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Run the SCFG utility, and select the Text File Sections option from the menu. This selection will produce a list of text file sections that the sysop has created for users to freely view text files. It is requested that all sysops make some or all of the Synchronet documentation available in a text file section. At the very minimum, TEXT\SBBS.MSG should be available for users to review. You can add and remove sections with the INS and DEL keys. The following configuration options are available for each section:
Name:
This is a description of the text file section.
Access Requirements:
Use this option to set the security requirements to access this file
section.
Internal Code:
This is an internal code for SBBS to distinguish this text file section
from the others on the system. This must be a unique name of up to 8
valid DOS filename characters.
To add files to a text file section, you'll need to log on to the BBS and enter the section you would like to add files to. Here you'll be given a choice to add files to the section, you will be prompted for the title of the file, and the path/filename. If you do not enter a path for the file, the default path is the Synchronet DATA\TEXT directory PLUS the internal code of the text file section.
There are several methods of implementing 976/900 billing support. One method, which is internal to Synchronet, is to set up a billing node. This method of support requires that you have your own in house 976 or 900 phone number. Set up your 976/900 service to bill a lump sum of money (e.g. $10.00) after the first 30 seconds of use. In SCFG, under Nodes->Node#-> Advanced Options->Cost per Call you would enter this charge (where Node# is the number of the node which will be attached to the 976/900 line). When a user calls this billing node, he/she will be informed that they will be charged for the call if they do not hang up, they will then be asked for their user name and password. Once they've entered their account information, the account will be credited with a number of credits (determined by the value in System-> Advanced Options->Credits per Dollar). They can now call back on a node which is connected to a standard phone line, and they will be able to make use of the credits. Another method, which is cheaper and more popular, but external to Synchronet is to use a third party 976/900 service. Once such service is called TABS. This method consists of having your users dial a 976/900 line supplied by the service. Initially, you are given an external program and a list of codes for your BBS. When a user calls the 976/900 service they will be given a code to use on your BBS. They then call your BBS, run the external program, and enter the code that they were given. Upon entering a valid code, their account is immediately credited with a number of credits. You are then periodically mailed a check for the accounts which have used the service for account upgrades. The final method, which is very expensive and very unrealistic, is to simply attach all of your pay nodes to a 976/900 number and charge the user by the minute for access to the BBS.
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
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