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- Graphic User Interface (GUI) utilities for Editing system
configuration, Users, and Files (MEBBScfg, MEBBSue, MEBBSfl).


MEBBSue (User Editor) feature highlights:
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Hotkey launch from BBS screen.
Find New users
Add new users
FAST searching. Point/click search ability on upto 2 fields at
once.
Ability to delete user(s) waiting mail file.
Full report generating capabilities w/definable path:filename.


MEBBScfg (System configuration) feature highlights:
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Hotkey launch from BBS screen.
Full report generating capabilities w/definable path:filename.
Changes made are updated immediately, not just upon exit.
Full point-n-click operation for adding file/message areas,
access levels, and all system paths.


MEBBSfl (File Area Maintenance) feature highlights:
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Hotkey launch from BBS screen.
Built-in Help. Ability to 'localize' language used for Help
functions.
ARexx port.
Adopt/OnDisk functions for adding/removing files.
Check/Change file extensions (great when using re-archivers)
Filenote files with short descriptions.
Kill/Move/Rename/Edit file functions.
Update file information (size, etc.)
Sort existing files in file catalog.
Fully configuable filelist generation via Point-n-click or
Arexx.
Includes all aspects of file catalog entries such as
uploader,default description, <Free Download>
All features are configurable to operate on either individual
file areas or on a global basis.
Full report generating capabilities w/definable path:filename.

o Support for alternate character sets.

o Full Internal ASCII string configurability. This includes not
only the text itself, but also the Menu Command letters.

o Sysop-definable font for bbs screen(s).

o Serial I/O has been rewritten from the ground up with an eye
on stability and speed.

o Support for 16,800, 19,200, 21,600 bps modems and ISDN lines.
o NEW Modem Compiler.
o NEW Menu Compiler.
o NEW ARexx port (with MORE features).
o NEW Nodelist Compiler (MEBBSnlp) is full-featured and FAST.
o CLI Door support.
o Emulator for running existing StarNet doors (games).
o NEW Line-oriented Message Editor

o Line Editor has the ability to upload a message from disk and
dump a message to disk (or printer).

o All file I/O code rewritten. (No more 'lost' files.)

o Internal File Indexing routines rewritten using linked-lists.
ReIndexing now is fast (system dependant) as well as easy on
the CPU.

o Support for alternate 'FrontEnds' rewritten for proper
operation.

o Internal FrontEnd now supports EMSI. EMSI is sysop
configurable (On/Off) and will properly fall-back to YooHoo
(then lotek) if it fails to get an EMSI connect. Support for 9
(nine) network addresses. Addresses now use a common
inbound/outbound area. No more multiple inbound/outbound
directories!

o NEW Tosser/Packer (MEBBStoss), is 5x faster than the previous
Tosser/Packer. MEBBStoss supports 4-D Addressing, FidoNet 2.2
packet headers, and Packet-level passwording. Exports conform
to Fidonet 2.0 message standards.

o MEBBStoss has the ability to generate a report on your mail
areas for debugging purposes when setting up FidoNet.

o Packet-level passwords are Sysop configuable for inbound
mail, outbound mail, or both.

o Mail packets are processed in chronological order. No more
reading replies before the original.

o Poll packet generation can be done on a z:n/n.p basis, or use
the Call_<line>.ctl file to generate multiple poll packets at
once.

o Tosser/Packer has the (Sysop definable) ability to
auto-create new echomail areas as they are received.  MEBBStoss
generates E-Mail to Sysop with full stats on the area(s)
created. MEBBStoss auto-updates the Areas.cfg file with the new
tagname(s) for reduced Sysop maintenance requirements. Path to
new message areas is configuable.

o EchoMail security features abound (even with nodes you
already connect to). Network connections and mail processing
now have security features which are several orders of
magnitude above that which existed previously.

o Netmail routing as Originator or Passthru.

o Point.CTL file removed. All point information is contained in
Areas.CFG and is listed in 4D format.

o PassThru.ctl removed. All Passthru information is contained
in Areas.CFG. PassThru areas do not need a message base (or any
other directory space) on your system other than the space the
outbound (passthru) mail packet(s) will occupy.

o Tagnames are no longer tied to a particular messagebase #. If
you move a messagebase from one area to another, Areas.CFG no
longer needs to be modified.

o MEBBStoss has a RESET commandline switch to auto-update all
high message counters automatically.

o .TIC files are deleted upon sucessful transmission. Reduced
maintenance for those who Hub in file networks is a result.

o Netmail/Fido File attaches now can use complete
Path:To/Filename in .FLO files for both convienience and space
savings.

o Event handling completely rewritten. The old problem of a
user getting shorted daily time because an upcoming event was
near is no longer a factor if the next event also allows
callers (MEBBSNet will execute the script(s) in the
background). 64,000 (sixtyfour thousand) scripts supported for
your convienience. Flags for start of event script, fidoin,
fidoout, and user logoff. Also configurable are file requests,
crashmail, mailonly, and nonetwork. If NoNetwork is selected,
the bbs will not display the 'Press Escape' prompt, and go
directly to the Welcome screen. This has been added for those
systems who do not belong to any network(s).

o NewUser Login has been rewritten for more logical operation.
The old problem of a newuser entering an existing handle no
longer dumps them back to the beginning.

o NodeList search function rewritten for proper operation.
Display has been reorganized to show Net address, system name,
and phone number.


o MEBBSbase now removes 'holes' (deleted file #'s) from the
filebases upon initialization (aka 'NOGAPS'). A CLI/Shell
utility is supplied (CleanCatalog) to automatically remove
duplicate filenames from your file areas. CleanCatalog
generates a batch file which (if executed) will also delete the
files themselves.

o General reorganization of the system for more logical
operation. For FidoNet(c) systems, Areas.cfg now handles 4-D
Addressing, Passthrus, and tagnames.

o All user-configurable text files (.ctl) now reside in the
MEBBSnet:Configfiles directory. A Sysop now need only look
there to find configurable textfiles. 3rd party developers are
encouraged to use this reorganizational change for their
utilities also. Binary configuration files are located in
MEBBSNet:S

o Log files now are more descriptive and consistant. This will
allow for 3rd party utilities for billing, and other things
that rely upon system logs for operation to operate easier and
with greater efficiency.

o Modem Dial-out functions have been completely rewritten.

o New miscellaneous CLI/Shell utilities include:
BBSStringParse
Compile ASCII strings within the executable into binary.

BBSStringDump
Take bbs stings (binary) file and dump to ASCII

CheckEvent
Returns information about current running event.

CleanCatalogs
Remove duplicate filenames from file catalogs. Generates script
file that can be edited and executed to remove duplicate
filenames themselves.

DinkyRobo
WB2.0 GUI message posting utility.

FrekIt
Generates list of file-requestable files. Supports 'magicnames'
include file, ability to remove file extensions from
requestable names, attach passwords.

KillEmpty
Kill any file listed by AmigaDOS as <Empty>

ProtocolConfig
WB2.0 XPR protocol configuration.

NLSearch
Find a node in the nodelist.

ReScanStrings
Edit BBS ASCII strings, recompile, then use this utility to
make MEBBSNet aware of the new changes.

TestMessage
View message headers.

TestPacket
View Fido packet headers.

TestRoute
View Fido routed netmail.

ShowModemDat
View compiled Modem_<line>.Dat file as MEBBSNet sees it.

o This is not to mention the dozens of little changes and
refinements to remove backwards logic in things that worked
before.

o Eight Support Site systems available 24 hours a day to
registered users. Four are located in the United States, 1 each
in Australia, Denmark, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. All are
available via FidoNet(c) and some are available via alternate
networks.

o Software Upgrade Fees, MEBBSNet v1.0:

Registered StarNet licensees: NO CHARGE

o Documentation Upgrade Fees, MEBBSNet v1.0: (Not set at this
time)

A completely new manual will be made available upon release.
Due to printing costs, it will be made available at our cost
(We are NOT in the manual selling business!). Cost has not been
determined at this time, and will be set after quotes have been
received from printers.

Roger Walker
Director, MEBBSNet BBS Product Development
MEBBS Engineering and Software


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[9.1.07] -   X E N O L I N K v1.90


BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE PRODUCT: XENOLINK 1.90
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Next Generation Professional Bulletin Board Software
Copyright (C) 1990-1994 Xenomiga Technology
Available: March, 1994

The principle upon which Xenolink has been designed:

"If a QuickSort in C is faster than a Bubble Sort in Assembly
Language, then let Xenolink be the QuickSort in Assembly
Language."

Xenolink's efficient new architecture is now faster and more
compact than ever.

The changes are obviously far too numerous to list, but a brief
synopsis of the areas affected is listed below:

- Attractive AmigaDOS Release 2 interface
- Vastly enhanced security features
- Improved door support
- Completely redesigned FidoNet support
- Decrease in the already low usage of memory and disk space
- Even faster operation than before

Xenolink 1.90 has been tested as never before, by countless
beta testers with setups ranging from Amiga 500's to 4000's,
68000's to 68040's, CD-ROMs, FAX-Modems, HST 16.8k modems,
Point hosts, Network hubs, multi-line systems - the list goes
on.


Overview
---------
- Designed and written for AmigaDOS Release 2 and above.
- Superlative reliability
- Very easy to use
- Attractive interface
- State of the art software design and system architecture
- Full multi-line capability
- Configurability to an almost sinful degree
- Foreign language support
- Highly efficient use of memory and disk space
- Optimised high speed performance
- Object Oriented library and door interface
- Full XPR (External Protocol) support
- Low CPU usage
- Supports all serial cards and all baud rates
- Uses Commodore's (GUI) Installer program for easy installation
- Mature software; large amount of third party Xenolink
software available.
- Large private support network linking together hundreds of
Xenolink owners with Xenomiga Technology.


Base Software Architecture
---------------------------
- Xenolink Resource Handler controls access to all Xenolink
resources.
- Avoids unnecessary disk activity if a resource (such as a
message. base or file area) is in use by more than one process.
- Crash protection; if a door crashes or hangs a Xenolink node,
system data files and log files are preserved, even on the node
that crashed.
- Automatic resource preloading enables Xenolink to
asynchronously open files before they are required, thus
reducing the bottleneck caused by disk activity.


MEMORY USAGE
-------------
- Dynamic memory and resource allocation
- Xenolink and its accompanying utilities are residentable
(extremely low memory usage for multiple nodes)
- Extensive use of xenolink.library shared library routines
- All executables are very compact (needless compiler overhead
  eliminated)


DISK SPACE USAGE
----------------
- Two files per message area, for unequalled speed and
compactness
- Three files per file area
- Compact user data files
- Real-time data compression used on compiled nodelist

- Xenolink's compact data files have numerous advantages:
o Very high s