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  8. Short Contents
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  10. Copying Conditions and Credits............................................ 1
  11. Introduction.............................................................. 3
  12. 1 The Fifteen Minute Guide to Fnordadel................................... 5
  13. 2 Sysop Theory........................................................... 14
  14. 3 User Command Reference................................................. 24
  15. 4 Aide and Co-Sysop Command Reference.................................... 62
  16. 5 The Sysop Command Reference............................................ 75
  17. 6 Modem Stuff............................................................ 86
  18. 7 Events................................................................. 93
  19. 8 Networking............................................................. 96
  20. 9 Doors................................................................. 126
  21. 10 Anti-Ruggie Measures................................................. 133
  22. 11 Shells vs.  the Desktop.............................................. 143
  23. 12 File Transfers....................................................... 147
  24. 13 Miscellaneous........................................................ 151
  25. Appendix A Fnordadel Support............................................ 170
  26. Appendix B History of the Citadel BBS Program........................... 173
  27. Index of ctdlcnfg.sys Variables......................................... 177
  28. Index of Programs and Their Options..................................... 180
  29. Index of Commands and Modifiers......................................... 181
  30. General Index........................................................... 184
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  38.  
  39. Table of Contents
  40.  
  41.  
  42. Copying Conditions and Credits............................................ 1
  43.        Copying Conditions................................................. 1
  44.        Credits............................................................ 1
  45.  
  46. Introduction.............................................................. 3
  47.        Notations Used in This Manual...................................... 4
  48.        A Warning.......................................................... 4
  49.  
  50. 1 The Fifteen Minute Guide to Fnordadel................................... 5
  51.        1.1 Initial Preparations........................................... 5
  52.               1.1.1 Disk layout........................................... 5
  53.               1.1.2 Other details......................................... 7
  54.        1.2 Configuration.................................................. 8
  55.               1.2.1 Editing ctdlcnfg.sys.................................. 8
  56.                      1.2.1.1 General parameters............................8
  57.                      1.2.1.2 Modem parameters..............................9
  58.                      1.2.1.3 Networking parameters.........................9
  59.               1.2.2 Running configur...................................... 9
  60.        1.3 Bringing Up The System........................................ 10
  61.               1.3.1 Logging in........................................... 10
  62.               1.3.2 Giving yourself power................................ 11
  63.        1.4 Backing Up.................................................... 12
  64.        1.5 Doing It Properly............................................. 13
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  66. 2 Sysop Theory........................................................... 14
  67.        2.1 Your Callers.................................................. 14
  68.        2.2 Rooms......................................................... 15
  69.        2.3 Floors........................................................ 17
  70.        2.4 Scrolling..................................................... 17
  71.        2.5 Modes of Operation............................................ 18
  72.               2.5.1 Modem mode........................................... 18
  73.               2.5.2 Console mode......................................... 18
  74.               2.5.3 Chat mode............................................ 19
  75.               2.5.4 Network mode......................................... 19
  76.        2.6 Configuring................................................... 19
  77.               2.6.1 The ctdlcnfg.sys file................................ 20
  78.               2.6.2 The configur program................................. 20
  79.               2.6.3 The ctdltabl.sys file................................ 20
  80.        2.7 Command Structure............................................. 21
  81.               2.7.1 Single-key commands.................................. 21
  82.               2.7.2 Multi-key/extended commands.......................... 22
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  84. 3 User Command Reference................................................. 24
  85.        3.1 Single-key User Commands...................................... 24
  86.               3.1.1 Room prompt commands................................. 24
  87.                      3.1.1.1 Entering and reading messages................25
  88.                      3.1.1.2 Navigating between rooms.....................27
  89.                      3.1.1.3 Other commands...............................29
  90.               3.1.2 Pseudo commands...................................... 32
  91.        3.2 Multi-key User Commands....................................... 32
  92.               3.2.1 Enter commands....................................... 35
  93.                      3.2.1.1 Entering messages............................35
  94.                      3.2.1.2 Entering files...............................36
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  100.                      3.2.1.3 Entering other information...................37
  101.               3.2.2 Read commands........................................ 38
  102.                      3.2.2.1 Reading messages.............................39
  103.                      3.2.2.2 Reading files................................43
  104.                      3.2.2.3 Reading other information....................47
  105.               3.2.3 Navigation commands.................................. 47
  106.               3.2.4 Other multi-key commands............................. 49
  107.        3.3 Multi-key User Floor Commands................................. 51
  108.        3.4 The Message Editor............................................ 52
  109.        3.5 User Configuration............................................ 56
  110.        3.6 More Mode..................................................... 59
  111.        3.7 Deleting Messages............................................. 60
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  113. 4 Aide and Co-Sysop Command Reference.................................... 62
  114.        4.1 Aides......................................................... 62
  115.               4.1.1 Granting Aide status................................. 62
  116.               4.1.2 The .A(ide) command.................................. 63
  117.               4.1.3 The ;A(ide) command.................................. 67
  118.               4.1.4 Aide message deletion and movement................... 68
  119.               4.1.5 .E(nter) R(oom)...................................... 70
  120.               4.1.6 Aide doors........................................... 70
  121.        4.2 Sysop Commands and Perks...................................... 70
  122.               4.2.1 Sysop room-editing commands.......................... 70
  123.               4.2.2 Message journalling.................................. 72
  124.               4.2.3 Promoting local messages to net messages............. 73
  125.               4.2.4 Sysop file transfers................................. 73
  126.               4.2.5 Sysop doors.......................................... 74
  127.               4.2.6 Sysop mail differences............................... 74
  128.               4.2.7 Aide and sysop room access........................... 74
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  130. 5 The Sysop Command Reference............................................ 75
  131.        5.1 The Sysop Special Functions Menu.............................. 75
  132.        5.2 User Status Commands.......................................... 80
  133.        5.3 Miscellaneous Features and Commands........................... 83
  134.               5.3.1 Special keys......................................... 83
  135.               5.3.2 Chat recording....................................... 84
  136.               5.3.3 Mail receipt flag.................................... 84
  137.               5.3.4 Sysop room access.................................... 84
  138.               5.3.5 Forgotten passwords.................................. 85
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  140. 6 Modem Stuff............................................................ 86
  141.        6.1 Basic Modem Requirements...................................... 86
  142.        6.2 Setting Up the Modem.......................................... 87
  143.               6.2.1 Baud rate............................................ 87
  144.               6.2.2 Initialisation....................................... 87
  145.               6.2.3 Baud-rate detection.................................. 88
  146.                      6.2.3.1 Searchbaud...................................89
  147.                      6.2.3.2 Result codes.................................89
  148.                      6.2.3.3 2400-baud operation..........................90
  149.                      6.2.3.4 Connect delay................................90
  150.               6.2.4 Dialing out.......................................... 90
  151.                      6.2.4.1 The dialing commands.........................90
  152.                      6.2.4.2 Long-distance dialing........................91
  153.                      6.2.4.3 Timing.......................................91
  154.                      6.2.4.4 A speed-up...................................91
  155.        6.3 High-Speed Modems............................................. 91
  156.        6.4 Common Modem Problems......................................... 92
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  162. 7 Events................................................................. 93
  163.        7.1 Events In General............................................. 93
  164.        7.2 Some Notes on Events.......................................... 94
  165.        7.3 Timeouts...................................................... 95
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  167. 8 Networking............................................................. 96
  168.        8.1 Networking Configuration...................................... 96
  169.               8.1.1 Required parameters.................................. 96
  170.               8.1.2 Optional parameters.................................. 98
  171.               8.1.3 Setting up for networking........................... 101
  172.                      8.1.3.1 Network events..............................101
  173.                      8.1.3.2 Polling.....................................102
  174.                      8.1.3.3 Summary of network events and polling.......103
  175.                      8.1.3.4 Special keys in network events..............103
  176.               8.1.4 Related parameters.................................. 104
  177.        8.2 The Net Menu................................................. 104
  178.        8.3 Editing Nodes................................................ 107
  179.        8.4 Roomsharing.................................................. 112
  180.               8.4.1 How to share a room................................. 112
  181.               8.4.2 Topography and backboning........................... 113
  182.               8.4.3 The loop-zapper..................................... 115
  183.               8.4.4 Shared room aliasing................................ 117
  184.               8.4.5 A few hopefully wise words.......................... 117
  185.        8.5 Mail Routing................................................. 118
  186.               8.5.1 Net addresses....................................... 118
  187.               8.5.2 Path aliasing....................................... 119
  188.               8.5.3 Hubbing............................................. 120
  189.               8.5.4 Domains............................................. 121
  190.        8.6 Networking with Citadel-86................................... 121
  191.        8.7 Interfacing to Other Networks................................ 123
  192.        8.8 Country Codes................................................ 123
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  194. 9 Doors................................................................. 126
  195.        9.1 Defining Doors............................................... 126
  196.               9.1.1 Format of ctdldoor.sys.............................. 126
  197.               9.1.2 Example door definitions............................ 128
  198.               9.1.3 Notes............................................... 128
  199.        9.2 The User Interface........................................... 129
  200.        9.3 Special Kinds of Doors....................................... 130
  201.               9.3.1 System doors........................................ 130
  202.               9.3.2 Archiver doors...................................... 130
  203.               9.3.3 Protocol doors...................................... 131
  204.               9.3.4 The shell door...................................... 131
  205.               9.3.5 Fnordadel as a door................................. 131
  206.        9.4 Notes and Caveats............................................ 131
  207.        9.5 Door Problems................................................ 132
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  209. 10 Anti-Ruggie Measures................................................. 133
  210.        10.1 Philosophy.................................................. 133
  211.        10.2 The Secret Weapons.......................................... 134
  212.               10.2.1 Paranoid mode...................................... 134
  213.               10.2.2 Messages per room per call......................... 134
  214.               10.2.3 Mail messages per call............................. 135
  215.               10.2.4 Maximum number of calls per day.................... 135
  216.               10.2.5 Maximum connect time per day....................... 135
  217.               10.2.6 Maximum number of close calls per day.............. 136
  218.               10.2.7 Daily download limit............................... 136
  219.               10.2.8 Twit status........................................ 136
  220.               10.2.9 Inheritance........................................ 137
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  226.               10.2.10 Message purging................................... 137
  227.               10.2.11 Login restrictions................................ 139
  228.               10.2.12 Purge and Westwict menus.......................... 139
  229.               10.2.13 Network security.................................. 140
  230.               10.2.14 Closed system..................................... 140
  231.        10.3 Other Hints and Notes....................................... 141
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  233. 11 Shells vs.  the Desktop.............................................. 143
  234.        11.1 Running from the Desktop.................................... 143
  235.        11.2 Running from a Shell........................................ 145
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  237. 12 File Transfers....................................................... 147
  238.        12.1 File Directories............................................ 147
  239.        12.2 Protocols................................................... 147
  240.        12.3 The File Browser............................................ 148
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  242. 13 Miscellaneous........................................................ 151
  243.        13.1 Things to Make Fnordadel Work or Work Better................ 151
  244.        13.2 Logging and Debugging....................................... 152
  245.               13.2.1 The call-log....................................... 152
  246.               13.2.2 The file-log....................................... 154
  247.               13.2.3 The net-log........................................ 154
  248.               13.2.4 Debugging.......................................... 154
  249.               13.2.5 Crashes............................................ 155
  250.        13.3 Help Files.................................................. 155
  251.               13.3.1 The hot-help system................................ 156
  252.               13.3.2 BLurB files........................................ 157
  253.               13.3.3 MeNU files......................................... 159
  254.        13.4 Curious Feeps............................................... 160
  255.               13.4.1 Uppercase elimination.............................. 160
  256.               13.4.2 <fnord>s........................................... 160
  257.               13.4.3 User timeouts...................................... 161
  258.               13.4.4 New user message viewing........................... 162
  259.               13.4.5 User configuration defaults........................ 162
  260.               13.4.6 Status line........................................ 162
  261.               13.4.7 Rotating banners................................... 163
  262.        13.5 File Locations.............................................. 163
  263.        13.6 Multitasking and Fnordadel.................................. 165
  264.        13.7 Fnordadel vs.  STadel....................................... 166
  265.        13.8 Compatibilities, Incompatibilities, and Fixes............... 168
  266.        13.9 Beta Releases of Fnordadel.................................. 168
  267.  
  268. Appendix A Fnordadel Support............................................ 170
  269.  
  270. Appendix B History of the Citadel BBS Program........................... 173
  271.  
  272. Index of ctdlcnfg.sys Variables......................................... 177
  273.  
  274. Index of Programs and Their Options..................................... 180
  275.  
  276. Index of Commands and Modifiers......................................... 181
  277.  
  278. General Index........................................................... 184
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