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- BBSERV Trailers & Reply messages explained
-
- REPLIES:
- Replies must exist and have an extension of .REP these are
- for example INFO.REP which at present is the only .REP file.
-
- TRAILERS:
- These are text files that are sent after the regular messages or
- response from the server. This allows you ( the sysop ) to have
- a way of customizing the way your system looks to the user.
-
- If a trailer is missing or blank there will be nothing done so
- there is no need to have them if you don't have a reason.
-
- They are all kept in the bbserv_dir and have a .TRL extension and may
- be edited with the EF command right from REBBS.
-
- Several trailers are used for various responses such as INPUT.TRL for
- the INPUT command, LIST.TRL for the LIST or W commands, SHADOW.TRL for
- the shadow or "OWNERS" commands and the UPLOAD.TRL for an upload thank
- you message.
-
- Each BBSERV database has a trailer assigned to it by it's number in the
- list of databases and is identified by a D(No.).TRL as an example the
- trailer for the third BBSERV database is called D3.TRL and if these are
- blank or missing it will not affect operation. They will be created as
- blank files during the course of operation if they don't exist. These
- might be used to put out a disclaimer for the MODS or advise the users
- of a new file or files and in a SIG operation of a dbase notices &
- updates could be sent also. You can find out the proper number designator
- by checking it's position in parms.bb from the top.
-