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- If this is the first installation then you need to read smlnet.doc before
- goto this file.
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- This is the official release of Smlnet 1F. If you have a beta 1F, you
- need to overwrite it with this official release version.
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- This 1F version is at least 7x faster in the Join/Scan functions.
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- Many sysops have helped greatly in the betatesting of this version.
- Most of all, I would like to thank these people that continually
- test the beta's even though it would cause lockups and other
- undesirables on their system.
- Michael Davis 8:930/0,8:930/1,8:930/2 (RBBS-PC) 2Node
- Dave Crane 8:930/12 (RBBS-PC) 3Node
- Randy Gorman 8:930/14, 1:124/1002 (PCBOARD)
- Iley Pullen 8:926/101, 1:151/201 (PCBOARD)
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- Changes since 1E:
- Addition of option Smlnet.cnf to list packers that a remote caller
- can use for packing the extract file before download.
- Fossil Support (toggle Y/N for fossil support on different nodes)
- Use of the SmlIndex.Dat file which greatly increases the Join/Check speed
- Use of Smlnet.OFF for setting time ranges that Smlnet should not be in
- use. (This is for MultiNode systems, that want to insure that no one
- can access Smlnet, when their Master Node is Renumbering and other
- such major maitainence on the Echo conferences.)
- Net and Node values from 0 to 32767.
- Addition of Smlnet.DES to describe the echo conferences.
- The option in the Smlnet.Cnf for the type of packer to use for the
- squishing the extract file, now means the type of packer to use
- for squishing the Crash, File_attach, and File_Request packets.
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- [[[ To upgrade to Smlnet 1F ]]]
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- - UnZip all files into same subdirectory as the Smlnet files are in
- UnZip Smlmport.exe and Smlindex.exe into the MAIL subdirectory
- that has the Mail Tosser(Confmail,Qmail,..)
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- - An new option in the 1F smlnet.cnf file has been added.
- The sysop can now specify the list of packer programs that are
- available to the remote caller to pack the extract file before
- he downloads it.
- Probably, best is to match the two smlnet.cnf files to verify
- you are up to date on the sequence of the options.
- (new option was added right before the conference listing)
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- - Modify Smlnet.OFF to your preference
- - Modify Smlnet.DES to your preference
- - Modify Smlnet.FOS to your preference (if you want to turn Fossil On)
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- - Modify your Binkley.Bat (or frontend mailer batch files...)
- so that after its does major work or operation such as
- RENUMbering the Echos, that it will execute the program
- called SMLINDEX.EXE from the Smlnet subdirectory.
- such as:
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- Conf3 Renum -S -D 21 F:\mail\DFW_NET -R F:\mail\DFW_NET
- Conf3 Renum -S -D 21 F:\mail\smlware -R F:\mail\smlware
- ...
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- SMLINDEX D:\PATH\SMLNET.CNF <- this is what I needed to add
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- Goto Start
- ... (continue on) (ei. Return to Binkley, ...)
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- where D:\PATH\SMLNET.CNF is the Drive and Path and filename of
- the smlnet.CNF file. It will read this file to find the list
- of conferences that it will create smlindex.dat file for.
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- Smlindex.exe will create a smlindex.dat file in each echo subdirectory.
- It will get the echo list by reading the smlnet.cnf file. This
- smlindex.dat is then read by smlnet.exe when you do Join/Check New mail
- operations. It is smart in that it will read new mail that was created
- since the last (daily) run of Smlindex.Exe program.
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- When setup, you should see about 5 time increase in speed when doing
- the Join/... operations. Time is consumed once a day when the
- Smlindex.exe is ran after the daily RENUM stuff but it seems to be
- trivia compared to the speed increase of accessing conferences in smlnet.
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- - run Smlindex.Exe file while you are in the smlnet subdirectory
- Smlindex.exe will read the smlnet.cnf and sequence thru all conferences
- (except netmail conf) and create a smlindex.dat in each of the echo's
- subdirectory. It Depends upon your system, but it will normally take
- less then 15 minutes to run.
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- - Optional setup of Smlmport.exe file
- Smlmport.exe is created to update the smlindex.dat files when new mail
- is received. It is to placed after Confmail (or similar mail tosser)
- has finished importing new mail. If mail is imported, Confmail creates
- a Confmail.Out file which contains the list of conferences that has
- new mail. Smlmport.exe will then read this file to determine which
- conferences to scan update.
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- a portion of my binkley.bat reads:
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- CONFMAIL Import Areas.bbs -M -F Confmail.out -A Pkxarc
- If ErrorLevel 2 Goto Severe1
- If ErrorLevel 1 Goto Do_Maint
- Goto End_Import
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- :Do_Maint
- F:
- cd \mail
- SMLMPORT F:\RBBS\NET\SMLNET.CNF CONFMAIL.OUT <<<---- added
- REPLYLNK -F CONFMAIL.OUT
- ...
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- where F:\BBS\NET\SMLNET.CNF is the location of the SMLNET.CNF file
- where CONFMAIL.OUT is the name of the conferences to update
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- Again, setup of smlmport.exe is not mandatory, but will help decrease
- the time that smlnet will need for Joining or Checking for New mail.
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- - Hmm, thats it. I guess now do a SMLNET LOCAL and test that all the
- commands are working properly to your satsifaction.
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- Have Fun!
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- AND, do let me know if you have any problems or bugs, ... !!! Thanks
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