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- Setup help for BBSERV.EXE (c) 1991 Freeman M. Crosby W1NPR (SRQLAN)
- ***** note ***** New setup instructions in QUICK.DOC will let you get
- setup easily. You may now put BBSERV in it's own directory.
-
- 1.BBSERV.EXE is a remote file server for use with the AA4RE BBS programs
- from Version 2.11 (c) 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991 by H. Roy Engenhausen.
-
- 2.Setup is done with the editing of PARMS.BB , read parms.hlp or select
- it from the menu on SETSERVE.EXE and running SETSERVE.EXE
-
- 3.All "PUBLIC" directories must have an \UPL\ subdirectory in their path.
- These are not to be listed in PARMS.BB. All uploaded files go there .
- You must set SUBDIRECTORY_OK = NO in your regular parms.bb section !
- These will be created for you if you answer "Y" to create directories in
- setserve.exe
- An error message will be generated if these do not exist.
-
- 3. SETSERVE.EXE will guide you through the simple setup needed to get going.
-
- 4. Edit PARMS.BB, Run SETSERVE.EXE, Run BBSERV.EXE using WAKEUP.BB with
- EL BBSERV.EXE every hour or so before forwarding.
-
- 5. The first time it runs it will take a while to read all your files &
- check for messages to the server. After this it will only look at new
- additions to your messages. You may reset it to 0 again with BBSERV.EXE /R
-
- 6. Edit all .TRL ( trailer ) . REP ( reply ) files to suit your needs.
-
- 7. Combined with ACTION.BB in V2.11 the AA4RE BBS is very versitile for file
- handling & message routing. Build your databases by routing messages into
- them using the features of ACTION.BB .
-