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╔═══════════════════════════╦══════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║ Mythical Kingdom Software ║ ║ ║ ▄ ▄ ▄ ▄ ║ MKQwk - Qwk Mail Door for RA ║ ║ ███ ▐▀ ▐▀ ███ ║ Copyright 1991 by Mark May ║ ║ ███████████████ ║ All Rights Reserved ║ ║ ██████░░░██████ ║ ║ ║ ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ ║ Version 1.02 ║ ╚═══════════════════════════╩══════════════════════════════════════════╝ (Note: MKQwk is pronounced "Emm Kay Quick" NEVER "McQuick") (The MK stands for Mythical Kingdom Software) MKQwk Qwk Mail Door Page 01 Table of Contents Table of Contents ................................ 1 Features ......................................... 2 General Information .............................. 3 Quick Installation ............................... 4 Detailed Installation ............................ 5 General MKQwkCfg Information ..................... 5 Main Configuration ............................... 6 Message Conference Configuration ................. 8 File Transfer Protocol Setup ..................... 9 Screens and Bulletins ............................ 10 File Archive Packers/UnPackers ................... 11 MKQwk User Editor ................................ 11 Fast Ansi Config ................................. 13 Fast Hi-Bit Config ............................... 13 Fast TagLine Stripping Config .................... 13 NetMail .......................................... 14 Configuration messages ........................... 15 Batch Mode ....................................... 16 MKQStat .......................................... 17 LastRead Pointers ................................ 18 Support .......................................... 19 Registration ..................................... 20 Other Mythical Kingdom Software available ........ 21 MKQwk Qwk Mail Door Page 02 FEATURES: * Uses the Remote Access config files to check for read, write, and sysop access to each message area. The only exception is to callers you have given "Net-Status" for transfering QWK format echomail. * It does the expected checking for time limits, carrier detection and idle time timeouts. * Very user-friendly. With ansi/ascii cursor positioning to make conference selection quick and easy. * Hot-keys and default displays allow your callers to easily select the options they need. * Care has been taken to optimize the extraction of mail for fast operation. A unique method of finding new files allows that operation to proceed quickly as well. * Supports both echomail and netmail message areas, with full netmail pending accounting using sysop selected values for the costs of various types of netmail. * The user record is properly updated to reflect messages posted. Log-file entries in the proper format are also made. * Supports net-status for use in QWK format echomail networks. Each message area may be assigned to multiple networks, and in addition each caller can have access to multiple networks. Should handle gating between Fido technology and QWK technology networks, if needed. * Very configurable for the sysop. The sysop can set most options to be forced on, forced off, or allowed to be user-configured. In additon each message area can be made available, not available, or forced. * Fast set-up screens to make configuration of message area options quick. This allows the ansi, hi-bit, and tagline stripping options to be easily set-up. * Configuration program allows editing user options and adding new MKQwk users, so that you can help out those callers that need it (or at least see what they're up to). * Uses RA envirnment varible and paths in Config.Ra to minimize set-up. * Multinode aware with either old (v1.00) or new "alternate" (v1.01) style message base locking. * Batch mode available for the sysop. * Full configurability of screens and bulletins sent to callers. * Handles both old and new style configuration messages. * Duplicate message upload detection. * Optional flagging of mail as received after successful file transfer. * Support for all the common archive packer/unpacker types with autodetection of file archive type. * Uses LastRead.Bbs pointers to allow proper operation when areas are turned off and on. Doesn't affect the user record lastread pointer used for combined message reading. * Also supports plain text packets for callers on machines that do not support the QWK mail packet format. MKQwk Qwk Mail Door Page 03 General Information DISCLAIMER: While reasonable care has been taken in creating this program, no warranty is made that it will perform the way you would like. You (and not the author) are responsible for any problems occuring due to this program. If you cannot accept this responsibility, do not run this program. However, if you should run across a problem, please contact the author so that it may be possible to fix the problem (see note at end about info on contacting the author). As with any complex program, bugs are possible even though the product has been tested. To protect against this, you should be making regular backups. Note that this package is copyrighted, even though freely available. You may NOT ADD ADDITIONAL FILES to the archive (although you may convert it to a different archive type). Also you are NOT PERMITTED TO MODIFY any of the files here for further distribution. Modification for your own personal use is permitted. MKQwk Qwk Mail Door Page 04 QUICK INSTALLATION: Copy the *.EXE files into a directory that is on your path. Copy the *.A* files into your Bbs TxtFiles directory. Copy the *.HLP file to your Bbs TxtFiles directory. Unpack the *.DOC files with the Del *.Doc command <grin> Change drives and/or directories to be in your main RA directory. Run MKQwkCfg to create the config file in your Bbs message base subdirectory. At a minimum you need to modify the following fields from the main configuration option on the menu: BbsId - a name (up to 8 characters) used for the file name of mail packets from your board. Should be set to something that identifies your Bbs. Locked Baud Rate - set it to the locked baud rate if you are using one, otherwise you must leave it set to zero. Everything else should default to reasonable values to get started (protocols and archivers available are defaulted based on which programs could be found on your path). You might want to try it out with default values and get that working first before getting into all of the options. Add MKQwk to one of your menus. This can be done as a "type 7 door" using the path to MKQwk as the optional data. MKQwk does not require any command line parameters, so the only other thing necessary is the *M to enable memory swapping. Optionally you may also use *! to not count time in the mail door against your callers. Type 7 C:\UTIL\MKQwk.EXE *M *! MKQwk should be normally be run direct and NOT from a batch file except in local non-bbs mode. Some Bbs software does not allow LastRead.Bbs to be updated during a type 7 door. If LastRead pointers are not getting updated you may need to switch to a type 15. MKQwk expects to find ExitInfo.Bbs and DorInfo1.Def in the current directory when it starts up. MKQwk Qwk Mail Door Page 05 DETAILED INSTALLATION: GENERAL MKQWKCFG INFO: Use the [Tab] and [BackTab] keys to move from field to field. If you have a mouse installed, you may also use it to make selections. To get back out of any screen, simply hit [Esc]. [Esc] will both save and exit, unless you are in the middle of editing a field, in which case the original value of the field is restored. For single-choice picklists just highlight the choice you want and press [Enter]. For multiple-choice picklists (like the Fast message option configs), use the [Spacebar] to toggle the item on and off (items selected are shown with an "*" in front of them. To select a whole range of items, press [F7] on the first item and [F8] on the last item and the whole range will be toggled. [Ctl][Enter] can be used to toggle ranges back off. When you quit (by choosing Quit or pressing [Esc] from the main menu), the currently chosen values are written to the Config.Mkq file in the current directory. Text fields are set-up so that cursor movement keys allow editing. If the first key you hit is a character key, it will clear the field to make it easier to enter a completely new value. A few of the fields take you to an automatic picklist to choose a value. To get out of the picklist press [Enter] to change the value or [Esc] to exit without changing it. MKQwk Qwk Mail Door Page 06 MAIN MKQwk CONFIGURATION SCREEN: Bbs Id: a required identifier for your Bbs. It may be up to 8 characters long, but may contain only the characters that are valid in filenames. It is used to create the filename of the mail packet (ie BBSID.QWK). You should choose something that your callers can easily associate with your Bbs. Locked Baud Rate: If you are running with a locked baud rate, place the locked baud rate here. If you do not have a locked baud rate (or maybe don't even know what one is), then you should set this to zero. Direct Screen Writes: Normally set this to YES for faster screen displays and operation. If you are running a multitasker and it bleeds through your other sessions, you will need to set this to NO. Force User Name: Normally you will want to set this to YES. This will cause MKQwk to use the name of the caller logged on as the From: on a message regardless of the name the caller used in his mail reader (prevents him from leaving messages that look like they were from someone else). Note that if you have the message area set in Config.RA to allow alias that they will still be allowed even with Force User Name set to yes. Alt File Locking: If you are running single node or are running RA v1.00, make sure this is set to NO. If you are running multinode RA v1.01 with SHARE loaded, you need to set this to YES. Multinode SuperBbs should have this set to yes. Quickbbs has switched between locking methods, but appears that it is settling on a method that requires this to be set to yes as well. Maximum Messages: Set this to the maximum number of messages you want to allow in one packet. The absolute maximum is 2000. Callers can choose to limit there maximum packet size to a smaller value in their set-up options. Keep in mind though, that you do need enough disk space for both the unpacked and packed messages while the archiver is running. Maximum Msgs Per Conf: Set this to the maximum number of messages per message area you want to allow. Again callers can configure a smaller limit if they need to. A few mail readers can only handle 200 msgs per area, so setting it to 200 will minimize questions from callers using those readers. Redate Msgs: Set this to yes if you want imported mail to be dated with the import date instead of the date written. MKQwk Qwk Mail Door Page 07 New Files: Determines whether a new files list will be sent as part of the callers QWK packet. The choices are: YES - always include new files list regardless of whether the caller wants it. NO - never include a new files list ASK - allow the caller to configure whether he/she wants a new files list or not. Send Screens: Determines whether the hello/news/goodbye screens will be included in the QWK packet. The YES, NO, ASK choices work the same as in the New files options. Send Bulletins: Determines whether bulletin screens will be sent as part of the QWK packet. Again you have the YES, NO, ASK options. Minimum Crash Security: minimum security level necessary to send crash netmail. If the caller is below this level the message is moved to the default msg area. Minimum Immediate Security: minimum security level needed to send Immediate netmail. I'm not sure that all mailers support the IMM flag, so immediate netmail may not work on your system. Normal NetMail Cost: cost for a normal netmail message. This is added to the users pending column when he posts a normal netmail message. If he does not have enough netmail credit then the message is moved to the default area. Crash NetMail Cost: cost of a crash netmail message. MyNet NetMail Cost: cost of a netmail message sent within your net (based on the main address of the netmail message area). Immediate NetMail Cost: cost of a netmail message that is flagged as immediate. InterZone NetMail Cost: cost of a netmail message to a different zone (based on the main address of the netmail message area). MKQwk Qwk Mail Door Page 08 Default Msg Area: Messages are moved to this area when the caller does not have write access (based on flags and security levels) for the area he chose for a message. It is also used if the caller does not have enough netmail credit for the type of message he was entering. Temp File Path: Normally you can leave this blank and temporary files will be placed on the current drive. If you have sufficient space elsewhere (or a faster drive) you can put a path to be used here. A mail packet with 1000 to 2000 messages can be quite large, so consider carefully where you want them built. Bbs Phone Number: Place your full Bbs phone number here. Not really used for much, but some mail readers like to be able to display it. MESSAGE CONFERENCE CONFIGURATION: Select the message area you would like to configure by highlighting it on the pick list an pressing enter (or clicking for the rodent users out there). It will bring up a small window to allow options to be configured for that area (you'll quickly learn why there are FAST options at the bottom of the main menu). Short Name: Many of the mail readers only support a ten to 12 character name for each message area (also the online area selection screen has limited space for names). If you leave this field blank it will use the first 12 characters of the area name in Config.Ra which may look odd in some cases. You can fill it in here to get what you want instead. Available: If set to YES, then this area is sent to the caller regardless of whether they want it. If it is set to NO, then it is not available at all thru the MKQwk door. If it is set to ASK (which is the normal choice), it will leave it up to the caller whether they want the area or not. Network Type: If you are participating in a QWK based echomail network, this allows you to assign each message area to one or more networks. To assign it to a network just toggle the "*" on in the multiple-choice picklist. MKQwk Qwk Mail Door Page 09 Strip TagLines: If you set this to YES, then mail reader taglines that follow the normal QWK format will be stripped from the messages. NO leaves them as is. Some FIDO echos may require that taglines be stripped. Note: Taglines from NetStatus users are not stripped to make gating possible. Because of the current concern in Fido over taglines, the current default is YES to strip taglines. Note that in EchoMail areas the reader tearlines are ALWAYS stripped out. Allow Hi-Bit Characters: YES means that hi-bit IBM characters are allowed in this area. Setting it to NO will cause them to be replaced with a "*". Again some echos may require this. Allow Ansi: YES means that the {esc} character needed to start an ansi sequence is allowed in this area. NO will cause it to be replaced with a ` character. Most all echos forbid ansi graphics unless they are especially dedicated for that purpose. Keep TearLine Text: Yes means that any text on the mail readers tearline (in echomail areas) will be kept on with the tearline (up to 25 characters to avoid GMD nastygrams). Note that the whole tearline is moved in EchoMail areas for Fido compatibility. Convert Taglines into Origin Lines: Yes means that the mail reader tagline text will be converted into a "Fido" style origin line (in echomail areas only). Note that the tagline text may be truncated to avoid problems on maximum Origin Line length. You SHOULD set Strip Taglines to Yes when using this option to avoid repetition. FILE TRANSFER PROTOCOL SETUP: A picklist is shown with 10 slots for file transfer protocols. Ones that are flagged as active are shown with an "*" in front of them. Highlight the protocol slot you want to setup and press [Enter]. Note that default set-ups are included for DSZ, PCZ, and MPt. Active: YES means that this protocol is available to callers. NO means that it is not available. Setting it to no allows you to keep it set-up, but still inactive. Choice Character: The character to be used in menus and config messages to choose the protocol. You should be careful to make sure that none of the active protocols share the same choice character. Protocol Name: Used for display purposes only on menus to help callers in choosing the protocol. Note that it does give room for comments as well, but that does make a few of the screens look a bit odd. MKQwk Qwk Mail Door Page 10 Protocol Path\Program.Ext: This needs to contain the FULL path to the transfer protocol. If you leave out the drive, path, or extension, MKQwk will not find the transfer program. (ie you need something like C:\UTIL\DSZ.COM). Send Command Line: The command line that should be given to the transfer program to send the mail packet to the caller (download). Recv Command Line: The command line that should be given to the transfer program to receive the reply packet from the caller (upload). Either of the command lines can contain the following macros: %1 is replaced with the current comm port number. %2 is replaced with the callers real baud rate. %4 is replaced with the name of the file to be transfered. %9 is replaced with the locked baud rate, unless you do not have a locked baud rate, in which case the callers baud rate is used instead. SCREENS AND BULLETINS: You can choose which screens/bulletins you wish to have available to your callers. Any *.ANS or *.ASC files in your Bbs TxtFiles directory can be set-up as a bulletin or screen. The user info and Bbs info codes will not be translated (neither by MKQwk nor by the mail reader) so you will want to avoid screens that contain those. If the caller has ansi enabled, the *.ANS version is sent if it exists, otherwise the *.ASC version is sent. If you wanted to move a copy of your "recent files in the last 30 days" file to your txtfile directory and rename it recent.asc, you could then set it up as a bulletin file. I'm sure there are other uses some of you will find for this. The screen names must be entered without file extensions as MKQwk will pick the appropriate one. You have up to 3 screens and up to 10 bulletins. Some QWK readers do not seem to implement all of the ansi commands. I've found that you can minimize the problem by saving your ansi screens with the line length set to "None" (ie start a new line only when a new line occurs not on some shorter line length limit). You will probably also want to save a block and not a full screen, limiting the width since some readers add scroll bars. MKQwk Qwk Mail Door Page 11 FILE ARCHIVE PACKERS: MKQwk already knows the appropriate command lines for the common file packers/unpackers. All that is left for you to configure is to indicate which ones you wish to make available to your callers (for unpacking replies, MKQwk will detect which archive type the file is and call the appropriate unpacker even if you have it set as not active). Use the normal [Spacebar] or [F7] [F8] keys to toggle the active file packers. DWC should be left inactive since it will not handle the .QWK ane .REP file extensions in any versions I have seen. MKQwk USER EDITOR: A picklist of current users is shown as well as an item called "---- New ----" which is optionally used to set up users before they call. Highlight the user you want to edit and press [Enter]. Protocol: a character A thru Z to choose which file transfer protocol to use. It should be set to match one of the choice characters used during protocol setup. Packer: a character A thru Z to choose which file packer type to use. The current choices are L=Lzh Z=Zip A=Arc J=Arj D=Dwc H=Hyp O=Zoo. Maximum Msgs: Set the maximum number of messages per QWK packet. Message pointers will be set to the highest message exported, so multiple packet downloads can be done (just make sure not to upload replies until the end if you have it set not to receive mail back that you send). Maximum Msgs Per Conference: Sets the maximum number of messages that will be sent in each message area. Some mail readers will need this set to 200. Send Screens: Determines whether Welcome, News, and Goodbye screens will be included in the QWK packet. MKQwk Qwk Mail Door Page 12 Send Bulletins: Determines whether the bulletin screens will be included in the QWK packet. New Files List: Determines whether a list of files dated after the last time on will be included in the QWK packet. The New Files List creator is quite fast (compared to an online new files search) and is worth trying. Last Used MKQwk: Display Only - shows when the caller last used MKQwk (or if they have never used it). Recv Own Msgs: Determines whether messages/replies that have been uploaded should be included in the QWK packet generated. Note that it avoids sending them by setting the message pointer higher than the uploaded messages when the caller leaves the door. In addition in non net-status message areas it will also check the user name against the from name on the message. Active Conferences: Another multiple choice picklist that allows you to toggle message areas on or off. Active areas are again flagged with an "*" in front of them. Net Status Networks: A multiple choice picklist of networks that the caller will have NetStatus in. Unless you are participating in QWK format echomail you should not set any of these. Flag Mail as Read: Determines whether mail that is downloaded and is To You should be flagged on the Bbs as having been received or not. Flagging takes place only after a successful download has been completed. Recv All Your Mail: Determines whether a scan for mail To You in message areas that you have not selected will be done or not. This keeps you from missing your mail, but does add a little time to the scanning process. Note that only *unreceived* mail is sent, so if you read your mail at log-on it will have already been received (unless you're the sysop and unreceive it). Mail Type: Currently on 2 types of mail packets are supported. Type 1 is the normal QWK format. Type 2 is a plain text packet. Note that uploads (replies) are NOT allowed with PLAIN TEXT packets. Send Empty Packets: Determines whether a packet should be created (with Bulletins/screens/new files) when no msgs are available for DL. Verify User Wants Packet: When set to YES the caller will be shown the packet size and asked if they want the packet before it is sent. MKQwk Qwk Mail Door Page 13 FAST ANSI CONFIG: Use this screen to quickly configure the areas that you permit to contain ansi {esc} codes. It is a multiple- choice picklist, so you can use either [SpaceBar] or [F7] [F8] and [Ctl] [Enter] to toggle the areas. Press either [Enter] or [Esc] when you have the areas set the way you want them. FAST HI-BIT CONFIG: A multiple-choice picklist to allow you to configure message areas that will allow hi-bit characters. Note that most Fido echos do not allow this, but many other echos do allow it. FAST TAGLINE STRIPPING CONFIG: Another multiple-choice picklist. This one allows you to select which areas will strip the tagline put on by the mail reader. You need to know the rules for the echos you are in to determine how to set this (generally FIDO echos should strip taglines, while other networks generally allow them). FAST TEARLINE TEXT CONFIG: Another multiple-choice picklist. This one allows you to select which areas will keep any text with the readers tearline when importing the message. Note that this only applies to echomail areas since tearlines are alwasy kept in local and netmail areas. FAST TAGLINE TO ORIGIN LINE CONFIG: Another multiple-choice picklist. This one allows you to select which areas will have reader taglines converted into "Fido" compatible Origin lines (which may mean truncating them if they are too long after the required "Fido" info is added). Again only applies to echomail areas. Generally when this is set, you should set Strip Taglines to YES to avoid repetition. MKQwk Qwk Mail Door Page 14 NETMAIL: MKQwk add support for Fido-style Netmail even though the QWK readers were not designed to handle it normally. The one thing missing from a normal message that is required for netmail is the destination address and flags. MKQwk interprets the subject of the message as containing a destination address if it starts with an "@" sign. It understands both full addresses as well as a variety of short-form addresses (where the remaining part of the address is based on the main address or AKA for the netmail message area. After the address you may optionally include the words CRASH IMM and/or DIR. These will give the message the attributes of crash, immediate and/or direct netmail respectively. Some examples (assuming an address of 1:110/290 would be: @151/223 IMM send to 1:151/223 and flag as immediate @1:274/40 send to 1:274/40 @270 CRASH send to 1:110/270 as crash mail @.1 send to 1:110/290.1 On messages exported from the Bbs, the subject line will contain the originating address for netmail areas. This was done to allow you to reply without entering an address, since it will already be in the subject line. If you want the subject to look normal on the netmail messages you write, you need to use the first message text line as the subject and start it with "Subj:". Example: Subj: Qwk message readers Note that because of the security problems that would be created, that MKQwk does not support File requests nor File attaches. MKQwk Qwk Mail Door Page 15 CONFIGURATION MESSAGES: MKQwk supports both old and new style configuration messages which may be addressed to MKQwk, Qmail, or most of the other popular Qwk door names. Old style config messages have the following options for subjects: ADD Adds the current message area DROP Drops the current message area RESET nn Resets message pointer to message number "nn" BLTS On/Off Turns bulletins on or off FILES On/Off Turns new files list on or off WELCOME On/Off Turns screens on or off GOODBYE On/Off Also turns screens on or off New style config messages have a subject of CONFIG and have one command on each text line of the message. The following commands are available. ADD nn Adds message area "nn" DROP nn Drops message area "nn" RESET nn xx Resets lastread pointer in area "nn" to number "xx" PROTOCOL x Sets protocol choice to "x" PACKER x Sets archive packer choice to "x" MAXNUMBER nn Sets maximum number of messages per area to "nn" The Qwk readers can create some of these messages on their own when certain options are chosen from their menus. Thus users need not be aware that messages are used to pass the config information. The commands listed here are the only ones supported currently by MKQwk. MKQwk Qwk Mail Door Page 16 BATCH MODE: MKQwk can also be run in batch mode without logging into your Bbs. To do this just run it with a command line parameter of L followed by your first and last name (matching what is in your Users.Bbs record). In either Batch mode or Local Log-On mode, MKQwk will check for *.REP files in the current directory and also create its *.QWK files in the current directory. If you want to upload only use a command line parameter of U followed by first and last names. Examples: MKQwk L Mark May {imports REP file and creates QWK file} MKQwk U Mark May {imports REP file only} Since the standard among QWK based readers is to handle files named either *.QWK or *.QW1 thru *.QW9, you can further automate the process by using something like the example LOCAL.BAT file that is included with MKQwk. It does a series of If Exist ... Rename commands. To use LOCAL.BAT you should bring it up in a text editor and do a search and replace on BBSID to change it to your BoardId. You will also need to change the line with FirstName LastName to your name. You may also need to edit the commands at the beginning that change drives and directories. You can then just add a line to your batch file that processes incomming mail to do a "Call Local.Bat", and you will have your mail all packed up and waiting for you. If you need to handle more than the QWK and QW1 thru QW9 that the QWK standard allows, you will need to use one of the utilities that merge multiple QWK packets into one QWK packet. MKQwk Qwk Mail Door Page 17 MKQSTAT: This is an added little utility that you can run from the command line. It reads the MKQwk user file (Users.Mkq) and counts how many users have each message area turned on and produces a short report with the totals. By default this report is sent to the screen, but output maybe redirected to a file ('>C:\TXTFILES\ACTIVE.ASC') or to a printer ('>PRN') using the normal dos redirection command line format (as shown). The time it takes to produce the report will depend on the number of MKQwk users that you have. You may find this report useful when you need to decide about adding or dropping message areas. MKQwk Qwk Mail Door Page 18 LASTREAD POINTERS: MKQwk uses the LastRead.Bbs pointers (which has a separate lastread pointer individually for each message area). This allows much greater flexibility to your callers than using the "combined" lastread pointer that is located in the user record. Because this may be different than how other offline mail doors have handled LastRead pointers, it may seem confusing to your callers. In particular if they are CONVERTING from ANOTHER MAIL DOOR they will need to make sure to update their area LastRead pointers prior to downloading a mail packet to prevent getting messages they have already received. To do this they should first select the areas they want to receive and then choose (R)ESET lastread pointers in all selected areas from the main menu. It will show them what their "combined" lastread pointer was set to and allow them to enter it to globally reset their lastread pointers to this value. Another difference from other offline mail doors is in how the scan for "Your" messages is done. When you have enabled the scan all areas for Your Mail, MKQwk looks through all messages in unselected areas and includes ones that are to you and also marked as unreceived. This allows you to get messages below your lastread pointers if you haven't seen them and keeps you from getting messages above your last read pointers that you have read (sysops who want to get their mail after reading it at log-on need to use the "=" toggle to mark messages as unreceived when reading it online). (Note the scan for yours in all areas could be compared to what RA will do in a full mailcheck for your mail). I may add a config option to allow MKQwk to use the combined LastRead pointer in a future version, but I strongly believe that the current approach is better. MKQwk Qwk Mail Door Page 19 SUPPORT: You may leave questions or get the latest version by calling: Mythical Kingdom Tech Bbs Phone (513) 237-7737 9600 baud HST/V32 FidoNet 1:110/290 RIME (RelayNet) ->MYTHKING Since this is a Free utility, if you Netmail a question you will need to poll (in a day or two normally) to get your answer. If you fail to poll for a reply, I will delete the answer after a week or two. For more generic questions that may also help others you may want to use the FIDO RA_UTIL echo (but NOT RA_SUPPORT) or the RIME Remote Access conference or RIME Offline Mail conference. I also normally read the FIDO SUPERBBS and FIDO QUICKBBS echos. If you would like more ongoing support access, you may want to pick up the MK echo (Fido style) for info/support on all of the M K Software programs. Currently it is available from a few Bbs's, although it will hopefully become more widely available. MKQwk Qwk Mail Door Page 20 REGISTRATION: A registration fee is not required for these programs. I believe that the Bbs world is becoming too commercialized and distribute my programs as FREEWARE to fight against that trend. If you are a shareware author, consider sending me a registered version of your program in exchange for your use of this program. I would appreciate it if you would either fill in the form below and return it to me, or to drop me a postcard. This will help in measuring the usefulnes of MKQwk and help in determining how time is allocated between this and other projects. Registration Information: MKQwk v1.02 Name: ____________________________________________ Address: ____________________________________________ ____________________________________________ City, ST Zip ____________________________________________ Bbs Name: ____________________________________________ Bbs Phone Number ( ) - Any suggestions or comments ______________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ Registrations should be mailed to: Mark May Mythical Kingdom Software P.O. Box 24808 Huber Heights, OH 45424 MKQwk Qwk Mail Door Page 21 Other Mythical Kingdom Software Bbs utilities include: MKTODAY - a configurable today's callers screen generator. With this your Today's callers screen won't have to look like everyone elses. (RA/Qbbs/Sbbs). Also generates yesterday's callers and summary history screens. MKUTI - a set of UTI drivers to allow Quickbbs, Remote Access, and SuperBbs to work with PC-Relay (RIME) and with the MegaMail mail door (although now that MegaMail reader supports the QWK format, you'll probably just want to use MKQwk) MKWAM - a Quickbbs/Remote Access interface to WAM format messages for use with HyperMail style networks. MKNEW - a FAST new files lister for Quickbbs. (NOTE - has problems with some systems due to use of direct COMM support the next version will use the fossil driver and will also even further substantially increase speed by switching to the method used in MKQwk). MKXRS - an XRS message/reply tosser that improves security over the normal method of using an echomail tosser and provides the sysop with several options. Messages are quickly tossed while the caller is still online. MKNET - a QWK mail network interface for Remote Access (preforms the function that Qnet or Rnet perform for PCB for RA, so that RA Bbs's can participate in QWK networks). Special thanks to the people who helped in Beta testing this program, especially to Jim Hale for putting together the docs on how to use it with Quickbbs (once Quickbbs is out of beta/gamma I hope to again add direct support for Quickbbs). Thanks to the many people who have made suggestions that have allowed newer versions to be improved.