Source: SPITFIRE.DOCEdition: searchable Web reading editionPresentation: historical wording retained
19.0 - SPITFIRE NET-MAIL CAPABILITIES
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SPITFIRE supports net-mail in three basic formats. In the first
format, SPITFIRE is used in conjunction with a front-end type program
where net-mail messages are imported and made available to callers.
Secondly, SPITFIRE supports Postlink style net-mail which, when used in
conjunction with a Universal Text Interface (UTI) program will directly
import net-mail into SPITFIRE's message base. In addition, Buffalo
Creek Software's program, SHILOH, is a QWK based net-mail message
system designed exclusively for use on SPITFIRE Bulletin Board Systems.
19.1 - EXCHANGING MAIL WITH A FRONT END PROGRAM
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Using SPITFIRE with a front-end program requires the use of such
programs as BinkleyTerm or FrontDoor for sending and receiving
net-mail messages. Sysops who run their copy of SPITFIRE with a
front-end type program will have to boot SPITFIRE using the baud rate
of the caller as a command line parameter. For example:
SPITFIRE 2400
NOTE: The SF.BAT file included with the SPITFIRE package
should be used even with a front-end program. Using the
SF.BAT file, the front-end program should boot SPITFIRE
in this manner - SF 2400. Then within the SF.BAT file the
SPITFIRE command would have to be followed by a %1.
(For example - SPITFIRE %1)
When SPITFIRE is booted in the above manner, SPITFIRE assumes
there is a caller and begins the process of logging the caller on.
When the caller logs off, then SPITFIRE does not recycle to the
"SPITFIRE ready for use..." prompt but rather terminates so control
can be returned to the front-end program.
It should be noted that if SPITFIRE is used with a front-end
program, the scheduled events feature within SPITFIRE becomes basically
inoperative since events are run while SPITFIRE is at the "SPITFIRE
ready for use..." prompt. However, when used in this environment,
SPITFIRE does check when the caller logs off to see if an event is
scheduled to run.
19.2 - EXCHANGING MAIL USING A UTI DRIVER
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Certain features within SPITFIRE allow it to be compatible with
specific net-mail drivers.
Each Message Conference available on the BBS must be configured as
to whether it will support net-mail. (Refer to CONFIGURING MESSAGE
CONFERENCE RECORDS of this manual for more detailed information.)
When a caller enters a message in a Message Conference configured to
allow net-mail, the caller will be prompted as to whether they wish to
send the message via net-mail. If the caller responds with a Y for
Yes, the caller can send a message to someone who is not a caller on
the BBS. Furthermore, the message is marked as a net-mail message,
which allows net-mail utilities, such as the BCSUTI, to go through
and extract the net-mail messages for processing and exchanging
with other BBS systems. The BCSUTI serves as a conversion driver
between SPITFIRE and the Postlink net-mail software and allows
messages transferred between other BBS systems to be imported directly
into SPITFIRE's existing message base. (Sysops should refer to the
Postlink and BCSUTI documentation for complete instructions regarding
setting up a SPITFIRE BBS for exchanging mail with these programs.)
19.3 - EXCHANGING MAIL USING QWK PACKETS
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Buffalo Creek's Software program, SHILOH, allows SPITFIRE BBS
systems to exchange QWK mail packets with other SPITFIRE boards.
SHILOH determines what messages should be extracted by whether the
Message Conference are configured as net-mail conferences, whether
the Message Conferences are included in the caller's message queue and
by the last read message pointers for the caller in each net-mail
conference in his/her queue. Each Message Conference must have the
Net ID Name configured (Refer to CONFIGURING MESSAGE CONFERENCE RECORDS
of this manual for more detailed information) according to the Net ID
Name assigned by the mail system the BBS is participating in. When
importing messages, SHILOH matches the Net ID Name with those in the
QWK packet to be imported and those messages are imported directly into
SPITFIRE's message base. (For additional information regarding
SHILOH, please refer to SHILOH.DOC.)