HINTS (Some additional information) þ Place the executable and the config file in your path. That will insure that you will be able to call FDSecure from any directory or sub-directory at any time. This is especially usefull when you are using the query mode, such as FDSECURE . þ FDSecure's internal code for moving a file to another directory is very good. I would suggest using it over an external program because it uses less memory, and is integrated. You can, however, in place of EXTERNMOVE , you could put a batch file there, and the two parameters would become %1 and %2 in your batch file. i.e. EXTERNMOVE . The first being FROM and the second being the TO fields. If you use the internal move code, FDSecure has the ability to detect if a file cannot be moved. i.e. an improper directory was specified or the directory name has changed. If this should happen, FDSecure will rename the file to have the extension of .BAD. It will then proceed to write you a message as normal except it will tell you that a problem occured in moving a file, and it suspects an improper directory or something. Obviously FDSecure cannot provide you with this protection when you use an external program since it has no way to determine what errorlevels are returned from the other program, and what the intention of the sysop is with the file(s). þ Check your FrontDoor log file. FDSecure will log anything that happens in there as well as any errors if it should encounter them. þ If you are having problems with FDSecure reading the config file, then first make sure the config file is called FDSECURE.CFG. If you have it under a different name, then you must use the /C option to tell FDSecure you are using a different config file. þ Max security feature. If a file appears in your inbound directory and is NOT listed in your FrontDoor Log file, and is listed as a target file in your FDSecure Config file, FDSecure will move it and the netmail message will say the file came from -unknown- origin. This gives you a little added security. FrontDoor presently does not log partial transfers. Therefore, if you were to start recieving your Nodediff from your Hub, and the transfer was interrupted at 60% transferred, then your batch file would see the nodediff file in your inbound directory and attempt to process it. This may or may not be a problem for some. FDSecure would see the file, check the log, and by not finding the file in the log, would move it to your bad directory-- thus avoiding a potential computer hiccough. This can be disabled by commenting out the Move_Unlisted feature in the config file. Commenting this out will tell FDSecure to ignore target files in which FDSecure can't tell where they came from. þ If Fdsecure appears to not be reading the Log file correctly, be sure and check your level of verbosity in the log. FDSecure needs the information in lines preceeded by a plus (+). This is the minimum level of verbosity required. Additionally, FDSecure will use the information provided by the tilde (~) level for extra information when reporting findings from the log. Obviously, the more files you check for, and the greater the size of your log file, will have a proportional effect on FDSecure's speed. But, no matter how many entries or filenames you are looking for, FDSecure will only have to read your log file one time.