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This section of the Mystic BBS Configuration System allows you to add/remove Echomail nodes and configure how they are set up. | This section of the Mystic BBS Configuration System allows you to add/remove Echomail nodes and configure how they are set up. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===== EchoMail Node Settings ===== | ||
From the opening screen you can see EchoMail Node that have already been created. | From the opening screen you can see EchoMail Node that have already been created. | ||
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- | | + | ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── |
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- | Press / for command list | + | |
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+ | |||
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+ | | ||
+ | ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── | ||
+ | Press / for command list | ||
+ | | ||
The / key reveals a command list menu. | The / key reveals a command list menu. | ||
- | | + | I Insert |
- | C Copy | + | |
- | D Delete | + | |
- | E Exports | + | |
+ | F FileBone Exports | ||
+ | R Reset Stats | ||
+ | 1 Send AreaFix | ||
+ | 2 Send FileFix | ||
+ | 3 Netmail SysOp | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | This menu allows you to add or remove EchoMail Nodes from the system. | ||
+ | |||
+ | You can copy an existing EchoMail Node and paste (or move) the copied nodes to elsewhere on the list. | ||
+ | |||
+ | The ' | ||
+ | |||
+ | The ' | ||
+ | |||
+ | The 'Reset Stats' option lets you reset the Echomail Node stats that Mystic tracks when traffic is sent to / received from the node. | ||
+ | |||
+ | The next three options allow you to quickly and easily contact an EchoMail node to communicate with the SysOp or to add/remove message and file bases or anything else the Area/ | ||
+ | |||
+ | * 'Send Areafix' | ||
+ | * 'Send Filefix' | ||
+ | * ' | ||
- | This menu allows | + | If you want these options |
Pressing the Enter key on an existing EchoMail Node (or a new EchoMail node) reveals the following screen. | Pressing the Enter key on an existing EchoMail Node (or a new EchoMail node) reveals the following screen. | ||
- | In this example an EchoMail Node has been set up for the fsxNet HUB (21:1/100) to send/ | + | In this example an EchoMail Node has been set up for the fsxNet HUB (21:1/100) to send/ |
+ | ==== Page 1 of 6 - General ==== | ||
- | Description │ fsxNet HUB Zone │ 21 | + | ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ Node ID 1 (21: |
- | | + | |
- | Archive Type │ ZIP Node │ 100 | + | Description |
- | | + | SysOp Name │ Paul Hayton |
- | | + | Address |
- | PKT Password | + | Domain |
- | Session | + | Session Type │ BinkP 6:Dir Toss |
- | | + | Archive |
- | Max PKT Size │ 512 | + | Export Type │ Crash |
- | Max ARC Size │ 2048 | + | Route Info |
- | Use FileBox | + | |
- | | + | Max PKT Size |
- | TIC Password | + | Max ARC Size |
+ | | ||
+ | Filebox Dir | ||
+ | Crash Limiter | ||
+ | │ Page 1 of 6 | ||
+ | | ||
- | There are a number options you can set here. | + | There are a number options you can set on page 1. |
- | == Description == | + | === Active === |
+ | |||
+ | A simple yes/now setting - unless you set this to ' | ||
+ | |||
+ | === Description | ||
Define the name of the system you are connecting with. | Define the name of the system you are connecting with. | ||
- | == Active | + | === SysOp Name === |
- | A simple yes/now setting - unless you set this to ' | + | Define the name of the system operator running |
- | == Archive Type == | + | === Address === |
+ | |||
+ | Set the Network Zone, Net, Node and Point (not often used) of this EchoMail Node. e.g. 21:1/100 | ||
+ | |||
+ | === Domain === | ||
+ | |||
+ | Set the Domain Name of Network. It's best to keep it lowercase and check you spell it correctly. e.g. fsxnet | ||
+ | |||
+ | === Session Type === | ||
+ | |||
+ | There are three options to choose from: | ||
+ | |||
+ | * Binkp - Fidpoll will send/ | ||
+ | * FTP - MIS POLL will send/ | ||
+ | * Directory - MIS POLL will send bundles to/from locally configured inbound and outbound directories instead of using BINKP or FTP. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Depending on the option you choose here, pages 4, 5, or 6 of the configuration settings will need to be configured also. | ||
+ | |||
+ | === Archive Type === | ||
Leave this blank if you wish to send raw uncompressed message packets (.PKT) files. Otherwise define the compression archive type you would like Mystic to use when creating bundles of message packets in your outbound directory. The common archive type to use is ZIP but you can define others here if you wish. | Leave this blank if you wish to send raw uncompressed message packets (.PKT) files. Otherwise define the compression archive type you would like Mystic to use when creating bundles of message packets in your outbound directory. The common archive type to use is ZIP but you can define others here if you wish. | ||
- | == Export Type == | + | === Export Type === |
There are several options you can set here. These determine how Mystic will treat the messages it is creating to send to this EchoMail Node. Should it send them as soon as it can, wait for the EchoMail Node to poll your system to collect Echomail and/or Netmail etc. | There are several options you can set here. These determine how Mystic will treat the messages it is creating to send to this EchoMail Node. Should it send them as soon as it can, wait for the EchoMail Node to poll your system to collect Echomail and/or Netmail etc. | ||
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* Normal - Regular priority traffic | * Normal - Regular priority traffic | ||
- | == AllFix PW == | + | === Route Info === |
- | + | ||
- | == PKT Password == | + | |
- | + | ||
- | == Session Type == | + | |
- | + | ||
- | == Route Info == | + | |
Routing info is defined in the format of addresses separated by spaces and uses an asterisk (*) as a wildcard. | Routing info is defined in the format of addresses separated by spaces and uses an asterisk (*) as a wildcard. | ||
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NetMail message bases do not need to be linked to any Echomail nodes in order for Mystic to attempt exporting. | NetMail message bases do not need to be linked to any Echomail nodes in order for Mystic to attempt exporting. | ||
- | Mystic, when routing Netmail, will now first compare | + | === Netmail Routing Logic === |
- | the Route Info. | + | |
+ | Netmail will first always try to route using the Route strings defined for each node. | ||
+ | |||
+ | If no route is found from the Route string then Mystic | ||
+ | |||
+ | * First it will look for a direct address match in Echomail Nodes and if one is found it will route directly to the node. | ||
+ | |||
+ | * If there is no direct match then Mystic will perform some logic to select the best node that it can find. If your system gets a Netmail for 1:123/123.1 and there is no direct match, Mystic will look for a 1:123/123 node. If there isn't one, then it will look for a 1:123 node with priority given to the 1:123/1 if exists. | ||
+ | |||
+ | * If a node is still not found then Mystic will look for a zone match, and finally if no zone match is found then the Netmail will fail to route. | ||
+ | |||
+ | To further expand on the automatic Netmail routing logic, Mystic will now perform a FidoNet fuzzy zone match when auto routing Netmail. If a zone is between 1 and 6 they will find a match to a hub which is also part of a zone 1 through 6 if no other (better) routing match could be found. | ||
+ | |||
+ | To reiterate: For almost everyone, there is never a need touch the Route field in your Echomail node editor. | ||
+ | |||
+ | This system allows for Netmail to work automatically without any knowledge of routing being required for most people while still allowing full control for power users. | ||
+ | |||
+ | === Uplink === | ||
+ | |||
+ | This flag can either be set to Yes or No for each Echomail Node. It works in tandem with MIS POLL UPLINK and is similar to the MIS POLL FORCED command, but instead will only force a poll of Echomail Nodes with the Uplink flag set to Yes. | ||
+ | |||
+ | === Max PKT Size === | ||
+ | |||
+ | Define the maximum file size (KB) of each packet Mystic creates. Set this to 0 is you do not want to set any limit. | ||
+ | |||
+ | === Max ARC Size === | ||
+ | |||
+ | Define the maximum bundle/ | ||
+ | |||
+ | === Use Filebox === | ||
+ | |||
+ | A Filebox is a directory you can place any file in to that will be sent to your EchoMail Node when you next poll it using MIS POLL or it polls your Mystic BBS. | ||
+ | |||
+ | There are three options for this setting | ||
+ | |||
+ | * No - Don't enable this feature | ||
+ | * Yes- Send files to EchoMail Node if you MIS POLL it or if it polls your Mystic BBS | ||
+ | * Hold - Only send files to the EchoMail Node if it polls your Mystic BBS | ||
+ | // | ||
+ | Note: When you first select Yes as an option Mystic will prompt you if you wish to generate a default filebox. | ||
+ | Do not do this until after entering your Zone, Net, Node, Point and Domain details first.// | ||
+ | |||
+ | If you say YES to this question Mystic pops up with a dialogue box similar to this: | ||
+ | |||
+ | █▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ Info ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▄ | ||
+ | █ █ | ||
+ | █ Create: c: | ||
+ | █ █ | ||
+ | █ YES NO █ | ||
+ | ▀▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄█ | ||
+ | |||
+ | You can override this suggestion by answering NO and filling out our preferred file path in the next input field below. Or answer YES to have Mystic auto create the directory for you. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Be sure to check the Filebox status is set to what you want it to be once doing this. | ||
+ | |||
+ | === Filebox Dir === | ||
+ | |||
+ | Defines the drive and directory pathway that is associated with the Filebox to be used with this EchoMail Node. If the directory does not exist then Mystic will offer to create it. | ||
+ | |||
+ | === Crash Limiter === | ||
+ | |||
+ | This feature is still being developed. The idea is that when MIS POLL sends files via BINKP it will skip queueing any files for sending larger than this value. It forces EchoMail | ||
+ | |||
+ | At present | ||
+ | |||
+ | Keep an eye on this section of the Wiki and we'll update it as the feature evolves ;-) | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== Page 2 of 6 - Security ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ Node ID 1 (21: | ||
+ | PKT Password | ||
+ | FIX Password | ||
+ | TIC Password | ||
+ | | ||
+ | | ||
+ | | ||
+ | │ | ||
+ | │ | ||
+ | │ | ||
+ | │ | ||
+ | │ | ||
+ | │ | ||
+ | │ | ||
+ | │ | ||
+ | │ Page 2 of 6 | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | === PKT Password === | ||
+ | |||
+ | This is an optional password you can set so that messages sent to/from this EchoMail Node contain an additional layer of security when transferring them between your Mystic system and this EchoMail Node. | ||
+ | |||
+ | If set, MUTIL will not toss (import) messages in to your Mystic BBS that do not have a matching password contained in the message packets it has received from this system. Likewise any messages you send to this EchoMail Node will also be sent with this password added to every message packet. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Set if you need to, but otherwise leave blank. It's usually enough to just set a session password in your ' | ||
+ | |||
+ | === FIX Password === | ||
+ | |||
+ | This is the password you would set if the EchoMail Node system you are setting up, was to send your Mystic BBS a Allfix or Filefix netmail. Mystic would check the password sent in the netmail addressed to it from this system matched the password set here before acting on the inbound netmail request. | ||
+ | |||
+ | === TIC Password === | ||
+ | |||
+ | This is the password that your Mystic BBS will use to check against .TIC files that are sent to it from this EchoMail Node. | ||
+ | |||
+ | .TIC files usually accompany files sent to your Mystic BBS by another system. They contain instructions for your Mystic BBS to import the file accompanying the .TIC in to your file areas. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Without this password set your Mystic BBS will ignore the files it receives and/or move them in to the BAD directory defined in the [FileToss] stanza of your MUTIL .ini file | ||
+ | |||
+ | === Encryption Key === | ||
+ | |||
+ | Echomail nodes now have an " | ||
+ | |||
+ | This is done in a way that is completely transparent to unsupporting systems, meaning that you can still route netmail through systems and they will not harm the encrypted netmails! | ||
+ | |||
+ | The other echomail node must of course have the same key configured for your node in order to decrypt the netmail when it arrives. | ||
+ | |||
+ | When routing | ||
+ | |||
+ | === Security Level === | ||
+ | |||
+ | You can set ACS rules for this EchoMail | ||
+ | |||
+ | === Access Flags === | ||
+ | |||
+ | You can set access flags for this EchoMail Node. Refer to discussion info in the Echomail Node Security section below. | ||
+ | |||
+ | === Echomail Node Security ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | Echomail node security is here! The easiest way to think about how this system works is to relate an Echomail node to the way security works for a user in your BBS. Each node will have a security | ||
+ | |||
+ | Different functions throughout the echomail system will eventually have "Echo ACS" strings which work just like the [[access_control|user ACS strings that we're familiar with]]. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Hatch File EACS: g2|s255|fH|u10 | ||
+ | |||
+ | The above would say that any echomail node that is a member of Echomail group 2, OR any node that has a security level of 255 OR any Echomail node that has flag H can hatch files to that file base. The Echomail node with the ID of #10 can also hatch. | ||
+ | |||
+ | The following commands are available within EACS: | ||
+ | |||
+ | s< | ||
+ | equal to < | ||
+ | g< | ||
+ | to < | ||
+ | f< | ||
+ | between A to Z. | ||
+ | u< | ||
+ | allows security to be applied to specific nodes (ID is | ||
+ | shown in echomail node editor). | ||
+ | |||
+ | Just like user ACS, Echomail ACS can also use parenthesis and boolean evaulation. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Echomail ACS has been activated for message base subscribing/ | ||
+ | |||
+ | Hubs can still manually link a base to a node regardless of security, so for example if you wanted to force nodes to always carry a specific echo area, you would give them the base and then set the "List EACS" to an access they do not have (or even use % which is " | ||
+ | |||
+ | This is a very powerful system for managing an Echomail network, and EACS strings will be added to various functions in the future as seen fit. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== Page 3 of 6 - Groups ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | Echo Group 01 │ fsxNet | ||
+ | Echo Group 02 │ None 2: | ||
+ | Echo Group 03 │ None 3:GROUPS | ||
+ | Echo Group 04 │ None 4:BinkP | ||
+ | Echo Group 05 │ None 5:FTP | ||
+ | Echo Group 06 │ None 6:Dir Toss | ||
+ | Echo Group 07 │ None | ||
+ | Echo Group 08 │ None | ||
+ | Echo Group 09 │ None | ||
+ | Echo Group 10 │ None | ||
+ | Echo Group 11 │ None | ||
+ | Echo Group 12 │ None | ||
+ | Echo Group 13 │ None | ||
+ | Echo Group 14 │ None | ||
+ | Echo Group 15 │ None Page 3 of 6 | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | Define which EchoMail groups this EchoMail node is a member of. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== Page 4 of 6 - BinkP==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | BINKP Hostname │ net1.fsxnet.nz | ||
+ | IP Type │ IPV4 2: | ||
+ | | ||
+ | | ||
+ | Time Out │ 30 5:FTP | ||
+ | Block Size │ 16384 6:Dir Toss | ||
+ | | ||
+ | Hide AKAs │ Yes | ||
+ | | ||
+ | | ||
+ | | ||
+ | │ | ||
+ | │ | ||
+ | │ | ||
+ | │ Page 4 of 6 | ||
+ | |||
+ | A Binkp section has the following options you should look at and in most cases set up: | ||
+ | |||
+ | === BINKP Hostname === | ||
+ | |||
+ | Set the DNS hostname (and port if required) for the EchoMail Node you will poll using MIS POLL. | ||
+ | |||
+ | === IP Type === | ||
+ | |||
+ | Do you wish to use IPV4 or IPV6 when using MIS POLL to connect to this system? Or do you wish to set a preferred connection type and then a fallback type? e.g. IPV6 + IPV4 or IPV4 + IPV6 | ||
+ | |||
+ | === Server Type === | ||
+ | |||
+ | There are four possible options for this setting: | ||
+ | |||
+ | * Normal | ||
+ | * Direct SSL : Connect with a direct SSL connection | ||
+ | * StartTLS (If Available) : Use TLS when available | ||
+ | * StartTLS (Required) | ||
+ | |||
+ | The StartTLS Required option will refuse to authenticate with any server that does not offer the opportunistic TLS upgrading. These features require that CryptLib is present and detected by Mystic. | ||
+ | |||
+ | === Password === | ||
+ | |||
+ | Set the session password your Mystic BBS will send to this EchoMail Node when you poll it using MIS POLL or it connects to your Mystic BinkP server and attempts to send your system Echomail, Netmail and/or other files. | ||
+ | |||
+ | This password is case sensitive. Be warned some non-Mystic systems have issues with this. Best advice keep everything UPPERCASE and limited to no more than 8 characters to avoid hassles. | ||
+ | |||
+ | === Timeout === | ||
+ | |||
+ | Inactivity timeout time in seconds before a BinkP session is halted. Leave as default unless you know what you are doing. | ||
+ | |||
+ | === BlockSize === | ||
+ | |||
+ | Data blocksize in bytes. Leave as default unless you know what you are doing. | ||
+ | |||
+ | === CRAM-MD5 === | ||
+ | |||
+ | Use MD5 hashing when connecting as a client? This hides session passwords so they are not sent in plain text. It's a good idea to use this. | ||
+ | |||
+ | === Hide AKAs === | ||
+ | |||
+ | Hide alternative network addresses during a BinkP handshake. When your system polls this EchoMail Node will it only show the network address you have set up for the same Zone this EchoMail Node has in common with or it will show all your defined EchoMail addresses? | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== Page 5 of 6 - FTP ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | FTP Hostname | ||
+ | | ||
+ | | ||
+ | | ||
+ | Out Directory | ||
+ | In Directory | ||
+ | │ | ||
+ | │ | ||
+ | │ | ||
+ | │ | ||
+ | │ | ||
+ | │ | ||
+ | │ | ||
+ | │ | ||
+ | │ Page 5 of 6 | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | A FTP session has the following options you should set: | ||
+ | |||
+ | === FTP Hostname === | ||
+ | |||
+ | Set the DNS hostname (and port if required) for the EchoMail Node you will poll using Fidopoll. | ||
+ | |||
+ | === Login === | ||
+ | |||
+ | Set the username to pass to the FTP server when connecting to it. | ||
+ | |||
+ | === Password === | ||
+ | |||
+ | Set the password to pass to the FTP server when connecting to it | ||
+ | |||
+ | === Passive === | ||
+ | |||
+ | Is this to be an active or passive FTP session? | ||
+ | |||
+ | === Out Directory === | ||
+ | |||
+ | Set the directory you wish Mystic to send message packets / files from. | ||
+ | |||
+ | === In Directory === | ||
+ | |||
+ | Set the directory you wish Mystic to look for incoming message packets / files it receives. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== Page 6 of 6 - Dir Toss ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | | ||
+ | | ||
+ | │ | ||
+ | │ | ||
+ | │ | ||
+ | │ 6:DIR TOSS | ||
+ | │ | ||
+ | │ | ||
+ | │ | ||
+ | │ | ||
+ | │ | ||
+ | │ | ||
+ | │ | ||
+ | │ | ||
+ | │ Page 6 of 6 | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | A Directory session has the following options you should set: | ||
+ | |||
+ | == Outbound Dir == | ||
- | If there is no direct match, Mystic will then look at the Route Info for each Echomail node (starting at the first entry) until it finds a match and redirect netmail through | + | Set the directory you wish Mystic to place message packets / files in to that will be in turn processed by another |
+ | == Inbound Dir == | ||
+ | Set the directory you wish Mystic to look for inbound message packets / files from another system that has sent them to your BBS. | ||
config_echomail_nodes.txt · Last modified: 2023/01/03 01:49 by avon