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Michiel Broek
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<HTML>
<!-- $Id$ -->
<HEAD>
<META http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO 8859-1">
<META http-equiv="Content-Style-Type" content="text/css">
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</HEAD>
<BODY>
<BLOCKQUOTE>
<h5>Last update 07-Jan-2002</h5>
<h5>Last update 21-Jan-2002</h5>
<P>&nbsp;<P>
<H1>MBSE BBS Setup - Global Setup</H1>
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I use values of 1 KBytes below maximum for overhead such as SEEN-BY and
PATH lines. Values larger then 32 KBytes is not a good idea, recent tests
in May 1999 have shown that your messages will not reach all systems
if they are larger then 32 KBytes. Splitting is used for newsfiles reports
if they are larger then 32 KBytes. Splitting is used for newfiles reports
and gated news articles to Fidonet.
<P>
<h3>1.15. Edit Internet mail and news processing.</h3>
<p>
Email and news is setup here. There are three possible configurations which you
can set with 1.14.11:
can set with 1.15.11:
<ul>
<li><strong>No ISP</strong>. If you don't have any connection to the internet
use this setting. Email will come from the default Fidonet UUCP gate and will be send out
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<li><strong>Perm ISP</strong>. If you are permanent connected to the internet
either with a static or dynamic IP address use this option. Use this option
also if you have an UUCP domain and have a dialup UUCP connection. Also
you can use this for dialup if you have your own maildomain.
you can use this for dialup if you have your own maildomain without UUCP,
you will then fetch the mail from a multidrop mailbox (POP or IMAP) and
send the mail using SMTP via the SMTP mailer of your provider.<br>
If you have a dynamic IP address you can still get a DNS name from for
example <A HREF="http://www.dynip.com">dynip.com</A>
Incoming email will come directly from the internet, but if someone sends
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<strong>user@yourbbs.domain.org</strong>. Note, the username is their
Unix name.
</ul>
Note: the terms <b>Dial ISP</b> and <b>Perm ISP</b> are not correct, it doesn't
matter how you are connected, it only matters if you have a maildomain or not.
Another word of wisdom from my side, configuration of the internet, ppp, sendmail etc. is not discussed
here, see the HOWTO's and other documentation that exists at <A HREF="http://www.linuxdoc.org">
www.linuxdoc.org</A>, it's all there.
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<strong>UUCP aka </strong>The default Fidonet UUCP gate, 2:292/875@fidonet
<strong>Emailmode </strong>The email mode, discussed above
<strong>News mode </strong>Newsfeed mode, INN, rnews or UUCP.
<strong>Articles </strong>The default maximum newsarticles to fetch per group.
<strong>Split at </strong>Gently split newfiles reports after n KBytes (12..60)
<strong>Force at </strong>Force split of newfiles reports after n KBytes (16..63)
<strong>Control ok </strong>Allow news control messages to be gated