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- This is a checkoff list for proper installation and operation of Silver
- Xpress. Print this documentation and go through each item.
-
- ┌──┐ Make sure utilities such as PKZIP, ARJ, LHA are available
- └──┘ in a directory defined in the PATH statement.
-
- To see if this is set up correctly, make a temporary directory
- called JUNK, off the Xpress directory. Switch to this directory
- and attempt to run PKZIP, PKUNZIP, ARJ, LHA or any other utility.
- If DOS says "Bad Commmand or File Name", the utilities are not
- on the PATH.
-
- Check the XPARCH.CTL file and make sure the definitions are
- correct for your system.
-
- Please note that we define two options for PKZIP, new and old
- compression. The old definition assumes you have a copy of the old
- pkzip available. In XPARCH.CTL, we named it OPKZIP.EXE Please review
- this.
-
- ┌──┐ Make sure the XPRESS.BAT (XPRESS for PCBOARD) is correct for your
- └──┘ setup. Make sure it is switching directories and/or drives
- correctly.
-
- ┌──┐ Make sure the BBS will call the XPRESS.BAT (XPRESS for PCBOARD)
- └──┘ correctly. Do this by calling Xpress via the BBS.
-
- ┌──┐ Do you want users to request file downloads with Silver Xpress?
- └──┘
- Check the SETUP/MISC options. Set the file request amount to
- zero, if you want to turn this off. If you want to set it on a
- per user basis, edit the user flags.
-
- The same is true with file uploads.
-
- ┌──┐ If you are not part of Fidonet, skip this. As a FIDO sysop,
- └──┘ you may be offering netmail to your users. Check the Netmail
- information section and make sure the netmail attributes are
- set to what you want.
-
- ┌──┐ File Scanner: Make sure you only allow the scanned areas to
- └──┘ be secured by you. In other words, look at the file areas
- picked up by Xpress, and make sure the high security areas are
- not scanned by simulating a user login and usage of Xpress (Log
- in as a user).
-
- ┌──┐ Check the XPPROT.CTL. This file now defaults to using the internal
- └──┘ file transfer protocols in Silver Xpress. If you have some reason
- why you prefer to use an external protocol, modify this file.
- Note: The old XMT, a home grown program with XYZ modem capabilities,
- is now obsolete.
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