JNOS Commands Manual - The B Commands

The B Command Set

bbs

     The 'bbs' command connects you to your own mailbox system.  It is
a shortcut to typing: telnet localhost

     If JNOS was compiled with both MD5AUTHENTICATE and
EXPEDITE_BBS_CMD #define'd, then it is possible to get logged into
the mailbox automatically.  You must add an entry to "net.rc" with the
systems hostname, the desired userid, and the corresponding password.
Example:

   n5knx.ampr.org n5knx passemoi



bulletin <subcommand>

     The 'bulletin' command establishes how JNOS treats incoming
bulletins based on their R: line headers. These commands are available
when JNOS was compiled with RLINE #define'd, and are highly recommended
for BBS operations. While many defaults are OFF for historical reasons,
I think most BBS operators will want to turn these features ON!


    bulletin check [on | OFF]

     Displays or sets a flag indicating bulletin forwarding is to be
     optimized. If <ON>, an incoming bulletin's R: lines are scanned
     for BBSes to which we forward. If any are found, the bulletin
     is marked as having already been forwarded to that BBS. When
     invoked with no options, the list of BBSes to which we forward
     is also displayed.  Note: only the first NUMFWDBBS (currently 8)
     BBSes in forward.bbs are checked in the R: lines, hence the most
     active BBSes should occur first in forward.bbs.


    bulletin date [on | OFF]

     Displays or sets whether the date associated with a message
     is the originate date (if ON), or the date received (if OFF).
     The originate date is obtained from the last R: line, and should
     yield better operation of the bulletin expire mechanism. See also
     'bulletin holdold'.


    bulletin holdold [#days]

     Displays or sets the number of days since message origination,
     above which an incoming bulletin is placed into a hold state. A
     held bulletin is visible only to the sysop, and has a "X-BBS-Hold:
     Age" header added.  This feature only works when 'bulletin date
     ON' is in effect.


    bulletin loophold [<count>]                         Default: 2

     Displays or sets a counter which, if exceeded by the number of
     times our call appears in a message's R: line headers, causes the
     message to be Held to avoid a message-forwarding loop. A held
     message is visible only to the sysop, and has a "X-BBS-Hold:
     Loop" header added.


    bulletin return [on | OFF]

      Displays or sets how a message's return address is obtained.
      If ON, the return address is obtained from the last R: header
      line when available. If OFF, sender%forwarding.bbs@mycall
      is used.

      Note that for the mailbox SR (send-reply) command to work,
      the system's rewrite file must be capable of handling the
      '%' symbol. A recommended rewrite rule is: *%*@YOURCALL* $1@$2 r