Return with us now to those thrilling days of Yesteryear

1. System Data | Global options deals with how Allfix accomplishes
   several different things, file descriptions, The filefind echo and
   the replies that Allfix writes to it, etc

--------------------------------------------------------Global Options-
Keep original file date  Yes           Replace extension        Yes
Mailer Rescan            FrontDoor     Max age of Requests      5
Log Style                FrontDoor     Keep exported Messages   No
Mailer Mode              Frontdoor     Days to keep on hold     0
Download Counters                      Size of Stat file        0
Update DESCRIPT.ION      No            Max Tic Archive size     0
Date Format              mm-dd-yy      Max size to pack         0
Min HD space to import   100           UTC offset               -6
Process local requests   No            Max message size         0
MSG compatability        Fido
Dupe checking            Filecrc + fileecho + filename

====================================================================

LongDesc character       |             One line LogngDesc       No
Filter LongDesc          Yes           Max len of LongDesc      10
Spaces to indent         31            Add tag to desc          No
------------------------------------------------------------------------
A 0 (zero) in any field disables that field

I keep the original file date because PCB doesn't need it reset to
determine if it is a new file.

Mailer Rescan  is set to Frontdoor but it could be set to any one of the
               others.  It just doesn't matter.  You have to tell PCB
               which one to look for anyway.
Ditto with the log style and the Mailer Mode.
Set the update Descript.ion to yes if you use 4DOS
Min HD space to import just tells ALLFIX how much HD space you want to
                       free. If importing the new files will mean that
                       you have less than the amount you specify here
                       then it won't import it. This figure is in KBytes
Process local requests If a local user uses filefind to locate a file do
                       you want your allfix to send him a message telling
                       him it's available locally.
Dupe checking     How much trouble do you want Allfix to go to to check
                  for duplicate files when it imports a new batch from
                  one of the FDNs

Replace extension  This deals with the filefind feature of Allfix.  If
                   someone enters a filefind request for a file sith a
                   specific extension (PCBNet.zip) do you want Allfix to
                   replace that extension with a * wildcard?
Max age of requests How old a filefind request do you want Allfix to
                    respond to?            
                    
Keep exported messages  If you've set Allfix to respond to a filefind 
                        request or to make an announcement in Netmail
                        should it keep the message after it is sent?
UTC offset    This tells allfix what time zone you are in.  I keep my 
              computer on Central Standard Time all year round.  No 
              Daylight Savings time at all.  This number here indicates 
              how many time zones you are east or west of Greenwich Mean
              Time.  -6 means that I'm 6 time zones west of GMT.  
              Eastern Standard Time is -5, Mountain Standard time is -7,
              Pacific Standard Time is -8. If you have your computer set
              to Daylight savings time add -1 to your number and get
              ready to reset all your events in another month.  This is 
              used to calculate the time stamp in the TIC files, among 
              other things.
              
LongDesc character is the character that your BBS software uses in it's 
                   file description data base (PCB DIR files)to
                   designate a line as being part of a description
                   instead of a file name. PCB uses | 
                   
Filter LongDesc  A lot of Authors like to put funky drawings and logos 
                 in their FILE_ID.DIZ files.  Sometimes they are 
                 unreadable, other times they are so long that there is 
                 no room for the file description in the 10 lines that
                 PCB allows for file descriptions.  Set this to yes to 
                 filter out all the High ASCII crap.
                 
Spaces to indent  How many spaces to indent the 2nd-10th lines of a file
                  description when it is imported into your DIR file.
                  PCB uses 31 spaces.
                  
Some BBS software uses a single line to store the File_id.Diz file in
its Database.  PCB doesn't

Max length of LongDesc I believe that PCB set a max of 10 lines in it's 
                       file descriptions.

Add Tagname to desc   Do you want the AREATAG to be put in the file
                      description and if so where?

2.  In System Data | Miscellaneous | Log options select the type of
    information you want written to th Log

3.  In System Data | Miscellaneous | AREAMgr Options
    select the options that your Downlinks will be able to use in their
    requests to AllFixe's AREAMgr.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Allow %+ALL            No      Allow %MESSAGE          YES
Allow %NOTIFY          YES     Allow %COMPRESSION      YES
Allow %PASSWORD        YES     Allow %TICK             YES
Allow %ECHOPASSWORD    YES     Allow %PAUSE            YES
Allow %PACK            YES

Keep receipts          No      Keep requests           YES
Auto-add Nodes         No
Public Groups
=================[AreaMgr recognition strings]==========================
String 1               RAID
String 2               FILEMGR
String 3               AREAMGR

----------------------------------------------------------------------

+ALL      Can your downlink turn on ever file echo area availble to him
          with this command?
NOTIFY    Can the downlink toggle the notify settings
Password and Echo password Can the downlink change his passwords
Pack      Can the downlink change the way the tic files are packed
Message   Can the downlingk turn netmail notification feature on or off
Compression Can the downlink change the type of ARChiver used to pack
            the tics and files.
PAUSE      Can the Downlink temporarily stop recieving the files and tic
           he is connected to
Keep reciepts Do you want your system to keep any netmail or echomail 
              reciepts that might be generated as a result of recieving 
              AREAMgr requests or filefind requests?
Auto Add Nodes  If a downlink that is not set up with an allfix account
                sends an AREAMgr request do you want ALLFIX to 
                automaticall set him up?
Public groups  And if you do allow the auto add node feature, which 
               group should he be automatically assigned to?
               
AREAMgr Recognition strings  If a downlink sends a request to your 
                             AREAMgr but instead of addressing it to 
                             ALLFIX he slips a cog and address it to one
                             of these programs, ALLFIX will recognize
                             that it's dealing with a half wit and
                             process the request anyway.


That pretty much takes care of the System Data Setup.  Next time we'll 
look at the File area manager and set up some File areas.

Later,
Mark


Who was that Masked Man







