Here is a simplified overview about the structure of MegaTIC data-files:
YOUR AKAs
AKA 2:2449/528 @ FIDONET
You can install as many
AKA 9:493/5600 @ VIRNET
AKAs as you want.
AKA 144:4922/0 @ GAMESNET
To a FILEGROUP, which uses one
FILEGROUP : FIDO-Netz
of your AKAs, are assigned
AKA 2:2449/528
FILEECHOS. Here you can give
BBS-Conversion-Defaults
defaults for BBS-Conversion of
your FILEECHOs.
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A USER can be
FILEECHO 1
-----
USER A
connected to one or
AKA 2:2449/528.1
more FILEGROUPS
|
AKA 9:493/5610
and FILEECHOS.
AKA 56:62/648.4
He can also have
FILEECHO 2
-----
AKA 144:4922/12
a unlimited number
of SUB-AKAs.
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Usually a user should have at least one
FILEECHO 3
SUB-AKA with the same ZONE-number as the
FILEGROUP, he belongs longs to.
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Hints for a simple installation
For the first installation of MegaTIC, you should accord to the
following device :
These dialogs you get automatically when you install MegaTIC the
first time:
SYSTEM The most important are the system-settings.
PATH Enter some path-settings.
AKAs Install now all your AKAs.
FILEGROUPS <F5>
Then enter your filegroups. Usually one for each file-net you have.
Assign one of your AKAs to each filegroup.
Enter defaults for BBS-conversion.
FILEECHOS <F7>
Now install your filechos, which are already available on your
system. It is possible to import existing echos from your BBS
(Files|Import fileareas).
Assign the Fileechos to their filegroups.
USERS <F6>
Install your users. It is important, that you create only ONE entry
for each user. Further AKAs of a user, you can enter as SUB-AKAs.
See button "AKAs & AutoCreate" in the user-setup dialog.
Connect users to filegroups and fileechos.
Lists
Configure your available Items.
ADD - adds new item definitions to the database EDIT - edits the currently selected item information DELETE - deletes the currenty selected item information
Language-Setup
Choose your favorite language. Alle dialogs and help-texts are available in english in any case. The second supported language is german, with a lot of translated dialogs.
Path-Settings
No Help available for this topic.
Log style
Decides the format of the log-File.
( ) FrontDoor
---------- Fri 17 Feb 95, MTIC (c) 1995,96 by DiMeS.
01:42:57 Scanning inbound directory for TIC-files...
01:42:57
TIC : C:\FD\SECURE\MT1A2E71.TIC
! 01:42:57
UseFile : PASNDIFF.A41
01:42:57
AreaName : PASNDIFF
( ) Binkley
14 Feb 05:39:09 MTIC Starting MTIC (c) 1995,96 by DiMeS
14 Feb 05:39:09 MTIC Scanning inbound directory for TIC-files...
14 Feb 05:39:10 MTIC
TIC : C:\FD\SECURE\MT726046.TIC
! 14 Feb 05:39:10 MTIC
UseFile : STCC2.ZIP
14 Feb 05:39:10 MTIC
AreaName : GFD.DOS.MDOS
14 Feb 05:39:10 MTIC
TIC sent from : 2:2449/500.0
Log Mode
( ) Normal
Writes only important entries.
( ) Expanded
Some more informations are written to the LOG-file.
( ) Debug
Each action is written. Use this mode, when errors occur, or when you
first use MegaTIC. The given examples were created with debug-mode.
CRC Check
[ ] Inbound CRC checking
MegaTIC calulates the CRC-sum for incoming files and compares it with
the value, given in the TIC-file. If they are not the the same, one of
the following actions will be commited.
CRC Fail
( ) Leave if CRC fails
MegaTIC exits the TIC-procedure for this file. TIC-file and Usefile stay
in the inbound-directory and are processed with the next TIC or
TICHATCH call.
( ) Move to BAD if CRC fails
Moves TIC-file and Usefile into the BAD-directory.
( ) Ignore if CRC fails
MegaTIC ignores different results and continues with the TIC-procedure.
For outgoing TIC-Files, MegaTIC calculates the correct CRC-sum.
Options
[ ] Use FILE_ID.DIZ if no Desc
[ ] Use FILE_ID.DIZ if no LongDesc
[ ] Use always FILE_ID.DIZ
[ ] Add FILE_ID.DIZ from LongDesc
[ ] Add Banner to archive
[ ] LongDesc in one textline
[ ] Strip Hi-Bit ASCII-Character
[ ] Filter ANSI from LongDesc
[ ] Add Downloadcounter
Format
(000)
At Pos
Usually you can find a file named FILE_ID.DIZ in archives, which is
an extended description for the archive and its files.
Using the right packer, MegaTIC can extract these file from the archive
and use it as description for the Usefile, when ticking it into the
BBS-Filebase.
[ ] Use FILE_ID.DIZ if no Desc
Only extract FILE_ID.DIZ from the archive, if no description found
in TIC-file.
[ ] Use FILE_ID.DIZ if no LongDesc
Only extract FILE_ID.DIZ from the archive, if no Long-Description found
in TIC-file.
[ ] Use always FILE_ID.DIZ
Always try to extract FILE_ID.DIZ from the archive.
If this file doesn't exist, use the description, found in TIC-file.
[ ] Add FILE_ID.DIZ from LongDesc
If there is no FILE_ID.DIZ in an archive, the file is created
using the LongDesc from the TIC-File and added to the archive.
[ ] Add banner to archive
Add Bannerfile to the archive. (s. 2.5/Banner File).
[ ] LongDesc in one textline
Do not format contents of FILE_ID.DIZ. Add the full description
to BBS-Filebase and do not care how to display.
[ ] Strip Hi-Bit ASCII-Character
Strips all ASCII-characters above the value 127 form the description.
[ ] Filter ANSI from LongDesc
If you want MegaTIC to filter out ANSI-Escape-Codes from descriptions,
activate this option.
EXAMPLE
RUNEN.ZIP (000) RUNEN.BAS (QB 4.0)
----------------------------
A BASIC-FILE FOR ALL
ULTIMA FRAKS !! Create your
The following options were used to create this entry :
[X] Add Downloadcounter
Format
(000)
At Pos
A dowloadcounter is added to the first line of the description
with the format (000) at position (14).
System
[ ] Sync Filebase on startup
When starting MegaTIC, the fileechos area synchronized with the ones
from your BBS. That means, new names or pathsettings are taken over from
your BBS, deleted echos will be deleted in MegaTIC, too, and moved echos
are searched at an other position.
HINT
If you don't set this switch, errors can occur, because changes in
your BBS are not taken over to MegaTIC.
The following strategy uses MegaTIC, if this switch is set to ON :
<Does echo with number xxx still exist ? And are either name or path
still the same ?>
>YES< -> Get either new name or new path from BBS
>NO< -! If neither name nor path are the same as before, the echo
must be deleted or moved.
-> Search echo an another position in BBS. Either name or
path have to be found.
<Echo found at an other position ?>
>YES< -> Get new values
>NO< -> Delete echo from MegaTIC-configuration
[ ] Make Backup of CFG-Files
At startup the config-files are renamed.
MegaTIC renames the extensions *.CFG -> *.BFG und *.SUB -> *.BUB.
[ ] Suppress ext. screen output
Screen output of external programs like packers or scanners are
suppressed.
Outbound System
Select the Mailer, you are working with.
( ) FrontDoor
Netmails with file-attaches are written to the Netmail-directory..
( ) McMail
( ) Binkley
( ) Cantaloup
Netmails, created by MegaTIC, area "packed" automatically by MegaTIC,
to convert them to Binkley-Domain-Outbound or McMail-Outbound.
This is the same like "FrontDoor" and then call "MTIC PACK".
Outbound Options
[ ] Add all your AKAs to TIC
MegaTIC adds all your AKAs as SEENBY lines to the outgoing TIC-file.
[ ] Add Points in 4D-TICs
If you choosed for an user the option "Send 4D TIC-files", all
Point-AKAs of your system are added as SEENBY lines.
BBS-System
Choose here the BBS-System you are working with.
( ) RemoteAccess 2.02
( ) Proboard 2.xx
( ) FILES.BBS (Mailer only)
( ) EzyCom 1.2x
( ) Maximus 3.xx
HINT
Look the mailbox-path settings. You can specifie there a name for the
CTL-file that contains your fileareas. If you do not spefifie a name,
the defualt value FILEAREA.CTL is used as name for your CTL-file.
(s. 2.5/Path/Mailbox).
( ) RemoteAccess 2.50
( ) Concord
Netmail-Directory
Enter here the path of your incoming and outgoing netmails. This must be the path where FIDO-Netmails (*.MSG) are stored.
FD: Netmail
Mailer-Directory
Enter here the path of your mailer.
FD: System-path for FrontDoor
Inbound-Direcory
Enter here the path of your inbound-directory. This is the directory, where MegaTIC looks for TIC-files and "use-files", for which the TIC-descriptions are. d
This must not be the same path like "outbound-directory", because this would cause file-collision.
FD: SecFiles
Outbound-Directory
Enter here the path of your outbound-directory. This should be the directory, where outgoing packages of your Main-AKA are stored.
FD: Packets
Packets-Directory
Enter here the path of your secure-inbound for your tosser. Announcements will also be written to this directory.
FD: Packets
TIC-Directory
Enter here the path of your outbound-TIC-directory. To this directory outgoing TIC-files and "usefiles" for other systems will be processed.
FD: Packets
Bad-Directory
This is the directory, where bad TIC-files, "usefiles" or messages are stored.
TEMP-Directory
This is the temporary directory, where e.g archives are processed.
OLD-Directory
Enter here the path of the directory where OLD files should be moved to.
BBS-Directory
This is the path, where your BBS is located.
LOG-Directory
Directory for MegaTIC LOG-file. Leave blank if none.
Semaphore-Directory
Directory for Semaphore-Files.
MessageBase-Directory
Default path for your messagebase.
Infected files-Directory
Virus infected files area moved to this path.
Passtrough Files-Directory
Files for Passtrough-Fileechos are stored here until each linked downlink got his file.
Description
Enter here the description for the compression-program/ACU, you want to
install. This can be a text, you want e.g. "PKZip 2.04g" , "Palmscan" or
"ARJ Version 2.41".
HINT
ACUs are Archive Conversion Utilities. That are external programs, which
have the function, to convert archives, perform viruschecks or check
CRC-sums.
Path
This is the path, where the program/ACU is located.
If you leave this empty, the path, where this packer/ACU is located,
must be named in the PATH-variable of your AUTOEXEC.BAT.
If not, only enter path, not the full name of the packer/ACU.
EXAMPLE
I you work with PKZIP/PKUNZIP, and the programs are located in the path
"C:\TOOLS\PACKER", enter "C:\TOOLS\PACKER" here.
Pack-Command
Enter here the filename (without path) and the command to pack with
some parameters.
If you use PKZIP/PKUNZIP enter "PKZIP.EXE -ex" here.
If the entry is for an ACU, enter the name of the program an needed
parameters here.
HINT
You can use macros:
*A for path and archivename
*P for path only
If you work with PALMSCAN enter here:
"PALMSCAN.EXE *A /L"
Unpack-Command
Enter here the filename (without path) and the command to unpack with
some parameters.
If you use PKZIP/PKUNZIP enter "PKUNZIP.EXE -o" here.
List-Character
List-Character
The list-character says, that the name which follows after the
character, is not a file to compress, but a file with filenames,
that should be compressed.
If you use PKZIP/PKUNZIP enter "@" here.
Archiv-ID
The Archiv-ID are the first two to five bytes of an archive, which
indicate, which packer has been used, to create this archive.
EXAMPLE
If the archive has been created with PKZIP, the first five characters
are :
50 4B 03 04
Enter the hexadecimal-values of the archive here.
If you use PKZIP/PKUNZIP enter "504B0304" here.
Programm-Type
( ) Compression program
This entry is for an compression/decompression program.
( ) ACU (Archive Conversion Utility)
This entry is for an ACU.
HINT
The markes fields (*) are not used, if this entry is for an ACU.
ARC-Comment
ARC-Comment
arj.exe c *A -z*C
Enter the command here, to add a bannerfile to an archive.
You can use the macros:
*A the archivename
*C name of the bannerfile
EXAMPLES
ARJ : arj.exe c *A -z*C
PKZIP : pkzip.exe -z *A < *C
RAR : rar.exe c *A !*C
FileList Path
FileList Path
C:\RA\LISTS
Here MegaTIC does create the "raw" filelists.
All Files
All Files
22449528.LST
This is the name of the list, that will contain all files of your BBS.
Later, the list will have the extension of the packer, that it was
compressed with e.g. 22449528.ZIP.
New Files
New Files
NEWFILES.LST
Enter here the name of the list, that shall contain the new files
of your BBS.
not older than
days
Only files, that are newer than the given age, will be listed in the
newfiles-list.
Area Include Security
Min
Max
This value referres to the download-security of your BBS-fileareas.
If the security-level of a filearea is between MIN and MAX,
it will be added to the file-lists.
BBS Board
BBS Board
Choose the BBS-filearea, in which the lists shall be inserted.
Add Infos
You can select now, which informations the filelists should contain.
[ ] Name -> Filename <g>
[ ] Size -> Filesize
[ ] Date -> filedate
[ ] Downloads -> No of downloads with format [xxx]
[ ] Description -> Description of the file
Use Font
Select a font, which MegaTIC uses to display areanumbers in the
filelists.
Options
[ ] Delete Raw File-List after compression
Delete the "raw" filelists, after they are compressed.
[ ] Add keywords :NORMAL and :PROTECTED to requestlist
According to the security
settings of the requestprocessor
the keywords :NORMAL and :PROTECTED area added to the requestlist
to decide between different request security-levels of your fileareas.
Requestlist
RequestList
SECURE.LST
If you enter a filename here, MegaTIC creates a textfile, which
contains the paths of the fileareas ncluded in the Allfiles-List.
This textfile can be used as requestlist for some mailers, so that
the paths of this list are scanned, if a filerequest occurs.
This list can also be used as request-config for MegaTIC's
Fast-Filerequest-Index (s. 3.3/Requestprocessor).
HINT
If you leave this field empty, no request-list is created.
EXAMPLE
The list could look like this:
E:\DFUE_01\
E:\DFUE_02\
E:\DFUE_03\
FileSpec
If you need a filespecification added to the path, you can specify it
here. You needa specification e.g. if you use Binkley.
EXAMPLE
The list could now look like this:
E:\DFUE_01\*.*
E:\DFUE_02\*.*
E:\DFUE_03\*.*
Compress with
Compress with
Select a compression program, to compress the lists with.
BBS Name
ASK*ME BBS
SysOp Name
Dirk Mertens
Location
Muenster/GER
Enter the values for the fields.
HINWEIS
The macro @SYSOPNAME@ can be used at everywhere in MFM-Files
to display the name of the sysop (s. 2.10/Makros).
Rescan
MCMSCAN.ALL
This is the name of the semaphore-file, which let the mailer rescan
the outbound.
If MegaTIC creates new outbound, this file is created automatically
(s. 2.3/Mailer).
Banner File
ASKWERB.TXT
This is the mame of a Bannerfile, which can be added to archives.
(s. 2.2/Add Bannerfile).
Virus Scan
Virus Scan
SCAN.EXE *D*.* /NOMEM /SUB
Enter here the call for a virus-scanner. The makro *D will be
replaced later by the path, which shall be scanned + \ .
(Eg. "scan the path D:\TOOLS\" would be with "*D*.*" changed
to "D:\TOOLS\*.*").
If the path to the scanner-program is not named in the PATH-setting
of your AUTOEXEC.BAT, you have to enter it here explicit.
EXAMPLE
If you work with McAffee's SCAN, you enter the line here :
SCAN.EXE *D*.* /NOMEM /SUB
Errorlevel
Errorlevel
This is the errorlevel, the scanner exits with, if a virus was found.
To find out the right errorlevel, please read the documentation of your
scan-program.
Options
If a virus was found, the following actions can be commited :
[ ] Move to BAD
The infected file(s) are moved to the BAD-directory.
[ ] Delete
The infected file(s) will be deleted.
[ ] Netmail
Write an error-netmail to the sysop.
[ ] Boot
Reboot the PC.
HINT
If your use OS/2, only the DOS-session will be killed.
SkullCheck CRC-File
SkChk CRC-File
C:\UTIL\SKCHK\SKULLCHK.CRC
If you have the SkullCheck-CRC-List of unwanted files, you can
use the list in MegaTIC, too.
These list holds filenames with values about Size and CRC-sum of the
unwanted file.
Enter here the filename of this list.
HINT
You can request the list at Andreas M
ller (2:2449/888) with the
Magic "CRC-LIST".
Options
[ ] Use It
Activate the list.
[ ] Check CRC
Compare filename, filesize *and* CRC-sum.
Usually MegaTIC doesn't compare the CRC-sum, because ist takes some more
time.
[ ] Check Size
Compare filename *and* filesize.
Format
( ) Old (Text)
You use the old version of the Skullcheck-CRC-File in textformat.
( ) New (Binary)
You use new new Skullcheck-CRC-File in binary format.
Max TIC age
When executing the daily system-cleanup, which ist started automatically,
when MegaTIC is called first at a new day, it is checked if there are
some TIC-files, which are older than this given age.
HINT
If you enter "0" here, MegaTIC will not check for old TIC-files.
MFM-Files (MegaTIC-File-Makros) are templates to answer mails,
directed to MegaTIC.
All MFM-Files must be located in the subdirectory \MFM and have the
extension .MFM .
MSG-Header
MT_Head.MFM
Start of each message.
MegaTIC-Help
MT_Help.MFM
Help about MegaTIC
MegaTIC-Info
MT_Info.MFM
About MegaTIC at Up- oder Downlink
Status-Info
U_Status.MFM
Statusinformations of a User
Info-Texts
U_InfoTX.MFM
Infotexts about sent files
AllAreas-List
L_List.MFM
List of all Areas
Link Echos
A_Link.MFM
User was connected to Fileecho
Unlink Echos
A_Unlink.MFM
User was disconnected from Fileecho
Linked Echos
L_Link.MFM
List of all connected Fileechos
Unlinked Echos
L_Unlink.MFM
List of all not connected Fileechos
Switch Change
U_Switch.MFM
User has changes switch
Account Warning
U_AcWarn.MFM
If Account is near zero
User Disable
U_AcBye.MFM
AKA was diabled/Account expired
MSG-Footer
MT_Foot.MFM
End of each message
Ann-Header
ANN_Head.MFM
Header for Announce-Mails
Ann-Footer
ANN_Foot.MFM
Footer for Announce-Mails
Send Files
F_Find.MFM
Report for AreaLink-Command %SENDME
File-Request
MT_Req.MFM
Report for File-Requests
FileFind
MT_Find.MFM
Report for Filefind-Requests
Makros (in alphabetical order):
The following textmacros you can use in each MFM-file :
@BBSNAME@ Name of your BBS
@DATE@ The date of today
@MTREGISTER@ Infos about the Registration of MegaTIC
@MTVERSION@ The used version of MegaTIC
@SYSOPNAME@ Name of the Sysop (s. 2.5/SysOp Name)
@LOCATION@ Location of your Mailbox
@MAINAKA@ Your Main-AKA
This macros you can only use, if you send a mail to a user, or for
automatic Arealink-Mail-Replies:
@USER4DTIC@ Does user get 4D-TIC-Files ?
@USERACTIVE@ Is user ACTIVE ?
@USERAKA@ Main-AKA of user
@USERDOMAIN@ Domain-Name of Main-AKA
@USERINFOTXT@ Does user get info-texts ?
@USERNAME@ Name of user
@USERPACKTIC@ Pack TIC-files for user ?
@USERPACKNAME@ Archivname for packed TIC-files
@USERPASSWORD@ Passwort of user, to change settings
@USERREMIND@ Is REMIND for user active ?
@USERRESCAN@ Rescan-days for command %RESCAN
@USERSECLEVEL@ Security-level of user
@USERSEENBY@ Strip SEEN-BYs from TIC ?
@USERSTATUS@ SEND/RECIEVE/BOTH
@USERSUBAKA@ All SUB-AKAs of user in form of a list
@USERTIC@ Does user get TIC-files ?
The following Macros are only available in Announce-Mails :
@ANNOUNCEGROUP@ Name of Announce-Group
The following Macros are only available in Filesend-Mails (%SENDME):
@FILEMASK@ Which filemask was requested
The following Macros are only available in FileRequest-Info-Mails :
@LIMITFILE@ Upper limit of files
@LIMITBYTE@ Limit of bytes
@LIMITTIME@ Max time of request with current speed
@REQUESTNAME@ Name of caller
@REQUESTSESSION@ "PROTECTED" or "UNPROTECTED"
@REQUESTAKA@ AKA of caller (if available with domain)
@REQUESTPORT@ Port (COM-port of connection)
@REQUESTBAUD@ Connect-speed (not DTE-speed)
BBS Upload Board
BBS Upload Board
Select the BBS-filearea, which contains your new Uploads.
Check Files
( ) Check only new files
Check only the files, which were uploaded after the last call
of MTIC UPSCAN.
( ) Always check all files
Check always all files in the upload-area.
File Infos
[ ] Add GIF, JPG Infos
MegaTIC adds technical infos about these files.
(JPG 1024*768) .......
(GIF 320*200*256c) .....
Exclude Files
FILES.BBS
DESCRIPT.ION
Ignore these files in the upload-directory.
Sessions
NORMAL, PROTECTED
Normal sessions are sessions with callers, that have no password on
your System.
FILES
Limit of files, that can be requested.
TIME
Limit of time, the request may take, at the reported CPS-Rate.
BYTE
Limit of bytes, that can be requested.
REQUEST FROM AREAS WITH DL-SECURITY
Scan areas of your BBS, whichs download-security is between
MIN and MAX.
If switch Add
keywords
ReqList is activated, the
equivalent security keywords :NORMAL und PROTECTED according to fileechos
OrderSec are added to the requestlist.
HINT
If you use the Fast-Filerequest-Index, this setting is ignored.
Request Fail
Request Fail
C:\TEXTE\FEHLER.TXT
This text is sent to the caller, if his request was not successfull.
BBS Info-File
BBS Info-File
C:\TEXTE\WERBUNG.TXT
This text is added to each Request-Report.
Options
[ ] Send Request Report
If this switch is set, the caller will receive a report with some
informations and the result of sent files.
HINT
If this switch is not set and the request fails, the caller will not
get any information about that.
The MFM-Name for this report is MT_REQ.MFM
[ ] Copy of report to sysop
If this switch is set, you will get a copy of the request-report.
[ ] Check if files are present
When scanning the BBS or the Fast-Index, MegaTIC checks, if the files
are present in the given path. This takes a bit time.
[ ] Send TIC
TICarea name
REQUEST
MegaTIC will send TIC-files with the requested files with the following
informations:
AREA the given TICarea name
FILE name of sent file
FROM your zone-matching AKA
DESC 1st line of description
LDESC more description lines
..
Aliasnames
Aliasnames
This is a list of aliasnames or magics, you can connect a File with.
Wildcards (* und ?) are allowed.
If you entered something in the field "Password", the caller only has
access to the file, if his request contains the password.
EXAMPLE
If your filelist shall be requestable with the magic "FILES", enter here:
Alias
FILES
Filename
C:\LISTS\22449528.ZIP
(Name of filelist)
Password
If you don't know, which extension your filelist has, create this entry:
Alias
FILES
Filename
C:\LISTS\22449528.*
Password
MYLIST
All matching files will be sent.
The request of the caller must look like this, because the filelist is
protected by a password :
Subject: FILES !MYLIST
Max. Finds
Max filefinds
Stop scanning the BBS if this number of found files is reached.
Reply in newer
Max message age
days
Reply only to mails, which are not older than the given age.
If "0" is given as value, all messages are done.
DL-Security
DL-security of scanned areas
MIN
and MAX
MegaTIC only scans areas of your filebase, whichs download-security
is between MIN and MAX.
Options
[ ] Process local requests
Do not ignore Filefind-Requests, which are from one of your AKAs.
[ ] Set RECV Flag even if not found
Set the RECEIVED-Flag for a FileFild-Request, even if no file is found.
Filefind-Areas
Filefind-Areas
You see the list of the FileFind-Areas. You can specify a unlimited
number of Areas, to scan for FileFild-Requests.
Description
Description
Filefind : REQUEST.GER
This is only the description of the Filefind-Area.
Active
[ ] Active
If an area is not active, MegaTIC ignores it, when processing
FileFind-Requests.
AKA
AKA
This AKA is used as Reply-AKA for replies.
Origin
Origin
This textline is added to the end of each Mail.
Scan-Area
Scan Area
Select the type of messagebase, the area and its specificatons,
where MegaTIC shall search for Filefind-Requests.
Select the messagebase and enter the values in the field near right.
You can get the values that for from your mailtosser.
(
) JAM-base path
D:\MSGBASE\REQUEST.GER
( ) Squish path
( ) Hudson #num
( ) Netmail path
( ) Ezycom #num
path
Reply-Area
Reply-Area
Select the type of messagebase, the area and its apecificatons,
where MegaTIC shall answer to Filefind-Requests.
( ) JAM-base path
( ) Squish path
( ) Hudson #num
(
) Netmail path
D:\RA\NETMAIL\
( ) Ezycom #num
path
MaxMsgSize
( ) 16 kb
( ) 32 kb
( ) 64 kb
Sets the upper size-limit of messages. Bigger messages are divided into more parts automatically.
Options
[ ] Secure TIC-file names (no Dupes)
MegaTIC checks, if a TICfile, with a randomly CRC32-bit-sum-filename already exists. This event takes some time, if your system produces a lot of outgoing TICfiles. &
[ ] At Errors : Netmail to SYSOP
You will get netmails about all errors, that are also displayed to the LOG-file. &
[ ] Close graphic window on exit
Clear the screen, when exiting MegaTIC.
Sortuser
( ) Surname
( ) Lastname
( ) AKA
Sorts the list of installed users for the selected criteria.
FILES.BBS
[ ] New files at first line
New files area inserted at start of FILES.BBS, instead of appending new files at the end.
[ ] Add Downloadcounter
If switch is selected, a DLC-field in the given format will be added to the first line.
[ ] Add filesize
If switch is selected, the filesize will be added to the first line.
[ ] Add filedate
If switch is selected, the filedate will be added to the first line. %
Downloadcounter Format
(000)
If previous switch is selected, a DLC-field inthe gived format will be added to the first line.
LongDesc List-Char
This is the character at the start of a extended description-line and usually it should be a "+".
Spaces indent
The given number of spaces are inserted before descriptions with more than one textline.
Announcements
[ ] Use internal routines (no MFM)
If tis switch is activated, MegaTIC's internal routines are used to
generate the layout of announcements, depenting on the following
settings.
Only the ANNOUNCE-HEADER and ANNOUNCE-FOOTER MFM-files area used.
On the other case, the layout of announcements depends on the MFM-file
ANNOUNCE-BODY and the follwing settings have no effect.
[ ] Display filesize
[ ] Display filedate
[ ] Display area statistics
[ ] Display total statistics
If selected, MegaTIC displays the selected values in Announcements.
[ ] Highlight Areaname
A quote-character ">" is instered before the areaname, and most
maileditors recognize it as quoted text which must be highlighted.
Area Separation
A line is built with this character, which occurs at each start and
MegaTIC will update 4DOS DESCRIPT.ION-files. MegaTIC uses informations from existing FILES.BBS to create the 4DOS files.
HINT
The 4DOS-files will be created newly instead of being updated, because this would take too much time ;) #
[ ] Filter Hi-ASCII from desc
MegaTIC will filter out ASCII characters with a value above 175 before using informations from FILES.BBS for the 4DOS-files. )
[ ] Strip DonwLoadCOunter from desc
MegaTIC will strip the DLCs from the 4DOS description. This is only possible, if the DLC has the same format as set up in MegaTIC. !
Max description length
Using a length of 40 characters, 4DOS will display exactly one dscription line.
Description
Description
Group : FIDO
Enter here the name of the filegroup. You can assign fileechos and users
to a filegroup.
Options
[ ] No Auto-Zone-Matching [OFF]
An example is the best way to declare:
If you use a fake-AKA for this filegroup (555:1000/1) and send files to a downlink, which has only a FIDO-AKA (2:2449/528.1) MegaTIC would automatically search a zone-number 2:-matching AKA from your AKAs (2:2449/528) and create the outgoing TIC file 6
PATH 2:2449/528
FROM 2:2449/528
TO 2:2449/528.1
but if this switch is set it allows you outgoing TICs like 4
PATH 555:1000/1
FROM 555:1000/1
TO 2:2449/528
Select AKA for this Group
Select AKA for this Group
Select from the available AKAs with <Space> one, you want to use for
this filegroup.
BBS Conversion
BBS Conversion
You can enter here default-values for autocreated Fileareas, which are
assigned to this filegroup.
HINTS
The startnumber for new fileareas is the boardnumber of your BBS.
MegaTIC scans your filebase, starting at the given number and seeks
for the next free area.
Existing fileareas will NOT be overwritten.
Connect via Echoname
Connect via Echoname
You can specify echonames or fragments of echonames, that shall be
assigned to this filegroup.
EXAMPLE
GFD.APP
If you specify GFD.APP here, all new fileechos with the first letters
GFD.APP will be assigned to this filegroup.
HINT
Usually new fileechos are assigned to filegroups via zone-number of the
fileecho. With the zone-number, the right filegroup can be found out.
The assignment via filearea-name has a higher pirority than
via zone-number.
HINT
Wildcards (* oder ?) are NOT allowed.
User Name
User Name
Dirk Mertens
Enter the name of the user here.
Main AKA
Main AKA
2:2449:528.0
This is the Main-AKA of the user.
Main Switches
[ ] Active
This is the "Mainswitch" for the user.
Users, which area not ACTIVE will not get any files from you and are
also not allowed to send.
This switch can NOT be changed by users.
[ ] Remind
If the remind-criterias match, the user will get a remind-mail.
[ ] Pause
If this switch is set, the user will not get any files or fnnouncements
from you, but will be autoadded (if settings match) to new schos.
This switch can be changed by users with the commands %PAUSE
and %RESUME (or %ACTIVE ON and %ACTIVE OFF).
Connect
( ) Receive from
You can only receive files from this user and have no permission
to send to him.
( ) Send to
You can only send files to this user, but are not allowed to receive
files from him.
( ) Both
You can send and revceive files from/to user.
HINT
This is the the default-value, how the user is autoconnect to new
filechos.
Domain
Domain
FIDONet
Enter here the domain for the Main-AKA.
Rescan
Rescan
If the user sends a mail with command %RESCAN, echos are scanned for
files, that are not older than this value.
Passwort
Passwort
This is the password, a Arealink-Mail of the user must contain as
Subject, to connect or disconnect to fileareas.
SecLevel
SecLevel
A user can only connect to fileechos, whichs security-level is lower
or equal his seclevel.
Account
This are some settings for the Account-System of MegaTIC.
You can install an account for each Sub-AKA of a user.
[ ] Deactivate SubAKA
If the account of a user is expired, the Sub-AKA can be disabled
automatically.
The user will not get any files for fileechos, where the filegroups
have the same zone-number.
[ ] Send Netmail-Warning
if fewer than
days
If the account is fewer than the value, the user will get a mail
about his account, when you execute MTIC CHECK /A.
Switches
[ ] Send *.TICs
The user gets TIC-files if you hatch files to him.
[ ] Pack TIC-files
With MegaTIC you can compress TIC-files and UseFiles into one archive.
The advantage is, that instead of a lot of netmails (one for each file)
only one netmail is written (for the archive, containig the TIC-files).
Users can change this switch with the Command %TICPACK ON|OFF.
[ ] Send Infotexts
The user will get informations about sent files.
[ ] Send 4D TIC-Files
The user will get TIC-files with 4D-Seenby-Lines. Point addresses
will be added to the SeenBy-Lines.
[ ] Strip "seen by"s
All SeenBy-Lines will be deleted from the TIC-files.
[ ] Pack Usefiles
Not only TIC-files, but Usefiles can be packed into an archive.
Users can change this switch with the command %FILEPACK ON|OFF.
Flags
Mails
[ ] Crash [ ] Hold [ ] Direct
Files
[ ] Crash [ ] Hold [ ] Direct
Special Flaga for files and mails, the user receives from you.
Usually mails and files have the flag "NONE".
Library
Library
With this feature you can replace some settings of the user with
defaults from the user-library.
Compress
Compress
Select the compression-Program, TIC-files and Usefiles shall be
packed with.
AKAs & AutoCreate
Auto-Create & SubAKA
If a user shall receive files from you or send files to you,
he must have at least one Sub-AKA-Entry, which can be the same as the
Main-AKA.
Send Mail
From the following overview you can send specific mail to a user.
Groups
Select the filegroups, the user ist connected to.
The characters have the meaning :
: ON
The user is connected to this filegroup.
He can connect and disconnect fileechos, that area assigned to
this group.
A : AUTOADD
The user is connected to this filegroup.
He can connect and disconnect fileechos, that area assigned to
this group.
Additionally he has AutoAdd-State for this filegroup, which means,
that he is AutoAdded to new fileechos assigned to this group.
C : CREATE and AUTOADD
The user is connected to this filegroup.
He can create new areas for this filegroup.
Further he has the features listed at AUTOADD.
O : CREATE ONLY
The user is connected to this filegroup.
He can create new areas for this filegroup.
The user will not autoadded to new fileechos created by an other
user.
Echos
Select the filearea, the user ist connected to.
The characters have the meaning :
: ON
The user is connected to the fileecho.
R : RECEIVE FROM
In this filearea, you can only receive files from the user.
S : SEND TO
In this filearea, you can only send files to the user.
B : BOTH
In this filearea, you can send and receive files from/to the user.
Sub AKA
Sub AKA
2:2449/528.1
Enter here the Sub-AKA for this entry.
Switches
[ ] This Sub-AKA is active
Decides wether this Sub-AKA is active, or not. If the account has
expired, and the switch is set, this SubAKA will be disabled.
[ ] Allow Auto-Create Areas (AutoCreate)
Using this Sub-AKA, the user is allowed to create new fileareas on
your System.
[ ] Allow Forward-Reuqests
The user may create Forward-Requests with this Sub-AKA
(s. 3.6/Forward-Manager).
Account
Account
Amount of account, the Sub-AKA of the user has.
( ) Free
This Sub-AKA is free.
( ) DL-kb
The amount is money.
( ) Days
The amount is the number of days, how long the user has access with
this Sub-AKA.
Start
With this button, you start the account system from today.
Auto-Create Path
Auto-Create Path
C:\RA\FILEBASE\FIDONET
This is the base-path for new fileareas.
HINT
MegaTIC tries to create subdirectories with the name of the filearea.
But sometimes this is not possible, eg. if you get a new filearea
named "GFD.OS2.COMM".
In this case, MegaTIC does calculate a 32-Bit CRC-sum from the
name of the filearea to get the name for the new subdirectory.
Echo Batch File
EXPAND.BAT
Order Security
Write Security
These are default values for auto-created fileechos (s. 5.1/Fileareas).
GroupName
GroupName
FIDO-Neue Dateien
This is just the groupname, which can be displayed in Header- or
Footer-MFM-File for announcemnts with the macro @ANNOUNCEGROUP@.
Active
[ ] Group is active
This switch decides, whether this group is active, or not.
Select Echos
Select Echos
Assign the fileareas, that shall be announced in this announcegroup.
Select AKA
Select AKA
Use the selected AKA as senderaka for echomails and netmails.
Echomail-Settings
PKT Message Area
528.NEWFILES
If MegaTIC shall create echomail-announcements, enter the name of
the echomail-area here. If you leave this field blank, no echomail
announcemts will be created.
PKT Password
GEHEIM
If your mailtosser wants a password for mailinbound, enter this here.
Mail-Settings
FROM Field
Dirk Mertens
TO Field
Subject
New files in ASK*ME BBS
This values area displayed at the corresponding fields in created
mails.
Netmail-Systems
Netmail Systems
Select system, to which MegaTIC shall write netmail-announcements.
AutoAdd Filegroups
AutoAdd Filegroups
New fileechos, belonging to the selected filegroups, will be
added and announced in this announcegroup automatically.
Group
Group
GRUPPE : FIDO-Echos
Choose the filegroup, to which this Forward-Manager-Entry should
belong.
Uplink
Dirk Mertens
2:2449/528.0
Select the uplink for this Forward-Manager-Entry.
Password
GEHEIM
This is the password, of the uplink's TIC-Processor, YOU have, to
connect or disconnect Fileareas.
AreaManager
This is the aliasname of your uplink's TIC-processor.
AreaList
C:\RA\LISTS\FIDO.LST
Select the file, that contains the list of fileechos, available from
your uplink.
HINT
The fidonet.na format, in which this list has to be, looks like this:
<fileareatag> <filearea description>
EXAMPLE
<fileareatag> <filearea description>
TNT_BBS Utilities from the Toolnet
NODELIST The newest Nodelists
NODEDIFF Nodediff-Files
RULES24 Rules for some Echomail-Areas
MegaTICName
MegaTICName
2-BBS
This is the name, MegaTIC handles the filearea with.
This must also be the fileechos-tag of the filearea.
Path
Path
C:\RA\FILEBASE\FIDO\2-BBS\
This is the physical path of the filearea.
Batch
Batch
C:\RA\UTIL\MTIC\EXPAND.BAT
This batch-File will be executed for incoming files.
Parameters:
1.) Path for fileecho
2.) Path + Name + Ext of file
3.) Name of file only
4.) Ext of file only
First, MegaTIC changes to the directory of the filearea and than executes
the batch-File.
EXAMPLE
If you have the filearea "NodeDiff" and you want to extract all incoming
files into your Nodeiff-directory, the batch-File might look like this:
@ECHO OFF
C:\TOOLS\GUS.EXE %2 C:\FD\NODELIST
(GUS.EXE is a program, which automatically finds out the archiv-type
and calls the right packer to extract the archive)
Options
[ ] Synchronize with FDB
If this switch is active, MegaTIC will synchronize this echo on startup with the BBS's filebase. But that will only work, when global system-switch Sync
filebase is active. W
Each filearea with this switch DEactivated, is treated like a raw FILES.BBS filearea.
[ ] Mandatory
No user can disconnect from this filearea.
[ ] Don't add FILE_ID.DIZ
If global switch is set to add
FILE_ID.DIZ to archives which have no such file, MegaTIC will do this. With this switch you can exclude a single area from this feature (e.g. for NODEDIFFs).
[ ] Anyone can send
Anyone can send in this area. No security check is performed for files which area destinated to this area.
[ ] Passthrough Echo
A file for this echo will not be inserted into the BBS's filebase, but moved to the passthrough-path. After each linked Downlink has got the file, it will be deleted from the passtrough-path.
[ ] Autounlink
If no downlink is connected to this echo anymore, MegaTIC will send an Arealink mail to your uplink, which disconnects you from this echo. This echo must be listed in the arealist of MegaTIC's Forward-Manager. R
MegaTIC will test this case automatically when running the daily system-cleanup.
Order Sec
Order Sec
This security-level (s. 4.1/SecLevel) needs a user to connect to
this filearea.
Write-Sec
Write Sec
This security-level (s. 4.1/SecLevel) needs a user to send files to
this filearea.
Banner handling
Banner handling
( ) Leave unchanged
Don't care about the archive banner.
( ) Add your bannerfile
Add your bannerfile to the archive.
( ) Kill existing banner
Kill the archive-banner, if one exists.
Replaced-Files
Replaced-Files
This setting decides, what happens to files, that are replaced by
newer ones.
( ) Kill
Kill the old/exiting file.
( ) Move to OLD-Dir
Move the old/existing file into the OLD-dir (s. 2.3/Old Files)
( ) Rename old file
Rename the old/existing file eg. MTIC.ZIP -> MTIC.ZI1
Incoming-Files
Incoming-Files
This setting decides, what special actions shall happen to incoming
files.
[ ] Touch filedate
Set the file's date to the actual date of today.
[ ] Unwanted check
Proceed the unwanted-check with the Skullcheck-CRC-Liste.
[ ] Virus Scan
Make a virus-scan for the incoming file.
Archives will be extracted, to scan each single file.
[ ] Arc convert
Convert the archive to the selected format.
Convert to
Select a packer from the list, to which the incoming archives
shall be converted.
Filearea Maintenance
Keep files
days in filearea
When calling "MTIC MAINT" all files older than the specified days will be deleted or moved. Wheter files are moved or killed depends on the settings Replaced-Files.
HINT
If a value of "0" is given, the maintenance will not be done for this filearea. 1
[ ] When "0", force when "/D=xx" specified
With this you can force to maintain a filearea, even if a "0" was specified at keep-days for files, when you call MegaTIC with the parameter "/D=xx" where xx must be a number of keep-days. '
Kill dead area after
days
If no incoming file has been recognized for this area in the given period, the filearea will be deleted from MagaTIC AND from your BBS filebase. Files from a dead area are moved to the OLD-Path.
MAGICS
With magics MegaTIc can execute some actions for incoming files.
Before the TIC-processing starts, files can be copied, deleted or
uncompressed.
Copy File
The files, matching the given filespecification, are copied to the
destination directory.
File Specification
*.ZIP
Destination Directory
D:\ARCHIVE
Copies all files with the extension "ZIP" into the directory
"D:\ARCHIVE".
Delete File
The files, matching the given filespecification, are deleted, before
the TIC-process continues.
File Specification
*.ZIP
This magictype has no further parameters.
Execute Command
Does execute programs for the files, matching the given
filespecification.
You can use the following magics in the commandline:
*F = full path and filename
*P = path only with terminating backslash
*N = filename only without path
You can enter more than one command in the commandline, but you
have so separate these commands with a semicolon ";".
File Specification
*.ZIP
Commandline
C:\TOOLS\GUS.EXE *F D:\NODELIST;DIR D:\NODELIST
First the program GUS.EXE is executed, with path+filename as
parameter. The second command shows the directory "D:\NODELIST".
No Hatch
The files, matching the given filespecification, are NOT hatched to
downlinks, even if MegaTIC was called with command TICHATCH.
File Specification
*.ZIP
This magictype has no further parameters.
Unpack File
The files, matching the given filespecification, are decompressed
to the destination directory.
File Specification
*.ZIP
Destination Directory
D:\ARCHIVE
Decompresses all files with the extension "ZIP" into the directory
"D:\ARCHIVE".
Rename Areatag
Here you can change the areatag for incoming files.
Area specification
NODEDIFFS
New areatag
NODELIST
All incoming files for filearea area "NODEDIFFS" are handled, as if their
destination would be the area "NODELIST". That means these files will
be inserted into area "NODELIST" and sent to downlinks, which are
(.txt)