A potential customer opens a sign-up program that starts Internet Explorer, dials the ISS, and posts an initial CGI request. The ISS then does the following:
HTTP is a session-less protocol; however, the ISS operates in a session-oriented mode, using the session handle to identify all transactions associated with the sign-up process for a particular customer. For example, the session handle could be an automatically generated sequence number assigned to this transaction by your database system.
To install the server
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To create a guest account
To modify the Acc2.ins file
The following entries are generally required for all users and must be added manually to the .ins file. Be sure to review these entries carefully, because no error checking is provided.
Note
There can be cases where these entries will vary by user, typically when different users are serviced by different networks.Section | Entry | Comment |
---|---|---|
[Entry] | Entry_Name | May vary for private-label customization |
[Server] | All entries | |
[TCP/IP] | All entries | |
[Custom] | All entries | Not required |
[Custom_File] | All entries | Not required |
[Scripting] | All entries | Not required |
[Script_File] | All entries | Not required |
The following entries are user-specific and can be added to the .ins file (except for the Outlook Express entries, which are necessary only if Outlook Express features are provided by the service). The mechanism for placing these entries dynamically in the file varies based on the services available on your server. Usually, user input is required at sign-up. Most servers support some macro mechanism associated with CGI that makes the process easy.
Section | Entry | Comment |
---|---|---|
[Phone] | All entries | |
[User] | All entries | |
[Internet_Mail] | Email_Name | |
. | Email_Address | |
. | POP_Logon_Name | |
. | POP_Logon_Password | |
[Internet_News] | NNTP_Logon_Name | |
. | NNTP_Logon_Password |
For Windows 3.1, all Outlook Express entries must be set or none of the settings will be used.
If users are assigned to different servers, the following entries need to be changed to replace the information entered into the wizard.
Section | Entry | Comment |
---|---|---|
[Internet_Mail] | POP_Server | |
. | SMTP_Server | |
. | Domain | |
[Internet_News] | NNTP_Server |