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11.0) BBS Software Supporting UUCP |
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This article is from the AmigaUUCP
FAQ, by Marc SCHAEFER,
Most BBS software support FIDONET, most do not support UUCP directly. That means that often they need to import news and mail, thus using precious diskspace. Moreover they often do not translate news format correctly, or have problems with mails. If the BBS does only support FIDONET, a special package called UNETGATE (or something similar) can be used to translate news & mail into FIDONET echomail & netmail. Or when it is possible to run external programs ('Doors'), one can use Tin for reading news.
1. DLG
State: COMMERCIAL
Contact: *no idea*
UUCP: News and mail are being imported to DLG internal mail and news format, which is more a FIDONET derivate. This means that users have to see ugly newsheaders, and some of the features of the newssystem are lost. After an import, it's a good idea to do a trimnews -all to remove dupes. News are expired not on a time basis but rather on an amount per area basis. However when posting an article, the underlying UUCP system is used to post directly mail & news.
Doors: There is a special version of TIN (dlgtin.lha) usable as a 'door'
2. AXsh 1.3
State: Shareware, with a full-working demo version available on Aminet and nic.funet.fi. Registration is US$30
Contact: Pasi 'Albert' Ojala <albert@cs.tut.fi>
UUCP: AXsh is infact "simply" a shell. Custom scripts and commands may be installed by the operator. The standard version includes a readnews program which reads UUCP and CNews news directly. So you need UUCP or CNEWS as the transport layer for mail and news if you don't talk with another AXsh BBS (if yes, transport is assured by zmodem and lha). It uses a special AUX handler which passes signals (C-D-E-F) and allows XPR filetransfers. An interesting utility is the FFE program which allows to browse through directories and select the file(s) you want to download. AXSH can be used with any serial device driver or unit number, and shared mode is available, along with handshake settings, speed an carrier detection. Examples and tested settings are included.
Doors: Almost full CLI/Shell support.
3. 4D-BBS V2.x+
State: Shareware, with a full-working demo version available on Aminet and many BBS/Commercial services. Registration is US $49.95 with educational and competetive upgrades available.
Contact: Dale E. Reed Jr. <daler@crnstn.spk.wa.us>
UUCP: 4D-BBS directly reads and writes native news message store formats, so no importing/exporting is needed. It presents this is the SAME format as mail and other network messages offering the user the same frontend, no matter which network the message is from/to. The AmigaUUCP package is needed in order to support news/mail over UUCP. 4D-BBS uses sendmail and postnews to actually write the messages out to the network, allowing a seamlesses integration. News is setup on either a time expire or on an amount limit configurable by the SysOp.
Doors: In the works in a full featured news and mail reading door, along with a qwk packer/reader which allows both mail and news to be read and replied to off-line.
4. Perfect Link
State: Commercial
Contact: aberney@alphanet.ch
UUCP: Amiga-UUCP 1.16 and up
Doors: Direct access, REXX scripts and P-Link doors. You cannot, however, launch tin or elm. The system comes with Arexx scripts for mail & news.
5. CNET
State: Commercial, US$175 for latest version (5.0) [ Refer to WWW server for latest information ]
Contact: ZenMetal Software; zen@resurrection.com (Sales & Promotion) rakey@netrover.com (Technical support) http://www.cnetbbs.net/
UUCP: Cnet comes with import and export uunews/uumail programs. Countrary to other BBS doing importation, it is only done on a header basis (the original file is still referenced). AmigaUUCP is required as the UUCP transport (and processing) layer. Incorporates a QWK sub-system.
Doors: Tin and usual AmigaUUCP shell utilities. The sysop can also use AmigaUUCP CLI software from the BBS. See also http://ftp.uni-paderborn.de/aminet/dirs/comm_cnet.html http://www.cnetbbs.net/cnet/index.html
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