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Short Contents

Copying Conditions and Credits............................................ 1
Introduction.............................................................. 3
1 The Fifteen Minute Guide to Fnordadel................................... 5
2 Sysop Theory........................................................... 14
3 User Command Reference................................................. 24
4 Aide and Co-Sysop Command Reference.................................... 62
5 The Sysop Command Reference............................................ 75
6 Modem Stuff............................................................ 86
7 Events................................................................. 93
8 Networking............................................................. 96
9 Doors................................................................. 126
10 Anti-Ruggie Measures................................................. 133
11 Shells vs.  the Desktop.............................................. 143
12 File Transfers....................................................... 147
13 Miscellaneous........................................................ 151
Appendix A Fnordadel Support............................................ 170
Appendix B History of the Citadel BBS Program........................... 173
Index of ctdlcnfg.sys Variables......................................... 177
Index of Programs and Their Options..................................... 180
Index of Commands and Modifiers......................................... 181
General Index........................................................... 184



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Table of Contents


Copying Conditions and Credits............................................ 1
       Copying Conditions................................................. 1
       Credits............................................................ 1

Introduction.............................................................. 3
       Notations Used in This Manual...................................... 4
       A Warning.......................................................... 4

1 The Fifteen Minute Guide to Fnordadel................................... 5
       1.1 Initial Preparations........................................... 5
              1.1.1 Disk layout........................................... 5
              1.1.2 Other details......................................... 7
       1.2 Configuration.................................................. 8
              1.2.1 Editing ctdlcnfg.sys.................................. 8
                     1.2.1.1 General parameters............................8
                     1.2.1.2 Modem parameters..............................9
                     1.2.1.3 Networking parameters.........................9
              1.2.2 Running configur...................................... 9
       1.3 Bringing Up The System........................................ 10
              1.3.1 Logging in........................................... 10
              1.3.2 Giving yourself power................................ 11
       1.4 Backing Up.................................................... 12
       1.5 Doing It Properly............................................. 13

2 Sysop Theory........................................................... 14
       2.1 Your Callers.................................................. 14
       2.2 Rooms......................................................... 15
       2.3 Floors........................................................ 17
       2.4 Scrolling..................................................... 17
       2.5 Modes of Operation............................................ 18
              2.5.1 Modem mode........................................... 18
              2.5.2 Console mode......................................... 18
              2.5.3 Chat mode............................................ 19
              2.5.4 Network mode......................................... 19
       2.6 Configuring................................................... 19
              2.6.1 The ctdlcnfg.sys file................................ 20
              2.6.2 The configur program................................. 20
              2.6.3 The ctdltabl.sys file................................ 20
       2.7 Command Structure............................................. 21
              2.7.1 Single-key commands.................................. 21
              2.7.2 Multi-key/extended commands.......................... 22

3 User Command Reference................................................. 24
       3.1 Single-key User Commands...................................... 24
              3.1.1 Room prompt commands................................. 24
                     3.1.1.1 Entering and reading messages................25
                     3.1.1.2 Navigating between rooms.....................27
                     3.1.1.3 Other commands...............................29
              3.1.2 Pseudo commands...................................... 32
       3.2 Multi-key User Commands....................................... 32
              3.2.1 Enter commands....................................... 35
                     3.2.1.1 Entering messages............................35
                     3.2.1.2 Entering files...............................36



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                     3.2.1.3 Entering other information...................37
              3.2.2 Read commands........................................ 38
                     3.2.2.1 Reading messages.............................39
                     3.2.2.2 Reading files................................43
                     3.2.2.3 Reading other information....................47
              3.2.3 Navigation commands.................................. 47
              3.2.4 Other multi-key commands............................. 49
       3.3 Multi-key User Floor Commands................................. 51
       3.4 The Message Editor............................................ 52
       3.5 User Configuration............................................ 56
       3.6 More Mode..................................................... 59
       3.7 Deleting Messages............................................. 60

4 Aide and Co-Sysop Command Reference.................................... 62
       4.1 Aides......................................................... 62
              4.1.1 Granting Aide status................................. 62
              4.1.2 The .A(ide) command.................................. 63
              4.1.3 The ;A(ide) command.................................. 67
              4.1.4 Aide message deletion and movement................... 68
              4.1.5 .E(nter) R(oom)...................................... 70
              4.1.6 Aide doors........................................... 70
       4.2 Sysop Commands and Perks...................................... 70
              4.2.1 Sysop room-editing commands.......................... 70
              4.2.2 Message journalling.................................. 72
              4.2.3 Promoting local messages to net messages............. 73
              4.2.4 Sysop file transfers................................. 73
              4.2.5 Sysop doors.......................................... 74
              4.2.6 Sysop mail differences............................... 74
              4.2.7 Aide and sysop room access........................... 74

5 The Sysop Command Reference............................................ 75
       5.1 The Sysop Special Functions Menu.............................. 75
       5.2 User Status Commands.......................................... 80
       5.3 Miscellaneous Features and Commands........................... 83
              5.3.1 Special keys......................................... 83
              5.3.2 Chat recording....................................... 84
              5.3.3 Mail receipt flag.................................... 84
              5.3.4 Sysop room access.................................... 84
              5.3.5 Forgotten passwords.................................. 85

6 Modem Stuff............................................................ 86
       6.1 Basic Modem Requirements...................................... 86
       6.2 Setting Up the Modem.......................................... 87
              6.2.1 Baud rate............................................ 87
              6.2.2 Initialisation....................................... 87
              6.2.3 Baud-rate detection.................................. 88
                     6.2.3.1 Searchbaud...................................89
                     6.2.3.2 Result codes.................................89
                     6.2.3.3 2400-baud operation..........................90
                     6.2.3.4 Connect delay................................90
              6.2.4 Dialing out.......................................... 90
                     6.2.4.1 The dialing commands.........................90
                     6.2.4.2 Long-distance dialing........................91
                     6.2.4.3 Timing.......................................91
                     6.2.4.4 A speed-up...................................91
       6.3 High-Speed Modems............................................. 91
       6.4 Common Modem Problems......................................... 92



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7 Events................................................................. 93
       7.1 Events In General............................................. 93
       7.2 Some Notes on Events.......................................... 94
       7.3 Timeouts...................................................... 95

8 Networking............................................................. 96
       8.1 Networking Configuration...................................... 96
              8.1.1 Required parameters.................................. 96
              8.1.2 Optional parameters.................................. 98
              8.1.3 Setting up for networking........................... 101
                     8.1.3.1 Network events..............................101
                     8.1.3.2 Polling.....................................102
                     8.1.3.3 Summary of network events and polling.......103
                     8.1.3.4 Special keys in network events..............103
              8.1.4 Related parameters.................................. 104
       8.2 The Net Menu................................................. 104
       8.3 Editing Nodes................................................ 107
       8.4 Roomsharing.................................................. 112
              8.4.1 How to share a room................................. 112
              8.4.2 Topography and backboning........................... 113
              8.4.3 The loop-zapper..................................... 115
              8.4.4 Shared room aliasing................................ 117
              8.4.5 A few hopefully wise words.......................... 117
       8.5 Mail Routing................................................. 118
              8.5.1 Net addresses....................................... 118
              8.5.2 Path aliasing....................................... 119
              8.5.3 Hubbing............................................. 120
              8.5.4 Domains............................................. 121
       8.6 Networking with Citadel-86................................... 121
       8.7 Interfacing to Other Networks................................ 123
       8.8 Country Codes................................................ 123

9 Doors................................................................. 126
       9.1 Defining Doors............................................... 126
              9.1.1 Format of ctdldoor.sys.............................. 126
              9.1.2 Example door definitions............................ 128
              9.1.3 Notes............................................... 128
       9.2 The User Interface........................................... 129
       9.3 Special Kinds of Doors....................................... 130
              9.3.1 System doors........................................ 130
              9.3.2 Archiver doors...................................... 130
              9.3.3 Protocol doors...................................... 131
              9.3.4 The shell door...................................... 131
              9.3.5 Fnordadel as a door................................. 131
       9.4 Notes and Caveats............................................ 131
       9.5 Door Problems................................................ 132

10 Anti-Ruggie Measures................................................. 133
       10.1 Philosophy.................................................. 133
       10.2 The Secret Weapons.......................................... 134
              10.2.1 Paranoid mode...................................... 134
              10.2.2 Messages per room per call......................... 134
              10.2.3 Mail messages per call............................. 135
              10.2.4 Maximum number of calls per day.................... 135
              10.2.5 Maximum connect time per day....................... 135
              10.2.6 Maximum number of close calls per day.............. 136
              10.2.7 Daily download limit............................... 136
              10.2.8 Twit status........................................ 136
              10.2.9 Inheritance........................................ 137



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              10.2.10 Message purging................................... 137
              10.2.11 Login restrictions................................ 139
              10.2.12 Purge and Westwict menus.......................... 139
              10.2.13 Network security.................................. 140
              10.2.14 Closed system..................................... 140
       10.3 Other Hints and Notes....................................... 141

11 Shells vs.  the Desktop.............................................. 143
       11.1 Running from the Desktop.................................... 143
       11.2 Running from a Shell........................................ 145

12 File Transfers....................................................... 147
       12.1 File Directories............................................ 147
       12.2 Protocols................................................... 147
       12.3 The File Browser............................................ 148

13 Miscellaneous........................................................ 151
       13.1 Things to Make Fnordadel Work or Work Better................ 151
       13.2 Logging and Debugging....................................... 152
              13.2.1 The call-log....................................... 152
              13.2.2 The file-log....................................... 154
              13.2.3 The net-log........................................ 154
              13.2.4 Debugging.......................................... 154
              13.2.5 Crashes............................................ 155
       13.3 Help Files.................................................. 155
              13.3.1 The hot-help system................................ 156
              13.3.2 BLurB files........................................ 157
              13.3.3 MeNU files......................................... 159
       13.4 Curious Feeps............................................... 160
              13.4.1 Uppercase elimination.............................. 160
              13.4.2 <fnord>s........................................... 160
              13.4.3 User timeouts...................................... 161
              13.4.4 New user message viewing........................... 162
              13.4.5 User configuration defaults........................ 162
              13.4.6 Status line........................................ 162
              13.4.7 Rotating banners................................... 163
       13.5 File Locations.............................................. 163
       13.6 Multitasking and Fnordadel.................................. 165
       13.7 Fnordadel vs.  STadel....................................... 166
       13.8 Compatibilities, Incompatibilities, and Fixes............... 168
       13.9 Beta Releases of Fnordadel.................................. 168

Appendix A Fnordadel Support............................................ 170

Appendix B History of the Citadel BBS Program........................... 173

Index of ctdlcnfg.sys Variables......................................... 177

Index of Programs and Their Options..................................... 180

Index of Commands and Modifiers......................................... 181

General Index........................................................... 184