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ViaMAIL!
- Everything in ViaMAIL! is based upon a network, so when defining
nodelists, echolists, filelists and so on, they must be done so
for their respective network. The same thing applies when
defining either a uplink or a downlink, they MUST be a member
of a network before they will have access to its echo or file
areas.
- During configuration, pressing Alt-O (hold the Alt key down
followed by pressing the letter O) pops up the menu allowing
you to navigate to the appropriate option.
- As part of address validation, ViaMAIL! requires that all
addresses be defined in one of the nodelist files or as an
address override. So when entering an address, if the value
can not be validated, you will not be able to use it.
- During the installation process, a default address of 1:104/57
was defined under System Address(es). You MUST change this to
reflect your actual address. As mentioned above, if your
address is not in the nodelist, you have two choices. Either
replace the current nodelist with an updated version and
recompile or add your address as an override - see Config |
Nodelist Overrides.
Following are additional places your new address MUST be
changed:
1) Network Management | FIDONET
Echomail Options
-> Uplink request msg | From:
-> Origin addr on add:
TIC File Options
-> Uplink request msg | From:
2) General Events | DEFAULT
Behaviors
-> Alias address:
- During installation, a default uplink address of 1:311/1 was
defined under Node Management. This MUST be changed to
reflect your current uplinks address. Again, keeping in mind
the addressing requirements. Following are additional places
your uplink address MUST be changed:
1) Network Management | FIDONET
Echomail Options
-> Uplink request msg | To:
TIC File Options
-> Uplink request msg | To:
- After installation, you may start up ViaMAIL! by simply
changing to the directory you installed it into followed by
entering
VM
at the DOS prompt. If no Wildcat! environment variables were
defined, ViaMAIL! will start up in local mode (no modem used)
allowing you to become more familiar with the program and
implement the above changes. In addition to the documentation
found in the \DOCS directory, pressing F1 pops up context
sensitive help which comes in handy when you're not sure how a
specific setting should be defined.
Before running ViaMAIL! to start accepting calls, you MUST
execute it using one of the LINEx.BAT files (where x = NodeID)
in order for ViaMAIL! to pass human callers to BBS and back
again. Normally you should avoid manually editing these files
from DOS, instead use the:
Setup | Line Batch Files
option from the menu via Alt-O. This option automatically
creates these files saving you a great deal of time and effort
while at the same time defining the appropriate path
information for you. When editing the batch file, be sure to
include the follow environment variables:
set WCMDM=USR28800
set WCPORTID=1
set WCIRQID=4
set WCBASEID=$3F8
immediately after the 'set WCNODEID=' at the top of the batch
file. Of course you would use values that would match your
COM port and modem definition.
ViaADDR!
- This is a special door type program that gets invoked any time
the user on the BBS attempts to enter a Netmail message.
During installation, the FIDOENTR.BAT batch file in the
Wildcat! batch directory was updated to execute VA.EXE using
the appropriate command line parameters. These parameters
also include the use of the following environment variables:
%wcnodeid% - Node ID in Wildcat!
%wcmdm% - Modem definition file
If you use these values (see above), make sure they accurately
reflect the appropriate values otherwise carrier may be lost
during execution of ViaADDR!.
Support
- Thank you for trying out the program. If you need support, I
can be contacted using the following information. Please use
email as your first line of request as it guarantees I'll be
at my PC and will be better able to assist you.
Joe Martin
jmartin@viasft.com
303-809-6445 (cell)
303-953-0568 (bbs)


FIDOGAZETTE Vol 13 No 02 Page 2 January 9th, 2019


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