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Fido System For Windows

Configuration program HELP

Commands

 	Required Info

Origin Line

Area Config

Other

Mailer  Menu

Areas.bbs


Required Info

Main items

 On the first line you will be asked for your name.

 This is also the name that will be checked if the rcvd flag must be set

The second line must point to directory where fsfw is stored

 AKA

 Here you can setup your aka's for aka matching only 8 in this dialog

 if we can't match then your main aka will be used

 If you need more aka's then 8 then read futher

 you have to edit the fsfw.ini file found in the windows system directory

 and add the following

 AKA#=2:2802/122 where # is the number

Example : AKA10=2:2802/122


Origin Menu

Origin Lines	:	You will get a dialog where you can set eight alternative origin you can use.


Area Config

Areaconfig 	:	You can select here from wich program i must read the configuration files from.

 If you select AREAS.BBS then see areas.bbs configuration for more info.

In the input box to configuration files you set the directory where the config files area stored

DO NOT INCLUDE THE NAME OF THE FILE


Other Menu

Newmailscan	:	You can turn on /off the Newmail scan with this.

Sound	:	You can turn on /off the sound with this.

Language	:	In the directory where Fido System For Windows is stored theres a filecalled lang.cfg you can edit this file to your own language.(in example.zip there are some other language file too)

If you have made a language file that is not already there or fixed some of the language i used i would like to have it for futher versions .


Mailer
Mailer Menu

Tosser Parameters      :

In the first line you set the directory where your Tosser is stored

In the second line you set the program itself  with the requierd parameters.

Valid programs are *.EXE(dos/windows) *.pif(windows) *.Bat (dos)

For any dos program the default.pif will be used

 Mailer rescan config

You can select from 3 program's If the program that you use is not listed then you can select other you will have to set the filename to create also by yourself.

Normally thsi filename stands in the doc file of your program.

Nodelist Setup

In the first 8 lines you can give the complete name to your nodelist files.

Example : d:\nodelist\nodelist.*

dont give a extension

In the night line you can set the zones to compile (how less zones how quicker)

Example : 1 2 115

This will compile zone 1 & 2 & 115 everything else will be ignored

The nodelist will only work on netmail area's


Areas.bbs

 If you have select to use an Areas.BBs file instead of anything else

 then read this first please.

 Fsfw don't use a "normal" areas.bbs file you have to make it by

 yourself.

 Every line started with a ";" will be ignored

 The fist line that must appear is you netmail area it must start with a

 "*" and it must be a *.msg style;(this can only be one area the rest will

 be treaded like normal echomail area's).

 The second line must be your Hudson msgbase path (Hmbpath) this is

 where your hudson base is stored if you have any otherwise strip it

 off.

 Special characters you can use

 ;      = ignore line

 !      = JAM msgbase

 $      = Squish msgbase

 #      = .msg files

 123    = Hudson boardnumber (can be 001 to 200)

;   Example of an special areas.bbs file for fido system for windows

;

;

;             This will be your netmail area

;

*d:\fd\mail\             Netmail          2:2802/122

;

;             This will be a JAM base Area With the basename of SYSOP

;

!d:\ra\JAM\SYSOP         Sysop area       2:2802/122

;

;             This will be hudson base number 12

;

012                      PASCAL           2:2802/122

;

;

;             This is a squish example for area called muffin

;

$d:\max\msgbase\muffin   MUFFIN           2:2802/122

;

;             Example for *.msg

;

#d:\fd\rcvdmail         Received netmail  2:2802/122

;

; end of areas.bbs

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