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- Introduction
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-
- To be able to take part in mail nets like fido net you need a
- number of extra configuration files besides the mailareas.cfg.
- This chapter describes how to configure and how to make it
- work.
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- configuration files
- -------------------
-
- The following configs are needed for mail transfers.
-
-
- AKA.config <- All your 'NodeNumbers' for mail transfers.
- Archive.cfg <- How the mail processor uses archivers.
- nodelist.cfg <- List with the nodelists to use.
- origin.list <- for 'origin lines' in echomail.
- mail.cfg <- Export list with Message Areas.
- mail.names <- To find a nodenumber with a username.
- route.cfg <- Netmail route config.
- systems.cfg <- Passwords for mail exchange.
- taglines.data <- List of taglines for messages.
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- AKA.config
- ----------
-
- This file contains a list of all nodenumbers (AKA's) of your system.
- They are stored here to be used by the mailer for EMSI connections.
- place every nodenumber on a separate line.
-
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- Archive.cfg
- -----------
-
- This file contains information on how to extract packets from
- archives and how to add packets to archives.
- It is used by the mail processor for archiving and extracting mail.
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-
- nodelist.cfg
- ------------
-
- This file contains a list of the node and point lists that
- are used by the BBS, also they contain a little information
- on how to translate phone numbers.
-
- Note that a (Trion) pointlist has a different format as a
- nodelist, a pointlist has no hierarchic structure but only
- lines like:
-
- Point,14:103/300.1,BBS_Name,City,Name,Tel_Number,baud,flags
-
- Where the "Point," field is fixed but all other fields has
- to be edited with the information of the node/point.
- "14:103/300.1" is a demonstration point number and also
- has to be replaced. You can add all nodes and points that
- are not in a nodelist to the pointlist, so you can also
- add the number of your boss and you don't need a nodelist
- note that you have to use the word "Point" in the first
- field.
-
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- origin.list
- -----------
-
- This file contains a list of origins which are placed
- random under echomail messages.
-
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- mail.cfg
- --------
-
- This file contains the nodenumber that echomail should be
- send to for each echomail section. Note that you
- can use the GUI program MailEd to change the file, so you
- don't have to type all information by hand.
- Note that the areafix program also changes this file.
-
-
- mail.names
- ----------
-
- This is a small lookup file with names and nodenumbers of
- persons you write netmail to often.
- You only have to type the name, and the program will search
- for the nodenumber here.
-
-
- route.cfg
- ---------
-
- Routing:
-
- If a netmail message has to be send out and there wasn't typed
- a route address while editing the message the system checks in
- the route.cfg if there is a node number to send it to.
-
- When checking the route.cfg it is noted if the found route node
- is an exact match or a matching wildcard, this is important for
- the route function.
-
- If the netmail message is for a node, it just gets routed with
- a matching entry or matching wildcard in the Route.cfg.
-
- If the netmail message is for a point, first it checks if there
- is an exact routing match in the route.cfg, if there isn't
- it checks if the message is for a point from this system, if it
- is it is send directly. If there still is no route it will first
- check if the boss is in the Route.cfg .. and if that's a negative
- it will check if there was a matching wildcard found when checking if
- there was an exact route match for this point number.
-
- With this system you don't have to have any points in your
- route.cfg , it is al done automatically for your points.
- But if you place one of your points in the route.cfg you can
- route the netmail for that point through other systems.
- All netmail for points who are not yours are routed to
- their boss, or themselfs or the best wildcard match.
-
-
- systems.cfg
- -----------
-
- This file contains passwords and archive methode for each
- nodenumber. This is used for archiving mail and making
- mailer calls.
-
-
- taglines.data
- -------------
-
- In the taglines.data config you can place taglines that can
- be selected when writing messages.
-
- Note that the format of the data file are single lines of less
- than 80 characters, so it selects taglines not paragraphs.
- Which migth be an option for a next version but I don't know
- if BIG taglines are apreciated by everyone who has to read them :)
-
- Note that empty lines or lines beginning with a ';' are skipped.
-
-
- Scripts
- -------
-
- To automate the mail packing and unpacking scripts are very
- usefull.
- A script ("Trion:scripts/mail") is provided to do all the
- packing and unpacking and processing tick files and
- areafix messages.
-
- You can start the mail script with the hotkey combination
- right-Amiga and Escape after you have written a message
- but it is more practical to let the mail script be
- started by other scripts.
-
- There are the logout.X scripts that are started after someone
- logged out on node X.
-
- There are incoming.X scripts that are started after node X is
- called by a mailer.
-
- There are outgoing.X scripts that are started after node X has
- made a succesfull mail call.
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