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- (F)or (Y)our (I)nformation:
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- My home phone number is 214-790-6265 after 7pm CST to 1AM on weekdays
- and usually anytime during the weekend
- Or, send me a Crashmail message to 8:930/20 (214)790-0754 ...
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- Smlnet reads and writes a .Msg file as stated in the FSC documents.
- This format is the same as seen on Opus and similar boards.
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- Nodelist.Idx and Nodelist.dat are Version 6.
- BinkleyTerm uses these files when polling other systems.
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- Fido-Net is Zone 1
- Rbbs-Net is Zone 8
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- Mysetup.Zip includes everything on my setup.
- I am dead-end net/node, with a Hst 19.2K locked. So, hence, have
- smlnet.fos option for Node1 turned on(Y) for fossil support. Directory
- structures are described in the enclosed binkley.bat
- For my setup:
- BinkleyTerm 2.2 answers the phone and polls other systems
- Qmail 1.0 imports/exports the echomail
- ParseLst keeps track of the Nodelist
- RBBS-PC Bulletin Board Program
- ReplyLnk Creates ReplyLinks for all messages
- Renum uses Confmail 3 option to pack/renum old messages
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- Michael Davis of 8:930/1 has created a file called Setup6.Zip
- (soon to be Setup7.Zip). He provides excellent instructions
- and batch files for the beginner to setup a Netmail system.
- You can download (or Freq) the file from him, or other fashionable
- locations in the universe.
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- Smlindex.Exe and Smlmport.Exe create an index file of the messages in
- the conference, so if you renumber the conference you must run
- smlindex.exe to recreate a matching smlindex.dat file for it.
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- If possible, put all Smlnet related files (except Smlindex.exe and
- Smlmport.exe) into a separate subdirectory from other programs.
- This will make it easier for you to modify/maintain the configuration
- files.
- A sample of my NET.BAT that a remote caller can call directly from RBBS
- looks like:
- CD \RBBS\NET
- Copy \RBBS\Dorinfo%1.Def
- Smlnet %1
- CD \RBBS
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- Smlchk.Exe will check the validity of your Smlnet.Cnf file only.
- But, you should still verify this configuration files when setting up
- to make sure they are correct:
- Smlnet.Adv <- Advertisement
- Smlnet.Cnf <- main Configuration file
- Smlnet.Dsz <- DSZ setup
- Smlnet.Fos <- Fossil setup
- Smlnet.Nam <- Name list setup for Netmail
- Smlnet.Off <- Off time of program (for multinode systems)
- Smlnet.Zon <- MultiZone setup
- Smlnet.Des <- Detail Descriptions of each echo conference
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- Smlnet 1F has fossil support. The assembly code is developed by Ken
- Bachman from help of the fossil documents that were found in x00 files.
- It does Block Read and Write I/O with the Fossil, and supports upto
- 38400 baud. It has been successfully tested on local systems running
- x00 fossil driver. also, successful on normal systems and locked-
- baudrate systems.
- My config.sys line to setup x00 for the locked baud rate at 19.2 is:
- DEVICE = X00.sys B,0,19200 T=512 R=8192
- these and are other settings were setup to suggestions in Mike Davis's
- Setup?.Zip documents.
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- Fossil support and DSZ:
- Smlnet replaces the port [COM] found in the smlnet.dsz with the
- text portx ?,? found from the smlnet.fos file. It will only
- do this when the fossil is turned on (Y). You might need a newer
- version of DSZ to have the portx support. I found that a Dec 88
- version of dsz didn't have the portx command, but the recent Mar 89
- did. when portx support was added to DSZ, I don't know. If the
- DSZ doesn't have the portx support, DSZ will error out.
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- Again, you do not have to activate Fossil support (Y in Smlnet.Fos) if
- you don't want to.
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- Dorinfo?.def vrs Pcboard.sys
- Personally, I like the Dorinfo?.def for there is a much stronger standard
- for it then Pcboard.sys. Also, the Dorinfo?.def has everything that
- is necessary whereas for the pcboard.sys, Smlnet.exe needs to read the
- Users file to get the callers security level.
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- I will try to keep a copy of translator programs on my system that anyone
- can download. So, then if they are running an Opus board, and can't find
- one locally that will make a Pcboard.sys or dorinfo?.def, you hopefully
- can find it here.
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- Smlware echoconference is available on Rbbs-Net. I haven't the foggiest
- if it is available on Fido-Net or any others. If you want it on Fido-Net
- or other, then please send me sufficient info on who I need to contact
- to do so.
-
- Suggested Procedure for adding new echo conferences.
- 1. MD (Make) the Subdirectory
- 2. Add the new echo to the Areas.BBS file
- 3. Send a message to your hub to start receiving the echo
- 4. then wait till a day or two till some messages arrive in the echo
- 5. add the echo to the smlnet.cnf file
- - first you need to assign a unique id# number.
- (sml-chk will output unused id# numbers that you can use)
- - add the unique id#, subdirectory drive:\path, and description of
- the new echo. Probably, best to add it in the echo list so that
- the echo decriptions are in alphabetical order for easier finding
- for the remote caller.
- 6. run sml-chk to help verify that you didn't make any mistakes when
- you added the echo in smlnet.cnf
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