While you were out...................... I want to talk about the Fileecho System next. First thing to do is set up some groups. This will make it easier to set up each individual file echo. 1. Enter ASETUP | FileEcho System | Group Manager and you'll see a screen like this: =1/1=================================================================== | | | Group | | Name | | Mask | | ---------[Defaults for auto-added fileechos in this group]----------| | Desc | | Dest | | Use FDB | | Keep # Use aka | | Template LongDesc | | Banner Cost | | Options Convert Virus Scan Security | | Convert all Dupe check Send original | | Pass through Visible Add GIF Specs | | Allow replace Tiny SB Update magic | | Announce No Touch | | Systems | |=====================================================================| Fill it in so that it looks like this: Keep in mind that this is just a general outline of what each file echo that you put in this group will be cinfigured as. It basically saves you a lot of time when you set up new file echos or if the system automatically adds one. =1/1=================================================================== | | | Group 0 | | Name PCB | | Mask * | | ---------[Defaults for auto-added fileechos in this group]----------| | Desc | | Dest C:\pcb\dl04 | | Use FDB Yes, PCBoard files and Utilities | | Keep # -1 Use aka 1:3825/21 | | Template Reports LongDesc FILE_ID.DIZ/LDESC | | Banner Banner Cost | | Options Convert NONE Virus Scan No Security YES | | Convert all No Dupe check No Send original Yes | | Pass through No Visible No Add GIF Specs No | | Allow replace Yes Tiny SB Yes Update magic No | | Announce Yes No Touch No | | Systems 1:3825/24 | |=====================================================================| Group the nunber used to designate this group. Can be any number you want it to be. Name the name for this group. In this case it is PCB related files Mask criteria a filename must meet to be automatically added to this group. Desc Leave blank since each file echo will have a description in the Tic that accompanies it. Dest The file directory that you want files in this group moved to. C:\PCB\DL04 is the name of the directory where I keep all my PCB related files. Use FDB Choose yes, PCBoard and if you ran FCOMP like you were supposed to when we first began this installation it will fill in the name of the file database (DIRx) used by the file directory that you entered in the previous line. Keep # There is a bit of a bug here. -1 is the only number that will not trash your file database (DIRx). -1 tells Allfix to append this entry to the end of the DIRx file and not to try to sort anything. Template The name of the template to use when making a report concerning a new file. This is the netmail report sent with the file. You can determine whether or not it is sent to each node when you configure the nodes later. You can also edit the Template with the template editor so as to customize it to your liking. We'll go into that more later. Banner This is your BBS ad that will be added to each new file that comes to your system. You can edit it with the Template editor, also Use aka The aka that you want ALLFIX to use when it sends out messages or new file reports or forwards a request. LongDesc This tell Allfix to use the File_id.diz as the file description that it adds to your file database (DIRx). If there is no .DIZ then it will use the long description found in the Tic file. If there is no long discription then it will use the normal description in the TIC. Convert If you want ALLFIX to convert the new files to a specific archive then select an archive in this field. For instance, if you choose ZIP here then all incoming files will be converted to zip files as the are imported into the file directories. Convert all If you set this to yes then Allfix will convert all incoming files to the archive selected in the previous field. What this basically means is this.. If you get a file that is ZIPed and your archive preference is PKZIP then Allfix will convert the ZIP file to a ZIP file. Sounds redundant, I know, but it actually has a purpose. If you have the -ex switch set in the in the external programs configureation screen then it will repack the zip file into a tighter Zip file. BTW, we didn't set the -ex switch when we configured the external programs earlier, so if you want to do this, now is a good time. Pass through tells Allfix to import the files or treat them as pass through files to a downlink. since this is just the group configuration set it to no. You can change it later if you need to. Allow replace In the TIC file that accompanies each file that you recieve from the FDN there is a Replace Verb that tells Allfix (or TICK or DWTick) to replace an older version of this file with this newer one. This is handy for files like the NodeDiff, Fidonews, Fidonet.NA, FILEBONE.NA, etc. that are updated each week. This switch tells allfix to honor the Replace verb in the tick file or not. Announce Should files in this group be announced. I have it set up in the new file announcements screen to announce any new files in a local SysOps echo. If you want to tell every one about the new files on your BBS you can set this to yes and we'll configure the report later. Dupe check Do you want this file checked against your file base to se if there is a copy of it there already? Visible If a downlink that does not have access to this group sends a %LIST request to you areamgr, should ALLFIX include this group in the reply (even though the downlink can't get this group). The reason you might want to do this is this. Say you have areas that are for the general public and areas that are for paying customers. You may want to show this group to the non-paying customers to entice them into forking over some cash. Tiny SB In the TIC file that accompanies each file received from an FDN is a Seen By list. It is a list of each system that this file and it's TIC has passed through on its way to you. If you have downlinks receiving this file and it's tic from you then ALLFIX will add your address to the end of the SEEN BY list in the TIC. If you set this to yes then allfix will delete all but the local net addresses from the Seen By list. No Touch This is kinda confusing here also. What it wants to know is do you want your file database (DIRx) updated with this file's listing. In other words do you want this file added to your BBS file directory listing. If you want this file and it's description added to your BBS listing put No here. If this is a file that you will use yourself but don't want it put into your BBS as availabe for your users to download then put YES here. I know, Ass Backwards of what you'd think but thats the way it works. Trust me. Security Make sure that any files added to your system oor passed to your downlinks come from the System designated as the UPlink for this FDN. Thsi keeps some hacker from hatching a file (possibly a virus or an ANSI bomb) into this FDN through your system. Send Original If you are converting files into a different archive format than the one that it arrived as then you should put a yes here so that the original version is sent to your downlinks. Add GIF specs If you expect to receive GIFs in this area put a yes here. Update magic If you are useing the majic filename feature and you want allfix to automaticall update the file that these names are stored in, the put a yes here. Systems Connected systems Hold off on this one until we get the nodes set up. Ok, thats the general the group setup for getting files from the PCB FDN. There are 8 or so file echos within this group and we'll set them up later. This will make it easy though since most of the information for each file echo is included in this group that we just set up. Later, Mark