien, has taken great pains to
make PPoint "user-friendly" - from its comprehensive menu and
help systems to its built-in nodelist compiler to its automatic
configuration of the BinkleyTerm frontend.
PPoint has introduced hundreds of people to the joys of "pointing"
and it has earned a reputation as being one of the best programs
of its kind.
Now, Harvey has made it even better... because PPoint now directly
supports *.MSG file-attach frontends, such as FrontDoor,
InterMail and D'Bridge. This enhancement to PPoint is an
exciting development for those of us who love using PPoint and
who don't want to sacrifice the power and enjoyment of our
favorite frontends.
II. Disclaimer
This document is not a tutorial on setting up FrontDoor, InterMail
or D'Bridge. Your use of PPoint with these frontends assumes that
you already have or know how to set up these systems. What this
document does is explain how to integrate these systems with
PPoint and how to take advantage of PPoint's new *.MSG file-attach
features. For this documentation, I have chosen FrontDoor
v2.02/Noncommercial as the frontend for explaining PPoint's
*.MSG features. My reason - it is free for noncommercial use and
it is still widely used and available, even though newer versions
have been released.
III. Configuring FD 2.02
A. Unarchive FD into its own subdirectory, which we'll call
C:\FD.
B. Run FDSETUP.EXE. A message will appear SETUP.FD - Path or
file not found. Press the Spacebar to create SETUP.FD.
C. ->Global->Address
1. ->Address
Enter your node number in Main: e.g. 1:100/560.1
2. ->Site info
Enter your system's name: e.g. Toast Point
a. ->Location
Enter your system's location: e.g. St. Louis MO
b. ->Phone#
Enter your system's phone number or leave it as -Unpublished-
If you enter a telephone number, use the complete number.
In North America, for example, enter your phone number in
the form 1-XXX-XXX-XXXX (1-Area Code-Exchange-Local).
Most point systems should leave the phone number as
-Unpublished-.
c. ->Speed
Arrow to the highest DTE speed supported by your modem.
For 14400s, this can be set at 19200.
d. ->Flags
If you support continuous mail, V32bis and V42bis, type
CM,V32B,V42B in this field. Consult your frontend's
documentation for details.
3. ->Domains
If you are pointing to a Fidonet system, e.g. type 1 under
Zone and fidonet.org under Domain name. (This field is
optional unless you are required to use 5d addressing).
4. ->AKA matching
This is probably unnessary for point systems. Leave blank
unless you have more than one AKA (e.g. you point off
more than one Fidonet boss in different zones).
D. ->Global->Filenames
1. ->System
This is where FrontDoor's system files are located; e.g.
C:\FD
2. ->Netmail
This is where FrontDoor places and expects to find *.MSG
netmail files; e.g. C:\FD\NETMAIL
3. ->Files
This is where FrontDoor stores incoming files and incoming
echomail packets; e.g. C:\FD\IN
4. ->Packets
This is where FrontDoor expects to find outgoing mail
packets. NOTA BENE: FD's packet directory MUST NOT be
the same directory as PPoint's OUTBOUND directory - FD
will trash or delete PPoint's outbound *.PKT files if
they are placed in FD's Packets directory. DON'T DO IT!
Keep PPoint's OUTBOUND directory separate from FD's Packets
directory.
5. ->Log file
This is the name of the log file you want FD to keep;
e.g. C:\FD\FD.LOG
6. ->Banner
Not used for nonBBS systems. Leave blank.
7. ->Nodelist
The directory for your raw "St. Louis" nodelists. FD,
as opposed to BinkleyTerm, requires the use of a raw
nodelist; e.g. C:\FD\NODELIST
8. ->In-event
A text message displayed when your system is in mail-only
event. PPointers can leave this blank since this message
is displayed only to human callers.
9. ->MSG Base
Location of Hudson-type message base. PPointers should
leave this blank, since PPoint does not use the Hudson
message base.
10. ->Swapping
Where FD swaps to disk. Set this to whereever your system
can support disk swapping or leave it alone.
11. ->Semaphore
Not available in FD 2.02. Ignore it.
E. ->Global->General
Read the FD docs for help with these settings.
F. ->Global->Users
Enter your name under Username; e.g. Lawrence Gordon
Enter any password or leave blank
Keep your access at Supervisor
G. ->Mailer->Miscellaneous
Recommended settings for PPoint users (my preferences):
Mail from unlisted systems -> No
Mail from unprotected systems -> No
Mail from unlisted points -> No
Kill empty received messages -> Yes
Terminal only -> No
Mail-only (no BBS) -> Yes
Match remote zone -> Yes
Present all AKAs to remote system -> Yes
Trigger exit on receipt of any netmail -> Yes
-upon receipt of ANY file -> Yes
Busy retries -> 5
Resend retries -> 0
Retry delay -> 60
Delay before first call -> No
Days to keep mail history -> 7
BBS software name -> [blank - remember you're not running a BBS!]
Minimum undialable cost -> 1
H. ->Mailer->Log
Settings for FD's log file. Please read the FD docs.
I. ->Mailer->File requests
Mode -> No requests (a point should probably not allow
f'reqs anyway. Read the FD docs if you want to allow
file requests.
J. ->Mailer->FDServer
Not necessary for use with PPoint.
K. ->Mailer->External mail
Not necessary for use with PPoint.
L. ->Mailer->Display
No reason to touch this if you are using PPoint. Read FD's
docs.
M. ->Mailer->Colors
Your choice of custom colors, default mono and default
color sets. Read FD's docs.
N. ->Mailer->Hidden dial info
Read FD's docs.
O. ->Mailer->Function keys
Here's how I use these with PPoint:
F1
Title -> PPoint
Action -> ?245 (creates an errorlevel 245 explained later)
Pause -> No
Check -> No
F2
Title -> Mail scan