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- WoodyWare's InterBBS
-
- Phase II
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- Thank you for trying WoodyWare's InterBBS Phase 2 . Below are the
- files you should find in this archive that are part of Phase 2 :
-
- MEDNET2.EXE - Phase 2 InterBBS driver exec
- NODE.DAT - Example Node.Dat for your uplinks and downlinks
- MAIL.CFG - Phase1 configuration file sample
- PHASE2.DOC - Phase 2 Documentation
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- HOW PHASE2 WORKS:
- =================
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- MEDNET2.EXE will take the files *.009 created by MedLink when
- someone enters a Query and send a netmail file attach message to nodes in
- your node.dat. MEDNET2.EXE will also check your incoming fidonet files area
- for incoming *.009 Queries and *.010 Replies and Process it.
-
- WHAT IS INTERBBS?
- =================
- The InterBBS protocol driver MEDNET2.EXE allows you to exchange data between
- other BBS systems. The main rule to remember is : DON'T MAKE IT HARDER THAN
- IT IS. Once you've edited your node.dat and mail.cfg the program will take
- care of the rest (more about node.dat and mail.cfg later in the docs). You
- don't have to have "hubs" to network your data, you can network with BBSes as
- close or as far away as you want. Since there are no centralized hubs that
- restrict where and how you pass data, it's basically your responsibility to
- establish networks. You can hook up here at 1:3607/20 but since
- we live in such a small area not much data would be passed from here. I'd
- suggest to form networks netmailing other BBSes with similar interest as yours
- or posting echomail in appropriate message areas.
-
- ATTENTION: YOU MUST FIRST CONTACT A BBS TO SEE IF THEY ARE WILLING TO
- PARTICIPATE IN A MEDLINK NETWORK. YOU MUST CHANGE YOUR MAIL.CFG AND NODE.DAT
- TO REFLECT YOUR SYSTEM AND YOUR UP/DOWNLINKS. I HAVE PEOPLE NOT READING
- THE DOCUMENTATION SENDING DATA FILES HERE WITHOUT FIRST WRITING A MESSAGE
- HERE AND REQUESTING TO BE ADDED HERE. THESE FILES ARE DELETED. IF YOU
- SEND MEDNET REQUESTS TO OTHER SYSTEMS WITHOUT FIRST ASKING/NOTIFYING THEN
- YOU'RE NOT IN THEIR NODE.DAT AND NOTHING WILL BE RETURNED OR ON HOLD FOR
- YOUR PICKUP.
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- ABOUT NODE.DAT
- ----------------
-
- Your node.dat contains your uplink and downlink addresses (NOT YOUR OWN
- ADDRESS). It must be in the following format:
-
- ZONE
- NET
- NODE
- POINT
-
- etc.
-
- For example for a BBS participating InterBBS:
-
- 1
- 3607
- 21
- 0
- 1
- 3607
- 20
- 0
-
- REMEMBER THIS IS THE FILE FOR YOUR UP/DOWNLINKS FOR MEDNET
-
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- ABOUT MAIL.CFG
- --------------
- This config file is read by MEDNET2.EXE which is the heart of
- the Phase 1 networking part of MEDLINK. It must be in the following format:
-
- YOUR NAME
- YOUR ZONE
- YOUR NET
- YOUR NODE
- YOUR POINT
- PATH TO YOUR MEDLINK3 DIRECTORY
- PATH FOR OUTBOUND .MSG MESSAGES
- PATH FOR INCOMING FILES AREA
-
- For Example for a BBS participating in an InterBBS network:
-
- Jerry Woody
- 1
- 3607
- 20
- 0
- c:\SBBS\XTRN\MEDLINK
- c:\fd\mail
- c:\fd\file
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- RUNNING MEDNET2.EXE
- -------------------
- You should run MEDNET2.EXE during your nightly maintenance event.
- MEDNET2 will handle all outgoing file attaches and incoming files and add them
- to your databases, and send outgoing netmail and get incoming netmail.
-
- MEDNET2.EXE reads the following files : Mail.cfg, Node.dat
-
- !Phase2 InterBBS is included free with the Medlink Package.
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