Subj : Re: a few questions
To   : Ned Brickley
From : Tracker1
Date : Sun Jun 12 2005 02:34 am

Ned Brickley wrote:
> Good day all, I've got a few questions and hopefully they won't show
> me up to be a common user. ;)

You're a sysop.. ;)

> Anyway, First telnet programs. I prefer to use SecureCRT, Version
> 4.0.6 (build 430)  and I have run into a couple of small snags. First
> when I try using chat it only shows one letter at a time. I know there
> is a setting in there somewhere I am missing.

Sorry, not familiar with this program, would suggest syncterm for bbs telnet.

> Second question, In order to get new postings from DOVE, do I need to
> have FTP running? The reason I ask is this is a test system and I
> don't like to have FTP running when I don't need to. normally I have
> it blocked at my firewall. I have turned off anonymous logins of
> course.

No, you FTP out *to* vert, you don't get inbound traffic.. as far as FTP goes, 
users will have the same access to files they would have via telnet.. the 
transfers tend to go better than via telnet though.

> Third question, where do I find the html pages for editing the default
> web site? I'm running on Windows 2000.

default x:\sbbs\web\html they are *.ssjs

> Fourth question, backups and restores. Do I have to shut the server
> down to back it up, and if I restore it, (such as rebuilding a system
> or moving to a new system), is there anything special I need to do or
> will just restoring everything and possibly reinstalling the server
> application be all I need to do?

Because sbbs uses record level locking, it is probably best to shut down when 
backing up.. the core folders you should backup are ctrl and data... any mods 
you make should be in your mods folder.. doors are generally in the xtrn 
folder...  I have an event that does an xcopy each night.. and will shut down 
the bbs once in a while to run it to another folder without the bbs running.

If you backup while running the most likely files to be out of sync are the 
mail data files, since they are the most accessed (depending on activity).

YMMV, IANAL, VWP, QL, SRMA, BNI

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