Installation
Installation
Windows
NT Services
Unix
Daemon
Getting Started
How to Get Help
About this Manual
Configuration
System Configuration
Configuration Wizard (Windows only)
SCFG
Message Options
System Options
Toggle Options
New User Values
Advanced Options
Loadable Modules
System Security Level Values
Expired Account Values
Quick Validation Values
Adding Nodes
Node Configuration
Node Toggle Options
Node Advanced Options
Configuration Files
Filter Files
Creating User Accounts Locally
Creating a Sysop Account
Creating a Guest Account
Sysop Commands (Remote / Local)
Sysop Commands
Definition of a Sysop
Multiple Sysops
Local Only Sysop Commands
Remote/Local Sysop Commands
User Management
Editing Users Locally
GUI User Editor (Windows)
uedit
Online User Editor
Online User Editor Commands
User Security Fields Explained
Security
ARS Security
Introduction to ARS
ARS Keywords and Symbols
ARS General Usage Examples
Nesting ARS Logic
ARS Nested Logic Examples
Message Bases
Message Base
Electronic Mail
Adding Message Bases
Creating Message Groups
Main Options
Creating Message Sub-Boards
Main Options
Toggle Options
Network Options
Advanced Options
Importing Messages from Your Previous BBS Software
Posting
Remote QWK Functions
Networking
Networking Message Bases
QWK Networking
Network Hubs
Networked Sub-Boards
Setting up a QWK Node
Setting up a QWK Hub
Transferring Files via QWK Network
FidoNet Networking
Step-by-Step Setup
Sending FidoNet NetMail
Internet Networking
Internet Mail Server
SMTP
POP3
File Section
File Transfer Section
Setting up the File Section Options
Main Options
Viewable File Types
Testable File Types
Download Events
Extractable File Types
Compressible File Types
Transfer Protocols
Adding File Libraries
Main Options
Adding File Directories
Main Options
Toggle Options
Advanced Options
Adding Files to File Sections
Creating an Offline Files Directory
Creating a Sysop Directory
Creating a User to User Directory
Creating a Default Upload Directory
Supporting Blind Batch Uploads
CD-ROM and other Slow Media Devices
Using Alternate File Paths
Chat Section
Chat Section Configuration
Artificial Chat Gurus
Multinode Chat Actions
Multinode Chat Channels
External Sysop Chat Pagers
Internet Relay Chat
External Programs
External Programs
Fixed Events
Timed Events
Native (32-bit) Program List
External Editors
Adding Online Programs
Supported BBS Drop File Types
Callback Verifiers
Installing a New External Program
Configuring a New External Program
External Program Setup Examples
Legend of the Red Dragon (LORD)
Usurper
Trade Wars 2002
Barren Realms Elite
Internet Gateways (Telnet, RLogin, etc.)
Troubleshooting External Programs
Text File Section
General Text Files
Main Options
Adding Text Files to a Section
Telnet/Rlogin Server
Services
JavaScript services
Native Services
Defaults Services
Finger Service
NNTP Service
Gopher Service
IRC Service
Synchronet Utility Reference
CHKSMB (Checks Message Base for Validity)
FIXSMB (Fixes Message Base and Mail Indexes)
SMBUTIL (Synchronet Message Base Utility)
SMBACTIV (Checks for Active Message Bases)
ADDFILES (Importing ASCII File Lists)
FILELIST (Creating ASCII File Lists)
DUPEFIND (Finds Duplicate Files in Synchronet)
DELFILES (Deletes Files from File Base)
MLABELS (Mailing Labels Creation Util)
QWKNODES (Create QWKnet Users/Route/Node Lists)
ALLUSERS (Command Line Bulk User Editor)
NODE (Node Display/Control Utility)
SLOG (Node/System Statistics Viewer)
DSTSEDIT (Node/System Statistics Editor)
TOTALS (Credit Gain/Loss Util for Games)
ANS2ASC (ANSI to Ctrl-A Conversion Utility)
ASC2ANS (Ctrl-A to ANSI Conversion Utility)
Customizing your System
Menus and Other Text Files
Text Colors
Node Action Text
Trash Can Files
Message Variables
Message Color Codes
SIF Questionnaire File Format
GURU.DAT (Guru Brain) Modifications
Appendix Information
Appendix A : Command Line Specifier Reference
Appendix B : Synchronet (SBBS/SCFG) Command Line Options
Appendix C : Synchronet Environment Variables
Appendix D : Wait for Call Status Display (v2 Only)
Appendix E : Node Status Display
Appendix F : Log File Line Type Specifiers
Appendix G : File Formats (Technical Specs for Developers)
Definitions of Commonly Used Terms
Glossary
Copyright © 2000 by Rob Swindell
Synchronet BBS Software (Synchronet)
Version 3 is comprised of several documentation,
library, executable, and source code
files, all of which are covered by the
GNU General Public License with the exception of the following portions
covered by
the GNU Lesser General Public License:
SMBLIB and XSDK.
Synchronet Version 2 (for DOS and OS/2) and its source code was released to the
Public Domain by Digital Dynamics
in 1997 and remains Public Domain software today.
Synchronet Version 3 is not Public Domain software.
Rob Swindell
PO Box 501
Yorba Linda, CA 92885
http://www.synchro.net
For the complete Copyright Information please read the Copyright Documentation .