bbsfaq03.005

关于黑客的论坛的下载资料

  Also, when following up to an article who has the "Followup-To"
  header specifying several newsgroups, only the first one is used
  for the followup.
- Fixed a bug that caused the info regarding the last newsgroup
  visited to be lost when an user was choosing the 'Top Level' listing
  from the Message Menu and then aborting with the 'Q' option.
- The message base navigation system has changed slightly. Now the
  user is automatically asked for subgroups (if any) without having to
  see the message section menu and to choose the <D>own command once
  for each group in the path.
- The file list command in the file section now shows even files
  without a description entry (those files without the mirror file in
  the description directory)
- The file list command now displays long file descriptions correcty,
  pausing after the selected number of screen lines.
- New "Messages Of The Day" function that allows you to create a file
  similar to the Unix /etc/motd, useful for telling user news about
  the system.
- The 'WelcomePathname' token in Config.bbs has been changed to
  'WelcomeExtProgram' for the sake of clearness.
- A new token 'LogoffExtProgram' has been introduced to allow a sysop-
  defined program to be run *after* an user has been disconnected
  from the BBS. Its main use is to run some dtr-dropping
  program if for some reason your serial port driver doesn't drop DTR
  when the process dies (i.e. HUPCL doesn't work properly).
- Fixed a bug that caused an error to be reported when a
  'Who's on line' command was issued while another user was logging in.
- If colors were enabled, the message editors used to appear colored
  when posting or replying in the email section. Now their color will
  default to white.
- The sender information in the email section is now correctly
  displayed even if the name or address is longer than the reserved
  screen size.
- The low-level I/O routines have been optimized
- Fixed a bug that made some newsgroups hierarchies not specified
  in the msgroot file visible inside UnixBBS.
- New "Message Dump" function allows users to pack and compress unread
  messages in the preferred groups and to download them using the
  available transfer protocols. This new option is available from the
  Main Menu and should be specified in the mapkey file as
  'Main:<key>:MsgDump'.


Contacing the author of UnixBBS:
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Riccardo Pizzi @ the Nervous XTC Public Access Unix System,
Rimini, ITALY E-Mail -> [e-mail]
Nervous XTC, the home of the UnixBBS package
Data: [phone] HST/PEP/V32

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[8.2.09] - VU BBS

From: [e-mail] (DyfetT)
Newsgroups: alt.bbs
Subject: Announce: VU BBS Beta-2 for Linux Released
Date: 5 May 1995 16:44:13 -0400
Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364)
Lines: 59
Sender: [e-mail]
Message-ID: <3oe2mt$[e-mail]>
Reply-To: [e-mail] (DyfetT)
NNTP-Posting-Host: newsbf02.mail.aol.com

The VU BBS Beta-2 update for Linux has been released.  This
update has replacements and bug fixes for all VU BBS files as
well as enhancements and new functionality.  Some of the new
features includes:

* Flash support for pop-up messages between online users
* Direct telnet support
* Customizable personal terminal definitions
* Multiple colorsets support
* Automatic log file trimming and event processing
* Generic usage tracking of login time usage per day

As always, VU BBS features a consistent and easy to use object
oriented color windowing user interface accessible from most
terminals, powerful point and view tools for user
administration, visual file and email browsers, a friendly
generic menu shell environment, and very friendly new user
registration.  A visual news reader and dos door support under
dosemu will be available separately.  VU BBS provides the tools
you need, whether used separately or together, to integrate,
manage, and deploy anything from a personal BBS system to an
online internet services platform.

Beta-2 represents the last free beta for VU BBS.  We have
already begun development of a shareware and commercial version
of VU BBS under Linux and other UNIX variants which will expand
upon our base VU BBS platform and offer many new and exciting
features including more VU based internet services. For
commercial customers, we will be the first BBS to offer direct
PBX integration through our new VU BBS Telephony Services!  VU
BBS Beta-2 will remain available as a free introductory system,
and a fully functional shareware version of VU BBS will always
remain available  as an affordable option for the  home
hobbyist.

VU BBS resources include mailing lists hosted through
[e-mail].  These include: vubbs-sysop,
vubbs-announce, and vubbs-dev.

Existing VU BBS beta sites can look for updatevu-b2.tar.gz AND
updatevu-fix2.tar.gz at sunsite.unc.edu very shortly under
/pub/Linux/systems/BBS/vubbs, at various VU BBS beta sites, or
from Marvin BBS, 1 703 492 9301 / 9101.  Both files are needed.
Newly interested VU BBS users can expect a full vubbs-b2 and
vuapi-b2 to be released shortly afterward, along with a first
cut of the VU news reader and MS-DOS doors support module.


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8.3 - COMMERCIAL UNIX BBS SOFTWARE
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[8.3.01] - TEAMate

TEAMate Unix Bulletin Board, [phone]
Demo/Support for TEAMate BBS Software for Unix
Bob Baskerville/MMB Development Corp., Manhattan Beach, CA

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[8.3.02] - Tera BBS v2.1

Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Tera BBS v2.1 Released
From: [e-mail] (Mike C.)
Date: 7 Sep 1994 13:13:37 GMT
Message-ID: <34kea1$[e-mail]>

Dynamis Software Announces the availability of Tera BBS
v2.1/UNIX

Staten Island, NY, September 7th, 1994 - Dynamis Software today
announced that it was ready to begin selling Tera BBS
v2.1/UNIX, the successor to the multi-national Tera BBS
v2.0/UNIX. Since August 1993, Tera BBS has been leading the
pack with features including RIPscrip and ANSI support.

"From the smallest UNIX box to the most powerful, Tera BBS will
bring you into the future with it's expandibility," noted
Dynamis Software President and CEO, Brian Cummings. The heart
of the expandibility is Dynamis Software's programming language
that has been in use for over two years, and has spanned
multiple platforms with ports to other operating systems, like
Windows, in the planning stages. "We have been in the
telecommunications industry for many years as either callers,
SysOps, or developers, and we think we understand what each set
wants. We believe Tera BBS is that product," commented
Cummings. Through TPL, SysOps can modify the BBS source code in
a simple BASIC-like language. Current SysOps of Tera BBS
v2.0/UNIX comment that Tera BBS is a "BBS engine."

"We have noticed that UNIX SysOps want to have the same
features as DOS BBS programs, and Tera BBS fulfills the
majority of these requests," noted Cummings. The package
includes alot of utilities for the SysOp that range from
checking user's disk space usage to checking the size of their
E-Mail file, notifying them and/or the SysOp of people who go
over the limit.

Other features that set Tera BBS apart from the rest of the
UNIX based BBS programs are its programming language that
allows for the modification of *EVERY* aspect of the BBS, and
new modules to be easily written, complete graphical FTP,
E-Mail, Gopher, NetNews (Usenet) and File Manager using the
popular RIPscrip protocol. Also included are a database query
program that can interpret human sentences, local/remote file
bases, online user editting for the modification of user's
attributes while they are online, multi-user teleconference
with action words, and even a node monitor that allows for the
SysOp to watch in real-time what users are doing with the
ability to log any user off in a keystroke.

Tera BBS v2.1/UNIX has binaries for Linux and SunOS, with ports
to other unices when there is a need for it, and resources can
accompany the request.

Tera BBS's FTP module doubles as a file base system. Using it,
you can set up transfer limits on a single directory, either
local or remote, a complete system, or standard defaults. These
limits include bytes, time or files. It will automatically try
to grab either two types of file descriptions that are
compatible with the FILES.BBS format popular on most CD-ROMs.

The Tera News Reader allows for the manipulation of any number
of newsgroups, local or remote. It uses existing Mail Delivery
Agents (MDAs) to deliver mail, but handles NNTP on its own. It
also has it's own derivative of NNTP that will only read in the
bases a user has subscribed to. This is ideal for SysOps with a
slow link to their provider.

Tera's File Manager provides a point and click interface to the
local file system. Using the 0-9 keys, users can define shell
commands that get run on the current file with variables to
handle parameters that might change each run time. Also
included is the ability to associate extensions with commands.
For instance, a user might associate *.txt files with a command
like vi @FILENAME@, which would load the current file into the
vi editor.

Tera BBS v2.1/UNIX is available now for a suggested retail
price of $395, which includes free technical support. There are
plans for a monthly newsletter that will be run by Dynamis
Software that handles monthly Q&A, third party advertisements,
and other types of Tera BBS related items.

Dynamis Software has been producing telecommunications products
for the past seven years. Tera BBS has been being developed for
over four years, and for over a year under UNIX. Dynamis
Software can be reached by voice at [phone], or by E-Mail
at [e-mail]. Those wishing to try out Tera BBS can
send E-Mail to [e-mail] for the place to telnet into.

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8.4.01 - What hardware do I need to start a dial-up BBS to run
on a UNIX box?


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                 CHAPTER 9 - BBSing WITH AMIGA
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9.1 AMIGA COMMERCIAL BBS SOFTWARE
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[9.1.01] - AmiExpress

[9.1.02] - BBX

[9.1.03] - CNet Amiga

NOTE: Any info for the BBS titles above would be appreciated.
Please send e-mail to; [e-mail]

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[9.1.04] - DLG Pro. v1.0 (Dialog Professional)


FEATURES
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* up to 65000 users
* 255 different user levels
* 9999 different message areas
* 9999 different file areas
* number of BBS lines is limited only by serial port
availability
* all text strings and ANSI colors are completely definable by
the sysop
* string sets are available in several languages
* each user can choose what language he wants to use for their
session
* custom international character mapping is supported
* 7/8 bit character transparency is configurable

Not all of DLG is built big, though. DLG was also designed to
work on even modest Amiga setups. Here are the facts:

* DLG's modular, disk based operating system design allows for
low memory usage
* DLG uses from 40-150K per active BBS line depending on setup
and usage
* low CPU usage for excellent performance on multiple lines
* works with as little as 512K of system memory
* works on Amiga 500, 1000, 2000, 2500, and 3000 under AmigaDOS
1.3 & 2.0
* works with even modest Hard Drive setups.


USER PREFERENCES
-----------------
Each DLG user can set a number of preferences for his on-line
session:

* help level (novice / intermediate / expert)
* screen length and width settings to match his terminal
software
* optional MORE prompt for paced system output
* ANSI colour, smart ANSI screen positioning, screen clears, and
  partial screen scrolling are all definable independently
* optional hot keys for fast single letter command input
* preference settings for personal upload/download protocols
* choice of message editors
* automatic command sequence (command stack) to be executed at
  login
* alias name (handle)
* create and edit personal signatures (4 types) to be
  automatically appended to messages and file descriptions
* create lists of message and file areas to search
* custom menu sets with different BBS languages attached to them
* custom character maps

CONFERENCES
--------------
In addition, there are a number of DLG features that users find
helpful:

* online user manual and help text files for individual commands
* full user list and search capabilities
* list of important events since last call - list is kept for
  each user while he is off-line
* list of waiting public mail is kept for the user and marked for
  easy retrieval at login
* ability to see who is on other BBS lines and what they are
  doing
* ability to send online messages to users on other lines
* smart menus that show only those commands the user can actually
  use, moment to moment
* fully customizable smart menu displays that allow the SysOp to
  be creative with his menus
* quote of the moment module
* today in history module
* quick and easy searching for new messages and files

MESSAGING
==========
Here are some features of DLG's full online public/private mail
system:

* powerful, full-screen free-form ANSI based message editor
* free-form paragraph oriented message editor with query search
and replace and the ability to back up over lines using a
standard terminal program
* use of an external Amiga message editor/word processor is
allowed from a local session
* support for third-party online editors
* up to 9999 separate message areas
* users can automatically scan the areas they choose for new
messages
* messages can be packed up and archived in the background
while the user does other things online, or the user can start
the mail packing and pick it up on a future call to the system
* users can edit their own custom message and file signatures
* message header scan with message TTagging' is supported to
quickly scan for messages in large message areas
* a smart message thread reading mode can be enabled to
automatically follow conversations as you read
* continuous read mode with optional ANSI/more-prompt disable
* ability to continuous read all areas at once
* active readers of an area can be listed
* individual privileges can be assigned to each user in each
area separately, or automatically assigned based on user level
* users are informed of all types of mail received
* users can kill their own messages depending on access
* maximum number of messages allowed in each area can be set