Last update 17-Feb-2002

MBSE BBS Setup - Fidonet nodes.

Introduction

Unlike many other bbs packages, for each node you need only one record. If you have a relation with a node for one network with costsharing, and other networks without costsharing you need two records for that node. For each node you can setup the aka's, mail, files and session handshake.

Main setup

Sysop name       The name of the system operator.
Fido aka's       Maximum 20 Fido addresses.
Dial command     You can put an override here for the normal 
                 dial command. If you leave this empty the 
                 command from the modem setup is used.
Phone number 1   An alternative phone number/ip address to dial.
Phone number 2   An alternative phone number/ip address to dial.
                 Use these above commands if the node has
                 another phone number as mentioned in the
                 nodelist. If you call this node via TCP/IP
                 and the IP address can't be resolved by
                 the nodelist, you may enter an IP address
                 or hostname here.
Route via        A route via Fido address. All mail for this
                 node will be send via this Aka, even mail 
                 and files for other networks. This can be
                 usefull if this node has internet access
                 so you can send everything to this node
                 over the internet.
Netmail direct   Set "direct" flag in netmail to this node.
Netmail crash    Send netmail always "crash" to this node.
Netmail hold     Put mail on "hold" for this node.
Send notify      Send automatic generated notify messages.
Language         The language to use (not yet working).
Deleted          If this node must be deleted.
No EMSI          Disable EMSI handshake.
No YooHoo/2U2    Disable FTSC-0006 handshake.
No Filerequest   Disable filerquest from this node.
Don't call       Do not call this node.
No Hold mail     Only pickup mail if we call, send nothing.
Pickup primary   Only exchange mail for one Aka.
No Zmodem        Disable Zmodem protocol.
No Zedzap        Disable Zedzap protocol.
No Hydra         Disable Hydra protocol.
No TCP/IP        Disbale TCP/IP protocol, forces dial only.
8.3 names        Set this if the node only accepts 8.3 filenames.

Mail setup

Session pwd      The mailer session password.
Check PKT pwd    Check password in received .pkt files. If not,
                 errors or missing passwords are only logged.
                 If set, errors or missing password are refused
                 and the .pkt files are renamed to .bad
UplMgr program   The name of the Areamgr program of this node.
                 (This doesn't work yet).
UplMgr passwd    The password for the Areamgr of this node.
Mail forward     Not in use yet.
ARCmail comp.    Use ARCmail 0.60 file naming convention for out of zone mail.
ARCmail a..z     Allow a..z last character for ARCmail filenames.

Mail groups

Here you can tag which mail groups are available for this node. Note that all groups are visible here, even for networks this node has no aka's in. Be carefull not to allow a node to connect areas from networks he has no aka in.

File setup

Files password   The password for .tic files.
Mgr password     The password for the Areamgr and Filemgr.
UplMgr program   The name of the Filemgr progrom of this node.
UplMgr passwd    The password of the Filemgr if this node.
UplMgr Add +     Add a "+" in the command to connect areas.
Incl. message    Send a netmail message for each file to send.
Send TIC file    Send .tic file to this node.
Advanced TIC     Send advanced or standard .tic files.
File forward     Forward TIC files for this node (not yet).
Billing          Is Costsharing active for this node.
Bill direct      Send the bill direct or on command.
Credit           The credit this node has in units.
Debet            The debet we have with this node (informational).
Add              Add (or substract) factor to the bill.
Warn level       The debet level when to write a warning mesage.
Stop level       The debet level when to stop sending files.

File groups

The same story as for mail groups is true for the file groups.

Statistics

In this statistics screen you can see the mail and files flow with this node. Values are stored for the current week, the previous week, the current month and previous month and the overall total since you defined this node. There are actual 12 months of statistics stored in the nodes record, only 2 are visible.

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