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Note: 8B13
See the UPDATE.TXT file for additional changes, bug fixes, ect...
*AFTER* 3.42.Q16, I changed the version identification to make it simpler
and to eliminate some of the confusion as to what version Citadel 68K is
closer to(Citadel 86 version 3.42 was the original base, 3.48 updates were
applied).
Suggested install Instruction of this version of Citadel;
1) cit_messages.sys
This file contains the messages used by Citadel. about 90% of the
messages are in this file. You can customize the messages. The
file included has cit:helps as the location of several help files
so check to see that everything is correct for your system.
The messages with an "@" are references to files that must be on
your system(they should be included here or in the helps).
This file goes in the #MSGAREA directory. The file format is
included as comments in this file. All the extra files in the
archive named *.MSG also go in this area. On my BBS, the area
is called "CIT:GENERAL/", this directory contains these files.
This means you will find references to:
"@cit:general/filename"
You must customize your BBS message file or define CIT:GENERAL
and put the files there.
If you are updating from a previous version, there is a file
called MESSAGE.UPDATES that you need to look at to see the changes
that were made from the .Q02 version.
2) BADNAMES.SYS and BADPASSWORDS.SYS are files that are checked when a
user is creating their account. You may use the files included in
the archive or make your own. If you do not put these files in
the room area, Citadel will not check User names and Password
for validity except to make sure the password is at leas 5 chars
long and not a duplicate of someone elses. These work the same
way BADWORDS.SYS does. Also is the BADPEOPLE.SYS capability. This
file also goes in the ROOMAREA and is used to supress messages from
any particular user, in any particular room, or from any particular
system. There are three field, one line per entry. You do not need
this file, it is optional. It kills any message that matches the
room, name, and system specified. A "*" can be used for all. You
could for example supress all message from a particular user in a
room, from any system, if the user is TOM, the ROOM COMPUTER, you
could have:
TOM SMITH,COMPUTER,*
The fields are separated by commas. An entry of "*,*,*" is illegal
and will generate an error(after all why net at all if your going
to kill all message). If TOM SMITH is a real pain and you want to
suppress all messages in all rooms, change "COMPUTER" to "*" to get
an entry like:
TOM SMITH,*,*
This will only affect networked messages you recieve! Any messages
entered on your system will be accepted normally.
Note: This is pure censorship, it deletes the messages totally and
no other system `downstream' network wise will see the messages or
even have the option to see them, they are deleted from your system.
To supress them on only your system turned out to be too much of a
problem in the software, live with it... I do not recommend using it
although, a certain user that was a real pain from a local system
did have this invoked(a test, but he deserved it...) At one point,
some systems were fighting in a room, several people were involved
and you could have an entry like:
*,BBS LIST,BAD GUYS BBS
That would censor all their messages, no matter what the content.
I came very close to doing this at one point... This is an option,
use it only as a last resort... If the messages really are not a
problem, ignore them, don't censor them...
3) The VORTEX checking is on by default. If you do not wish it, you
must use the "-vortex" option on the command line. If you have the
"+vortex" it will have no effect.
4) +netlog and +netdebug are now more effective and if you do not
specify either one, Citadel will be very silent during a net session.
+netdebug messages will give alot more detail and if you want
+netdebug, you should also specify +netlog. Note: not specifying
at least +netlog will result in some messages appearing in debug.sys
by default. This will change in later versions.
In addition, +CID or +RESULTS on the command line will allow you
to record the text send from the modem during the baud rate recognition.
The +CID will record after the first RING is seen, the +RESULTS will
record all text lines. The idea of these options is to collect
caller id info(+CID) and for debuging all modem text(+RESULTS).
The information will go into the auditarea in debug.sys.
5) parameters for QWK parameters:
#QWKWORKAREA "<directory>"
Work directory for temporary files.
#QWKFILEAREA "<directory>"
Where all user data files are saved.
#QWKMAXROOM <number>
This parameter defines the maximum rooms that will be scanned for
messages for a single packet. If you set this to say 100 and have
200 rooms, then a user can only collect 100 rooms with messages at
a time. This sets the maximum, users can set a lower number if they
desired.
#QWKMAXPACKET 10000
This parameter defines the manimum number of messages that can be
collected at one time. The user can set a smaller limit if desired.
#QWKNAME "STRING"
This parameter defines the name of the QWK packet. In this example,
the downloaded packet would be called "STRING.QWK".
#QWKLOCATION "MEDFORD, NJ"
This parameter defines the location of the BBS(displayed by the
QWK reader).
6) parameter for biography
#BIOAREA "<directory>"
This specifies the directory you wish to use for the Biographies
that users enter. The default will be the home area so it is a
good idea to specify" #BIOAREA "bio" to get the current default.
7) Vortex checking. Citadel automatically checks for vortexed networked
messages. It will reject any message originating on your BBS(if it
returns in a net session), or any message it has already seen. There
were improvements in this checking and you will need to go into the
#NETAREA and delete all the *.vex and, v*.sys files. Citadel will
create a sub-directory called vortex and put all its files there.
there will be a slight increase in disk usage. To eliminate this
checking, specify -vortex on the command line.
There is a new structure for the vortex files, each room gets a
file in the #NETAREA vortex directory. Delete all the files in
this area to use this version.
8) There is extensive support for email networking. To make use
of this feature, you must grab the archive
Citadel_Email_Networking.lha
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specific questions about the use and rights to this software, contact me
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You may not include Citadel or Citadel related files in any collection
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