Subj : FidoGazette Vol 13 no 02 Page: 2
To   : All
From : Janis Kracht
Date : Thu Jan 10 2019 01:10:50

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    *  This file contains additional information not contained in   *
    *  the user documentation.  Please review it carefully.         *
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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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