This section of the Mystic BBS Configuration System allows the SysOp to configure a number of system paths for the BBS software. These paths are usually set up when the software is installed but can be changed at any stage.

This example is from a Windows based system and displays the standard 'out of the box' pathways that ship with the default installation.

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    █  System Path       │ c:\mystic\                                     █
    █  Data File Path    │ c:\mystic\data\                                █
    █  Theme Path        │ c:\mystic\themes\                              █
    █  Message Base Path │ c:\mystic\msgs\                                █
    █  Log File Path     │ c:\mystic\logs\                                █
    █  Semaphore Path    │ c:\mystic\semaphore\                           █
    █  Inbound EchoMail  │ c:\mystic\echomail\in\                         █
    █  Inbound Unsecured │ c:\mystic\echomail\in\unsecure\                █
    █  Outbound Primary  │ c:\mystic\echomail\out\primary\                █
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The system path is the main BBS directory where MYSTIC.EXE and its supporting files are located. In almost all cases, this directory never needs to be changed.

The data path is the directory where Mystic BBS will store all of it's data files. In almost all cases, this directory never needs to be changed.

This directory specifies the root directory where all Mystic BBS themes are found.

The message base path is the default directory where Mystic BBS will store it's message base data files.

The system logs path is the directory where Mystic BBS will keep an updated log file of BBS activity. The log files can be used to see what each caller was doing while they were online. These files are not used by Mystic BBS and exist for information purposes only.

The semaphore path is the directory where Mystic BBS creates semaphores as messages are sent or received by the BBS. These semaphores are 0kb files that the Events system can take advantage of to trigger actions to process incoming or outgoing messages as it finds them in this directory. Once messages are imported or exported the semaphore is removed.

The directory where inbound netmail / echomail packets received by BinkP, FTP, Directory or MIS POLL sessions from known Echomail Nodes are stored.

The directory where inbound netmail / echomail packets received by BinkP, FTP, Directory or MIS POLL sessions from unknown Echomail Nodes are stored.

The directory where outbound netmail / echomail packets destined for Echomail Nodes are stored.