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- Silver Xpress Mail System V5.00
- (c) copyright 1993 Santronics Software
-
- ┌──────────────┐
- │MANUAL INSTALL│
- └──────────────┘
-
- The manual steps discussed here are exactly what the INSTALL program
- will do for you. Some people like to manually install programs.
- Basically, these instructions are here in the event you have a problem
- with the INSTALL program.
-
- 0) TO BE ON THE SAFE SIDE, YOU WOULD ALWAYS BACK YOU YOUR SETUP.
-
- 1) MAKE DIRECTORY \XPRESS
-
- 2) PKUNZIP XPEXE.ZIP
-
- 3) If you're upgrading, perform the UPGRADE steps in the UPGRADE SECTION
- below.
-
- 4) Unzip the following into their respective directories:
-
- PKUNZIP XPMISC.ZIP into a MISC directory.
-
- md misc
- cd misc
- pkunzip ..\xpmisc
-
- If you plan to install a RIP setup, PKUNZIP XPRIP.ZIP into a MISC
- directory.
-
- pkunzip ..\xprip
-
- PKUNZIP XPBULL.ZIP into a BULL directory. I would erase everything
- in there first.
-
- md bull
- cd bull
- pkunzip ..\xpbull
-
- PkUNZIP XPUTIL.ZIP into a XPRESS directory.
-
- pkunzip xputil
-
- PkUNZIP XPHELP.ZIP into a HELP directory.
-
- md help
- cd help
- pkunzip ..\xphelp
-
- 4) If need be, copy the XPRESS.BAT file to your BBS directory. This
- is the batch file which is called by the BBS. You will be able to
- edit this file from within XPADM.EXE.
-
- 5) Run XPADM.EXE.
-
- Note: XPADM is a "DO ALL" administation tool for Silver Xpress. It
- replaces XPUSER.EXE and XPCFG.EXE. It does take some memory to run.
-
- 6) After successfully creating/compiling the Xpress control file with
- XPADM.EXE, you are now ready to run Xpress from the BBS. Make sure
- the XPRESS.BAT is correct for your setup.
-
-
- ┌───────────────────────────┐
- │MANUAL UPGRADE INSTALLATION│
- └───────────────────────────┘
-
- Version 5.00 is a major revision.
-
- You can run the INSTALL over your existing setup, as it automatically
- upgrades the old Xpress user data file (XPUSER.DAT). It will delete a
- few old files but not all. You may end up with some old files laying
- around.
-
- The best approach is to delete ALL files except the following.
-
- XPUSER.DAT ---> Needs to be updated to V5.00.
- XPDUPES.DAT ---> The same. Keep this!
- XPPROT.CTL ---> Backup and use new one provided.
- XPARCH.CTL ---> Should be ok to use old one.
- XPAREAS.DEF ---> RBBS/PCBOARD ONLY!
- XPFIDO.DEF ---> RBBS/PCBOARD ONLY!
-
- and then proceed with the INSTALL program. Otherwise follow these
- steps:
-
- Upgrading from 2.27
- ───────────────────
-
- There have been 4-5 versions since 2.27. Due to the complexity
- of trying to accomodate all the changes, there is no upgrade path
- suggested here. Simply delete the 2.27 setup and reinstall the new
- one. You will gain with the time saved.
-
- Upgrading from 4.00 or 3.00
- ───────────────────────────
-
- 1) Delete the following files:
-
- XPMAIL.PRM
- XPAREAS.RAW
- XPFILES.RAW
- XPAREAS.DAT
- XPFILES.DAT
- HELP\*.*
- MISC\*.*
- BULL\*.*
-
- 2) RUN XPUCVT7.EXE to convert 3.00/4.00 to 5.00 XPUSER.DAT format.
-
- Type: XPUCVT7 XPUSER.DAT
-
- If you have a DEFAULT XPRESS USER file XPUSER.DEF, you will need
- to convert it too or DELETE IT.
-
- Type: XPUCVT7 XPUSER.DEF
- or
- Type: DEL XPUSER.DEF and create a new default user file using
- xpadm.exe
-
- 3) OPTIONAL!
-
- Silver Xpress now includes a POWERFUL and HIGHLY EFFICIENT file
- transfer protocol. The new file called XPPROT.CTL has a new keyword
- "INTERNAL" which tells Xpress to use the new internal protocols.
-
- If you have an old setup with XPPROT.CTL, it should continue to work
- however, we highly recommend using the powerful and optimized
- protocols in Silver Xpress.
-