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<META name="author" lang="en" content="Michiel Broek">
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<TITLE>MBSE BBS Setup - Mail Setup - Mail Areas.</TITLE>
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<h5>Last update 21-Jan-2002</h5>
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<H1>MBSE BBS Setup - Mail Setup -> Mail Areas.</H1>
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<H3>Introduction.</H3>
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Mail areas have fixed area numbers, just like file areas. But if you want you
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can move areas.
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Some offline readers don't like changing the area numbers. All areas can
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be of the following types: local, netmail, echomail and news. If you gate
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news and echomail in the same area, then select echomail
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if this area is a Fidonet area, select news if this area is a Usenet news area.
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There is a global setup tool, if you are in the main message area setup screen then
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you can choose the Global command. This will allow you to do bulk changes on areas
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selected by the mail groups. Options are delete connection, add new connection,
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replace connection, change connection status, change days old for purge, change
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maximum messages for purge, change user security, change aka to use, change origin line,
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change netmail reply board and delete message area.
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<H3>Message Area Setup.</H3>
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<strong>Area Name </strong>The description of the area.
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<strong>Area Tag </strong>The echomail area tag.
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<strong>Newsgroup </strong>The newsgroup name if you are gating this area.
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<strong>Moderator </strong>Leave this blank for now!
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<strong>JAM base </strong>The path and name of the JAM message base without extension.
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<strong>Origin </strong>The origin line to add to echomail messages.
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<strong>Fido Aka </strong>The Fidonet aka for this area.
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<strong>QWK name </strong>The name of the area for OffLine Readers.
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<strong>Group </strong>The name of the echomail group.
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<strong>Distrib. </strong>Leave this blank for now!
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<strong>Area Type </strong>Local, Netmail, Echomail or News.
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<strong>Msg Kinds </strong>Private/Public, Private, Public, Read Only, FTN moderated, Usenet Moderated
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<strong>FTN chars </strong>FTN characterset, not in use yet, defaults to IBMPC 2
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<strong>RFC chars </strong>RFC characterset, not in use yet, defaults tp LATIN-1 2
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<strong>Days Old </strong>The maximum age of the messages before purging.
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<strong>Max. Msgs </strong>The maximum messages in this area.
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<strong>Articles </strong>The maximum news headers to fetch.
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<strong>Netreply </strong>Netmail reply area if this is echomail.
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<strong>Active </strong>If this area is active.
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<strong>User Del. </strong>Users may delete their own messages.
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<strong>Read Sec. </strong>The security level to read messages.
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<strong>Write Sec. </strong>The security level to write messages.
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<strong>Sysop Sec. </strong>The security level to do sysop actions.
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<strong>Aliases </strong>Allow the use of an Alias.
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<strong>Random org </strong>Create random origin lines (Oneliner database).
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<strong>Quotes </strong>Add a random quote under new messages (Oneliner database).
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<strong>Mandatory </strong>If this area is mandatory for downlinks.
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<strong>UnSecure </strong>Don't check link address during toss (Dangerous!).
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<strong>OLR Default </strong>Switch area default on for OLR users.
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<strong>OLR Forced </strong>Area is always on for OLR users.
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<strong>Connections </strong>This will take you to the screen to edit up and downlinks.
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<H3>Edit connection</H3>
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<strong>Aka </strong>The network address.
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<strong>Send to </strong>Export mail to this node.
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<strong>Recv from </strong>Import mail form this node.
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<strong>Pause </strong>The node is temporary disconnected.
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<strong>Excluded </strong>The node is disconnected by the sysop.
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<strong>Delete </strong>Delete this connection.
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A note about the excluded switch. This can be used to disconnect a node
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from the area by moderator request. AreaMgr requests from that node
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for this area are not processed anymore, he cannot disconnect this area
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and reconnect. If you want to prevent a node to connect the area while
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he is not connected, you should manually connect the node and then set
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the Excluded flag to yes. However, the status of this flag is reported to the
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node in the notify messages, so this action is not invisible.
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<P> <P>
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<H3>Global Commands.</H3>
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From menu 9.2 you can enter the global commands menu. In this menu you can:
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<li>Delete connection
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<li>Add new connection
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<li>Replace connection
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<li>Change connection status
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<li>Change days old
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<li>Change max. messages
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<li>Change max. articles
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<li>Change security
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<li>Change aka to use
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<li>Change origin line
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<li>Change netmail reply
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<li>Delete message area
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</ol>
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After you have selected the action you want and added the items to do, you will see
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a screen were you can select message area groups. You can then tag one or more
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groups and press enter when you are done. Then you have one chance to perform the
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actions or to bail out. All areas matching in that group are affected by your
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changes. If you are not happy with the result, don't save the database and no
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harm is done. The file mbsetup.log shows all affected areas.
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<P> <P>
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<H3>Automatic area creation.</H3>
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If you want to use the automatic area creation you have to define a fictitious
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area tagged 'DEFAULT' with the options you want for new areas like this:
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1. Area Name Area autocreada:
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2. FTN area DEFAULT
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3. Newsgroup
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4. Moderator
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5. JAM base /var/spool/mbse/mail/
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6. Origin Parolas BBX. Por fin.
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7. Fido Aka 0:0/0@ 22. Sysop Sec. 100
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8. QWK name 15. Days Old 40 23. Aliases No
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9. Group AUTOCREADAS 16. Max. Msgs 1000 24. Quotes No
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10. Distrib. 17. Netreply 0 25. Mandatory No
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11. Area Type Echomail 18. Active Yes 26. UnSecure No
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12. Msg Kinds Public 19. User Del. Yes 27. OLR Default No
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13. FTN chars IBMPC 2 20. Read Sec. 5 28. OLR Forced No
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14. RFC chars LATIN-1 2 21. Write Sec. 5 29. Connections
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The FTN area's Tag must be 'DEFAULT' exactly. Connections will be left blank. Fill
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the remaining options with your defaults for the new areas.
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If Fido AKA has not been filled in, the best fitting AKA according to the origin of
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the message will be used from the configuration.<BR>
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<P>
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Areas will be created as is laid out in this template, the tag of a new area
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will be added to the name and base path, the new tag will be placed in the tag
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and qwk name (truncating it if needed).
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Only the node from which the new area is received will be added in connections.
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You will need to change the setup, menu 18, item 2, to change the command
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'mbfido tic toss'. Add the -a parameter if you want the automatic
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creation of areas to work when importing received mail.
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So the commandline would be like <b>/opt/mbse/bin/mbfido tic toss web -a -quiet</b>.
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