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The Blue Wave Mail Door/Maximus
Version 3.01
Common Questions and Answers
This text file is simply meant to answer questions that I frequently
receive, and may save you some time and expense of having them answered
through Netmail. The Blue Wave Mail Door is a very complex program, but
is designed to be as easy to use and understandable as possible. For
full details on the door's operation, you should carefully read
BWMAIL.DOC, enclosed with the distribution archive.
Q: NONE of my message areas are showing up in The Blue Wave Mail Door.
Why not?
A: There could be several reasons why message areas are not showing up
as selectable in The Blue Wave Mail Door. One of the things to make
sure of is that the person who is online actually has access to get
to the message area(s). The Blue Wave Mail Door understands
Maximus's Privelege and Lock/Key system. Be sure that this is not
the problem.
But, probably the biggest reason for this is the lack of a 'MsgName
<AreaTag>' line for each message area in Max's MSGAREA.CTL. The
Blue Wave Mail Door for Maximus works mainly with AreaTags, and not
with Area "Numbers". Here is a sample .CTL entry for Maximus's
message area control file for the BLUEWAVE International Echo:
Area 200
MsgAccess Limited
MsgName BLUEWAVE <== This is probably missing
MsgInfo International Blue Wave Support Echo
Type Squish
EchoMail D:\Msgs\Bluewave
Renum Max 300
Renum Days 20
End Area
After adding the 'MsgName <AreaTag>' token in MSGAREA.CTL, be sure
to reSILT your control files, and try running the door again. The
message area will show up if the access level allows it to.
Q: SOME of my message areas are not available through The Blue Wave
Mail Door. Why?
A: In most cases, it would probably help to read the answer to question
#1. Even NETMAIL and LOCAL message bases *must* have a 'MsgName
<AreaTag>' token defined before the door will recognize them. Here
is a sample MSGAREA.CTL control file entry for a local message base:
Area 1
MsgAccess Twit
MsgName LOCAL_CHATTER
MsgInfo The Wild! Blue Chatter Box
Type Squish
Local D:\Msgs\Local
Renum Days 30
End Area
If you are positive that the message area(s) in question have a
'MsgName <AreaTag>' token line in MSGAREA.CTL, and that you have
reSILTed your Maximus setup, it may be because there is a BARRICADE
defined for the area(s).
The Blue Wave Mail Door completely ignores BARRICADED message areas,
unless a message area override is defined for that area. Please
read the documentation file BWMAIL.DOC in the section regarding
"Message Area Override Editor" for more detailed information on
defining a message area override.
**** Max's "Extended" Barricades are fully supported. The barricade
described above is the type that requires the user to enter a
password before entering the area.
Q: I'm thoroughly confused on the difference between FORCED message
areas through the Override editor and FORCED message areas through
the User File editor. What's the difference?
A: Quick Description of Message Area Override FORCED Areas (I will
call them Globally forced areas from now on):
1) Globally forced areas cannot be turned off by the user.
2) A user MUST have the security needed to read the area before
it will become forced upon that user.
3) Globally forced areas affect every user that enters the door.
Description of UserFile FORCED Areas:
1) Individually forced areas cannot be turned off by the user.
2) If an area is FORCED on a particular user, that area will
be active WHETHER OR NOT THE USER ACTUALLY HAS READ ACCESS TO
THE MESSAGE AREA.
3) Individually forced areas affect only the user that you
activate message areas for. Others are not affected.
Q: The user online has TTY graphics enabled. Why am I getting color
on the local console? Are they getting ANSI color too?
A: No, the door will always display color on the local screen (unless
the -N[ocolor] command line switch is used). The remote user will
not get the ANSI and/or AVATAR sequences unless they are enabled.
Q: I want to use The Blue Wave Offline Reader to read packets on my
local machine. What is the best or easiest way to download a mail
packet through the door?
A: Reading mail through the reader is especially handy if you are
running DESQview. You can use the reader (which is DESQview aware)
to read your mail packets in one window (or on another machine)
while the BBS stays online in another window.
There is an entire section of the documentation devoted to this
topic. Please read the section titled "LOCAL MAIL DOOR USAGE" in
BWMAIL.DOC.