******* THE U-NET MESSAGER ******* (c) Copyright - Challenge Business Systems Burnaby, B.C. Canada May, 1995 All Rights Reserved SYSOP INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS ******* THE U-NET MESSAGER ******* OVERVIEW Welcome to The U-Net Messager, a "full-feature" Internet UseNet Message program for Wildcat Bulletin Boards. You must be running Wildcat 4.01, 4.10 or 4.11 in order for this program to work. Installation is quick and simple if you understand a little about MS-DOS & some of it's commands (mkdir, copy & del) and how to use Wildcat's Makemenu & Wcdraw Utilities. As a surprise (we wanted to wait until now) we are pleased to inform you that this is UNBRANDED SOFTWARE. That's right! NO WHERE DOES THIS PROGRAM SAY UNREGISTERED, DEMO, OUR NAME OR ANYTHING ELSE. No giant beg screens or flashing startups telling you how good we are or why you should pay for it. Just the program, that's all. Your users will think you wrote it and we're proud of this. Why? Because just like you, we've downloaded tons of software where people have spent more time writing the beg and startup screens than they did on the rest of their buggy program. But not this time. No begs or flashy startups, just a program that works. The unregistered version does however contain one limitation-a maximum of 5 Usenet Conferences. All other features work properly without any limitations. PROGRAM FEATURES Please read the file UNETGDE.TXT or the program' on-line help for the features and instructions on using the program. REGISTRATION & SUPPORT We're not going to make you scroll thru pages of begs, threats, demands and garbage warranties now, when all you want to do install the program to see if and how it works. Please read the file UNETREG.TXT for this info. INSTALLATION Installation requires seven steps. These are: 1) Making a directory on your BBS'S hard disk to put the files in. 2) Copying all of the program files into this directory. 3) Choosing the correct version of our program for your BBS, either 4.01, 4.10 or 4.11 and renaming those file extensions to .WCX 4) Coping the file UNET.CFG to your main wildcat program directory (i.e. c:\wildcat) 5) Editing UNET.CFG, using a text editor such DOS's Edit, to add your BBS Information. 6) Running Wildcat's MakeMenu utility to install the 3 programs that form the U-Net Messager, on your BBS. 7) Editing your Wildcat BBS Internet UseNet & Sysop Menus ), using WCDRAW or a similar editor, to add the programs as selections. - 1 - ******* THE U-NET MESSAGER ******* INSTALLATION (Cont.) 1) Making A Directory We recommend that you create a sub-directory for the program off of your main Wildcat directory. This places all your files in one sub-area for including as part of your regular Wildcat backup. A) Change to your main wildcat using the DOS command CD. Example - CD C:\WILDCAT . B) Create a directory for the program using the DOS command MD Example - MD UNET . 2) Copying The Program Files. A) Change to the new directory you just created using the DOS CD command. Example - CD UNET . B) Copy all of the program files from the temporary directory where you "unzipped" our compressed file, to the UNET directory Example - COPY C:\TEMP\*.* C) Delete the files not required to run this program from your U-NET directory, using the DOS DEL command. DEL DESC.SDI DEL FILE_ID.DIZ D) Change to the temporary directory where you "unzipped" our compressed file and delete all the files in it. (Saves your hard drive space) Example - CD \TEMP DEL *.* Y E) Change back to your UNET directory using the DOS CD command. Example - CD \WILDCAT\UNET 3) Choosing The Program Version You must now select which copy of our program you are going to use with your version of Wildcat. There are two files-UNET401.BAT and UNET410.BAT. One of these will have to be run to install the correct WCX programs and help screens. UNET401.BAT is for Wildcat 4.01, UNET401.BAT is for Wildcat 4.10 and UNET411.BAT is for Wildcat 4.11. If you are unsure of what version you have, check your one of your NODE's Status screens. The version number is displayed in the top left corner. At the DOS prompt (be in the UNET directory) type: UNET401 Or UNET410 Or UNET411 - 2 - ******* THE U-NET MESSAGER ******* INSTALLATION (Cont.) 4) Copying The File UNET.CFG To Your Main Wildcat Program Directory. This file must be placed in your main Wildcat program directory or the U-Net Messager will not work. It contains important information about your BBS that the program needs to function correctly. See the next step-Editing The UNET.CFG File for details. A) From your UNET directory copy our configuration file to your mail Wildcat program directory using the DOS COPY command. Example - COPY UNET.CFG C:\WILDCAT 5) Editing The UNET.CFG File. You MUST edit this file to give the U-Net Messager some crucial details about your BBS or the program will not function at all. There are 4 lines of information required. These are: LINE 1 - The complete path to the U-Net Messager's program/data directory. A maximum of 29 characters is allowed. A \ MUST be placed at the end of the line. LINE 2 - The UseNet E-mail tagline for your BBS. All outgoing mail to all UseNet Groups will have what you place here, added to the bottom of the message. This can be anything you want up to a maximum of 72 characters-the width of line in a Wildcat Message. (Disclaimer?). If you don't want a BBS tagline leave the line blank BUT DO NOT DELETE IT. LINE 3 - Allow Users to Delete Their Own UseNet Messages. Put a Y or N only on this line. Answering Y for YES lets your users delete any message they wrote for posting to a UseNet Conference. We recommend you set this to Y so your users can delete mail that was accidently written by them for posting in the wrong Usenet Conference. REMEMBER they can only delete messages they wrote so your conferences are still protected. LINE 4 - Charge Downloads To User. A Y or N only on this line. As The U-Net Messager lets your users download UseNet messages from the BBS it is your choice whether these are free downloads or charged against their Upload/Download Ratio. Wildcat does not currently provide any way to check a file size from WCCODE programs so your users will be charged 1K for each download, if you set this to Y (Yes). 6) Running Wildcat's MakeMenu To Install The Program On Your BBS. As a safety precaution you should shut-down your BBS while you are taking this step. There are 3 programs that make up the U-Net Messager. They are UNET.WCX - The U-Net program for all users, UEDITOR.WCX - The U-Net editor for sysops and UNETPURG.WCX - A UseNet Delete Messages Util. for sysops. UNET.WCX should be placed on Your UseNet Menu for all users to access. UEDITER.WCX and UNETPURG.WCX should be placed on your Sysop Menu as access to these 2 programs should be restricted. (See UNETSET.TXT For Complete Details.) - 3 - ******* THE U-NET MESSAGER ******* INSTALLATION (Cont.) 6) Running Wildcat's MakeMenu To Install The Program On Your BBS. (Cont.) To install The U-Net Messager (UNET.WCX) via the Wildcat Makemenu utility take the following steps. A) Change to your main Wildcat directory using the DOS CD command Example - CD \WILDCAT B) At the Wildcat main program directory type MAKEMENU and press the enter key. C) Press the DOWN ARROW KEY to move the HIGHLITED BAR down to the menu where you wish to place the UNET.WCX program and press the enter key. D) Press the DOWN ARROW KEY to move down to where you wish to place the U-NET Messager on the menu. Press this key at least 3 times. E) Press the INS KEY to add a new item to your menu. An EDIT MENU ITEM SCREEN will appear. F) Enter a letter or number for the key you wish to assign to the program (i.e U). You are not allowed duplicate keys in the same menu so be sure to pick a letter or number not already used. The letter U isn't used by any default Wildcat Menu so it's probably a safe choice. G) Enter a name for the program (i.e. [U] U-Net Messager) and press the enter key. H) Press the F2 KEY. A command types selection screen will appear I) Press the PAGE DOWN KEY 3 TIMES, THEN THE UP ARROW KEY 5 times. The HIGHLITED BAR will now be on the option RUN WCCODE PROGRAM. Press the enter key. J) Press The DOWN ARROW KEY once and type in the name of the directory where you placed the program followed by a \ and UNET.WCX. Then press the ENTER KEY. K) Press the F10 KEY 3 times to save this addition and exit the Make- menu utility. To install The U-Net Messager Utilities (UEDIT.WCX & UNETPURG) via the Wildcat Makemenu utility take the following steps. For UEDIT.WCX A) Change to your main Wildcat directory using the DOS CD command Example - CD \WILDCAT B) At the Wildcat main program directory type MAKEMENU and press the enter key. C) Press the DOWN ARROW KEY to move the HIGHLITED BAR down to the menu where you wish to place this 2 programs and press the enter key. D) Press the DOWN ARROW KEY to move down to where you wish to place the U-NET Editor (UEDITOR.WCX) on the menu. Press this key at least 3 times. E) Press the INS KEY to add a new item to your menu. An EDIT MENU ITEM SCREEN will appear. - 4 - ******* THE U-NET MESSAGER ******* INSTALLATION (Cont.) 6) Running Wildcat's MakeMenu To Install The Program On Your BBS. (Cont.) For UEDIT.WCX (Cont.) F) Enter a letter or number for the key you wish to assign to the program . You are not allowed duplicate keys in the same menu so be sure to pick a letter or number not already used. The letters U, N etc are already taken by Wildcat so maybe a number such as 1 is better to use. G) Enter a name for the program (i.e. [1] U-Net Editor) and press the enter key. H) Press the F2 KEY. A command types selection screen will appear I) Press the PAGE DOWN KEY 3 TIMES, THEN THE UP ARROW KEY 5 times. The HIGHLITED BAR will now be on the option RUN WCCODE PROGRAM. Press the enter key. J) Press The DOWN ARROW KEY once and type in the name of the directory where you placed the program followed by a \ and UNEDITOR.WCX. Then press the ENTER KEY. K) Press the F10 KEY once to save this addition For UNETPURG.WCX L) Press the DOWN ARROW KEY to move down to where you wish to place the U-NET Purge Utility (UNETPURG.WCX) on the menu. M) Press the INS KEY to add a new item to your menu. An EDIT MENU ITEM SCREEN will appear. N) Enter a letter or number for the key you wish to assign to the program . You are not allowed duplicate keys in the same menu so be sure to pick a letter or number not already used. The letters U, N etc. are already taken by Wildcat so maybe a number such as 2 is better to use. O) Enter a name for the program (i.e. [2] U-Net Purge) and press the enter key. P) Press the F2 KEY. A command types selection screen will appear Q) Press the PAGE DOWN KEY 3 TIMES, THEN THE UP ARROW KEY 5 times. The HIGHLITED BAR will now be on the option RUN WCCODE PROGRAM. Press the enter key. R) Press The DOWN ARROW KEY once and type in the name of the directory where you placed the program followed by a \ and UNETPURG.WCX. Then press the ENTER KEY. S) Press the F10 KEY 3 times to save this addition and exit the Make- menu utility. 7) Running Wildcat's Wcdraw program to add The U-Net Messager. To add the U-Net Messager program to your BBS screens (.BBS) you will have to run the Wildcat utility Wcdraw. If you are using ansi screens (.SCR) you will have to run the program that you used to create them with. To use Wildcat's Wcdraw to change your screens take the following steps. - 5 - ******* THE U-NET MESSAGER ******* INSTALLATION (Cont.) 7) Running Wildcat's Wcdraw program to add The U-Net Messager. (Cont.) A) Change to your main Wildcat directory using the DOS CD command Example - CD \WILDCAT A) At the Wildcat main program directory type WCDRAW and press the enter key. B) Press the DOWN ARROW KEY file 5 times the HIGHLITED BAR will now be on MENU FILES. Press the enter key. C) Using the DOWN ARROW and RIGHT ARROW KEYS move to the menu you wish to change and press enter. D) Using Wildcat's editing keys (press F1 for help) change your UseNet Menu adding [U] U-Net Messager or whatever you want. Remember to use the same letter (U) here as you chose in Makemenu or your users won't be able access the program. E) Press the F9 KEY when you're finished to check your changes and then the F10 KEY to save it. Repeat steps C thru E for each UseNet Menu that needs to be changed. F) Now Select MENU FILES again and press enter to add your U-Net Messager utilities. G) Using the DOWN ARROW and RIGHT ARROW KEYS move to the Sysop menu you wish to change and press enter. D) Using Wildcat's editing keys (press F1 for help) change your Sysop Menu adding [1] U-Net Editor and [2] U-Net Purge. Remember to use the same letters (1 & 2) here as you chose in Makemenu or you won't be able access these important programs. H) Press the F9 KEY when you're finished to check your changes and then the F10 KEY to save it. Repeat steps F thru H for each Sysop Menu that needs to be changed. TRADEMARKS, ETC. For all acknowledgements of trademarks, etc. please see the user guide. We're not going to plaster that crap all over everything we wrote for this program. Besides nobody reads that stuff anyway, except for the holders of 'em and their lawyers checking to make sure it was done. ********* END OF INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS ********* **** IMPORTANT - PROCEED TO UNETSET.TXT FOR SETUP/CONFIGURATION **** - 6 -