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H_BASE = basic.html date.html dist.html manual.css \
flow.html postfix.html gwnews.html index.htm ups.html \
install.html intergate.html intro.html invoking.html \
intergate.html intro.html invoking.html \
known_bugs.html mgetty.html routing.html nodelist.html
H_FTSC = ftsc/fsc-0039.html ftsc/fsc-0056.html ftsc/fsc-0087.html \
@ -63,10 +63,10 @@ H_PROGS = programs/import.html programs/mbchat.html \
programs/mbaff.html programs/mbdiff.html \
programs/mbindex.html programs/mbout.html \
programs/mbsetup.html programs/mbuseradd.html \
programs/mball.html programs/mbfbgen.html \
programs/mball.html \
programs/mblang.html programs/mbsebbs.html \
programs/mbstat.html programs/mbpasswd.html \
programs/mbtask.html programs/mbmail.html
programs/mbtask.html
H_SETUP = setup/archiver.html setup/index.htm setup/bbs.html \
setup/bbslist.html setup/language.html setup/oneliner.html \

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@ -118,11 +119,13 @@ easy to guess of course. The script will then continue again:
<li>The password will be removed from user <strong>bbs</strong> This action
will make changes in /etc/shadow (if you have that) otherwise in /etc/passwd.
On FreeBSD it uses other tools to modify the master database.
On NetBSD you have to do that manually, there are no tools to do that.
<li>If they don't exist in the file /etc/services the services fido, tfido
and binkp will be added.
<li>If they don't exist in the file /etc/inetd.conf the internet protocols
for the mailer will be added. The <strong>inetd</strong> is restarted to
activate the changes.
activate the changes. If your distribution uses xinetd instead of inetd, an
include file for xinetd is added instead.
</ol>
<p>&nbsp;<p>
@ -132,6 +135,7 @@ The last screen of the script is about sanity checks. Perform those checks!
If something is wrong, now is the time to fix it. Don't panic and remember
the backups of the system files that are changed are in /etc with the
extension <strong>.mbse</strong> i.e: those were the original files.
The installation logfile is copied to /opt/mbse.
If everythings is allright, then remove the directory /tmp/mbsebbs-0.33.nn:
<pre>
cd /tmp
@ -142,7 +146,7 @@ rm -Rf mbsebbs-0.33.nn
<h3>Step 4: Install the basic packages.</h3>
<p>
Login as user <b>mbse</b>. Yes, very important, <b>login as user mbse</b>.
While in the home directory unpack the distribution archives:
While in mbse's home directory (/opt/mbse) unpack the distribution archives:
<pre>
tar xfvz /path/to/mbsebbs-0.33.nn.tar.gz
</pre>
@ -158,17 +162,23 @@ make install
exit
</pre>
The last part of the installation procedure shows you the location of the bbs
startup script that is added to your system. Because this is your first
time installation, example menus, textfiles and some databases are installed.
startup script that is added to your system. Remember this one for a moment.
Because this is your first
time installation, example menus and example textfiles are installed.
If they already exist on your systems (when you do an upgrade) they
will not be installed again.
<p>
Now you must start the <b>mbtask</b> daemon by hand by typing <b>/opt/mbse/bin/mbtask</b>.
Check the file <b>/opt/mbse/log/mbtask.log</b> for startup problems. You may notice that
the program <b>mbcico</b> is started everytime, this is not a problem, it simply doesn't work right
now because you haven't configured anything yet. The first time <b>mbtask</b> is
started on your system it will create a lot of new configuration files with
default settings.
Now start the bbs for the first time (still as root) by executing the startup
script you just saw on the screen followed by a space and the word <b>start</b>.
For example:
<pre>
/etc/rc.d/init.d/mbsed start
</pre>
This will start the <b>mbtask</b> daemon.
After that the bbs will be opened for use.
Check the file <b>/opt/mbse/log/mbtask.log</b> for startup problems.
The first time <b>mbtask</b> is started on your system it will create a
lot of new configuration files with default settings.
<p>&nbsp;<p>
<h3>Step 5: (RedHat) startup problems.</h3>
@ -182,13 +192,34 @@ that other new distributions also need the extra minus sign. If that's the
case, please let me know and tell me how I can test what version it is.
<p>&nbsp;<p>
<h3>Step 6: ready.</h3>
<h3>Step 6: Ready.</h3>
<p>
Now the basic environment is finished, the next thing is to <a href="install.html">install</a>
the scripts, examples and configuration.
Now you have shell scripts in ~/etc, most of them are called by cron, some
are called during system startup and shutdown. You also have some default
configuration files, these are ttyinfo, modems, fidonet networks. In the
default (english) directory you now have default menu datafiles and ansi
screens. These are copies of my test system so you have to edit them to
build your own bbs.<br>
Editing ansi screens can be done on a Linux system with
<strong>duhdraw</strong>,
this is available from 2:280/2802 as <strong>duhdraw.tgz</strong> (68 Kbytes).
The binaries are included in this archive, if you compile it yourself
it may give trouble so if the binaries work, use these.<br>
Another editor is available from
<A HREF="http://www.drastic.net/bmdraw/">http://www.drastic.net/bmdraw/</A>,
you can find the tar.gz file in <A
HREF="http://www.drastic.net/bmdraw/files/bmd022.tgz">
http://www.drastic.net/bmdraw/files/bmd022.tgz</A>, it's about 36 Kbytes.
This is also a thedraw clone for Linux. Note, at my system I needed to run it as
root.<br>
You may also want to edit ~/etc/header.txt and ~/etc/footer.txt, these
files are the top and bottom of the newfiles/allfiles listings.
<P>
Now the basic environment is finished, the next thing to do is
<a href="setup/index.htm">configure the bbs</a>.
<P>&nbsp;<P>
<a href="index.htm"><img SRC="images/b_arrow.gif" ALT="Back to Index" BORDER=0 width="33" height="35" ></a>
<a href="index.htm">Back to Index</a>
<a href="index.htm"><img SRC="images/b_arrow.gif" ALT="Back to Index" BORDER=0>Back to Index</a>
</blockquote>
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@ -11,7 +12,7 @@
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<BODY>
<BLOCKQUOTE>
<h5>Last update 29-Dec-2001</h5>
<h5>Last update 21-Jan-2002</h5>
<P>&nbsp;<P>
<H1>Unix Distributions.</H1>
@ -23,6 +24,8 @@ Linux is available in several distributions, they all have advantages and
disadvantages for bbs use. Which distribution to pick is very personal.
Since late 2001 a port to FreeBSD is available, from version 0.33.19 this
port is ready to use.
Since januari 2002 a port to NetBSD is available, this version is not ready for
use.<br>
You should also consider the fact if the bbs machine is the same machine on
which you do your daily work on or if you use a seperate system for the bbs.
I will describe the distributions below for use on dedicated bbs computers,
@ -40,17 +43,17 @@ setup for MBSE BBS like Zipslack. Not included is the mgetty package.
<P>
I write this as if these are the same which isn't true of course. From MBSE
BBS's point of view they are almost the same, so that's why I treat them as
the same distributions. For people with little Linux experience these
the same distributions. The E-Smith server and gateway based on Redhat is also
supported.
For people with little Linux experience these
distributions are a good choice if you can spare the diskspace. I haven't
found a simple dedicated setup for the bbs, so the safest way is to install
allmost everything, which is quite simple. This will cost you about 1200 Megs.
Maybe that someone more experienced with these distro's can give more details
on how to build a small server. Please note that from RedHat 6.1 and up the
startup script (/etc/rc.d/init.d/mbsed) is different than before. Maybe
this is needed for Mandrake 6.1 and up too.
on how to build a small server.
<P>&nbsp;<P>
<H3>SuSe</H3>
<H3>SuSE</H3>
<P>
Since SuSE 7.1 the setup scripts are working and tested. Older distro's
might work.
@ -73,6 +76,12 @@ precompiled mgetty packages may not always have Fidonet support compiled in.
You may need to build mgetty yourself if you have an older FreeBSD distribution.
<P>&nbsp;<P>
<H3>NetBSD</H3>
<P>
I use an old Sun Sparcstation 2 with NetBSD 1.5.2. This is more stable then
Linux on Sparc systems. This is still in test, info will follow later.
<P>&nbsp;<P>
<H3>Famous last words...</H3>
<P>
I don't have the diskspace for all kinds of Linux distributions to install

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<BODY>
<BLOCKQUOTE>
<h5>Last update 29-Dec-2001</h5>
<h5>Last update 21-Jan-2002</h5>
<P>&nbsp;<P>
<H1>Running a BBS under Unix.</H1>
@ -75,12 +76,13 @@ the session is ended and mgetty takes over the line again.
Note that they never can get a Unix shell unless you install a <b>door</b>
in the bbs that calls a shell for them.
<P>
There are probably more accounts on your system that can callin, <b>mbse</b> is
such an account, this is the MBSE BBS maintenance account. This user will
get the shell prompt. Use good passwords for shell accounts, and never change
your setup so that the <b>root</b> user can directly login except from the console.
If you need root access, login as <b>mbse</b> and type <b>su</b> at the prompt to become
root. You might consider installing SSH on your system for remote maintenance.
Because for dialin with mgetty the mblogin program is used and not the normal
login program, only bbs users can login. All other users including <b>root</b> are
denied access.
You might consider installing SSH on your system for remote maintenance.
<p>
It is also possible to install the mblogin program as the login program for
telnet users if you are directly connected to the internet.
<P>&nbsp;<P>
<H3>A PPP call is detected.</H3>
@ -165,7 +167,7 @@ If you want to use X11 on your bbs, you need more ram and a faster CPU or a
separate machine via a lan and export the display to that machine.
<P>&nbsp;<P>
<A HREF="index.htm"><IMG SRC="images/b_arrow.gif" ALT="Back" Border="0" width="33" height="35"> Go Back</A>
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<h1>MBSE BBS System Guide v0.33.19</h1>
<HR>
<h5>Last update 07-Jan-2002</h5><BR><P>
<h5>Last update 21-Jan-2002</h5><BR><P>
<h3><a NAME="top"></a>Introduction</h3>
@ -41,7 +42,6 @@
<li><a href="flow.html">Running a BBS under Linux</a></li>
<li><a href="dist.html">Which distribution to use</a></li>
<li><a href="basic.html">Basic installation MBSE BBS</a></li>
<li><a href="install.html">Finishing installation of MBSE BBS</a></li>
<li><a href="setup/index.htm">Configuring the bbs with mbsetup</a></li>
<ol>
<li><A HREF="setup/global.html">Edit Global configuration</a>
@ -96,13 +96,11 @@
<li><a href="programs/mbchat.html">mbchat, Sysop to user chat utility</a></li>
<li><a href="programs/mbcico.html">mbcico, The Fidonet mailer ala ifcico</a></li>
<li><a href="programs/mbdiff.html">mbdiff, Nodelist difference processor</a></li>
<li><a href="programs/mbfbgen.html">mbfbgen, FileBase generator utility</a></li>
<li><a href="programs/mbfido.html">mbfido, Fidonet mail and files procesor</a></li>
<li><a href="programs/mbfile.html">mbfile, Files database maintenance program</a></li>
<li><a href="programs/mbindex.html">mbindex, Nodelist index compiler</a></li>
<li><a href="programs/mblang.html">mblang, Language datafile compiler</a></li>
<li><a href="programs/mblogin.html">mblogin, Unix login replacement</a></li>
<li><a href="programs/mbmail.html">mbmail, Mail Transport Agent for email</a></li>
<li><a href="programs/mbmon.html">mbmon, The monitor program</a></li>
<li><a href="programs/mbmsg.html">mbmsg, The messagebase utility program</a></li>
<li><a href="programs/mbout.html">mbout, The mailer outbound program</a></li>

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<META http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO 8859-1">
<META http-equiv="Content-Style-Type" content="text/css">
<META name="author" lang="en" content="Michiel Broek">
<META name="copyright" lang="en" content="Copyright Michiel Broek">
<META name="description" lang="en" content="MBSE BBS Manual">
<META name="keywords" lang="en" content="MBSE BBS, MBSE, BBS, manual, fido, fidonet, gateway, tosser, mail, tic, mailer">
<TITLE>Running a BBS under Linux.</TITLE>
<LINK rel=stylesheet HREF="manual.css">
</HEAD>
<BODY>
<BLOCKQUOTE>
<h5>Last update 03-Jul-2001</h5>
<P>&nbsp;<P>
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>Installing the BBS.</TITLE>
</HEAD>
<h1 ALIGN="CENTER">Installing the BBS.</h1>
<h3>Installing the BBS.</h3>
<p>
Now you have shell scripts in ~/etc, most of them are called by cron, some
are called during system startup and shutdown. You also have some default
configuration files, these are ttyinfo, modems, fidonet networks. In the
default (english) directory you now have default menu datafiles and ansi
screens. These are copies of my test system so you have to edit them to
build your own bbs.<br>
Editing ansi screens can be done on a Linux system with <strong>duhdraw</strong>,
this is available from 2:280/2802 as <strong>duhdraw.tgz</strong> (68 Kbytes).
The binaries are included in this archive, if you compile it yourself
it may give trouble so if the binaries work, use these.<br>
Another editor is available from
<A HREF="http://www.drastic.net/bmdraw/">http://www.drastic.net/bmdraw/</A>,
you can find the tar.gz file in <A HREF="http://www.drastic.net/bmdraw/files/bmd022.tgz">
http://www.drastic.net/bmdraw/files/bmd022.tgz</A>, it's about 36 Kbytes.
This is also a thedraw clone for Linux. Note, at my system I needed to run it as root.<br>
You may also want to edit ~/etc/header.txt and ~/etc/footer.txt, these
files are the top and bottom of the newfiles/allfiles listings.
<p>
<h3>the next step.</h3>
<p>
The next step is the <a href="setup/index.htm">setup</a> of the bbs.
<P>
<A HREF="index.htm"><IMG SRC="images/b_arrow.gif" ALT="Back to Index" Border="0" width="33" height="35">Back to Index</A>
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<BLOCKQUOTE>
<h5>Last update 28-Jan-2001</h5>
<h5>Last update 21-Jan-2002</h5>
<P>&nbsp;<P>
<H1>Introduction to MBSE BBS.</H1>
<P>
<H3>Distribution.</H3>
<P>
There are only five official distribution sites for the mbse bbs package. They are:
There are only four official distribution sites for the mbse bbs package. They are:
<OL>
<LI><A HREF="http://mbse.sourceforge.net">http://mbse.sourceforge.net</A> Primary site
<LI><A HREF="http://mbse.freezer-burn.org">http://mbse.freezer-burn.org</A> Mirror site
<LI><A HREF="http://www.telematique.org/mbse">http://www.telematique.org/mbse</A> Mirror site
<LI>fidonet node 2:280/2802 (+31-255-515973).
<LI>fidonet node 2:280/2801 (+31-255-533858).
<LI>fidonet node 2:280/2801 (+31-255-536577).
</OL>
If you find mbse bbs on another site it may be out of date. I have no control over these sites.
New versions of mbse bbs are announced in the fidonet area LINUX_BBS. On the official fidonet
@ -87,12 +87,12 @@ the date format.
<H3>Future plans.</H3>
<P>
Plans are to complete integrate news, email, www and chat into MBSE BBS. It
Plans are to completly integrate www and chat into MBSE BBS. It
should work for browsers about the same as with ANSI character terminals.
<P>&nbsp;<P>
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<BLOCKQUOTE>
<h5>Last update 28-Jan-2001</h5>
<h5>Last update 21-Jan-2002</h5>
<P>&nbsp;<P>
<H1>MBSE BBS - Known bugs.</H1>
<P>
@ -20,18 +21,16 @@ There are always more bugs, but these are known....
<UL>
<LI>Reading of function keys in mbsebbs doesn't work always good, especially on
slow links and over PPP.
slow links and over PPP. This is not a MBSE BBS problem.
<LI>Memory leaks in mbfido during mailtoss.
<LI>Problems with D'Bridge [1a] mailers.
<LI>Sometimes binkp sessions hang on sending files during bidirectional transfers.
<LI>mbsetup crashes at several places if in system aka's the domain name is 12 characters long.
</UL>
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<BLOCKQUOTE>
<h5>Last update 07-Jan-2002</h5>
<h5>Last update 21-Jan-2002</h5>
<P>&nbsp;<P>
<h1>MBSE BBS Programs.</h1>
@ -24,7 +25,6 @@
<li><A HREF="mbchat.html">mbchat, Sysop to user chat utility</A>
<li><A HREF="mbcico.html">mbcico, The Fidonet mailer ala ifcico</A>
<li><A HREF="mbdiff.html">mbdiff, Nodelist difference processor</A>
<li><A HREF="mbfbgen.html">mbfbgen, FileBase Generator utility</A>
<li><A HREF="mbfido.html">mbfido, Fidonet mail and files procesor</A>
<li><A HREF="mbfile.html">mbfile, Files database maintenance program</A>
<li><A HREF="mbindex.html">mbindex, Nodelist index compiler</A>

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<META name="author" lang="en" "content="Michiel Broek">
<META name="author" lang="en" content="Michiel Broek">
<META name="copyright" lang="en" content="Copyright Michiel Broek">
<META name="description" lang="en" content="MBSE BBS Manual">
<META name="keywords" lang="en" content="MBSE BBS, MBSE, BBS, manual, fido, fidonet, gateway, tosser, mail, tic, mailer">
@ -11,7 +12,7 @@
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<BODY>
<BLOCKQUOTE>
<h5>Last update 30-Jan-2001</h5>
<h5>Last update 21-Jan-2002</h5>
<P>&nbsp;<P>
<H1>mbcico - The Fidonet mailer.</H1>
@ -111,6 +112,43 @@ binkd stream tcp nowait mbse /opt/mbse/bin/mbcico mbcico -t ibn
tfido stream tcp nowait mbse /opt/mbse/bin/mbcico mbcico -t itn
fido stream tcp nowait mbse /opt/mbse/bin/mbcico mbcico -t ifc
</PRE><P>
If your system uses xinetd the file /etc/xinetd.d/mbsebbs could be:
<P><PRE>
#:MBSE BBS services are defined here.
service binkp
{
socket_type = stream
protocol = tcp
wait = no
user = mbse
instances = 10
server = /opt/mbse/bin/mbcico
server_args = -t ibn
}
service tfido
{
socket_type = stream
protocol = tcp
wait = no
user = mbse
instances = 10
server = /opt/mbse/bin/mbcico
server_args = -t itn
}
service fido
{
socket_type = stream
protocol = tcp
wait = no
user = mbse
instances = 10
server = /opt/mbse/bin/mbcico
server_args = -t ifc
}
</PRE><P>
In the file /etc/services the following lines must be present:
<P><PRE>
binkd 24554/tcp # mbcico IBN mode
@ -140,6 +178,9 @@ poll for that node to really start the request. You can also force a call
by entering <strong>mbcico f2802.n280.z2</strong> on the commandline.
Only one call is made then and there is no dial delay. If <b>mbcico -r1</b> is
called a random dialdelay is used with each call except for internet calls.
<P><B>Note:</B> you should not call nodes with mbcico directly, let
<b>mbtask</b> do the calling.
If you want to call a node make a <a href="mbout.html">poll</a> command.
<P>&nbsp;<P>
<h3>Environment.</H3>
@ -183,7 +224,7 @@ of ".sts". These are small datafiles containing three decimal numbers.
<h3>Configuration.</H3>
<P>
The behaviour of mbcico can be configured with <strong>mbsetup</strong>,
section 1.16 If something doesn't do what you want, set the debug on for
section 1.17 If something doesn't do what you want, set the debug on for
that problem. This will produce huge logfiles, but also a lot of information.
Important flags are Device IO, EMSI debug, File forward, Locking, Outboundscan
and Session.
@ -214,8 +255,8 @@ Michiel Broek Rewrite for MBSE BBS.
</pre>
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<h5>Last update 30-Jan-2001</h5>
<P>&nbsp;<P>
<H1>mbfbgen - FileBase Generator</H1>
<P>
<H3>Synopsis.</H3>
<P>
<code><strong>mbfbgen</strong></code>
<P>&nbsp;<P>
<H3>Description.</H3>
<P>
<strong>mbfbgen</strong> is used to import filebase areas from CD-ROM. This
util works like <strong>fbgen</strong> which is known to RA users. It reads
the file <strong>files.bbs</strong> to get the filenames and descriptions
to build the filedatabase.
<P>
To import a filebase you must setup the area with <strong>mbsetup</strong>.
If you are really importing from a CD that will stay mounted on your system
you must set <strong>CDrom</strong> to yes. If the files.bbs file is not in the
directory were the files are, but somewere else on the CD, you must fill in
the field <strong>Files.bbs</strong> in the edit file area screen.
If the files.bbs file is in the same directory together with the files, you may
leave that field blank.
It is handy to use a closed range of file areas.
Once you are ready with the setup start <strong>mbfbgen</strong>, enter the
start and end area numbers, the uploader name, and the import will start.
This can last quite long as from each file the 32 bits CRC is calculated
that will be stored in the filedatabase. When <strong>mbfbgen</strong> is
finished, run <strong>mbfile index</strong> to recreate the filerequest index
file.
<P>&nbsp;<P>
<H3>Environmet.</H3>
<P>
In order to run <strong>fbgen</strong> you must set the global variable
<strong>$MBSE_ROOT</strong>. This variable must point to the root directory
of the bbs structure. The main configuration file <strong>config.data</strong>
must be present in the ~/etc directory.
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<h5>Last update 10-Jul-2001</h5>
<h5>Last update 21-Jan-2002</h5>
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<H1>mbfido, the fidonet mail and files processor.</H1>
@ -135,6 +136,15 @@ contain a line: "Reply-To: jsmith@mbse.nl".
<P>&nbsp;<P>
<H3>Commands.</H3>
<P>
<code><strong>mbfido</strong> mail &lt;recipient&gt;</code>
This command is used by your MTA to deliver email addressed to for example
Michiel_Broek@f2802.n280.z2.fidonet.org
<P>
<code><strong>mbmail</strong> &lt;recipient&gt;</code>
This is the same as above.
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<code><strong>mbfido</strong> notify &lt;nodes&gt;</code>
This command will send notify messages to all nodes in your setup which
@ -252,8 +262,8 @@ This variable must point to the root of the bbs directoy structure.
There are still bugs, this program is under development.
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<h5>Last update 10-Apr-2001</h5>
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<H1>mbmail - Mail User Agent for the email gate.</H1>
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<H3>Synopsys.</H3>
<code><strong>mbmail</strong> -r&lt;addr&gt; -g&lt;grade&gt; -c&lt;charset&gt; -b &lt;recip&gt;</code>
<P>&nbsp;<P>
<H3>Description.</H3>
<P>
<strong>mbmail</strong>
is the Mail User Agent that should be called by your Internet mailer to deliver
mail to Fidonet systems. This program must always run as user <strong>mbse</strong> so
your mailer must be capable of doing so. The Postfix mailer I use can do that.
<P>
<H3>Commandline options.</H3>
<P>
<code><strong>mbfile</strong> -r&lt;addr&gt; -g&lt;grade&gt; -c&lt;charset&gt; -b &lt;recip&gt;</code>
The -r&lt;addr&gt; is the address to route the packet to. This should normal be set by
the Internet mailer to one of your aka's. The -g&lt;grade&gt; is the packet flavor. This
can be one of the characters n, c or h which means normal, crash or hold. The -c&lt;charset&gt; will
force a certain characterset. Normally this will be automatic set. The -b switch disables splitting
of long messages. The &lt;recip&gt; are one or more recipients for the message. The message itself is
read from stdin.
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<h5>Last update 07-Jan-2002</h5>
<h5>Last update 21-Jan-2002</h5>
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<H1>mbpasswd - The password wrapper.</H1>
@ -34,7 +35,7 @@ bbs when an existing user changes his password. If you as sysop use
His password under Unix is then always the same as his password in the bbs program.
This is necessary for the user to be able to get his email using the pop3 protocol.<P>
You never need to run <strong>mbpasswd</strong> by hand, in fact it is protected so that only
members of group <b>bbs</b> are allowed to use it. User <b>mbse</b> can use thsi
members of group <b>bbs</b> are allowed to use it. User <b>mbse</b> can use this
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<h5>Last update 09-Nov-2001</h5>
<h5>Last update 21-Jan-2002</h5>
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<H1>mbsebbs - The main BBS program</H1>
@ -43,18 +44,8 @@ If this tty is not available or is not in your setup, the user is kicked
out. If he is allowed to login, a message is shown at which port he is on,
unless you have turned this feature off in the setup.
<P>
If a user logs in the first check is if he/she has a Unix account or not.
Unix users bypass the login prompt. Other users will get the normal prompt
the same way DOS based bbs programs do. At that time it is checked if the
user has IEMSI capabilities, if that is true, IEMSI login will be tried.
If the user is not known, the newuser procedure begins.
<P>
If the user login is successfull, his favourite language will be loaded.
Then it is checked if the user is the Sysop, if so, the Sysop flag is set.
If the user has a blank password, he is asked to create a new password.
Next it is checked if the user has an Unix account, if not he is forced to
create a Unix account. This situation can exist after switching to MBSE BBS
and you have converted your old userbase to the userbase for MBSE BBS.
If the users Date of Birth is invalid, he is forced to enter the right
Date of Birth.
The next check is to see if the user has passed the expiry date, this is a
@ -139,19 +130,13 @@ will be made with the connect speed.
If the environment variable <strong>CALLER_ID</strong> is present, a log entry
will be made with the caller id.
<P>
If the environment variable <strong>LOGNAME</strong> is present and it is not
<strong>bbs</strong> then it is assumed that it is a Unixmode login of the
user who's Unixname is in the <strong>LOGNAME</strong> environment variable.
This variable is set by the /bin/login program, so users that telnet to your
bbs or login via <strong>mgetty</strong> and login with their Unixname will
set this. If the <strong>LOGNAME</strong> is <strong>bbs</strong> then the
user is prompted to enter his Fidonet style name. By the way, you can change
that default <b>bbs</b> username with <b>mbsetup</b>.
The environment variable <strong>LOGNAME</strong> must contain the unix
username. This is set by the <b>mblogin</b> program.
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<h5>Last update 08-Jun-2001</h5>
<h5>Last update 21-Jan-2002</h5>
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<H1>MBSE BBS Setup - Mail Setup -> Mail Areas.</H1>
@ -53,6 +54,7 @@ change netmail reply board and delete message area.
<strong>RFC chars </strong>RFC characterset, not in use yet, defaults tp LATIN-1 2
<strong>Days Old </strong>The maximum age of the messages before purging.
<strong>Max. Msgs </strong>The maximum messages in this area.
<strong>Articles </strong>The maximum news headers to fetch.
<strong>Netreply </strong>Netmail reply area if this is echomail.
<strong>Active </strong>If this area is active.
<strong>User Del. </strong>Users may delete their own messages.
@ -70,7 +72,7 @@ change netmail reply board and delete message area.
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<H3>Edit connection</H3>
@ -104,6 +106,7 @@ From menu 9.2 you can enter the global commands menu. In this menu you can:
<li>Change connection status
<li>Change days old
<li>Change max. messages
<li>Change max. articles
<li>Change security
<li>Change aka to use
<li>Change origin line
@ -155,9 +158,9 @@ creation of areas to work when importing received mail.
So the commandline would be like <b>/opt/mbse/bin/mbfido tic toss web -a -quiet</b>.
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<h5>Last update 21-Jan-2002</h5>
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<H1>MBSE BBS Setup - Files Database.</H1>
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<strong>FileName </strong>The 8.3 filename of the file.
<strong>Long fn </strong>The long filename of the file, not in use yet.
<strong>Long fn </strong>The long filename of the file.
<strong>FileSize </strong>The size of the file in bytes.
<strong>FileDate </strong>The real date of the file.
<strong>Last DL. </strong>The date of the last download of the file.
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<h5>Last update 21-Jan-2002</h5>
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<H1>MBSE BBS Setup - Global Setup</H1>
@ -286,14 +287,14 @@ split will be forced right after the file that passes the 31 KBytes limit.
I use values of 1 KBytes below maximum for overhead such as SEEN-BY and
PATH lines. Values larger then 32 KBytes is not a good idea, recent tests
in May 1999 have shown that your messages will not reach all systems
if they are larger then 32 KBytes. Splitting is used for newsfiles reports
if they are larger then 32 KBytes. Splitting is used for newfiles reports
and gated news articles to Fidonet.
<P>
<h3>1.15. Edit Internet mail and news processing.</h3>
<p>
Email and news is setup here. There are three possible configurations which you
can set with 1.14.11:
can set with 1.15.11:
<ul>
<li><strong>No ISP</strong>. If you don't have any connection to the internet
use this setting. Email will come from the default Fidonet UUCP gate and will be send out
@ -314,7 +315,9 @@ can set with 1.14.11:
<li><strong>Perm ISP</strong>. If you are permanent connected to the internet
either with a static or dynamic IP address use this option. Use this option
also if you have an UUCP domain and have a dialup UUCP connection. Also
you can use this for dialup if you have your own maildomain.
you can use this for dialup if you have your own maildomain without UUCP,
you will then fetch the mail from a multidrop mailbox (POP or IMAP) and
send the mail using SMTP via the SMTP mailer of your provider.<br>
If you have a dynamic IP address you can still get a DNS name from for
example <A HREF="http://www.dynip.com">dynip.com</A>
Incoming email will come directly from the internet, but if someone sends
@ -322,6 +325,8 @@ can set with 1.14.11:
<strong>user@yourbbs.domain.org</strong>. Note, the username is their
Unix name.
</ul>
Note: the terms <b>Dial ISP</b> and <b>Perm ISP</b> are not correct, it doesn't
matter how you are connected, it only matters if you have a maildomain or not.
Another word of wisdom from my side, configuration of the internet, ppp, sendmail etc. is not discussed
here, see the HOWTO's and other documentation that exists at <A HREF="http://www.linuxdoc.org">
www.linuxdoc.org</A>, it's all there.
@ -338,6 +343,7 @@ www.linuxdoc.org</A>, it's all there.
<strong>UUCP aka </strong>The default Fidonet UUCP gate, 2:292/875@fidonet
<strong>Emailmode </strong>The email mode, discussed above
<strong>News mode </strong>Newsfeed mode, INN, rnews or UUCP.
<strong>Articles </strong>The default maximum newsarticles to fetch per group.
<strong>Split at </strong>Gently split newfiles reports after n KBytes (12..60)
<strong>Force at </strong>Force split of newfiles reports after n KBytes (16..63)
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<H1>MBSE BBS Setup - File Echo's Setup - Hatch Manager.</H1>
@ -27,7 +28,11 @@ in this setup. If such a file is found, a special .tic file is written and
stored in the mailers inbound directory. When the <strong>mbfido</strong>
starts processing .tic files, that new hatched file will be processed as if
it was received form another system. To let this work, you obviously need
an existing TIC area.
an existing TIC area.<P>
The filenames to hatch may be long filenames as long as there are no spaces in
it. In the TIC file a short filename will be created for the old style tic
processors. The long filename is inserted in the TIC file as well. The short
filenames are created in the same way as windows does.
<P>&nbsp;<P>
<H3>Hatch Manager Setup.</H3>
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