





                                    

      Easy and Step by Step Visual Guide Setup Tutorial for Interfacing
                          Wildcat! v4.x with FidoNet.    



         Using Wildcat! BBS v4.x, HyperMail! v1.0x and InterMail v2.29


                                version 1.0
                

                         InterMail v2.29 Setup Part


                                 Written by:  

                              Mufutau Towobola
                                P.O. Box 860        
                           Bronx, New York 10468     
                             
                            All Rights Reserved



                              October 17, 1994


                         Fidonet address 1:278/111                   
                      

                           
                              Systematic BBS

                          Node 1: (718) 716-6198 
                          Node 2: (718) 716-6341


       Modems in Operation at Systematic BBS includes the following: 

               USRobotics Dual Standard 28.8k v.Everything
                    Practical Peripherals FXSA 14,400 
                            Zoom 28.8k VFC
      





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 InterMail 2.29/demo; InterEcho 1.00; SETUP

 Copyright 1988-1994 Scandinavian PC Systems AB & InterZone Software, Inc.
 All rights reserved.


Ĵ Mail server: 001 
Invoke temporary DOS shell. Use Alt-Z in input fields, etc.

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   NOTE: My home directory for InterMail is C:\IM (This is NOT the default  
   upon installation!). You should make changes to the appropriate path     
   when you are installing InterMail to be the same with this documentation.
   Look at all the required paths in the next pages on this documentation.  
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    This will be your opening screen of Intermail setup, when you execute
    IMSETUP from inside Intermail directory: i.e. C:\IM

  Please adjust all your settings in Intermail to match as you see them in
  this documentation.

    Before you start the actual setup, it's better for you to already know
  the Network (Net) address in your area, as this will be required for this 
  setup. Please replace any occurrence of the address here which is 1:278/9999
  with your area address and your temporary Node address.

  Example: Zone:Area Net/9999 will translate to: 1:278/9999 for my area. 

  Zone is: 1    ----> This is Zone for North America (includes USA & Canada)
  Net  is: 278  ----> This is your demographical area FidoNet Net.
  Node is: 9999 ----> This is temporary in all Net for new Node application.


    Below is the most frequent asked question:

  Question:  How do I know which FidoNet Network (Net) serves my area?

  Answer: There are many Fidonet Network (Net) addresses in USA and the
          world, so this will be based on your geographical area.
          The best way to found out is to call any BBS in your area that
          belongs to FidoNet for the Net that serves your area.
          Any FidoNet member BBS will be willing to give you this information.
          Just ask him with courtesy and tell him you also run a BBS and
          wants to join FidoNet.

  This is the opening screen of Intermail v2.29 will henceforth be referred
  to as IM. You get to this menu by changing to your directory called C:\IM
  that you have previous created and Unzip the IM files into.
    Moving around in IM setup comprises of using right and left arrow keys,
  up and down arrow keys, Enter key, and Esc to leave one menu and to save  
  what you have entered in the options.

    Any screen or screens or menu omitted from this setup is then not
  required to complete our FidoNet setup and you should not have to worry
  about it.

     This is the beginning of the end to your FidoNet interface.

     For Next Menu, now highlight Global with your right arrow key.




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           Mail Server 
           Address     
           Filenames   
           General     
           Site info   
           Users       
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 InterMail 2.29/demo; InterEcho 1.00; SETUP

 Copyright 1988-1994 Scandinavian PC Systems AB & InterZone Software, Inc.
 All rights reserved.

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Select Mail Server to configure in multi-line environments


GLOBAL SETUP:
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   This is GLOBAL Menu Setup with other sub-menus that we shall complete.
   This is where you tell IM your Main Address and your other AKA addresses
   that you will use for other Networks you will be carrying using your 
   Mailer (IM). Your directories and sub-directories will also be specified
   so that IM will know where your files are located.
      Throughout this menu setups, I have used my own Name, FidoNet address,
   location, modem speed, and telephone number, as an example for your
   setup and should be replaced with your own area temporary Fidonet address,
   and replaced whenever you received your own actual address from your
   Area Network Co-Ordinator, also known as NC.

         Following are the Lists of All FidoNet Zones in use:

   Zones   Geographical Areas
   =====   ==================
     1     North America (including USA & Canada)
     2     Europe
     3     Australia, Tasmania, & New Zealand
     4     Latin America
     5     Africa
     6     Asia


    Note: Zones 7 and higher ==> are used for several other Private Networks
          FidoNet Organizations only uses Zones 1 to 6.
          So feel free to use any number from 7 and higher to form
          your own Private Network using FidoNet compatible standard
          and use the Node address as your AKAs.


          Now highlight Address and press Enter for next menu screen.




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 Address 
           Main   1:278/9999              
           Aka  1                         
           Aka  2                         
           Aka  3                         
           Aka  4                         
           Aka  5                         
           Aka  6                         
            Aka  7                         
            Aka  8                         
            Aka 19                         
            Aka 20                         
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Network address maintenance


   This is where you will enter your FidoNet Main Address and your other
Network address called AKA, if you belong to other Network that has their
own Private Nodelist. Highlight Main Address and press enter to your enter
your temporary address like 1:278/9999 please replace mine above with your
own area Net number. If you have AKA, highlight the AKA option and enter
your other Private Network address there. Press Esc to save.

Example: Let's say you are in USA and your Area Net Number is 278.
Because you do not have an address yet, you will then put 1:278/9999 as 
your temporary address until you get your own actual address from your NC.
The Node address 999 or 9999 is always reserved in each Net area for new
Member applying for new Node Number like you. So you must use 999 or 9999 
temporarily until your Area FidoNet NC assigns you your own Node address.
After you have been assigned your own Node address, you MUST go thru this
setup again to change all the occurrence of the temporary address to your
actual given address. This is very important for you to remember and 
understand.

   Note: If you are not going to join FidoNet, but just needed this setup
for a Local or Private Network that you want to belong thru your Mailer (IM)
then you can use their address as your Main Address instead of it as an AKA.

   There is a lot of dis-advantage of not joining FidoNet; you will not
have access to all FidoNet Message conferences, and you will not be able
to communicate with other thousands of FidoNet Members and they will not be
able to communicate with you either, because you will not be listed in the
international Fidonet Nodelist. So you should think about obtaining your
own FidoNet address for more advantages and international exposures.

    NOTE: If you also have any other Network address, like I personally
 have for my AfroNet Network (Blacks/African American Network) which is 
 101:13/106, I will then enter that address on the line with AKA 1, 
 just like I have done for the FidoNet address.

  If you need more information on joining AfroNet, please FREQ (File REQuest)
     Filename: AFRONET.ZIP or MagicName: AFRONET from me at 1:278/111

        Now highlight Filenames and press enter key for next sub-menu.



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           Mail Server 
 Filenames and paths 
                                                                           
 System    C:\IM\SYSTEM\                                                   
 Netmail   C:\IM\NETMAIL\                                                  
 Files     C:\IM\FILES\                                                    
 Sec Files C:\IM\FILES\                                                    
*Packets   C:\IM\PACKETS\                                                  
*Log file  C:\IM\IM.LOG                                                    
 Banner    C:\IM\BANNER.TXT                                                
 Nodelist  C:\IM\NODELIST\                                                 
 In-event  C:\IM\EVENT.TXT                                                 
 Hudsonfmt                                                                 
 Wildcat!  C:\WC40\                                                        
 Swapping  C:\IM\SWAP\                                                     
 Semaphore C:\IM\SEMA\                                                     
                                                                           
 * = Must be unique for each Mail Server                                   
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Where InterMail's system files are located


This is the screen where you will specify where all your files are located.
Please accept the file directories and filenames above as they are to make
your setup easy, smooth, and straight-forward, if you change the directory
structures or the filenames, you will have to remember and make changes to
all the batch files enclosed and all other settings that refers to the above
directories. If you have followed the instructions given at the beginning of
this setup, you should have already had this directories made.
Note: Make sure your Files and SecFiles directory are the same as given above.

BANNER.TXT is the file that will be displayed to the caller after they press
Esc twice to enter your BBS (board), sample file enclosed, please edit.

EVENT.TXT is the file that will be displayed to the caller when your BBS
cannot take calls like during an Events or the Zone mail Hour (ZMH), 
sample enclosed.

All the other names are directories and sub-directories, and don't forget
the ending back-slash (\) after all the directory names as seen above.
Please do not put (\) back-slash after the followings: IM.LOG, BANNER.TXT,
and EVENT.TXT as those are not directories but actual filenames.



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           General 
                                    
           Your country code 1      
           Screen flickers   No     
           Use "fastkey"     Yes    
           Screen blanking   Yes    
           Blackout timer   20     
            Extended keyboard Yes    
            Force 24-hour fmt No     
                                                            
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 All rights reserved.

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Your country code


Self explanatory. The country telephone code should always be 1 (one) for USA,
all others replace with your country telephone code. All other should be left 
as they are, unless you need to change them to suit your own system. 




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           Mail Server 
           Address     
           Filenames   
 Site Information 
                                                                    
 System name     Systematic BBS                                     
 Location        Bronx NY                                           
 Country         U.S.A.                                             
 Phone           1-718-716-6198                                     
 Nodelist flags  XX,CM,V32B,V42B,MNP                                
                                                                    
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The name of this system or office


   As you can see the above is self explanatory. Your BBS information goes
here. Change the above to reflect your actual information.

Do not forget to enter your phone number the way you see above, with 1 for
your long distance, then your area code and followed by your local number.
If this setup is used any other place other than USA please adjust as
appropriate to fit your country code.

Flags: Please leave the flags as I have entered above unless you are not 
using a high speed modem. If you are using high speed modem, the above is
perfect for your setup. You MUST however have CM, XX, no-matter what!.

If you are using a 2400 Modem without error correction then the Flags should 
only have CM,XX but if your 2400 Modem has an error correction protocol you 
can include it like MNP.


  Press Esc to save all options and highlight Users for next sub-menu.



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 User maintenance 
                                                          
    Username                             Access           
  1 Mufutau Towobola                     Supervisor       
  2                                                       
  3                                                       
  4                                                       
  5                                                       
  6                                                       
  7                                                       
  8                                                       
  9                                                                      
 10                                                       
                                                          
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Ĵ Mail server: 001 


You must specify your name here as you have specified in your BBS as Sysop.
And you must also give yourself the "Supervisor" access as seen above.
Please take out my name above and replace with yours. 



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                    Miscellaneous    
                    Log              
                    File requests    
                    IMServer         
                    External mail    
                    Display          
                    Colors           
                    Hidden dial info 
                    Function keys    
                    Errorlevels                             
                    Audio control    
                    Swapping                                               
                    Protection                  
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Miscellaneous options


MAILER SETUP:
============

This is one of the main important menus of your setup and proper attention 
should be paid to this menus and all sub-menu items below it. I have made 
sure the settings are right and correct for normal operation and under normal 
circumstances, you should not have to change anything, so leave them at 
default as above until you mastered the way Intermail and Mailers works. 



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 Miscellaneous 
                                                                  
                 Mail from unlisted systems           Yes         
                 Mail from "unprotected" systems      Yes         
                 Mail from unlisted points            Yes         
                 Kill empty received messages         Yes         
                 Terminal-only (no mail)              No          
                 Mail-only (no BBS)                   No          
                 Match remote's zone                  Yes         
                 Present all AKAs to remote system    Yes         
                 Trigger exit upon receipt of netmail Yes         
                 Upon receipt of ANY file           Yes         
                 Print received messages              No                   
                 Busy retries                         15          
                 Resend retries                       4           
                 Retry delay                          15          
                 Delay before first call              No          
                 Days to keep mail history            30          
                 BBS software name                    Wildcat!    
                 Seconds before passing to BBS        15          
                 Minimum undialable cost              0           
                                                                  
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Accept mail from systems not listed in your nodelist


Please leave the above setup as they are. They are the perfect settings for
your mailer operations. The above settings should work for anyone under normal
circumstances. 

BBS Software Name:  You can change or replace the Wildcat! under the option 
"BBS Software Name" to an abbreviation of your BBS name as to fit in the 
space provided, I have mine as: Systematic



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                    Log 
                                                    
                     ! Fatal errors            Yes  
                     ? Other errors            Yes  
                     $ Accounting info         Yes  
                     * Sent/Rcvd files         Yes  
                     : Forwarding of mail      Yes  
                     + Brief messages          Yes  
                     - Trivial messages        Yes  
                     % Transfer throughput     Yes         
                     ~ Session information     Yes  
                     = Modem responses         Yes                        
                       DEBUG: All of the above No   
                                                    
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You should also leave the above settings the way they are. no adjustment needed.
Note: Please DO NOT set the DEBUG to Yes, unless you want your hard drive to be
      filled with IM.LOG. Leave DEBUG setting at NO.

Note2: You can delete your IM.LOG when it's getting too big, and Intermail 
will create a new one if it cannot found the old one. So it's safe to delete
the log file to save on drive space.




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                    Miscellaneous    
 File requests 
                                                                              
 Mode      Anyone can request                                                 
 List      C:\IM\MAGIC.LST                                                    
 Alias     C:\IM\MAGIC.LST                                                    
 Message   C:\IM\FAILED.TXT                                                   
 Max match 5                                                                  
 Max time  30                                                                 
 Max size  0                                                                  
 Min speed 2400                                                               
 Limited   Yes                                                                
 Start     07:00                                                              
 End       04:00                                                              
 Days      -------A                                                           
 External                                                                     
                                                                              
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Systems allowed to make file requests


This is the sub-menu where you will give details info to IM of where to found
the files that contains the path, directory names , filenames and MagicName 
so other Mailers can File REQuest (FREQ or DOWNLOAD) files from your system.
The above should be correct and not need any modification.
I have included sample format files for MAGIC.LST and FAILED.TXT in this 
archive and should already be in your C:\IM\SYSTEM directory if you have 
followed the instructions at the beginning of this setup process. 
You should take a look at this two files and edit them to suit your own system.
Make sure you include the proper Magic Names and directory names for all your
downloadable files as you have seen in format of MAGIC.LST included.



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                    Display 
                                                
                    Mail waiting flashing Yes   
                    Display clock         Yes   
                    Screen size           25    
                                                
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                    Hidden dial info 
                    Function keys    
                    Errorlevels                             
                    Audio control    
                    Swapping                                               
                    Protection                  
                   
Ĵ Mail server: 001 
If you want the 'Mail' (waiting) notice to flash


The above setup is self explanatory and should not be edited. Leave the above
settings alone as they appear above. They are perfect settings for everyone.
Anytime you receive a netmail from another mailer, you will see on the lower
right hand corner a flashing yellow text saying "Mails"

Display clock means the present time will be displayed on the "Waiting for
Caller" screen, on the top right hand corner.



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                    Miscellaneous    
                    Log              
 Function keys 
                                                                          
                                       Shift                              
   F1  BBS Local Logon                 F1                                 
   F2                                  F2                                 
   F3                                  F3                                 
   F4                                  F4                                 
   F5                                  F5                                 
   F6                                  F6                                 
   F7                                  F7                                 
   F8  Dos shell / no rescan           F8                                 
   F9                                  F9                                 
   F10 MENU                            F10                                
   F11                                 F11                                
   F12                                 F12                                
                                                                          
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Press the key you wish to change or Esc to exit


This is where you will define function keys that can be used for any purpose
by pressing the corresponding function key at the "Waiting for caller" screen
of Intermail. I have setup the F1 key as example to give you a local login
directly to your BBS. If you take a look at CAT.BAT you will see the line that
says "IF ERRORLEVEL 60 goto LOCAL-BBS", use my example to define other
function keys for your other purposes. I have several that does different
things for me. If you cannot understand the procedure, then leave it alone
until you have become an expert with IM.

Note: Move on to the next screen by pressing F1 function key now, to see
      how this function key was created or implemented.




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                    Miscellaneous    
                    Log              
 F1 
                                                                          
 Title  BBS Local Logon                                                   
 Action ?60                                                               
 Pause  No                                                                
 Check  No                                                                
                                                                          
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   F6                                  F6                                 
   F7                                  F7                                 
   F8  Dos shell / no rescan           F8                                 
   F9                                  F9                                 
   F10 MENU                            F10                                
   F11                                 F11                                
   F12                                 F12                                
                                                                          

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Title to appear in listing


If you press F1 key from the previous screen you will get this sub-menu screen.

Title:  The is the description of what you want the F1 to do.
Action: Is the errorlevel you have defined and assigned to this function in
        your CAT.BAT. You must also include the first question mark (?) before
        the errorlevel. See "If errorlevel 60 goto Local-bbs" in your CAT.BAT.
Pause:  Not really important.  Better to be NO
Check:  Not really important.  Could be YES or NO

Now, you can later experiment by creating F2 function key for your 
Offline Mail Reader or something of such.



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                    Errorlevels 
                                         
                    Received mail   255  
                    Create BAT.file Yes  
                                         
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                    Colors           
                    Hidden dial info 
                    Function keys    
                    Errorlevels                               
                    Audio control    
                    Swapping                                               
                    Protection                  
                   
Ĵ Mail server: 001 
Errorlevel for received conference mail and BBS batch file

Received Mail: This errorlevel 255 is what we have defined in our CAT.BAT for
               IM to exit when another Mailer send us Netmail or files, or
               when you poll (call) your HUB for mails. IM will exit and
               execute your Mail Scanner/Tosser (Wildmail, GoMail, Interecho,
               Hypermail etc. ) and process the mail you just received by 
               inserting or importing them into your BBS message conferences.
               Please leave this at errorlevel 255 as seen above.

Create BAT. File: This option MUST be set to YES. IM will create a file called
               DOBBS.BAT which will inform our EXEBBS.BAT (enclosed in this
               archive) the modem speed, com port, minutes left before an event,
               or if caller is connected with Error correction modem, and all
               this information will be passed to the batch file that starts
               our BBS. Please you must leave this option set to YES.




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                    Audio control 
                                                       
                    Clock                       No     
                    Unpacked any mail           No     
                    Unpacked high priority mail No     
                    Waiting mail                No     
                    Inbound connection          Yes    
                    Outbound connection         Yes    
                    Completed mail transfer     Yes    
                    BBS caller                  Yes        
                    Fatal error                 Yes    
                    Audio start time            06:00                     
                    Audio end time              23:00  
                                                       
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This is where you control how and when you want IM to beep (audio) when any of
the above occasion occurs. I have made sure the above will be best for
everyone, you may change it if the above does not suit you personally, but
I think you should leave them the way they are until you know what you are
doing. 



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                    Miscellaneous    
                    Log              
                    File requests    
                    IMServer         
                    External mail    
                    Display          
                    Colors           
                    Hidden dial info 
                    Function keys    
                    Errorlevels                                
                    Swapping 
                                                                          
                    Swapping     Yes            
                    Use LIM/EMS  Yes 
                                      
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Whether or not swapping should be enabled


When you highlight the option "Swapping" and press enter key, you will get this
sub-menu. If you have EMS/XMS, you should leave the above option the way they
are, but if you do not have any EMS/XMS you should set the Swapping to NO.
Having EMS/XMS will make IM perform efficiently and faster.




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                    Protection 
                                     
                    Password         
                    Quit             
                    DOS shell        
                    Function keys    
                    Request files    
                    Transmit files   
                    Send mail        
                    Forced poll                              
                    Nodelist         
                    Mail queue                                            
                    Printer                     
                                     
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Protect access to DOS shell, queue manager, nodelist compiler, etc.

Protection options are not really needed and they should be left the way they
are unless you operate your system in an environment where security is a matter
of importance. But personally, I recommend you leave them alone.



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                             Miscellaneous   
                             Keyboard macros 
                             Origin lines    
                             Colors          
                             Xlat.In         
                             Xlat.Out        
                             Swapping        
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EDITOR SETUP:
=============

This is another important setup in IM setup. Please leave the options as they
have be entered. The settings here will control how you write Netmail message
thru the Intermail Netmail Message Editor. You can start the Netmail Message 
Editor from the IM "Waiting for Caller Screen" by pressing ALT+E.
Please leave all the options under this sub-menu as they are seen in the
pages to come.




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                             Miscellaneous 
                                                       
                             Netmail.Restricted  No    
                             Netmail.Read-only   No    
                             Netmail.Export OK   Yes   
                             Netmail.Use tables  No    
                             Netmail.Crash       Yes              
                             Netmail.Direct      Yes   
                              Netmail.Hold        No    
                              Netmail.Private     Yes       
                              Netmail.Kill/Sent   No               
                              Screen size         25                       
                              Show hard CRs       No    
                              Margin              75    
                                                        
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Restrict netmail folder


This is how you want any Netmail Message written by you or any sent to your
system behaves. The above settings should not be changed under normal
operation. This settings should be fine for anyone.




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                             Miscellaneous   
                             Keyboard macros 
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 F1  %help                                                         
 F2                                                                
 F3                                                                
 F4                                                                
 F5  Mufutau|                                                      
 F6  Mufutau Towobola|                                             
 F7                                                                    
 F8                                                                
 F9                                                                
 F10 %menu                                                         
 F11                                                               
 F12                                                               
                                                                   
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Press the key you wish to change or Esc to exit                            PgDn

Keyboard Macros: This are the macros that will perform a specific function
when a function key is pressed for execution. The above macros should have
been created for you when you initially installed Intermail.



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 Origin lines 
            1 Systematic BBS, Bronx, New York, USA. (718) 716-6198         
            2                                                              
            3                                                              
            4                                                              
            5                                                              
           19                                                              
           20                                                              
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Appended to messages in "Echo" folders with "Echo info" enabled


This is where you will define your IM default "Origin Lines".
Please change my info above and replace with your system information.
Press enter key to edit.



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                             Miscellaneous   
                             Keyboard macros 
                             Origin lines    
                             Colors          
                             Xlat.In         
                             Xlat.Out        
                             Swapping 
                                              
                              Swapping     Yes 
                              Use LIM/EMS  Yes                
                                               
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Ĵ Mail server: 001 
Whether or not swapping should be enabled


When you highlight the option "Swapping" and press enter key, you will get this
sub-menu. If you have EMS/XMS, you should leave the above option the way they
are, but if you do not have any EMS/XMS you should set the Swapping to NO.
Having EMS/XMS will make IM perform efficiently and faster.




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                                      Miscellaneous   
                                      Keyboard macros 
                                      Xlat.In         
                                      Xlat.Out        
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Miscellaneous terminal settings


TERMINAL SETUP:
===============

Terminal menu setup is only needed if you will also be using IM as your
communication program like QModem, Procomm Plus, Telix. etc.
Because IM also has a built-in communication program which you can access
by pressing ALT+J from the IM "Waiting for Caller Screen". I have enclosed
a sample setup for your need here.
If you will not be using IM as your communication program, then you can just
leave the setup alone, as this setup has nothing to do with the operation
of your Mailer or in anyway with your Fidonet setup.




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 Init            ATM1Z|                                                       
 Download        C:\IM\FILES\                                                 
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 Protocol        Zmodem                                                       
 Emulation       ANSI                                                         
 Avatar          Yes                                                          
 Buffer          64                                                           
 Connect noise   Yes                                                          
 Transfer noise  Yes                                                          
 Use tables      No                                                           
 Auto Zmodem     Yes                                                          
 Local echo      No                                                           
 Wrap around     Yes                                                          
 Screen size     25                                                           
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Modem initialization


Please replace the Init String above with your normal init string from your
communication program, or just leave the above with the default as seen.
The rest of the screen options should be correct as seen above for normal
operations. I have used above settings successfully.



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                                      Miscellaneous   
                                      Keyboard macros 
 Default macro keys 
                                                                          
   Shift                               Ctrl                               
   F1  Mufutau Towobola|               F1                                 
   F2                                  F2                                 
   F3                                  F3                                 
   F11                                 F11                                
   F12                                 F12                                
                                                                          
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Press the key you wish to change or Esc to exit

Keyboard Macros: This are the macros that will perform a specific function
when a function key is pressed for execution. The above macros should have
been created for you when you initially installed Intermail.




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                                                 Modem Selection 
                                                 Limited hours   
                                                 Advanced setup  
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Selection of the type of modem installed


MODEM SETUP:
============

This is another MOST important part of your IM setup, because without this, you
will have no mailer, and your IM will never know how to talk to your modem.
This is where you will define all your modem settings and characteristics,
com port, init strings, etc. Highlight the first option and press enter key
to proceed to the next menu.



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            Modem Selection 
            Aceex 9600 V.32                                     
            Aceex 14400 V32bis V42bis                           
            Anchor 2400i                                        
            AT&T/Paradyne Dataport 14.4/Fax                     
            Best 1200 Plus                                      
            Best 2400 Plus                                      
            Best 2400 L                                         
            Boca 28.8 V.FC/FAX                                  
            Cardinal 9600V42                                    
            Discovery 1200H                                     
            Discovery 2400H                                                
            Discovery 2400C                                     
            Galaxy Apollo                                       
            Galaxy Apollo with MNP 5                            
            Galaxy UFO                                          
            Galaxy UFO with MNP5                                
            Galaxy UFO with MNP5/V42bis                         
            Generic 1200                                        
            Generic 2400                                        
            Hayes 1200                                          
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Selection of the type of modem installed

Intermail comes pre-defined with some modems setup files, and when you press
Modem selection you get a screen similar to the above for you to select the 
modem that matches your own modem, if your modem is not listed here, just
select any modem closed to it. You can found extra modem files at Intermail
Support BBS as listed in your Intermail archive files.
If your modem is not listed here or none of the modem come close to your modem
don't worry because you will have opportunity to define your own custom modem
file based on the modem init strings that you have been using successfully.




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                                      Limited hours 
                                                                
                                      Limited hours No          
                                      Starting time 00:00       
                                      Ending time   00:00       
                                                                
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If enabled, InterMail will only answer the phone between the specified hours

if your board is running part-time for those who are not running full-time
BBS, here is where you will specify the starting time and ending time for the
hour of operation, you will also need to toggle Limited hours to YES.

If you are running a fulltime or 24 hours BBS or Mailer, then you should and
MUST leave the above option settings the way they are. You do not need to
change anything here.



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                                                 Advanced setup 
                                                 Hardware           
                                                 Messages           
                                                 Command strings    
                                                  Answer control     
                                                  Connect strings    
                                                  Dial command file  
                                                  Export modem file  
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Miscellaneous hardware options


The options above is where you will tell IM all your Modems and hardware
settings, and you should go thru settings one at a time, they are all
analyzed and discussed in the next screen and most of them are self
explanatory.



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                       Hardware Ŀ
                                                                
                       Modem port                    1          
                       Maximum baud rate             38400      
                       Lock port                     Yes        
                       Reset modem to connect speed  No         
                       Lower DTR when busy           No         
                       Lower DTR to terminate call   Yes        
                       Toggle DTR before dialing     No      
                                                             
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Serial port: Which com port your modem is connected, IM will not work without
            a modem connected to your com port, even for testing.

Lock Port: If you have locked your fossil or port as explained above, please
           set this option to YES, if you are using 2400 baud modem and have 
           not locked your fossil driver or port, set this option to NO.

Maximum Baud Rate: The speed you have locked your com port in your port or 
            fossil driver. If you use 2400 baud modem, you do not need to lock
            your com port just set this to 2400, but if you have any modem 
            with 9600 baud and above, lock your fossil driver or com port for 
            better result and put the speed you locked the fossil driver here.

Lower DTR to terminate call: This is set YES so that IM will take the phone
           off-hook and keep it on busy signal when it exits to process the 
           events or to process mails when received. If you don't want the
           phone off-hook, then set this to NO. But it's better when set to
           YES and just disable your modem speaker noise with L0 M0 command
           in your modem init strings.

Note: You do not need to load a fossil driver for Intermail, but I have found
      out that loading a fossil driver does enhance Intermail performance.


You should leave all the other option settings as they are seen above.

Note: See Fossil Driver installation options on the other document.



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                               Messages Ŀ
                                                                
                               Error       ERROR                
                               Busy        BUSY                 
                               No Carrier  NO CARRIER           
                               Ok          OK                   
                               Ring        RING|                
                               No Dialtone NO DIAL TONE         
                               No Answer   NO ANSWER        
                               Voice       VOICE            
                               User def 1                   
                               User def 2                              
                               User def 3                   
                               User def 4                   
                               User def 5                   
                               User def 6                   
                                                            
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Modem message for Erroneous command


This is the messages that your modem reports when any of the above events
occurred during the operation of your modem. The above settings should
be correct for any Hayes Compatible modem. If the above does not work for
you, then you may adjust it to reflect the messages supported by your modem.
Consult your modem manual, documentation or manufacturer for more info.



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      Command strings Ŀ
                                                                
      Escape code    +++                                        
      Return on-line ~ATO|                                      
      Onhook         ATH0|                                      
      Offhook        ~ATM0H1|                                   
      Dial           ATDT                                       
      Prefix                                                  
      Suffix       |                                         
      Delay          5                                         
      Init-1         ATHZ|                                     
      Init-2                                                           
      Init-3                                                   
      Down           ATH1|                                     
      Reset          ATZ|                                      
                                                               
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This is the sub-menu where you will define all your modem command strings.
If you have Practical Peripherals or Hayes compatible, my above settings may
work for you also. If the above stings does not work for you, then you can
enter all the init strings from your BBS here as in Wildcat!.
The only options that need edited is probably Init-1, Init-2, and Init-3.
If you normally writes/saves your Init strings to your modem NVRAM, then all
you need is Init-1 which should be ATHZ|, but if you did not write/save
your Init strings to your modem NVRAM, just leave the Init-1 as ATHZ| and then
put your normal Init strings in Init-2 and Init-3 as seen above. The begin-
ing of each Init-2 or Init-3 should always begin with AT as written in the
above setup. If you are lucky to be using Practical Peripherals PM14400FXSA
or any Practical Peripherals modem, the above does not require any editing
and should work fine, because I have the exact modem for my setup.

Note: If you have chosen the right modem while installing Intermail, then
      some settings should have already been written to the lines of
      Init-1, Init-2, Init-3, whichever line is needed.

Below is what I use successfully for my Practical Peripherals FXSA 14.4k
modem at the time this documentation is written.

              Init-1:  ATHZ|
              Init-2:  AT&Q9E0M0L0V1&C1&D2S0=0X4S95=3S7=70|
              Init-3:  ATS2=255S11=50&G2W2|

If you are writing all your modem inits strings into your modem NVRAM, you 
can just eliminate Init-2 and Init-3 lines and just use only Init-1.

Note: The more lines of Inits you use the more OK message you will get when
you bring up InterMail, example:
If you have Inits strings in Init-1 you get one OK message.
If you have Inits strings in Init-1 and Init-2 you get two OK messages.
If you have Inits strings in Init-1, Init-2 and Init-3 you get three OK messages.



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                                  Answer control Ŀ
                                                                
                                  Manual answer  Yes            
                                  Force answer   ATA|           
                                  Answer delay   5              
                                  Answer on ring 1              
                                                                
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If enabled, InterMail will answer the modem when a RING is received


The sub-menu above should always be left as seen above. Please do not modify.
If you modify it, your IM Mailer may not answer your phone for connection.



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   1   CONNECT|                                 300    Y   0        0         
   2   CONNECT 1200|                            1200   Y   200      0         
   3   CONNECT 1200/                            1200   Y   200      0         
   4   CONNECT 1275                             1200   Y   200      0         
   5   CONNECT 7512                             1200   Y   200      0         
   6   CONNECT 2400|                            2400   Y   200      0         
   7   CONNECT 2400/                            2400   Y   200      0         
   8   CONNECT 4800                             4800   Y   200      0         
   9   CONNECT 7200                             7200   Y   200      0         
  10   CONNECT 9600                             9600   Y   200      0         
  11   CONNECT 12000                            12000  Y   200      0         
  12   CONNECT 14400                            14400  Y   200      0         
  13   CONNECT 19200                            19200  Y   200      0         
  14   CONNECT 21600                            21600  Y   200      0         
  15   CONNECT 24000                            24000  Y   200      0         
  16   CONNECT 26400                            26400  Y   200      0         
  17   CONNECT 28800                            28800  Y   200      0         
  18   CONNECT 38400                            38400  Y   200      0         
                                                                              
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Enter-Edit  Ins-Add  Del-Del  Esc-Exit  F2-Error Correction


In this sub-menu, you tell IM which errorlevel you want it to use when it
exits on any human callers to your BBS. In our setup I have used errorlevel 200
for all BBS human caller (look at the CAT.BAT) and I have used 0 (zero) for
300 baud callers because I do not allow 300 baud to call my board, if you allow
300 baud callers to your board then change the 0 to 200 as others. You should
leave all other errorlevels as they are, do not change them.

This sub-menu is for the Connect Messages that your modem reports or issued
to your modem whenever there is a connection to or from your modem.
I personally use Practical Peripherals PM14400FXSA 14.4k External Modems and 
USR Robotics 28.8k on some nodes and I have locked my fossil at 38400 for all
my modems and above is the message connections reported by my modems, yours 
may differ, the above should work for most modems and especially for all true 
Hayes and or especially for all true Hayes Compatible modems. If your modem 
issue different connect messages, then you should change or edit the above 
to the correct connect messages for your modem. But leave as above and 
experiment.  But I think the above settings should work for most Hayes
Compatible modems, leave the settings as above unless you have a problem
with your mailer reporting the right connect messages.

   Note: All samples settings from this setup was used and based on my 
   Practical Peripherals FXSA 14,400 Modem with the fossil locked at 38400.

Note: You must set all the EC options to Y for YES for our baud rate 
      translator to work, according to the author, Mr. Lawrence Gordon.
      Read FE2WC.DOC for more details.




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                                                         Strings  
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PRINTER
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This is where you will define your printer setup. 



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                                               Hardware 
                                                                 
                                               Port         LPT1 
                                               Baud rate    9600 
                                               Word length  7    
                                               Stop bits    1    
                                               Parity       Even 
                                                                 
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This is where you specify which LPT or Parallel port your printer is connected
and for normal operation, nothing else here should be changed except the Port
option to specify your LPT or Parallel port for your printer.



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                                  Page control 
                                                                 
                                  Paper forwarding   Formfeeds   
                                  Manual paper feed  No          
                                  Suppress ^a info   Yes         
                                  Page length        66          
                                  Page width         80          
                                  Left margin        5           
                                  Top margin         3           
                                  Bottom margin      3           
                                                                 
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Page size, margins, etc.


Leave the above options alone or you may change them to reflect the proper
settings for your printer. This is not really important for our setup.



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                                                                   Events   
                                                                   Folders  
                                                                   Security 
                                                                   Requests 
                                                                   Echomail 
                                                                   Links    
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MANAGER SETUP:
==============

This is one of the delicate, complicated and important area in our Intermail
setup. I will try all my possible best to explain some things here to make
sure you actually understand all the options, but if my explanation are not
sufficient, please let me know or turn to others and seek help.

This is where you will define all your Events or nightly maintenance that
you normally run from inside your BBS (called External Event in IM),
you will also define the events to poll (call) your HUB to pickup your
FidoNet echomails (called Internal Events in IM). You can have as many events
as you want here and for anytime of the day or night.
I have enclosed 4 (four) sample events in this setup, the first event called
Global event with @ Tag is necessary for IM to run, it must never be under any
circumstances be deleted, if you delete it your IM will never run or operate.

You will also define the security (Secured Password) for all the Mailers who 
will be calling you or whom you will be calling for echomail (not Netmail) 
with their Mailers.
Example is also included in this setup. This Security setup is only necessary
if you will be picking up FidoNet echomail from your HUB, and or if you will
be acting as a HUB too.

In this area setup, only Events and Security is really needed for our IM
setup. All other options are not included and not required in this our setup.
Please ignore or leave them alone.

Now highlight Events and press Enter key for the next sub-menu screen.




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  0   @  -------A  *  00:00   24:00        0      0  1:278/9999               
  1   X  -------A  *  01:00   00:01       70     -1  1:278/9999               
  2   A  -------A  *  03:00   01:00      255     -1  1:278/9999               
  3   Z  -------A  *  04:00   01:00        0     -1  1:278/9999               
                                                                              
                                                                              
                                                                              
                                                                              
                                                                              
                                                                              
                                                                              
                                                                              
                                                                              
                                                                              
                                                                              
                                                                              
                                                                              
                                                                              
                                                                              
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Enter-Edit  Space-More  Ins-Add  Del-Delete  Esc-Exit  Alt-C-Comments


EVENTS:
=======

This is the main Events definition screen. You will see the 4 (four) sample
events I have defined for you above. You can disable any of the events, but
the first event with Tag @ should or can never be disabled. Event can be
disabled by highlighting Behavior and pressing enter key and set Inactive to 
YES make it Inactive, and reverse procedure to make it Active again.
You can also delete any event and re-create it again as you wish.

Let's explain each event in details below:

Event #0 - Tag @ : This is called Global or Default event and under no
                   circumstances should this be deleted or disabled.
                   You should not have to modify this and the default setup
                   settings here should function properly for everyone.
                   This is also called an Internal Event.
                   Never delete or disable this event or your mailer will
                   never work.

Event #1 - Tag X : This is a sample External event that you can use to run
                   any other external programs from outside of IM, which means
                   IM has nothing to do with this except to look for the
                   corresponding errorlevel to exit with and carry out the
                   instructions for this errorlevel. This type of event can
                   be used to run your daily or nightly BBS maintenance events,
                   because once you start using your Mailer (IM), your BBS will
                   no longer execute the events defined within it, so IM will
                   from now be your event manager not your BBS software, you 
                   will need to move all your BBS events to this IM events and 
                   delete or disable all the ones defined inside your BBS 
                   software. All External events are always linked to your 
                   CAT.BAT with a specified errorlevel line and
                   the corresponding label for the errorlevel.
                   Tag X must always be used for External Events.
                   Please refer to your CAT.BAT for sample errorlevels.

Event #2 - Tag A : This is a sample event to poll your FidoNet HUB for
                   echomail. You should setup all your event for polling
                   your HUB for mail this way, and this event is called
                   Internal event and linked with your ROUTE.IM in your
                   C:\IM\SYSTEM directory. You can use any Tag number from A-Z
                   for any type of Internal event like this except Tag @
                   for Global and Tag X which is used for all External Events.

Event #3 - Tag Z : This is called Zone Mail Hour (ZMH) and it's required for
                   all mailer and BBS that has a Fidonet Network Node address.
                   You should not delete this event. The event is setup so
                   that your Mailer will not and should not accept any Human
                   Caller at this event for its duration of one (1) hour.
                   The sample setup settings enclosed here is fine for ALL.
            Note:  You should inquire for the Start time of ZMH hour in your
                   own area, based on your time clock. I have used 4am here
                   because ZMH is 4am in New York or Eastern Std Time when this
                   document was written, change the time to reflect your area
                   ZMH hour. See POLICY4.TXT file included with this archive
                   for the Zone Mail Hour (ZMH) in your area.


General Warning about Events:

      You should not and cannot use the same Start Time for two or more events,
      there should always be at least one (1) minute difference between the
      Events. Example: If a first event starts at 04:00, the second event
      cannot start with the exact time instead it should start at 04:01.
      Intermail will not execute or run your events if two events has the
      same Start Time. Please be warned.




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  0   @  -------A  *  00:00   24:00        0      0  1:278/9999               
  1   X  -------A  *  01:00   00:01       70     -1  1:278/9999               
  2   A  -------A  *  03:00   01:00      255     -1  1:278/9999               
  3   Z  -------A  *  04:00   01:00        0     -1  1:278/9999               
                                                                              
                                                                              
                                                                              
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 Tag         @                                                                
 Days        -------A                                                         
 Modifier    Ignore eventbase (*)                                             
 Start time  00:00                                                            
 Length      24:00                                                            
 Min.cost    0                                                                
 Max.cost    0                                                                
 Behavior                                                                     
 Use alias   1:278/9999                                                       
 Retry delay 0                                                                
 Comment     Event base/default event                                         
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 Event tag A..YZ - eXternal event, errorlevel is required                     
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When you highlight Event #0 with Tag @ and press enter key, you will get this
sub-menu screen. Use this sample and DO NOT modify this event. it has been
setup correctly for you to use. Now highlight BEHAVIOR and press enter key,
and you will get the following screen that defines the characteristics of
this particular event. This event is linked with your ROUTE.IM in your
C:\IM\SYSTEM directory, look for the line that says: "Schedule @ ALL" but 
please do not change anything in it, adjust your own settings as you have 
seen them.



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  0   @  -------A  *  00:00   24:00        0      0  1:278/9999               
  1   X  -------A  *  01:00   00:01       70     -1  1:278/9999               
  2   A  -------A  *  03:00   01:0 Behavior 
  3   Z  -------A  *  04:00   01:0 Allow users during event              Yes 
                                   Exit when mail is received            Yes 
                                   High priority (crash) mail only       No  
                                   Allow file requests                   Yes 
ĺ Pickup file requests                  Yes 
 Tag         @                     Hold (don't send) file requests       No  
 Days        -------A              Hold (don't send) file attaches       No  
 Modifier    Ignore eventbase (*)  Attempt to pickup waiting mail        Yes 
 Start time  00:00                 Allow nodes to pickup waiting mail    Yes 
 Length      24:00                 Send-only                             No  
 Min.cost    0                     Receive-only                          No  
 Max.cost    0                     End event when no more mail to send   No  
 Behavior                          Send to CM systems only               No  
 Use alias   1:278/9999            Send to non-CM systems only           No  
 Retry delay 0                     Only execute event once               No  
 Comment     Event base/default ev Inactive                              No  
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 Miscellaneous options            Space-Toggle                                



This screen will pop-up when you highlight Behavior and press enter key from
the previous menu. This option settings should not be modified, leave them
the way they are, because they have been defined properly, just look at them
for curiosity sake, when finished looking, please, press ESC key to return
to the previous menu, then another Esc key to go back to the Main Event Menu,
so we may analyze or take a look at the other event's Behavior.

   Note: This Global or Default is very important and mandatory or compulsory
for you to have before your mailer will operate. So do not delete or modify it.




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  1   X  -------A  *  01:00   00:01       70     -1  1:278/9999               
  2   A  -------A  *  03:00   01:00      255     -1  1:278/9999               
  3   Z  -------A  *  04:00   01:00        0     -1  1:278/9999               
                                                                              
                                                                              
                                                                              
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 Tag         X                                                                
 Days        -------A                                                         
 Modifier    Ignore eventbase (*)                                             
 Start time  01:00                                                            
 Length      00:01                                                            
 Errorlevel  70                                                               
 Not used                                                                     
 Behavior                                                                     
 Use alias   1:278/9999                                                       
 Retry delay 0                                                                
 Comment     External Event to Run my BBS Events                              
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 Event tag A..YZ - eXternal event, errorlevel is required                     
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This is a sample External Event that can be used for any purpose like running
your BBS daily or nightly events that you would normally run from inside your
BBS software. IM will not execute all the events you define in your 
BBS software, so you will need to move all of those events to IM to manage 
for you. The external events are always and must always be linked with to 
your CAT.BAT and it's corresponding defined errorlevel and the 
label for the errorlevel. Please take a look in your CAT.BAT for 
the line that says "IF ERRORLEVEL 70 goto ..." and edit to suit the program
you want to run, one of this event and errorlevel can run several programs at 
the same time thru your batch file(s).
You can also create as many of this type of event as you need for your BBS
maintenance and they should all have the Tag X as their TAG but they can have
different errorlevel and or different Start Time to do whatever you want or 
to call another batch file(s) to be executed.

NOTE:  ALL EXTERNAL EVENT MUST AND SHOULD ALWAYS USE TAG X AND THE LENGTH MUST
ALWAYS BE 00:01 and MUST HAVE THE CORRESPONDING DEFINED ERRORLEVEL LINE IN
YOUR CAT.BAT.

Now highlight Behavior and press your enter key to see how this and all other
External Events will and should behave in next screen.




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  1   X  -------A  *  01:00   00:01       70     -1  1:278/9999               
  2   A  -------A  *  03:00   01:00      255     -1  1:278/9999               
  3   Z  -------A  *  04:00   01:00        0     -1  1:278/9999               
                                                                              
                                                                              
                                                                              
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 Tag         X                                                                
 Days        -------A                                                         
 Modifier    Ignore eventbase (*)                                             
 Start time  01:00                                                            
 Length      00:01                                                            
 Errorlevel  70                                                               
 Not used                                                                     
 Behavior                                       Behavior 
 Use alias   1:278/9999                         Allow users during event No  
 Retry delay 0                                  Forced                   Yes 
 Comment     External Event to Run my BBS Event Inactive                 No  
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 Miscellaneous options                         Space-Toggle                   


For External Events Behavior, nothing much to do here. Only three options:

1: The first option is either to Allow Users during this event or not. If you 
   want your event to execute at the exact time, you should not allow user 
   during this event, this is how I have all mine defined.

2: Forced means, should this event still execute or not if it was missed due 
   to some reason, (e.g board crash, etc)? You should probably set this to YES 
   like mine to make sure you never missed any event, in case your board 
   crash before the event runs.

3: Inactive means, this is to disable the event if you do not need it for a 
   particular period. This will disabled or enable the event when you want.




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  0   @  -------A  *  00:00   24:00        0      0  1:278/9999               
  1   X  -------A  *  01:00   00:01       70     -1  1:278/9999               
  2   A  -------A  *  03:00   01:00      255     -1  1:278/9999               
  3   Z  -------A  *  04:00   01:00        0     -1  1:278/9999               
                                                                              
                                                                              
                                                                              
 Edit 
 Tag         A                                                                
 Days        -------A                                                         
 Modifier    Ignore eventbase (*)                                             
 Start time  03:00                                                            
 Length      01:00                                                            
 Min.cost    255                                                              
 Max.cost    -1                                                               
 Behavior                                                                     
 Use alias   1:278/9999                                                       
 Retry delay 0                                                                
 Comment     Event to Poll my HUB for Echomails                               
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 Event tag A..YZ - eXternal event, errorlevel is required                     
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This is a sample Event to be used for polling (call) your HUB when you are
linked and ready for your FidoNet echomails, when the Mailer (IM) finished
receiving the mails, it will exit with Errorlevel 255 that has been defined
in your CAT.BAT to process your mail with your mail tosser.
You should only have to change the start time you want this event to occur.
You should also create more of this type of events for all other HUBs you
call for mails and their corresponding Start Time, and you should also use
the same errorlevel 255 for all of them. You should use different Tag letter
from A-Z for each event you define, except Tag @ which is only for Global and
also except Tag X which is also reserved for external events. Any event that
polls your HUB for mails is called Internal Event processed directly by IM.
This event is also linked with your ROUTE.IM in C:\IM\SYSTEM directory, look 
for the the line that says: Schedule A 1:278/1000  please replace the address 
with your own HUB address.

Now highlight Behavior and press enter key for next screen to see how this
event will behave, adjust your settings as you see them here.




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  #   T  Days      M  Start   Length  Min/Lev  Max   Address                  
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  0   @  -------A  *  00:00   24:00        0      0  1:278/9999               
  1   X  -------A  *  01:00   00:01       70     -1  1:278/9999               
  2   A  -------A  *  03:00   01:0 Behavior 
  3   Z  -------A  *  04:00   01:0 Allow users during event              Yes 
                                   Exit when mail is received            Yes 
                                   High priority (crash) mail only       No  
                                   Allow file requests                   Yes 
ĺ Pickup file requests                  Yes 
 Tag         A                     Hold (don't send) file requests       No  
 Days        -------A              Hold (don't send) file attaches       No  
 Modifier    Ignore eventbase (*)  Attempt to pickup waiting mail        Yes 
 Start time  03:00                 Allow nodes to pickup waiting mail    Yes 
 Length      01:00                 Send-only                             No  
 Min.cost    255                   Receive-only                          No  
 Max.cost    -1                    End event when no more mail to send   No  
 Behavior                          Send to CM systems only               No  
 Use alias   1:278/9999            Send to non-CM systems only           No  
 Retry delay 0                     Only execute event once               No  
 Comment     Event to Poll my HUB  Inactive                              No  
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 Miscellaneous options            Space-Toggle                                



This is how the event to poll your HUB will behave, and under normal
circumstances the settings above should not need any modification except
the Start Time of the Event.
As you can see above that this event will be trying to call your HUB for one
hour when until connection is made, if the connection with the HUB is not
made, IM will allow any human caller that calls your BBS and it will resume
calling the HUB as soon as the caller log-off your board if the time is still
within the one hour range, controlled by Length of 01:00 above. if you do not
want any caller allowed within this one hour duration, then you can set the
first option "Allow Users During Event" to NO.



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  #   T  Days      M  Start   Length  Min/Lev  Max   Address                  
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  0   @  -------A  *  00:00   24:00        0      0  1:278/9999               
  1   X  -------A  *  01:00   00:01       70     -1  1:278/9999               
  2   A  -------A  *  03:00   01:00      255     -1  1:278/9999               
  3   Z  -------A  *  04:00   01:00        0     -1  1:278/9999               
                                                                              
                                                                              
                                                                              
 Edit 
 Tag         Z                                                                
 Days        -------A                                                         
 Modifier    Ignore eventbase (*)                                             
 Start time  04:00                                                            
 Length      01:00                                                            
 Min.cost    0                                                                
 Max.cost    -1                                                               
 Behavior                                                                     
 Use alias   1:278/9999                                                       
 Retry delay 0                                                                
 Comment     Zone Mail Hour (ZMH) Based on Region                             
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 Event tag A..YZ - eXternal event, errorlevel is required                     
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When you highlight Event #3 with Tag Z and press enter key, you will get this
sub-menu screen. This is for Zone Mail Hour (ZMH) as described previously.
The only thing you should change here is the Start time for the Zone Mail Hour
for your area. (Ask other Fidonet Sysops around your area for the ZMH).
This event is a requirement from the FidoNet Organization and should lasts
for 1 (one) hour and that is why you see the option "Length 01:00" which means
this event will last for one hour. This is a requirement for all FidoNet
Members and should be observed and not deleted or disabled once you get your
FidoNet Node address from your area NC.
Now highlight Behavior and press enter key to see the behavior characteristics
of this event, please do not modify it, the options settings are fine for all
occasion. Next screen is the Behavior.

Note: Look in the enclosed POLICY4.TXT by FidoNet Organizations enclosed with
      this archive to determine the Zone Mail Hour (ZMH) Start Time for your
      area. The length for this event should and MUST always be for One (1)
      hour in duration as seen above.
      You can and will be thrown-out (ex-communicate) from FidoNet if you do
      not observe this Zone Mail Hour. This is very important, be warned.




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  #   T  Days      M  Start   Length  Min/Lev  Max   Address                  
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  0   @  -------A  *  00:00   24:00        0      0  1:278/9999               
  1   X  -------A  *  01:00   00:01       70     -1  1:278/9999               
  2   A  -------A  *  03:00   01:0 Behavior 
  3   Z  -------A  *  04:00   01:0 Allow users during event              No  
                                   Exit when mail is received            Yes 
                                   High priority (crash) mail only       No  
                                   Allow file requests                   No  
ĺ Pickup file requests                  No  
 Tag         Z                     Hold (don't send) file requests       No  
 Days        -------A              Hold (don't send) file attaches       Yes 
 Modifier    Ignore eventbase (*)  Attempt to pickup waiting mail        Yes 
 Start time  04:00                 Allow nodes to pickup waiting mail    Yes 
 Length      01:00                 Send-only                             No  
 Min.cost    0                     Receive-only                          No  
 Max.cost    -1                    End event when no more mail to send   No  
 Behavior                          Send to CM systems only               No  
 Use alias   1:278/9999            Send to non-CM systems only           No  
 Retry delay 0                     Only execute event once               No  
 Comment     Zone Mail Hour (ZMH)  Inactive                              No  
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 Miscellaneous options            Space-Toggle                                



This is how the Zone Mail Hour (ZMH) event will behave. All the options has
been setup correctly and does not need any modifications.
As you can see in the above settings, for the one hour duration of this event,
your Mailer (IM) will not allow any Human Caller to access your BBS, only
another Mailer can connect to your board for Netmail purposes only, no file
transfer or echomail pick-up during this event. This is the requirements by
FidoNet Organizations for all FidoNet Members, and should be observed.
THERE IS NO EXCEPTIONS TO THE ABOVE REQUIREMENT, unless you are not a FidoNet
Node. Remember, you can be cut-off from FidoNet for not observing the ZMH Hour.
If you are not a member of Fidonet Organization or does not have a Fidonet Node
address or you do not intend to be, then you can disable this event by
highlighting the option "Inactive" and press Space bar to toggle it to YES,
and that will disable the event until re-enabled again thru the same procedure.
This event is linked to ROUTE.IM in your C:\IM\SYSTEM directory. Look for the 
line that says: Schedule Z ALL please do not change anything there, just look.
Now Esc back to the Event Menu and let's look at the other Events and their
respective Behaviors settings. Adjust your settings as seen above.


   Now press Esc and return to the Manager Screen, we shall now complete our
   last settings in IM. Please highlight SECURITY from the Manager menu and
   press enter key for the following screen.




 Security manager 
   #   System                   Password   FREQs                              
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   1   1:278/1000               PASSWORD    Yes                               
                                                                              
                                                                              
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Ĵ Mail server: 001 
Enter-Edit  F1-Inactive  F2-FREQs  Ins-Add  Del-Delete  Esc-Exit


This is the Security Definition Menu. This is where you will define the 
HUB/Node Address and Password for the HUB system you will be calling for 
echomail. If you are not calling (polling) for echomail yet, you can just 
leave this alone or delete it. If you are also a HUB for some echomail, 
you will need to enter all the Node Address of all the people who will be 
calling your system to pick-up their echomails.
Please change the Number under System to your HUB Node Address Number and 
replace the PASSWORD with the Password he has assigned to you for polling
him, or you can just delete the whole thing and setup yours when you are
ready for polling echomail. Make sure all the other option setting read
YES for the FREQs as seen above for better connection to your HUB.

Press Esc key and return to the opening screen and press Esc key again
and answer Y for YES to save all your settings in our Intermail setup.

Now you can take a breather, because this is our last settings in Intermail.
The next page will show you how to compile your Nodelist, and your Mailer
(IM) should be ready to roll. I hope you have enjoyed this settings.






     Final Setup or Completion or Intermail and Related Utilities.
     =============================================================

     Here we shall Compile our Nodelist for Intermail and Wildcat!.

   Make sure you have the following files in the stipulated directories:

1: In C:\IM  you should have the following files:
   EDITNL.EXE -> Executable file to merge our weekly Nodediff with Nodelist.
   BANNER.TXT -> Edit to suit your system with a ascii text editor
   EVENT.TXT  -> Edit to suit your system with a ascii text editor
   MAGIC.LST  -> File that list directories to your files areas.
   EXEBBS.BAT -> File that transfers Intermail to Wildcat! BBS
   FAILED.TXT -> File sent to other Mailer for failed file request (FREQ)
   CAT.BAT    -> Batch that will invoke IM and then pass callers to Wildcat!
   FE2WC.EXE  -> Baud and error correction translator for IM and WC!4.x
   FE2WCT.EXE -> Same as above for use with OS/2 with /T switch hardcoded.

2. In C:\IM\SYSTEM you should have the following files:
   ROUTE.IM   -> Edit with a ascii text editor and replace all the addresses.

3: In C:\IM\NODELIST  you should have the following files:
   FDNODE.CTL   -> Edit this file and replace the three digit of phone number.
   NODELIST.??? -> Current Nodelist obtained from your NC.

4: Now change to your Nodelist directory i.e. C:\IM to compile your Nodelist.
   While still in C:\IM type IMNC /F when this procedure is completed, 
   Intermail should have successfully compiled your Nodelist for it's use. 

5: Whenever you poll your NC for the weekly NODEDIFF.A??, the CAT.BAT
   should do the above for you automatically, but if for any reason
   you need to process this manually, I have included a file called
   NODEDIFF.BAT to do this for you, please edit this file for the correct
   path. You must process your Nodediff every week for your Nodelist to be 
   current.

6: After you receive your own actual Node Address from your area Network
   Co-Ordinator (NC), you must repeat step 4 and 5 to recompile your Nodelist.




Note: After the whole setup is completed, you can finally bring up your
      Intermail with the supplied CAT.BAT that should be in your Intermail
      directory, i.e. C:\IM, and if your Intermail comes up successfully,
      press F1 function key to logon locally and if everything went fine,
      your mail tosser should scan your sample message conference when you
      log off your board. 
      Remember to load your Fossil driver before you attempt to bring up 
      Intermail if you want to use a fossil driver. Although Intermail will
      run without loading a fossil driver, but it does enhance the operation
      of Intermail when fossil is loaded. Enjoy your FidoNet trip.


 If everything went well, you should see something similar to the next screen
 as InterMail loads.

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  InterMail 2.29 - Node 1:278/9999 #1                Sun 01 Jan 95 11:11 AM 
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  + SIO driver: X00 V1.50                                                  
    Mail Server ID#: 001                                                   
  + Event 0-@                                                              
    Checking message base                                                  
    Using: ROUTE.IM                                                        
  : #1 to 1:0/0: disqualified, forwarding not accepted                     
  - Preparing outbound mail                                                
    No messages to send in this event                                      
    Initializing the modem                                     OK          
    Waiting for a call or event                                OK          
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                                                        Event   0 @ 23:59  
                                                                           
                                                        Next    1 X  1:00  
                                                                    (Mon)  
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                              Press F10 for menu                            
 


           Remember to send me a "Thank You" Netmail at 1:278/111.

           And any suggestions to enhance this documentation can
           also be sent to me at the above Fido address. Thank you.


                               ---- end ----


                      God Bless. Praise be to Allah.



