DLG & UUCP 1.16d This file will be an attempt to to use DLG and UUCP 1.16 to feed another site while running TrapDoor. While at first this might seem rather complicated it will turn out to be not to bad, if you have already setup up UUCP on your system and have read the first text file that was sent out. The first thing that will need to be done is to set up a "Client" account on your system for the person that you want to feed. This should be done the same way as you would manually enter any new user in the Sysop User Editor "A" for add, the only differences will be the user name should only be one name and the UUCP Client Flag will need to be set. Once this is done that pretty much is all that needs to be done from within DLG the rest is done the the UUCP package. There are only a couple of config files that need to be changed here and they can be found in UULIB: the first one is the SYS file this is the file that decides which NEWSGROUPS will be sent from you to your downstream site. SYS --- van-bc:* friend:*,-alt.sys.amiga.demos This file basically works like the DLGMail.are file in FidoNet in that it tells the software which NEWSGROUPS to send to who. The first entry is my primary feed in which all NEWSGROUPS are sent to and from much the same as a HUB, and this is denoted from the wild card "*" means send all new News that was posted on my system back to van-bc and to friend, except the alt.sys.amiga.demos NEWSGROUP as my friend is not interested in this Group, and then understanding that you can see that all NEWSGROUPS that are sent to my system will be be sent to friend as well except the alt.sys.amiga.demos group. (For more information on this read fileUUCP:man/sys.) The sys file on "friend" site will have to set up his site except with the single entry of your site name and the wild cards "*" meaning that every thing that he writes gets exported back to your site. eg . amsbbs:* thats it, unless he is feeding somebody else. L.sys ----- van-bc Any SER: 19200 ATDT2441061 ogin: amsbbs word: secret.password\r friend Any SER: 19200 5970730 BBS. !! => A500 => test\r This is the config file that your system uses to do the Login, these entries are CASE sensitive and there are no white spaces allowed. Both your system and the system that you will be feeding will need similar entries in this file. In your L.sys file you will at least to entries one will be for your feed and the other will be for your downstream feed. The top line is for my feed and is basically the same as the bottom one, except the bottom one answers a few more prompts and is the one that gets you through Trapdoor. The bottom line is the line that your downstream feed should have set up as well as yourself is you to are getting feed off a DLG/TrapDoor site. This is an example of the downstream L.sys entry. friend Any SER: 19200 5970730 BBS. !! => A500 => test\r ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 1. your site name 2. time of day to make calls 3. not used 4. baud rate 5. your phone number 6. this is the first prompt that the system expects and waits for and its what Trapdoor sends "Please press escape twice to enter BBS." ^^^^ 7. this is what his system sends yours !! in the Trapdoor.cfg file you can set the alternate character to launch the BBS, mine is the !. So you just set this to whatever character you have set. 8. this is the "Please enter your FIRST & LAST name =>" prompt. ^^ 9. this is the user name that you set up in the beginning as a Client account which is sent in response to the enter name prompt. 10. this is the Please enter your Password => prompt. ^^ 11. this is the password that was also set up in the Client account with the \r is simply a CR As before and always read you provided documentation in the UUCP:man/ directory for more detailed information. You will also have to make sure that any of the NEWSGROUPS that you plan on carrying and/or feeding downstream are in listed in your UULIB:newsgroups file. The above information should help you connecting to your feed if they are using DLG/Trapdoor and also help you out in setting yourself as a feed for someone downstream.