





                                    

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



         Using Wildcat! BBS v4.x, Wildmail v4.x and Frontdoor v2.12


                              version 2.0
                
                         Frontdoor v2.12 Setup Part


                                 Written by:  

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



                              November 11, 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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         Copyright 1989-1994 Joaquim Homrighausen; All rights reserved.         

Press Esc to abort or Space to create

    This will be your opening screen of Frontdoor setup, when you execute
    FDSETUP from inside Frontdoor directory: i.e. C:\FD

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

If this is a brand new setup of Frontdoor and you have never attempted to
run FDSETUP before, then you will get the above screen saying that the 
configuration file for Frontdoor cannot be found. Just press Spacebar key to 
create it, and Frontdoor will automatically create SETUP.FD file for you,
then you will be shown the next screen to start your setup procedure.

If this is not a new setup of Frontdoor and you have once run FDSETUP.EXE
before, then you will not get the above screen because SETUP.FD file which
holds all the configuration information for Frontdoor would have already been
created when you first run FDSETUP, just proceed to the next screen.

Now let's go to the next page/screen for our actual setup procedure.




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                                Absolute Solutions
                       FrontDoor; SETUP 2.12.SW; Shareware
           Copyright 1989-1994 Joaquim Homrighausen; All rights reserved.

Commit SETUP.FD file to disk without leaving FDSETUP

    This will be your opening screen of Frontdoor setup, when you execute
    FDSETUP from inside Frontdoor directory: i.e. C:\FD

    Please adjust your settings in Frontdoor 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 one of the most frequently 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 Frontdoor v2.12 will henceforth be referred
  to as FD. You get to this menu by changing to your directory called C:\FD
  that you have previous created and Unzip the FD files into.
    Moving around in FD 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.

     See Pg 6-7 of FD.DOC


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           Address   
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Network addresses, domains, address matching, and site information


GLOBAL SETUP:
=============

   This is GLOBAL Menu Setup with other sub-menus that we shall complete.
   This is where you tell FD your Main Address and your other AKA addresses
   that you will use for other Networks you will be carrying using your 
   Mailer (FD). Your directories and sub-directories will also be specified
   so that FD 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

          See Pg 30 for Listings of all Fidonet Zones as seen above.

    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.

Please refer to your Page 7-11 of FD.DOC for more information and explanations.

          Now highlight Address and press Enter for next menu screen.



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           Address 
                        
           Address      
           Site info    
          Ⱥ Domains      
            AKA matching 
                         
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Network address(es)


    Please highlight Address and press enter key for the next sub-menu.
    See Pg 7-8 of FD.DOC



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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  9                         
      Aka 10                                                             
                                     
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Primary network address


   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 (FD)
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 Site Info and press enter key for next sub-menu.



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           Site info 
                                                                      
           Name     Systematic BBS                                    
          Ⱥ Location Bronx, New York                                   
            Phone#   1 718 716 6198                                    
            Speed    38400                                             
           Ⱥ Flags    CM,XA,V32B,V42B,MNP                               
             BBS name Wildcat!                                          
                                                                        
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System name          Pg 7 of FD.DOC


   As you can see the above is self explanatory. Your BBS information goes
here. Change the above to reflect your actual information.
Modem Speed is the speed that your modem can support or baud rate that you
locked your fossil driver. I have the above set at 38400 and it's the best 
I have been using for all my modems that ranges from 14.4k to 28.8k.
You can use 19200 for other modems from 9600 to 14,400 baud modems but not 
for 28.8k modems. The Speed setting here does not really make any difference,
just make sure your fossil driver is loaded appropriately as required.

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, XA, no-matter what!.

If you are using a 2400 Modem without error correction then please change
the Speed to 2400 and Flags should only have CM,XA but if your 2400 Modem 
has an error correction protocol you can include it like MNP.
For Lists and meaning of all Flags, see Page 34 of FD.DOC

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

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



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    ͻ    Zone  Domain name               
                                      1 1     fidonet.org               
     Main   1:278/9999                2 2     fidonet.org               
     Aka  1                           3 3     fidonet.org               
     Aka  2                           4 4     fidonet.org               
     Aka  3                           5 5     fidonet.org               
     Aka  4                           6 6     fidonet.org               
     Aka  5                           7                                 
     Aka  6                           8                                 
     Aka  7                           9                                 
     Aka  8                          10                                 
     Aka  9                          11                                 
     Aka 10                          12                                 
                                     13                                 
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                                       20                                 
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Domain names       Pg 7 of FD.DOC


Here is where you will link your Fidonet address with the Internet Domain name.
Because Fidonet has a Domain address in Internet as fidonet.org. You will 
assign Zone 1-6 to the fidonet.org for the Internet. If this setup is not for 
Fidonet, then you should not specify any domain name here, you can leave it 
blank.

Please do not forget to change the Fidonet address above to match yours.



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     ͻ       Zone:Net    AKA              
                                     1 1:278       1:278/9999       
      Main   1:278/9999              2                              
      Aka  1                         3                              
      Aka  2                         4                              
      Aka  3                         5                              
      Aka  4                         6                              
      Aka  5                         7                              
      Aka  6                         8                              
      Aka  7                         9                              
      Aka  8                        10                              
      Aka  9                        11                              
      Aka 10                        12                              
                                    13                              
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                                      20                              
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AKA matching

Here is where you will link all your Fidonet and AKA addresses with their
respective Zones. Because my Fidonet addresses is linked with Zone 1 to 
cover the Zone in Fidonet, I have assigned this to it, and you should 
verify that your Node address is correct above. If you have any other 
Network with their own addresses as an AKA, you will then also link them up 
starting from item #2.

Example: Let's say I also have an AKA address as 101:13/106 (this is my actual
AfroNet Node address) the above screen on the left will have my Fidonet address
as above and will also have the AKA 1 which will be 101:13/106, then the screen
on the right will have the following on item #2 as #2 Zone:Net 101:13 and AKA
matching as 101:13/106. You will need to do this for all the Network address
you participates in. See Pg 8 of FD.DOC



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           Address   
       Filenames and paths 
                                                                        
       System    C:\FD\                                                 
       NetMail   C:\FD\NETMAIL\                                         
       Files     C:\FD\FILES\                                           
       SecFiles  C:\FD\FILES\                                           
       Packets   C:\FD\PACKETS\                                         
       Log file  C:\FD\FD.LOG                                           
       Banner    C:\FD\BANNER.TXT                                       
       Nodelist  C:\FD\NODELIST\                                        
       No BBS    C:\FD\EVENT.TXT                                        
       MSG Base  C:\FD\MSGBASE\                                         
       Swapping  C:\FD\SWAP\                                            
       Semaphore                                                        
       MailExit                                                         
                                                                        
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Where FrontDoor'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: FD.LOG, BANNER.TXT,
and EVENT.TXT as those are not directories but actual filenames.
See Pg 8-9 of FD.DOC



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           General 
                                    
           Your country code 1      
           Screen flickers   No     
          Ⱥ Use "fastkey"     Yes    
            Screen blanking   Yes    
            Blackout timer   20     
            Extended keyboard Yes    
            Force 24-hour fmt No               
            Monochrome mode   No     
                                                       
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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. 
Refer to your Pg 10-11 of FD.DOC.



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      User maintenance 
                                                               
         User name                            Access           
       1 Mufutau Towobola                     Supervisor       
                                                               
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The registered version allows up to ten user names

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. See Pg 11 of FD.DOC.



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                    Miscellaneous    
                    Log              
                    File requests    
                    FDServer         
                    External mail    
                    Display          
                    Colors           
                    Hidden dial info 
                    Function keys              
                    Errorlevels      
                    Audio control                      
                    Swapping         
                    Protection                                       
                    Fax              
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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 Frontdoor and Mailers works. 
For more info on this page please refer to Page 11-17 of your FD.DOC.




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                 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                       3              
                 Retry delay                          15    
                 Days to keep mail history            30    
                 Seconds before passing to BBS        11    
                 Minimum undialable cost              0     
                 Honor Return Receipt Requests (RRQ)  No    
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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. So please leave it alone and refer to Pg 11-14 of FD.DOC for 
more explanations of each above settings.



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                    Log 
                                                    
                     ! Fatal errors            Yes  
                     ? Other errors            Yes  
                     $ Accounting info         Yes  
                     * Sent/Rcvd files         Yes  
                     + Brief messages          Yes  
                     - Trivial messages        Yes  
                     : Transaction info        Yes  
                     % Transfer messages       Yes  
                     # Unexpected passwords    Yes    
                     ~ Session information     Yes  
                     ~ Remote system's AKAs  Yes                  
                     ~ Remote system's info  Yes  
                   Ⱥ  = 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 FD.LOG. Leave DEBUG setting at NO.

Note2: You can delete your FD.LOG when it's getting too big, and Frontdoor 
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. See Pg 14 of FD.DOC.



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                    Miscellaneous    
                    Log              
                     File requests 
                                       
                     Filenames         
                     Request limits    
                     Request processor 
                                       
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                    Errorlevels      
                    Audio control                       
                    Swapping         
                    Protection                                       
                    Fax              
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Filenames

    When you select Mailer -> Files Requests you get the above options.
    This is where you will setup the characteristics of how other Mailers
    can FREQ (File REQuest) files from your system.
    Please select Filenames and press enter key to move to the next screen.

    See Pg 14 and 79-84 of FD.DOC



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                    Miscellaneous    
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       Filenames 
                                                                        
       List     MAGIC.LST                                               
       SecList  MAGIC.LST                                               
       Alias    MAGIC.LST                                               
       SecAlias MAGIC.LST                                               
       Message  FAILED.TXT                                              
                                                                        
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File containing requestable directories


This is the sub-menu where you will give details info to FD 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:\FD 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.

Refer to Page 81 of FD.DOC under Alias Listings for MAGIC.LST format.



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                    Miscellaneous    
                    Log              
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                      Request limits 
                                                                
                      Allowed systems        Any                
                      Stop after first match No                 
                      Maximum match (files)  5                  
                    ͺ Maximum time (minutes) 60                 
                       Maximum size (kb)      0                  
                       Minimum speed (bps)    2400               
                       Limited hours          Yes                
                       Start time             07:00                 
                       End time               04:00              
                   ͺ Days                   -------A           
                                                                  
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Systems allowed to make file requests

This is the screen you will give details or restrictions to who and when
other Nodes can FREQ (File Request) from your system.
The above settings should be correct but you can change the Start Time and
End Time to exclude the Zone Mail Hour in your area. File Request is NOT
and MUST not be allowed during Zone Mail Hour, it's against FidoNet Policy,
Zone Mail Hour is only reserved for Netmail transfers between systems only.

See Pg 82-83 of FD.DOC



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                    Display 
                                                 
                    Mail waiting flashing Yes    
                    Display clock         Yes    
                    Display timestamp     Yes    
                    Screen size           25     
                    Set Custom.AX       0      
                    Set Custom.BX       0      
                    Set Custom.CX       0      
                    Set Custom.DX       0      
                    Reset Custom.AX     0           
                    Reset Custom.BX     0      
                    Reset Custom.CX     0                          
                    Reset Custom.DX     0      
                   Ⱥ                              
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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.
Read more about this options in your FD.DOC if you need to change any.

See  Pg 15-16 of FD.DOC.



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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                                  F8                           
        F9                                  F9                           
        F10                                 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 Frontdoor. 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 FD.

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

 See Pg 16-17 of FD.DOC.



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                    Log              
   F1 
                                                                            
   Title  BBS Local Logon                                                   
   Action ?60                                                               
   Pause  No                                                                
   Check  No                                                                
   Swap   Yes                                                               
                                                                            
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     F7                                  F7                                 
     F8                                  F8                                 
     F9                                  F9                                 
     F10                                 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
Swap:   If you want the program to swap in or out of memory. <Your choice>

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

 See Pg 16-17 of FD.DOC.



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ͺ 300             0    
                    1200            200  
                    1275            200  
                    2400            200  
                    4800            200  
                    7200            200  
                    9600            200  
                    12000           200  
                    14400           200  
                    16800           200        
                    19200           200  
                    21600           200                
                    24000           200  
                    26400           200                               
                    28800           200  
                    38400           200  
                    57600           200  
                    64000           200  
                    115200          200  
                    Custom          0    
                    Fax             0    
                    Received mail   255  
ĺ Create BAT.file Yes  
Errorlevels (31-255ͼved mail, and inbound fax calls


In this sub-menu, you tell FD 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.

Received Mail: This errorlevel 255 is what we have defined in our CAT.BAT for
               FD to exit when another Mailer send us Netmail or files, or
               when you poll (call) your HUB for mails. FD 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. FD 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.


 See Pg 17 of FD.DOC.



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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               
                                                       
                   ͼ



This is where you control how and when you want FD 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. Refer to you FD.DOC for more explanations on this settings.

 See Pg 17 of FD.DOC.



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                    Miscellaneous    
                    Log              
                    File requests    
                    FDServer         
                    External mail    
                    Display          
                    Colors           
                    Hidden dial info 
                    Function keys              
                    Errorlevels      
                    Swapping                   
                                     
                    Swapping     Yes                                
                    Use XMS/EMS  Yes 
                   Ⱥ                  
                    ͼ

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 and
Frontdoor will still swap to disk if it needs more memory but will run slower.
Having EMS/XMS will make FD perform faster and efficiently. It's always good
for a computer to have plenty RAM anyway.

 See Pg 17 of FD.DOC.



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                             Miscellaneous   
                             NetMail folder  
                             Keyboard macros 
                             Origin lines    
                             Display         
                             Colors          
                             Xlat.In         
                             Xlat.Out        
                             Swapping          
                             Fax             
                            ͼ          


EDITOR SETUP:
=============

This is another important setup in FD setup. Please leave the options as they
have be entered. The settings here will control how you write Netmail message
thru the Frontdoor Netmail Message Editor. You can start the Netmail Message
Editor from the FD "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. Refer to Page 18-21 of FD.DOC.



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                             Miscellaneous 
                                                              
                             Delete original (Conference) Ask 
                             Delete original (Local)      Ask 
                             Delete original (NetMail)    Ask 
                             Show hard CRs                No  
                             Margin                       75  
                             Honor CFM                    No  
                             New mail semaphores          No  
                                                              
                            ͼ

<C> How the Editor should handle the original message when replying

Leave the settings as they are above. See Pg 21 of FD.DOC.



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                             NetMail folder 
                                                
                             Restricted     No  
                             Read-only      No  
                             Export OK      No  
                             Use tables     No  
                             Crash          Yes 
                             Direct         Yes 
                             Hold           No  
                             Private        Yes 
                            Ⱥ Kill/Sent      No  
                              Use Zonegates  Ask 
                                                                      
                             ͼ

<+> 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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ͺ  1 Systematic BBS, Bronx, NY (718) 716-6198 (1:278/9999)        
            2                                                              
            3                                                              
            4                                                              
            5                                                              
           19                                                              
           20                                                              
          ͼ

Appended to messages in Conference-type folders with "Echo info" enabled

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



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                             Display 
                                                      
                             Screen size       25     
                             Set Custom.AX   0      
                             Set Custom.BX   0      
                             Set Custom.CX   0      
                             Set Custom.DX   0      
                             Reset Custom.AX 0      
                             Reset Custom.BX 0      
                             Reset Custom.CX 0      
                            Ⱥ Reset Custom.DX 0      
                                                       
                             ͼ              


Please leave the above settings alone. Does not need any changes.



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                             Miscellaneous   
                             NetMail folder  
                             Keyboard macros 
                             Origin lines    
                             Display         
                             Colors          
                             Swapping 
                                              
                             Swapping     Yes 
                             Use XMS/EMS  Yes 
                            Ⱥ                          
                             ͼ

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 FD perform efficiently and faster.



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                                      Miscellaneous   
                                      Display         
                                      Keyboard macros 
                                      Xlat.In         
                                      Xlat.Out        
                                      IEMSI Profile   
                                     ͼ

Miscellaneous terminal settings

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

Terminal menu setup is only needed if you will also be using FD as your
communication program like QModem, Procomm Plus, Telix. etc.
Because FD also has a built-in communication program which you can access
by pressing ALT+J from the FD "Waiting for Caller Screen". I have enclosed
a sample setup for your need here.
If you will not be using FD 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.

 See Pg 21-24 of FD.DOC.



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    Miscellaneous 
    Init            ATE0M1X4&C1&D2S0=0|                                  
    Download        C:\FD\FILES\                                         
    Upload                                                               
    Editor                                                               
    Protocol        Zmodem                                               
    Emulation       ANSI                                                 
    AVATAR/0+       Yes                                                  
    Buffer size     128                                                  
    Connect noise   Yes                                                  
    Transfer noise  Yes                                                  
    Use tables      No                                                   
    Auto Zmodem     Yes                                                  
    Local echo      No                                                   
    Wrap around     Yes                                                  
    Delay           10                                                   
    Logging         No                                                   
    Auto DW Mode    No                                                   
    Timer enabled   Yes                                                  
    Timer         600                                                  
   ͼ

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.

 See Pg 21-24 of FD.DOC.



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                                      Display 
                                                               
                                      Screen size       25     
                                      Set Custom.AX   0      
                                      Set Custom.BX   0      
                                      Set Custom.CX   0      
                                     Ⱥ Set Custom.DX   0      
                                       Reset Custom.AX 0      
                                       Reset Custom.BX 0      
                                       Reset Custom.CX 0      
                                       Reset Custom.DX 0      
                                                                
                                      ͼ     


Please leave the above settings alone. Does not need any changes.



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                                 IEMSI Profile 
                                                                          
                                 Active     Yes                           
                                 Name       Mufutau Towobola              
                                 Handle     Field Marshal                 
                                 Password   PASSWORD                      
                                 Hot-keys   Yes                           
                                 Quiet      Yes                           
                                 Pausing    No                            
                                 Editor     Yes                           
                                 News       No                            
                                 New mail   Yes                           
                                 New files  Yes                           
                                 Screen Clr Yes                           
                                                                          
                                ͼ

Whether or not you want to use the IEMSI capability

This is part of the terminal setup explained previously. Replace my name with
your own actual name, and replace the PASSWORD with your own Password for the
BBS you intend to call or you can leave it BLANK.
This setup screen does not mean much unless you are using your Frontdoor as
a terminal program to logon to other BBS with IEMSI compatible.
So you don't need to worry yourself too much about the above settings.
You don't have to have it in order to operate your Mailer normally.

 See Pg 24 of FD.DOC.


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                                                 Default settings 
                                                 Task specific    
                                                ͼ

Default modem settings (used for Task 0)


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

This is another MOST important part of your FD setup, because without this, you
will have no mailer, and your FD 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.

You can only use the Default Settings options on this screen because the
Task Specific options is only reserved to Commercial version of FD which
supports several modem setups in multi-line environments.
Press enter key on Default Settings to get the next screen.

 See Pg 24 of FD.DOC.



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                                                 Default settings 
                                                                  
                                                Ⱥ Hardware         
                                                  Connect messages 
                                                  Custom message   
                                                  Status messages  
                                                  Command strings  
                                                  Answer control   
                                                  Fax              
                                                                   
                                                 ͼ

Miscellaneous hardware options

The options above is where you will tell FD 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.

 See Pg 38-42 of FD.DOC.



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                          Hardware ͻ
                                                                 
                          Serial port                   1        
                          Locked port                   Yes      
                          Maximum baud rate             Fixed    
                          Reset modem to connect speed  No       
                          Lower DTR when busy           No       
                          Lower DTR to terminate call   Yes      
                          Toggle DTR before dialing     No       
                          Carrier detect mask (CDMASK)  128      
                                                               ͼ
                         ͼ


Some of the option on this sub-menu are self explanatory.

Serial port: Which com port your modem is connected, FD will not work without
            a modem connected to your com port, even for testing.

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

Maximum Baud Rate: This should be set to Fixed if you have locked your fossil
            driver. If you have not locked your fossil driver then select
            the appropriate settings.

Lower DTR to terminate call: This is set YES so that FD 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.

You should leave all the other option settings as they are seen above.
Please see page 38-39 of FD.DOC.

Note: See Fossil Driver installation options at the beginning of this document
      and or refer to Page 49 of FD.DOC.  Also my FOSSIL.TXT file is included
      in this archive.



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 Connect messages 
                                     300         CONNECT         ͻ
                                     1200        CONNECT 1200/    
                                     1275        CONNECT 1200/75  
                                     2400        CONNECT 2400     
                                     4800        CONNECT 4800     
                                     7200        CONNECT 7200     
                                     9600        CONNECT 9600     
                                     12000       CONNECT 12000    
                                     14400       CONNECT 14400    
                                     16800       CONNECT 16800    
                                     19200       CONNECT 19200   ͼ
                                     21600       CONNECT 21600   
                                     24000       CONNECT 24000        
                                     26400       CONNECT 26400   
                                     28800       CONNECT 28800   
                                     38400       CONNECT 38400   
                                     57600       CONNECT 57600   
                                     64000       CONNECT 64000   
                                     115200      CONNECT 115200  
                                     Fax         CONNECT FAX     
                                    ͼ

Enter text string. Use | for CR


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.

   See Pg 39 of FD.DOC.



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                                                ͻ
                                                                  
                                     Status messages  
                                                                  
                                     Error       ERROR            
                                     Busy        BUSY             
                                     No Carrier  NO CARRIER       
                                     Ok          OK               
                                     Ring        RING             
                                     No Dialtone NO DIALTONE      
                                     No Answer   NO ANSWER       ͼ
                                     Voice       VOICE           
                                                                 
                                    ͼ

Enter text string. Use | for CR

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.

 See Pg 39 of FD.DOC.



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         Command strings 
                                                                  
         Escape code    +++                                       
         Return on-line ~ATO|                                     
         On-hook        ATH0|                                     
         Off-hook       ~ATH1|                                    
         Dial           ATDT                                      
         Prefix                                                 
         Suffix       |                                         
         Delay          7                                         
         Init-1         ATHZ|                                     
         Init-2         AT&Q9E0M0L0V1X4&C1&D2S0=0S95=3S7=60|      
         Init-3         ATS2=255S11=50&G2W2|                      
         Down           ~ATH1|                                    
         Attention      AT|                                       
                                                                  
        ͼ



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: The more lines of Inits you use the more OK message you will get when
you bring up Frontdoor, 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.

 See Pg 40-41 of FD.DOC.



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                                                ͻ
           Answer control 
                                                                   
           Manual answer Yes                                       
           Force answer  ATA|                                      
           Answer delay  5                                         
           Enable LDFRS  No                                        
                                                                   
          ͼ

If enabled, the Mailer 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 FD Mailer may not answer your phone for connection.
Refer to Page 41 of FD.DOC if you need more explanations.



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                                                         Hardware 
                                                         Page     
                                                         Strings  
                                                         Xlat.Out 
                                                        ͼ

<C> Port, speed, and data format


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, which I don't
think you can even change in this version of FD v2.12 only in registered or
Commercial version. You cannot change anything in this Printer Option and 
it defaults to LPT1 regardless.





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ͻ
                                                                   Events     
                                                                   Folders    
                                                                   Security   
                                                                   Requests   
                                                                   Modem      
                 Open      ͼ  
                                                                              
                               C:\FD\EVENT.FD                                 
                                                           
                           Path or file not found                             
                                                           
                ͼ                   
         Copyright 1989-1994 Joaquim Homrighausen; All rights reserved.         
 
Press Esc to abort or Space to create

If this is a brand new setup of Frontdoor and you have never attempted to
run FDSETUP to create EVENTS before, then you will get the above screen saying
that the configuration file for Frontdoor Events cannot be found. 
Just press Spacebar key to create it, and Frontdoor will automatically 
create EVENT.FD and Global Event Tag @ file for you, then you will be shown
the next screen to start your events creation or modification procedure.

If this is not a new setup of Frontdoor and you have once run FDSETUP.EXE
and attempted to create Events before, then you will not get the above screen
because EVENT.FD file which holds all the configuration information for 
Frontdoor Events would have already been created when you first run FDSETUP
and selected the Events in Manager setup, just proceed to the next screen
for creating others or to modify them.

Now let's go to the next page/screen for our actual setup procedure.




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ͻ
                                                                 Events   
                                                                 Folders  
                                                                 Security 
                                                                 Requests 
                                                                 Modem    
                                                                ͼ


MANAGER SETUP:
==============

This is one of the delicate, complicated and important area in our Frontdoor
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 turn to Page 46-51 of your FD.DOC for more information.

This is where you will define all your Events or nightly maintenance that
you normally run from inside your BBS (called External Event in FD),
you will also define the events to poll (call) your HUB to pickup your
FidoNet echomails (called Internal Events in FD). You can have as many events
as you want here and for anytime of the day or night. Refer to Pg 51 of FD.DOC
I have enclosed 4 (four) sample events in this setup, the first event called
Global event with @ Tag is necessary for FD to run, it must never be under any
circumstances be deleted, if you delete it your FD will never run or operate.

You will also define the security for all the people 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 FD
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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     #   T  Days      M  Start   Length  Lev   Min    Max    Delay         
   ĺ
     0   @  -------A  *  00:00   00:01     0      0     -1      0          
     1   X  -------A  +  01:00   00:01    70      0     -1      0          
     2   A  -------A  +  03:00   01:00   255      0     -1      0          
     3   Z  -------A  +  04:00   01:00     0      0     -1      0          
   ͼ

Enter-Edit  Space-More  Ins-Add  Del-Delete  F1-Inactive  F10-Copy  Esc-Exit

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 pressing F1 function key to make it Inactive.
You can also delete any event and recreate it again as you wish.
Please see Page 46-51 of FD.DOC for more info on Events.

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 FD, which means
                   FD 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 (FD), your BBS will
                   no longer execute the events defined within it, so FD will
                   from now be your event manager not your BBS software, you 
                   will need to move all your BBS events to this FD 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.
                   Also refer to your FD.DOC for more explanations.

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.FD in your
                   C:\FD 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.
      Frontdoor will not execute or run your events if two events has the
      same Start Time. Please be warned.




   ͻ
     #   T  Days      M  Start   Length  Lev   Min    Max    Delay        
   ĺ
     0   @  -------A  *  00:00   00:01     0      0     -1      0         
     1   X  -------A  +  01:00   00:01    70      0     -1      0         
     2   A  -------A  +  03:00   01:00   255      0     -1      0         
     3   Z  -------A  +  04:00   01:00     0      0     -1      0         
                                                                          
    Edit 
    Tag         @                                                         
    Days        -------A                                                  
    Modifier    Ignore eventbase (*)                                      
    Start time  00:00                                                     
    Length      00:01                                                     
    Errorlevel  0                                                         
    Min.cost    0                                                         
    Max.cost    -1                                                        
    Behavior                                                              
    Retry delay 0                                                         
   ĺ
    Event tag A..YZ - eXternal event, errorlevel is required              
   ͼ


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.FD in your
C:\FD directory, look for the line that says: "Schedule @ *"  but please
do not change anything in it. Refer to Page 50-51 of your FD.DOC for more
information if you need it.




ͻ
  #   T  Days      M  Start   Length  Lev   Min    Max    Delay             
ĺ
  0   @  -------A  *  00:00   00:01     0      0     -1      0              
  1   X  -------A  +  01:00   00:0 Behavior 
  2   A  -------A  +  03:00   01:0 Allow users during event            Yes 
  3   Z  -------A  +  04:00   01:0 Exit when mail is received          Yes 
                                   High priority (crash) mail only     No  
                                   Allow file requests                 Yes 
                                   Pickup file requests                Yes 
                                   Hold (don't send) file requests     No  
ͺ Hold (don't send) file attaches     No  
 Tag         @                     Attempt to pickup waiting mail      Yes 
 Days        -------A              Allow nodes to pickup waiting mail  Yes 
 Modifier    Ignore eventbase (*)  Prioritize outbound calls           No  
 Start time  00:00                 Delay before placing first call     No  
 Length      00:01                 Inbound only                        No  
 Errorlevel  0                     End event when no more mail to send No  
 Min.cost    0                     Send to CM systems only             No  
 Max.cost    -1                    Send to non-CM systems only         No  
 Behavior                          Send to systems once only           No  
 Retry delay 0                     Answer inbound calls                Yes 
ͼ
 Miscellaneous options            Space-Toggle                              
ͼ


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.

Please refer to Page 48-51 of your FD.DOC for more information.



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  #   T  Days      M  Start   Length  Lev   Min    Max    Delay             
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  0   @  -------A  *  00:00   00:01     0      0     -1      0              
  1   X  -------A  +  01:00   00:01    70      0     -1      0              
  2   A  -------A  +  03:00   01:00   255      0     -1      0              
  3   Z  -------A  +  04:00   01:00     0      0     -1      0              
                                                                            
 Edit 
 Tag         X                                                              
 Days        -------A                                                       
 Modifier    Add eventbase (+)                                              
 Start time  01:00                                                          
 Length      00:01                                                          
 Errorlevel  70                                                             
 Min.cost    0                                                              
 Max.cost    -1                                                             
 Behavior                                                                   
 Retry delay 0                                                              
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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. FD will not execute all the events you define in your 
BBS software, so you will need to move all of those events to FD 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. See page 47-48 of FD.DOC.
Now highlight Behavior and press your enter key to see how this and all other
External Events will and should behave.



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  #   T  Days      M  Start   Length  Lev   Min    Max    Delay             
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  0   @  -------A  *  00:00   00:01     0      0     -1      0              
  1   X  -------A  +  01:00   00:01    70      0     -1      0              
  2   A  -------A  +  03:00   01:00   255      0     -1      0              
  3   Z  -------A  +  04:00   01:00     0      0     -1      0              
                                                                            
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 Tag         X                                                              
 Days        -------A                                                       
 Modifier    Add eventbase (+)                                              
 Start time  01:00                                                          
 Length      00:01                                                          
 Errorlevel  70                                                             
 Min.cost    0                                                              
 Max.cost    -1                                Behavior  
 Behavior                                     Allow users during event  No 
 Retry delay 0                                Forced                    Yes
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 Miscellaneous options                       Space-Toggle                   
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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.

   See Page 47-48 for more info.



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  #   T  Days      M  Start   Length  Lev   Min    Max    Delay             
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  0   @  -------A  *  00:00   00:01     0      0     -1      0              
  1   X  -------A  +  01:00   00:01    70      0     -1      0              
  2   A  -------A  +  03:00   01:00   255      0     -1      0              
  3   Z  -------A  +  04:00   01:00     0      0     -1      0              
                                                                            
 Edit 
 Tag         A                                                              
 Days        -------A                                                       
 Modifier    Add eventbase (+)                                              
 Start time  03:00                                                          
 Length      01:00                                                          
 Errorlevel  255                                                            
 Min.cost    0                                                              
 Max.cost    -1                                                             
 Behavior                                                                   
 Retry delay 0                                                              
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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 (FD) 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 FD.
This event is also linked with your ROUTE.FD in C:\FD, look for the the line
that says: Schedule A 1:278/1000  please replace the address with your own
HUB address. See Page 48-50 of FD.DOC for more info.
Now highlight Behavior and press enter key for next screen to see how this
event will behave, you do not need to adjust any settings.




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  #   T  Days      M  Start   Length  Lev   Min    Max    Delay             
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  0   @  -------A  *  00:00   00:01     0      0     -1      0              
  1   X  -------A  +  01:00   00:0 Behavior 
  2   A  -------A  +  03:00   01:0 Allow users during event            Yes 
  3   Z  -------A  +  04:00   01:0 Exit when mail is received          Yes 
                                   High priority (crash) mail only     No  
                                   Allow file requests                 Yes 
                                   Pickup file requests                Yes 
                                   Hold (don't send) file requests     No  
ͺ Hold (don't send) file attaches     No  
 Tag         A                     Attempt to pickup waiting mail      Yes 
 Days        -------A              Allow nodes to pickup waiting mail  Yes 
 Modifier    Add eventbase (+)     Prioritize outbound calls           No  
 Start time  03:00                 Delay before placing first call     No  
 Length      01:00                 Inbound only                        No  
 Errorlevel  255                   End event when no more mail to send No  
 Min.cost    0                     Send to CM systems only             No  
 Max.cost    -1                    Send to non-CM systems only         No  
 Behavior                          Send to systems once only           No  
 Retry delay 0                     Answer inbound calls                Yes 
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 Miscellaneous options            Space-Toggle                              
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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, FD 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.
See Page 48-50 of FD.DOC for more info.




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  #   T  Days      M  Start   Length  Lev   Min    Max    Delay             
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  0   @  -------A  *  00:00   00:01     0      0     -1      0              
  1   X  -------A  +  01:00   00:01    70      0     -1      0              
  2   A  -------A  +  03:00   01:00   255      0     -1      0              
  3   Z  -------A  +  04:00   01:00     0      0     -1      0              
                                                                            
 Edit 
 Tag         Z                                                              
 Days        -------A                                                       
 Modifier    Add eventbase (+)                                              
 Start time  04:00                                                          
 Length      01:00                                                          
 Errorlevel  0                                                              
 Min.cost    0                                                              
 Max.cost    -1                                                             
 Behavior                                                                   
 Retry delay 0                                                              
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 Event tag A..YZ - eXternal event, errorlevel is required                   
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When you highlight Event #1 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. Refer to Page 48-50 of FD.DOC.

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  Lev   Min    Max    Delay             
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  0   @  -------A  *  00:00   00:01     0      0     -1      0              
  1   X  -------A  +  01:00   00:0 Behavior 
  2   A  -------A  +  03:00   01:0 Allow users during event            No  
  3   Z  -------A  +  04:00   01:0 Exit when mail is received          Yes 
                                   High priority (crash) mail only     No  
                                   Allow file requests                 No  
                                   Pickup file requests                No  
                                   Hold (don't send) file requests     Yes 
ͺ Hold (don't send) file attaches     Yes 
 Tag         Z                     Attempt to pickup waiting mail      Yes 
 Days        -------A              Allow nodes to pickup waiting mail  Yes 
 Modifier    Add eventbase (+)     Prioritize outbound calls           No  
 Start time  04:00                 Delay before placing first call     No  
 Length      01:00                 Inbound only                        No  
 Errorlevel  0                     End event when no more mail to send No  
 Min.cost    0                     Send to CM systems only             No  
 Max.cost    -1                    Send to non-CM systems only         No  
 Behavior                          Send to systems once only           No  
 Retry delay 0                     Answer inbound calls                Yes 
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 Miscellaneous options            Space-Toggle                              
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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 (FD) 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.FD in your C:\FD directory. Look for the line
that says: Schedule Z *  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.  Please refer to page 48-50 of FD.DOC.


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



   Security manager 
     #   System               Password   FREQs Mail EMSI FTS-1 Zap  YooHoo  
  ĺ
     1   1:278/1000           PASSWORD    Yes   Yes  Yes  Yes  Yes  Yes     
                                                                            
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 F1-Inactive F2-FREQs  F3-Mail  F4-EMSI  Enter-Edit Ins-Add  TAB-Synchronize
 F5-FTS-1    F6-ZedZap F7-YooHoo         F10-Copy   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 throughout 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 Frontdoor setup.

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

 See Pg 27-28 of FD.DOC.



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

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

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

1: In C:\FD  you should have the following files:
   BANNER.TXT -> Edit to suit your system with a ascii text editor
   EVENT.TXT  -> Edit to suit your system with a ascii text editor
   ROUTE.FD   -> Edit with a ascii text editor and replace all the addresses.
   EDITNL.EXE -> Executable file to merge our weekly Nodediff with Nodelist.
   MAGIC.LST  -> File that list directories to your files areas.
   EXEBBS.BAT -> File that transfers Frontdoor to Wildcat! BBS
   FAILED.TXT -> File sent to other Mailer for failed file request (FREQ)
   CAT.BAT    -> Batch that will invoke FD and then pass callers to Wildcat!
   FE2WC.EXE  -> Baud and Error Correction translator for FD and Wildcat! v4.x

2: In C:\FD\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.

3: Now change to your Nodelist directory i.e. C:\FD\NODELIST to compile
   your Nodelist.
   While still in C:\FD\NODELIST type FDNC /F when this procedure is
   completed, Frontdoor should have successfully compiled your Nodelist.

4: 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.

5: After you receive your own actual Node Address from your area Network
   Co-Ordinator (NC), you must repeat step 3 to recompile your Nodelist.



Note: After the whole setup is completed, you can finally bring up your
      Frontdoor with the supplied CAT.BAT that should be in your Frontdoor
      directory, i.e. C:\FD, and if your Frontdoor comes up successfully,
      press F1 function key to logon locally and if everything went fine,
      your Wildmail should scan your sample message conference when you
      log off your board. Remember to load your Fossil driver before you
      attempt to bring up Frontdoor. Frontdoor will not run, load or operate
      without a fossil driver loaded. Enjoy your FidoNet trip.

           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.


                       God Bless. Praise be to Allah.

                            -------- end --------



