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┌────────────────────────────────────┐ │ PCBoard PostOffice Version 1.0 │ │ Copyright 1995 by Richard Ploski │ │ All Rights Reserved │ │ │ │ Support Available Via │ ┌─┘ ─────────────────────── └─┐ │ BBS: 1-914-381-2390 │ │ Internet: support@ploski.com │ │ Fidonet: Richard Ploski@1:2625/120 │ │ Voice: 1-914-381-9272 │ │ FAX: 1-914-777-1927 │ └────────────────────────────────────────┘ ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Files: POSTOFFC.DOC - This File POSTOFFC.PPE - The Executable POSTOFFC.CFG - Sample CFG File REGISTER.DOC - Registration Form POSAMPLE.BAT - Sample SysOp Login BAT File ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── The latest version is always available for download on Instant Global Access 1-914-381-2390 And FREQ'able from 1:2625/120, magic name: PCBEMAIL ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── What is the PCBoard PostOffice? The PCBoard PostOffice is the ONLY FULL-FEATURED Post Office for PCBoard! PCB PostOffice allows you and your users to build and maintain Address Books for Fidonet, Internet and Local Users. In PCB PostOffice, you and your users may: 1 - Build and Maintain Address Books 2 - Write Messages And Specify Address 3 - Write Messages and Load Address from Address Book 4 - Determine Your EMail Addresses On Your BBS 5 - Send EMail To The SysOp 6 - Scan Your Mailbox in Fidonet, Internet and Locally 7 - Check Mail You Sent in Fidonet, Internet and Locally 8 - Choose to route Fidonet Netmail via Internet! 9 - Choose to route Internet EMail via Fidonet! 10 - Advanced Conferencing Features Make Messaging a Breeze! 11 - Route Mail to All The Major Online Services! Its FAST, EASY TO USE and A BREEZE TO SET UP! ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Set Up: 1 - Make a directory for your PostOffice: Example: C:\PCB\POSTOFFC 2 - Make a directory for your PostOffice Data Files Example: C:\PCB\POSTOFFC\DATA *** MUST BE \DATA OFF MAIN POST-OFFICE DIR! *** 3 - Copy PostOffice Files to PostOffice Directory 4 - Edit Your Configuration File 5 - Go into PCBSETUP Choose - B File Locations Choose - B Configuration Files Use F2 Key to Edit your CMD.LST Add Command for PCB PostOffice My Setup is: Command Sec Minute Use Keystroke Substitution ======= ===== ======== ===== ============================= EMAIL 0 0 0 C:\PCB\POSTOFFC\POSTOFFC.PPE ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Configuration File: Richard Ploski -> Line 1 - SysOp Name Instant Global Access -> Line 2 - BBS Name none -> Line 3 - Registration Code 0 -> Line 4 - Main Conference # 2 -> Line 5 - Fidonet Netmail Conference # 1 -> Line 6 - Internet EMail Conference # c:\pcb\postoffc -> Line 7 - Path To POSTOFFICE Directory ploski.com -> Line 8 - Internet Address 1:2625/120 -> Line 9 - Fidonet Node Number N -> Line 10 - Route Netmail via Internet N -> Line 11 - Route Internet EMail Via Fidonet Y -> Line 12 - Advanced Conferencing Enabled 1:1/31 -> Line 13 - Fidonet UUCP Gateway HUB Address Y -> Line 14 - Show User's Internet Address Y -> Line 15 - Show User's Fidonet Address Y -> Line 16 - Show User's Fido Address/Internet Gateway Y -> Line 17 - Route America Online,Compuserve;Delphi;Genie;Prodigy;ATT;MCI 10 -> Line 18 - Fidonet Netmail Access Security Level 10 -> Line 19 - Internet EMail Access Security Level 255 -> Line 20 - Fidonet->Internet Routing Bypass Security Level ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Advanced Features: While the default setup is the way I run this program on my system, there are a few advanced features which should make this program useful to anyone. Fidonet: If you are participating in Fidonet, but do not have true Internet EMail capabilities, PCB Post Office makes it extremely easy for you and your users to communicate with the Internet via the UUCP Gateway. For instance, my Fidonet address is: Richard Ploski@1:2625/120 My Fidonet/Internet address using the UUCP gateway is: richard.ploski@f120.n2625.z1.fidonet.org All Fidonet systems have the capacity to receive EMail via the gateway. Outbound Fidonet -> Internet EMail must also be routed through the gateway. Since my BBS is in New York, I have included the address of the UUCP Gateway closest to me, scan the NODELIST for UUCP to find a site near you. Fidonet -> Internet EMail should be routed through your existing Netmail routing scheme. However the addressing is a bit different. The message MUST be addressed to UUCP@<the_gateway_address> With the example include here, that becomes: UUCP@1:1/31 The first line of the message MUST read: To: <the.persons.internet.address@where.ever> The To: MUST be in the upper left hand corner, and a line MUST be skipped. But guess what?!? If you ENABLE LINE 11 in the CFG file, and choose to let PCB Post Office route the mail for you, this will be done AUTOMATICALLY each time you or one of your users writes a message to someone on the Internet. The same process can be used to communicate with anyone on any of the Major Online Services. PCB Post Office automates the addressing of EMail to these services, including: Prodigy, Compuserve, America Online, Genie, Delphi, AT&T and MCI! To disable EMail to these services, enter N on line 17 If you have chosen to route Internet EMail through the Fidonet Gateway, PCB Post Office will route this mail accordingly. LINE 18 of the CFG file allows you to set the minimum security level necessary to use Fidonet Netmail. Another nifty feature is the Routing Bypass Security Level. This feature is set using LINE 20 of the CFG file. The Routing Bypass Security Level field was added at the request of Brian Sweeney, SysOp of The Laser BBS. Brian has both Fidonet Netmail, and Internet EMail, but has chosen to have his user's netmail routed via the Gateway by turning on the routing switch in LINE 10. However, Brian desired to route HIS Fidonet Netmail directly through Fidonet. By setting the Security Level in LINE 20 of the CFG file, you can determine which users will be forced to route via Internet. Anyone with the proper Security Level to Bypass Routing will be prompted to either send the mail [D]irect or via [I]nternet. Internet: If you haven't read the previous few paragraphs, please do so now. PCB Post Office has added built in support for Internet and Fidonet addressing to all the major online services. That means that ANYONE on ANY of these services can simply be added to your address book and PCB Post Office will route it correctly every time! To route mail to the Online Services via Internet, set LINE 17 in the CFG file to Y, setting it to N will disable routing. If you have chosen to route Internet EMail through the Fidonet UUCP Gateway, PCB Postoffice will route the mail accordingly. For those systems participating in the Internet, but who are not part of Fidonet, LINE 10 of the CFG file should be set to Y. By doing this if you or your user enters a Fidonet Address ie.: Richard Ploski@1:2625/120 PCB Post Office will convert this address and route it through the Internet to the Fidonet Gateway. For instance, the record in the above example would be routed to me at: richard.ploski@f120.n2625.z1.fidonet.org LINE 19 of the CFG file allows you to set a minimum security level for access to Internet EMail. Displaying User's Addresses: There are 3 options here in the CFG File... Display User's REAL Internet Address: richard.ploski@ploski.com Display User's REAL Fidonet Address: Richard Ploski@1:2625/120 Display User's Address via the Fidonet <-> Internet Gateway: richard.ploski@f120.n2625.z1.fidonet.org Please select the options best suited for your system's needs. Conference Numbers: BE SURE TO SET THE PROPER CONFERENCE NUMBER IN POSTOFFC.CFG SO THAT PCB POST OFFICE KNOWS WHERE TO PUT THE MAIL! Advanced Conferencing: While I am a BIG PCBoard fan, I have encountered countless new user's who find PCB a bit obtuse. The messaging functions, while quite powerful, often go unused. For this reason we have included ADVANCED CONFERENCING in PCB Post Office. If you enable this feature, you and your users will be able to use our multi-level menu structuring to EASILY USE PCBoard's most advanced messaging features. Even the BBS beginners will be messaging like old pros! If you choose to disable this feature, the menu option will not be displayed, and the command will be disabled. However, we urge you to make it available to users that could benefit from it and leave the default setup intact. SysOp's Access: I really don't like having to log on the system and go through a bunch of steps to enter EMail and Netmail. I started this project because I wanted a way to login, write a message with a minimum number of keystrokes, and logout. I run my BBS under OS/2 and have 3 Icons set up for my Local Node (Node 0).... They are as follows: 1 - The Waiting For Calls Screen, so I can ALT-F to the Fidonet menu and send mail. 2 - Regular Local Login via /localon switch in .BAT file 3 - Quick Local Login DIRECTLY TO PCB POSTOFFICE. - This way when I want to write mail I choose this option and go directly to PCB Post Office, write my mail and then logoff - A sample batch file POSAMPLE.BAT is included Future: The address books and note files are being stored in your \POSTOFFC\DATA directory as ASCII files. This is being done to facilitate debugging in the early stages. After some feedback from you, and I am assured that everything is running properly we will be storing all records in database format. If there are any ideas you have for the program, or any features you need, please contact me. Stuff: This program is an evolution of an EMail system I wrote when I was running VBBS. With PCBoard's Programming Language, I was able to add several additional features. Quite a nice job by those guys over at CDC <g>.... Keep up the good work! If you have any ideas, requests, or problems, give a holler - I'll probably be here, ask my friends, I spend entirely TOO MUCH time at the keyboard! Well, I'm off to work on some new code, stay tuned for future enhancements and other useful PCB utilities which I have written for my system and am recoding to share with the world! <g> -- Rich ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Registration: 4 Node Registration is a mere $20.00 8 Node Registration is a mere $35.00 16 Node Registration is a mere $65.00 Over 16 Node Registration - Please Call If you and/or your users enjoy this program and you plan to use it for more than thirty (30) days you must register this program. This will: 1 - Remove Intro Screen and delay 2 - Put Your Name in Registered To: field 3 - Qualify You for Support and a BBS Account Please send a check or money order to: Richard Ploski 1 Rock Ridge Mamaroneck, New York 10543 Considerable time and effort has gone into developing and debugging this program. If you are not a registered user and have obtained a copy of the registered version, please take time now to register the software or delete it. This software is provided as is without warranty as to its fitness for a particular use or being free of errors. I assume no liability for any loss or damages you may incur through its use. I will, however, make every effort to correct any software errors that may exist, and provide you with a working version. Support Available Via ───────────────────── BBS: 1-914-381-2390 Internet: support@ploski.com Fidonet: Richard Ploski@1:2625/120 Voice: 1-914-381-9272 FAX: 1-914-777-1927 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── LICENSE: PCB POST OFFICE SOFTWARE LICENSING AGREEMENT The PCB Post Office is protected under U.S. Copyright law and the articles of the Berne Convention. Use of this software is limited to the terms of this licensing agreement. 1) The medium on which the the software is recorded is transferred to the customer but not title to the software. 2) None of the copyright notices may be removed. 3) Within a company or agency, one copy of the software must be purchased for each location where the software will be used; a location defined as a BBS using the number of nodes you are licensed for. 4) No guarantees or liabilities are incurred by the author other than a reasonable effort will be made to correct any errors that are traceable to this software. The customer will be provided with a free corrected version of the software if a fault is found and the fault can be corrected with reasonable effort. The shareware version, PCBEMAIL.ZIP may be distributed subject to the following conditions: 1) They are distributed in their entirety and in an unmodified form. You may distribute them using a different packing method or in an unpacked form as long as all files are supplied to the recipient and none of them are modified. 2) No fee is charged for copying and distribution over the amount of $5 (not including physical media charges). This does not apply to computer access charges that may be charged by operators of BBSs or on-line services. ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── DISCLAIMER: THIS SOFTWARE AND ACCOMPANYING MATERIALS ARE DISTRIBUTED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT SHALL ANYONE INVOLVED WITH THE CREATION AND PRODUCTION OF THIS PRODUCT BE LIABLE FOR INDIRECT, SPECIAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, ARISING OUT OF ANY USE THEREOF OR BREACH OF ANY WARRANTY. ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Other: Beta Testing: ────────────── A word of thanks to Brian Sweeney Sysop of The Laser BBS for his testing of this software. Acknowledgements: ───────────────── A thank you must go out to Stan Paulsen and David Terry over at CDC for helping me to get over the final hump and allow PCB Post Office to route mail properly to the UNIX world we can now directly communicate with! I owe them both a slice of New York Pizza :) The End: ──────── Hope you all find this as useful as my users and I have!