Last update 13-Jul-2002

MBSE BBS Setup - Fidonet nodes.

Introduction

Unlike many other bbs packages, for each node you need only one record. If you have a relation with a node for one network with costsharing, and other networks without costsharing you need two records for that node. For each node you can setup the aka's, mail, files and session handshake. There are eight screens for each node.

 

Edit general setup

This screen has the general information for the node. The contact info fields are just for private use, these fields are only used in this screen. The Outbox dir is for files to sent to the node, all file you put in there will be sent to the remote if user mbse has read/write access to the file. Only real files are allowed, not symlinks etc.

Sysop name	The name of the system operator. The name entered here is used in Areamgr and Filemgr messages etc.
Outbox dir	Private extra outbound directory for this node. Any file dropped into this directory will be sent to the node and removed after it is sent.
Pvt. phone	Contact info, node private phone.
Pvt. fax	Contact info, node private fax.
Pvt. cellphone	Contact info, node cellphone (GSM).
Pvt. e-mail	Contact info, node e-mail address.
Pvt. remark	Contact info, node remark.
Route via	A route via Fido address. All mail for this node will be send via this Aka, even mail and files for other networks. This can be usefull if this node has internet access so you can send everything to this node over the internet. Note that to force calling this node via internetr, ISDN or pots can also be done by using nodelist flags override. See section 3. This setting is more usefull to force routing via another node or aka.
Netmail direct	Set "direct" flag in netmail to this node.
Netmail crash	Send netmail always "crash" to this node.
Netmail hold	Put mail on "hold" for this node.
Pack netmail	Should netmail be packed in arcmail archives.
Send notify	Send automatic generated notify messages.
Language	The language to use for areamgr msgs.
Deleted	If this node must be deleted.

 

Edit nodes aka's

In this screen you can setup 20 aka's for the node.

 

Edit node session

In this screen you can setup the session defaults. Items 7 and 8 will be added later.

Session passwd	This is the mailer session password.
Dial command	You can put an override here for the normal dial command. If you leave this empty the command from the modem setup is used.
Phone number 1	An alternative phone number/ip address to dial.
Phone number 2	An alternative phone number/ip address to dial. Use these above commands if the node has another phone number as mentioned in the nodelist.
Nodelist flags	Override for the nodelist flags, the nodelist flags are completly ignored if you enter something here so make sure all flags you need are here. All aka's of this node will use the same flags. This can be usefull to force calling this node via the internet.
Inet hostname	The FQDN hostname or IP address of this node. This replaces the original system name from the nodelist and this is then used to make the internet TCP/IP connection. This can be usefull if the FQDN is not present in the nodelist.
No EMSI	Disable EMSI handshake.
No YooHoo/2U2	Disable FTSC-0006 handshake.
No Filerequest	Disable filerequest from this node.
Don't call	Do not call this node.
8.3 names	Set this if the node only accepts 8.3 filenames.
No Zmodem	Disable Zmodem protocol.
No Zedzap	Disable Zedzap protocol.
No Hydra	Disable Hydra protocol.
No TCP/IP IBN	Disbale TCP/IP IBN (binkp) protocol.
No TCP/IP IFC	Disable TCP/IP IFC (ifcico) protocol.
No TCP/IP ITN	Disable TCP/IP ITN (telnet) protocol.

 

Edit node - mail processing

PKT password	The password to insert in .pkt files.
Check PKT pwd	Check password in received .pkt files. If not, errors or missing passwords are only logged. If set, errors or missing password are refused and the .pkt files are renamed to .bad
UplMgr program	The name of the Areamgr program of this node. This could be AreaFix, AreaMgr etc.
UplMgr passwd	The password for the Areamgr of this node.
Mail forward	Not in use yet.
ARCmail comp.	Use ARCmail 0.60 file naming convention for out of zone mail.
ARCmail a..z	Allow a..z last character for ARCmail filenames.

 

Edit mail groups

Here you can tag which mail groups are available for this node. Note that all groups are visible here, even for networks this node has no aka's in. Be carefull not to allow a node to connect areas from networks he has no aka in.

 

File setup

Files password	The password for .tic files.
Mgr password	The password for the Areamgr and Filemgr.
UplMgr program	The name of the Filemgr progrom of this node. This could be FileMgr, Allfix, Raid etc.
UplMgr passwd	The password of the Filemgr if this node.
UplMgr Add +	Add a "+" in the command to connect areas.
Incl. message	Send a netmail message for each file to send.
Send TIC file	Send .tic file to this node.
Advanced TIC	Send advanced or standard .tic files.
File forward	Forward TIC files for this node (not yet).
Billing	Is Costsharing active for this node.
Bill direct	Send the bill direct or on command.
Credit	The credit this node has in units.
Debet	The debet we have with this node (informational).
Add	Add (or substract) factor to the bill.
Warn level	The debet level when to write a warning mesage.
Stop level	The debet level when to stop sending files.

 

File groups

The same story as for mail groups is true for the file groups.

 

Statistics

In this statistics screen you can see the mail and files flow with this node. Values are stored for the current week, the previous week, the current month and previous month and the overall total since you defined this node. There are actual 12 months of statistics stored in the nodes record, only 2 are visible.

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