Here's some tips on setting up your League 969 connection for QWK.

If you need more help, or I forgot something please email me : 

Dave Speelman <PistolGrip>
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Email      :  sysop@wasteland.darktech.org
WWW        :  http://wasteland.darktech.org
BBS        :  telnet://wasteland.darktech.org
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Basically when you are polling for QWK InterBBS packets you will be calling my BBS
using either Telnet or FTP and you will be uploading a REP file and then downloading
a QWK file.

How you accomplish this on your end can be done in several ways.  Feel free to
experiment with this and find the best solution for you.

Refer to the included FTP9X.ZIP, ZOCQWK11.ZIP, and QWKFTP.ZIP for the different 
methods available for polling for QWK Network packets.

** If you wish to have me poll your QWK capable board email me and we can discuss
   how to accomplish this.
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METHOD (1) -  Automatic QWK packing (Synchronet and QWK Compatible BBS Software)
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This method is the easiest and uses your BBS software's QWK Networking Support to
do the QWK/REP Packing and Processing as well as force a network call.

These instructions are for Synchronet BBS Software and they may help with other QWK
capable software, but I have not tried with other packages.
For more info on Synchronet :  http://www.synchro.net

First you will need to login to my BBS and create a new QWK account with the QWKID
of your BBS.  **NOTE: QWKID's must be 8 characters or less and no spaces.  When
you apply on my BBS for this QWK account use your QWKID for the Username / Alias 
field.  Also, please send me feedback on the BBS so I can setup the account for 
QWK.

Then, open SCFG and go to Networks/QWK Networking/Network Hubs and Enter a New Hub
with the QWK-ID of "WASTELND" as follows.  You can ignore Networked Subs at this
time as there are no Messages anymore.

  Synchronet Configuration for DOS v2.30              Sat May 06 2000 04:16 am
________________________________________________________________________________
____+[_][?]-------------------------+_________________+[_][?]--------------+____
____            Networks           _________________  QWK Network Hubs  ____
____-------------------------------_________________--------------------____
____ QWK Packet Networks          _________________ WASTELND          ____
____+[_][?]----------------------------------------------------------------+____
____                       WASTELND Network Hub                           ____
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____ Hub System ID              WASTELND                                 ____
____ Pack Command Line          %!pkzip %f %s                            ____
____ Unpack Command Line        %!pkunzip -o %f %g %s                    ____
____ Call-out Command Line      c:\sbbs\qwkpoll.bat                      ____
____ Call-out Node              10                                       ____
____ Call-out Days              Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat              ____
____ Call-out Frequency         12 times a day                           ____
____ Networked Sub-boards...                                             ____
____+----------------------------------------------------------------------+____
___________________________________________________  QWK Packet Networks  ____
___________________________________________________-----------------------____
___________________________________________________ Network Hubs...      ____
___________________________________________________ Default Tagline      ____
___________________________________________________+-----------------------+____
________________________________________________________________________________
   F1 Help  ESC Exit

********* This Example uses Windows 9x Command Line FTP Client ************
***** Be sure to look at FTP9X.ZIP for instructions before using this *****


Next, you should create a IN and OUT directory for the QWK packing off your
SBBS\DATA\QNET directory:

C:\SBBS\DATA\QNET\WASTELND.IN
C:\SBBS\DATA\QNET\WASTELND.OUT

After this is setup you will need to configure your games to use the WASTELND.IN
directory as the Inbound Directory.

*** Setup your Game(s) Netmail and Inbound Paths using their Config program or file :

    Example : Netmail Directory : C:\FD\NETMAIL
              Inbound Directory : C:\SBBS\DATA\QNET\WASTELND.IN

**NOTE: When connecting these games via QWK the NETMAIL directory really becomes obsolete.
        However, many a games OUTBOUND processing still generates these messages and you
        must create directory to keep these files or your programs may choke.

After you've configured your games and polling method all you will need to do is setup
BBS Event(s) to run your InterBBS INBOUND and OUTBOUND Processing for your Games. 

You should execute this batch file 8-12 times a day either from a BBS Event or 
possibly even the windows task scheduler.

You should run this batch file around the same times you are polling for QWK.

Here's an example InterBBS Processing Batchfile :
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<----------------------- Example 969IBBS.BAT ----------------------->
@echo off
c:

rem <**** OUTBOUND InterLORD Processing ****>
cd \sbbs\xtrn\lord969\intrlord
maintain outbound

rem <**** Move InterLORD OUT Packets to QWK.OUT ****>
move outbound\*.* \sbbs\data\qnet\wastelnd.out

rem <**** OUTBOUND BRE Processing ****>
cd \sbbs\xtrn\bre969
bre outbound

rem <**** Move BRE OUTBOUND Packets to QWK.OUT ****>
move outbound\*.* \sbbs\data\qnet\wastelnd.out

rem <**** INBOUND InterLORD Processing ****>
cd \sbbs\xtrn\lord969\intrlord
maintain inbound
 
rem <**** INBOUND BRE Processing ****>
cd \sbbs\xtrn\bre969
bre inbound

rem <**** Clear INBOUND Directory ****>
cd \sbbs\data\qnet\wastelnd.in
del /y *.*

<----------------------- End Cut ----------------------->

It's pretty simple with Synchronet and probably not much harder with other QWK capable
BBS software.

Hopefully that should be all the help you need getting it setup on your end.

Please email if I forgot anything.

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END - METHOD (1) Automatic QWK packing (Synchronet and QWK Compatible BBS Software)
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METHOD (2) -  Manual QWK packing (Other BBS Software)
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This method is the most complicated and is for Sysops with Software that doesn't
support Automatic QWK Networking Packing and Polling.

First you will need to login to my BBS and create a new QWK account with the QWKID
of your BBS.  **NOTE: QWKID's must be 8 characters or less and no spaces.  When
you apply on my BBS for this QWK account use your QWKID for the Username / Alias 
field.  Also, please send me feedback on the BBS so I can setup the account for 
QWK.

Next, you should setup a IN and OUT directory for the QWK packing :

Example:  C:\SBBS\DATA\QNET\WASTELND.IN   or  C:\BBS\QWK\WASTELND.IN
          C:\SBBS\DATA\QNET\WASTELND.OUT      C:\BBS\QWK\WASTELND.OUT  

This will provide a place to place the packets before processing and polling.

*** Setup your Game(s) Netmail and Inbound Paths using their Config program or file :

    Example : Netmail Directory : C:\FD\NETMAIL                 or C:\BBS\QWK\NETMAIL
              Inbound Directory : C:\SBBS\DATA\QNET\WASTELND.IN or C:\BBS\QWK\WASTELND.IN

**NOTE: When connecting these games via QWK the NETMAIL directory really becomes obsolete.
        However, many a games OUTBOUND processing still generates these messages and you
        must create directory to keep these files or your programs may choke.

After this you need to figure out the method you are going to use to Poll for packets.

You can use either a FTP Client or a Telnet Client to login to my BBS and transfer the 
packets.  This can be done manually or automated in some way with Scripted Clients 
and/or BBS events.  See the included scripts in this ZIP and follow the instructions 
for setting them up.  You might need to change them a little to make them work with 
your setup.

Once you've established your method for polling then you will need to configure your 
games and QWK setup to transfer the packets.  How this is done will depend upon your 
setup, but in a nut shell what you will be doing is this.

1 )   Run your game(s) InterBBS OUTBOUND Processing

2 )   Copy your OUTBOUND packets to your WASTELND.OUT Directory

      ** Important : You will have to include a WASTELND.MSG file in every REP file.
                     If you don't have one the packet will not be imported. I've 
                     included a 'dummy' WASTELND.MSG.  You will also want to copy
                     this file into your WASTELND.OUT directory each time before
                     zipping your REP file.  
                     (Be sure to keep WASTELND.MSG in a safe place and copy over)

3 )   Use PKZIP to create a file named WASTELND.REP containing the contents
      of the WASTELND.OUT directory.  Use the 'Move/Update' option with PkZip 
      to remove the file(s) after being packed (ie. "pkzip.exe /Mu WASTELND.REP *.*")

4 )   Poll your Hub (Any Method)
        Upload OUTBOUND REP File
        Dwnload INBOUND QWK File

4 )   Copy/Place the WASTELND.QWK file in your WASTELND.IN directory.

5 )   Extract WASTELND.QWK with PKUNZIP

6 )   Run your game(s) InterBBS INBOUND Processing.

7 )   Delete any left over files in WASTELND.IN and optionally the Netmail         
      directory if you are not using FIDO Style Netmail on other networks.

Seems kind of complicated, but it's actually very easy.  Here's a sample batch file for
a couple games connected via QWK to League 969. 

This example is using the Win9x Command Line FTP Client in conjunction with a script 
(WASTELND.FTP) to automate the polling to the Hub.  Information on this script in found
in FTP9X.ZIP in this file.  Please refer to it first before trying to use this batch file.

You should execute this batch file 8-12 times a day either from a BBS Event
or poossibly even the windows task scheduler.

*** NOTE: Be sure to edit the paths for your BBS system 

<----------------------- Begin Cut ----------------------->  
@echo off
c:

rem <**** OUTBOUND InterLORD Processing ****>
cd \bbs\doors\lord969\intrlord
maintain outbound

rem <**** Move InterLORD OUT Packets to QWK.OUT ****>
move outbound\*.* \bbs\qwk\wastelnd.out

rem <**** OUTBOUND BRE Processing ****>
cd \bbs\doors\bre969
bre outbound

rem <**** Move BRE OUTBOUND Packets to QWK.OUT ****>
move outbound\*.* \bbs\qwk\wastelnd.out

rem <**** Copy WASTELND.MSG to the QWK.OUT Directory ****>
copy c:\bbs\qwk\wastelnd.msg c:\bbs\qwk\wastelnd.out

rem <**** Run PKZIP to pack the REP file for transfer ****>
cd \bbs\qwk\wastelnd.out
pkzip /mu wastelnd.rep *.*

rem <**** Execute Win9x FTP Client with Script to Poll Hub ****>
ftp -s:c:\bbs\qwk\wastelnd.ftp | find /v "Upload complete"

rem <**** Only DELETE the REP File if transfer is successful ****>
if not errorlevel 1 del c:\bbs\qwk\wastelnd.out\wastelnd.rep

rem <**** Run PKUNZIP to unpack the QWK file ****>
cd \bbs\qwk\wastelnd.in
pkunzip /o wastelnd.qwk

rem <**** INBOUND InterLORD Processing ****>
cd \bbs\doors\lord969\intrlord
maintain inbound
 
rem <**** INBOUND BRE Processing ****>
cd \bbs\doors\bre969
bre inbound

rem <**** Clear INBOUND Directory ****>
cd \bbs\qwk\wastelnd.in
del /y *.*

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This should give you the basic batch file for polling me with FTP for QWK Packets.

You should execute this batch file 8-12 times a day either from a BBS Event
or poossibly even the windows task scheduler.

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