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is available now through Waffle C News (on halcyon).

Also, if you read two groups, and a message is crossposted to
both groups, the builtin newsreaders will show it to you twice.

There are several third-party solutions - see the section on
Aftermarket add-ons.

6. Why do my local postings not make it to USENET ?

Check your /waffle/system/feeds file.  Is there an entry for
your feed there, saying to send all newsgroups there?  If you
have a /batch= flag in that feeds entry, did you forget to run
the `batch' command to take the list of articles to go out,
assemble them, compress them, and queue them up for
transmission.

You should call `batch' from your poll.bat or from cron via the
schedule file.

a simple `feeds' file for a leaf that connects to othersite is:

    othersite /batch=compress *

7. Can I edit the newsgroups line when making a post ?

Not directly, but you can `followup groupA groupB' and get
the same functionality.  Same goes for mailing a reply to
somebody and also kicking your reply to somebody else.

also, check some of the third-party readers.

8. Can I effectively read and followup to saved news messages ?

Not really at this time.  If you're at the console, you could use
`readmail' to read them reasonably efficiently, though you
couldn't respond via mail or followup.  (this may change with
the new, reply-capable version of readmail).

There are also a myriad of relatively ugly workarounds available
in 1.65 making creative use of makebox.exe, perl, etc. to make the 
saved messages into a mail folder.

Being able to have saved news articles as a mail `folder' and
use the mail program to read/follow/reply to saved news has
been suggested to Tom for a future release.

9. In `rn', how can I mail an article to somebody other than the author?

Hit `:m username'

Same idea for saving a message to a specified filename. In that
case you want to hit `:s filename'.

Think of it like hitting `:' to get to command mode in vi.  

Be careful, though, if you're at a `More' prompt - at the `More'
prompt, a `:' just gets you to the `What next?' prompt, so you
have to hit two colons.

10. I get `write/text: No such file or directory, D:\NEWS/monitor/1'
    when posting a message.

You must create the monitor newsgroup manually.  monitor and
local newsgroups are the only ones that must be created manually;
rnews will create directories for groups in your FORUMS file
as needed.

this is _not_ a `/' vs. `\' problem.

people who write third-party newsreaders:  please have your
package create the directory, and save grief all around.  thanks.

11. My users want to use their QWK offline reader to read their netnews.
    Does Waffle support this?

(make sure they don't try to reply using QWK packets, since
without a lot of playing around and lying to software, it just
won't work incredibly well, if at all.)

There is a .QWK door for Waffle, called WafLineMail, which was
written for 1.64 .  It will sort-of work with 1.65 if you use
the `explode' utility to unpack your 1.65 mailbox; it works as
well as it ever did with news in 1.65 still.  Unfortunately,
WafLineMail 1.0 is the sort of program that works perfectly on
some machines and doesn't work at all on others and nobody can
ever figure out why.

There is a beta of WafLineMail 2.0 floating around, which knows
about 1.65's mailbox format, and may or may not be more reliable.

WafLineMail 1.0r is available as `wafm10.zip', and the beta that
I saw was on ftp.halcyon.com:/pub/waffle/wlmb5.zip .

As far as I know, development work on WafLineMail has been dropped.

===begin FAQ caption
   From: [e-mail] (Kristopher Nelson)
   Newsgroups: comp.bbs.waffle
   Date: 17 May 1994 03:17:16 GMT

First off, yes, development has stopped (as per Waffle FAQ) for the time
being [...]

Second, source is available to both the 1.0 edition and the (buggy and 
pretty much useless) 2.0 version. I'm not sure where else it's available, 
but you can email me and request it ([e-mail]).

I haphazardly monitor this group, but I am always available to answer 
questions about WaflineMail via email.
===end FAQ caption

If you want your messages to not have their headers stripped to fit
inside the old QWK format, look in the group alt.usenet.offline-reader
to see what software there is available.  both solar and zipnews
are available as packers for waffle sites, and a handful of
packages for various machines handle reading/writing their formats.
solar uses the SOUP (formerly HDPF/HPF/SLNP) format, while zipnews
has its own, slightly different, format.

for contact information and software ftp locations, please see the
comp.os.msdos.mail-news and alt.usenet.offline-reader FAQs.


12. Can I get FidoNet echoes on my Waffle BBS?

There is one package, Amanda, written by David Douthitt
([e-mail]) to process Fidonet news packets
for MSDOS Waffle v1.65.  Amanda is on simtel.

There is another package, Erin, written also by David Douthitt,
which will handle Fidonet mail packets for MSDOS Waffle v1.65.
However, this package is not yet released.  Information on Erin
will be released through the amanda-l mailing list as it
becomes available, and will be available there first.

Both Amanda and Erin require MSDOS Waffle v1.65 (complete), and
a Fidonet mailer such as FrontDoor or BinkleyTerm.



13. What hosts should I put in my `backbone:' static file entry?

The sites currently maintaining these lists are given in the
following list.  Pick the one that is `closest' to your site
and use it in your `backbone' format string:

    ames.arc.nasa.gov       beaver.cs.washington.edu  cis.ohio-state.edu
    decuac.dec.com          decwrl.dec.com            eddie.mit.edu
    kddlab.kddlabs.co.jp    linus.b.mitre.org         math.waterloo.edu
    mcnc.org                ncar.ucar.edu             rutgers.edu
    tektronix.tek.com       ucbvax.berkeley.edu       ucsd.edu
    uflorida.cis.ufl.edu    uunet.uu.net              wrdis01.af.mil


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Subject: waffle: Administering a usenet site
From: [e-mail]

1. What books should I buy ?

There are several that no USENET admin with a book fetish should
be without.

From O' Reilly and Associates:

        Administering UUCP and USENET
        - widely recommended, Unix-based, might be helpful

        A Directory of Electronic Mail Addressing and Networks
        - possibly interesting if you're doing weird mail
          things, but not a uucp-specific book by any means

        From `The Waite Group'
        Unix Communications
        - obviously, Unix-based.  can't find my copy right now.

2. What other stuff should I read ?

Read USENET news, particularly some or all of the following
groups:
        comp.bbs.waffle
        comp.mail.uucp
        news.admin.misc
        news.answers
        news.newusers.questions

There is a FAQ posted to news.admin.misc, news.announce.newusers,
and news.answers called `How to become a USENET site', which
includes lots of useful information about finding your initial
connection.


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Subject: waffle: Communications
From: [e-mail]

1. What settings do I use for my Telebit modem ?

That's far too complicated a question to answer here.
In general, turn compression off, and turn uucp `spoofing' on.

This can all be done on the fly by sending register settings as
part of your send-expect sequence when you call out, or you can
do so as part of your modem initialization string in static.

Some Telebit modems don't save the register settings.  You might
have to set the registers in both the init string and in the
calling sequence.

Also, grab a FOSSIL driver to control the port if you are
running a 9600 baud modem or above.  BNU and X00 seem to be the
most popularly used fossils according to the folks in c.b.w.
Don't forget to set the driver to `fossil' in the static file.

Remember: there is a `trailblazer-faq' posted to news.answers

2. What's the best throughput I can expect ?

Throughput is a function of a variety of things, including
(but not limited to):
        - the speed and load of both systems
        - the speed of both modems
        - line noise on the phone line
        - the size of the batches being transferred
        - whether or not you are using a FOSSIL driver
        - which UUCICO engine you use

With a 2400 baud modem, you should get anywhere between 200 and
220 cps unless you're transferring very small batches.

V.32 (9600 bps) should get anywhere between 700 and 1020 cps.  

With a Telebit Trailblazer Plus, you should expect something on
the order of 800 to 1400+ characters/second to a similar modem.

Watch your \waffle\admin\net file for details regarding your
average characters per second.  A drop off from what's `normal'
could indicate hardware problems or line problems.

To summarize your DOS net file easily, grab a copy of `netsum' from
the Waffle directory on one of the archive sites..

It can generate a variety of reports that can answer things like
`based on 11 cents/minute, how much DID I spend to uunet so far ?'

3. What are the special characters recognized by the chat script ?

See \waffle\docs\network.doc or `Managing UUCP and USENET'
for details.

4. How can I stop my connection from timing out while switching speeds ?

Use uu.time in static to set a default delay or use the -t
parameter in your uucico command to override the default.
See network.doc for more details.

Also, make sure your modem will wait for a carrier at least as
long as the uu.time you specify.  If your modem uses the AT
command set this is probably the S7 register setting.

Lastly, if you talk to a Telebit modem and you have a
non-Telebit modem (that talks just fine to anything else), you
might want to ask your feed to put PEP tones last.  Initial PEP
tones can confuse non-Telebit modems quite a bit.

5. What does this error mean?

See \waffle\docs\network.doc, `Managing UUCP and USENET', or
Ian Taylor's UUCP Internals FAQ, posted to news.answers, for
details.

6. I have a high speed modem.  After saying [Connect 14400], Waffle complains
   [14400 unsupported]!  Why can't Waffle handle high speed connections?

Just bump the speed to 19200, a `standard' serial speed.

You have locked your FOSSIL, without telling Waffle about it.
This is a no-no.  Put `locked: xxxx' in your static file, and
Waffle will shut up about `unsupported'.  It actually doesn't
matter what speed you use in the locked: parameter, if you have
locked using the FOSSIL.

7. Waffle keeps saying `[ Echo should't be on - waaah! ]' when initializing
   the modem.

This message is basically harmless and can be safely ignored.

For Waffle to not complain about this, echo must be in a
consistent state - either always on, or always off.  If you
want it to be always off, put E0 in your default profile.  If
you want it to be always on, put E1 in your default profile,
and E1 (MUST be uppercase, `e1' won't cut it) in your init:
static file entry.

Note that if you occasionally get the error message, then
you're probably starting up Waffle after having echo on (in
your terminal program, for example), and not resetting your
modem.


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Subject: waffle: Aftermarket add-ons
From: [e-mail]

1. What add-on products are available for Waffle ?

Lots...and I mean lots.

When in doubt poke around the Waffle directory on SimTel or a
mirror site for the list of stuff that's purely Waffle related.

Also, keep your eyes open in the Waffle newsgroup for information
related to utilities that might not have been uploaded to Simtel.

ftp.halcyon.com, on the Internet, has a huge anonymous ftp
section, in /pub/waffle, which was (but is no longer) mirrored
by remote.halcyon.com for anonymous UUCP.  There is an anonymous
UUCP list posted frequently to c.b.w -- see later.

Also, grep for `waffle' in the comp.os.msdos.mail-news FAQ.

Lastly, look in \waffle\docs\third.doc in 1.65

2. I don't like Waffle's user interface.  Is there another program that
    I can use to access news?

Current ftp locations and author addresses, as well as a
complete list of known packages, should be obtained from the
comp.os.msdos.mail-news FAQ.

There are about 20 waffle-compatible newsreaders listed there.

Any of the MS-DOS readers should be easy to hook into Waffle
1.65's Chrome hook - in RUN.BAT, instead of running CHROME,
run the reader that you like.  Under 1.64, if you don't find
yourself using `p' to poll often, you could put it there.

3. I don't like Waffle's user interface.  Is there another program
   that I can use to access the files section?

Harrison Page, one of the few people who knows Tom Dell personally
and posts trivia updates to c.b.w, has written a replacement files
section called `unfiles'.  mail at [e-mail]

4. Duplicate message killers

checkdup - by [e-mail] (Russell Schulz)
Must be run in each newsgroup directory seperately -- good if
you're only getting a few groups duplicated.  limits of 4000
articles/group, and 80 chars in a Message-ID: header.  you must
use a unix-like find (such as `stuff') to handle many groups.

nscu11 - by [e-mail] (Christopher Horn)
Runs through whole directory tree, good if you get lots of
dupes.  Also resequences articles, so that your users don't get
to see weird article number jumps.  NSCU compares CRC's and not
full Message-ID's, so should be faster than the others.

dupweed - by [e-mail] (Kevin Houle)
Provides approximately the same functionality as nscu, but
compares full Message-ID strings.  Limited to 750 articles per
newsgroup, and 40 subdirectories per directory.


5. alternate UUCICO transfer engines

fxuucico - by [e-mail] (and probably *@uufx.net...)
since no waffle version of uucico (including 1.65) can prevent
a determined person on the other end from reading files you
didn't allow them to, and this one does, it seems worth the