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<!-- MBSEADVERT -->
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<div align="right"><h5>Last update 03-Sep-2005</h5></div>
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<div align="center"><H1>mbsebbs - The main BBS program</H1></div>
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<H3>Synopsis.</H3>
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<code><strong>mbsebbs</strong></code>
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<H3>Description.</H3>
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<strong>mbsebbs</strong> is the main bbs program for the users.
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To be able to use the bbs, the bbs mustbe set open with <strong>mbstat open</strong>
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or users may not login. This is normally done at system boot.
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Also Zone Mail Hour is honored if the user logs in
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on a tty that has the <strong>honor ZMH</strong> flag set to true. If it
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is ZMH and the ZMH flag is true, the user will be kicked out of the bbs. You
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should only set this flag on the modem lines where you need to be available
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for ZMH if your "Fidonet" network requires that.
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The first visible action is to show the logo.ans file. Because it is not
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known who is trying to login, you only need to place this file in the
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default language directory.
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The next check is to see if the user is allowed to login on the tty he
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currently is on.
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If this tty is not available or is not in your setup, the user is kicked
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out. If he is allowed to login, a message is shown at which port he is on,
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unless you have turned this feature off in the setup.
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If the user login is successfull, his favourite language will be loaded.
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Then it is checked if the user is the Sysop, if so, the Sysop flag is set.
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If the users Date of Birth is invalid, he is forced to enter the right
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Date of Birth.
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The next check is to see if the user has passed the expiry date, this is a
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usefull feature for systems with donating users.
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Finally the access limits are set for the user and time remaining for today and
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download limits are set.
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After successfull login the user can be presented with a bunch of advertising
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screens. I will only name the screens without filename extension, as these
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screens are searched for in the following order;<br>
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<ol>
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<li>filename.ans in the users favourite language directory.
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<li>filename.ans in the default language directory.
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<li>filename.asc in the users favourite language directory.
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<li>filename.asc in the default language directory.
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<li>If nothing is found, nothing is displayed.
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</ol>
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Here is the list of displayed screens:
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<ol>
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<li><strong>mainlogo</strong>. Here you can put a logo or something.
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<li><strong>welcome</strong>. This screen can contain information about the session
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the user has, his download limits, time left etc.
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<li><strong>welcome1</strong> is shown if the user has show bulletins set to true.
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<li><strong>welcome2</strong> is shown if the user has show bulletins set to true.
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<li><strong>welcome3</strong> is shown if the user has show bulletins set to true.
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<li><strong>welcome4</strong> is shown if the user has show bulletins set to true.
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<li><strong>welcome5</strong> is shown if the user has show bulletins set to true.
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<li><strong>welcome6</strong> is shown if the user has show bulletins set to true.
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<li><strong>welcome7</strong> is shown if the user has show bulletins set to true.
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<li><strong>welcome8</strong> is shown if the user has show bulletins set to true.
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<li><strong>welcome9</strong> is shown if the user has show bulletins set to true.
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<li><strong>birthday</strong> is shown if the user logs in at his birthday and if he
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has show bullentins set to true.
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<li><strong>dd-mm</strong> is shown if <strong>dd</strong> is the date of today and
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<strong>mm</strong> is the current month and if the user has show bulletins
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set to true.
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<li><strong>sec20</strong> is shown if the user has the security level in the
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filename, level 20 in this example. Als the display bulletins must be set to
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true.
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<li><strong>news</strong> is shown if the user has the display bulletins set to
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true.
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<li><strong>onceonly</strong> is shown only if the user has never seen this screen,
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the test is to compare the users last login date against the date of this file.
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</ol>
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<P>
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After all these screens the users Offline Reader areas are checked to see if
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you as sysop didn't change the message areas. If you made changes, the users
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setup is adjusted and he will be notified. This means he sees a list
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with deleted areas and new areas.
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Next if the user has newmail scan set to true all message bases are checked to
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see if the user has new mail. This includes a check to see if he has Unix mail.
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If there is Unix mail, those mails are retrieved from the POP3 server and stored
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in his private mailbox.
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If there is new mail for the user, the user sees a list of areas with the messages
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in it and he is offered to read and reply these messages.
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Then if the user has show newfiles set to true and he is not a new bbs user
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he will see a list of new files you have on your bbs. During this display
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he can tag files for later download.
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The final setup is to set the users "do not disturb" flag and then the menu
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system is started. The menu system will run forever, until the user chooses
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to logoff, the connection is lost or his daily timelimit is reached. For the
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possibilities and setup of the menus see
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<A HREF="../menus/index.html">MBSE BBS Menu System</A>
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<P> <P>
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<H3>Environment.</H3>
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In order to run <strong>mbsebbs</strong> you must set the global variable
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<strong>$MBSE_ROOT</strong>. This variable must point to the root directory
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of the bbs structure. The main configuration file <strong>config.data</strong>
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must be present in the ~/etc directory.
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If the environment variable <strong>CONNECT</strong> is present, a log entry
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will be made with the connect speed.
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If the environment variable <strong>CALLER_ID</strong> is present, a log entry
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will be made with the caller id.
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The environment variable <strong>LOGNAME</strong> must contain the unix
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username. This is set by the <b>mblogin</b> program.
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If the environment variable <strong>REMOTEHOST</strong> is present, a log entry
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will be made with the name or IP address of the remote host.
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If the environment variable <strong>TERM</strong> is present, a log entry
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will be made with the terminal type of the remote user.
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