Call Waiting Screen
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

      Pressing ALT-F from the call-waiting screen reveals the following menu
      (Fido must be enabled in PCBSetup | Fido Configuration | Fido
      Configuration):

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                º         Sysop FIDO Menu          º
                º                                  º
                º   1) Poll a Node.                º
                º   2) Request a file.             º
                º   3) Transmit a file.            º
                º   4) Force next call.            º
                º   5) View/Modify Queue.          º
                º   6) Scan for outbound mail.     º
                º   7) Process inbound mail.       º
                º   8) Compile Nodelist.           º
                º   9) Send Mail to a Node.        º
                º                                  º
                º   Enter selection:               º
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  Poll a Node
  -----------
      Although it is possible to setup a regular Poll to take place in an
      event, you may want to make a manual run to pick up mail or maybe even
      poll a site your event does not normally handle.

      When this option is selected, you will be asked to enter the address
      of the node to queue.  The full address can be entered in the form of
      :/ or if defaults have been
entered in PCBSetup for
      the zone and net, just the node number may be entered.  Once the
      address in entered, an entry to crash poll the node is added to the
      outbound queue.

      NOTE:  In order to actually poll the node, you must send the packet
      from the outbound queue.  This can be done by selecting either Force
      Next Call or Send Mail to a Node from the Fido Menu.

  Request a file
  --------------
      It is possible to FREQ a file from another node by selecting this menu
      option.  You are first asked for the address.  Any defaults entered in
      PCBSetup | Fido Configuration | Fido Configuration are in effect.

      Next, you are prompted for the filename to request from the site.
      Either a filename or magic name may be entered as both are perfectly
      acceptable.  Once the filename is entered, the request is added to the
      outbound queue.

  Transmit a file
  ---------------
      To send a file to another site, an entry must be added to the outbound
      queue by selecting this option.  First you are asked to enter the site
      address where the file is to be sent.  Next, enter the filename to
      send.  Make sure you enter the full path and filename to send and that
      it exists.  If the file does not exist, the entry will NOT be added to
      the outbound queue.

  Force next call
  ---------------
      This option simply forces the next call to occur.  If the outbound
      queue is empty, it will appear as if no activity took place.

  View/Modify Queue
  -----------------

      The outbound queue stores outbound requests or activities (polling a
      node, sending a file, FREQing a file, etc.)  To view the contents of
      the queue, use this menu option. When entries are in the outbound
      queue, entries similar to the following are shown:

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                º     View/Modify Outbound Queue   º
                º                                1 º
                º   Filename : POLL                º
                º   Address  : 1:311/1             º
                º                                  º
                º   F) Flag  : POLL CRASH          º
                º   S) Send This Packet            º
                º   D) Delete                      º
                º   N) Next                        º
                º   P) Previous                    º
                º   C) Clear Failed Connect      0 º
                º   R) Re-Address Entry            º
                º   Enter selection :              º
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      Filename:  This field lists the filename to transfer or it shows the
      activity taking place if not involving a file request (polling is a
      good example).

      Address:  Shows the full address where the request is being sent.

      F)lag:  Allows you to change the flagged status of this entry.  Valid
      options are CRASH (send immediately), NORMAL (wait for normal event
      processing), and HOLD (wait for the other node to call you).

      S)end:  Process this request immediately and ignore the flag status
      (HOLD or NORMAL) of the packet.  All packets in the outbound queue for
      this node will be sent once a connection is made.

      D)elete:  When this menu item is selected, the current queue entry is
      deleted.

      N)ext:  View the next entry in the queue.

      P)revious:  View the previous entry in the queue.

      C)lear Failed Connect:  Resets the failed call counter to 0 making a
      dialing attempt appear to be a first time call.

      R)e-Address Entry:  Use this option to change the current address
      where a packet is to be sent.

  Scan for outbound mail
  ----------------------
      All netmail and echo mail entered on your system will be prepared for
      sending to your hub.  This option is designed to manually scan for
      mail as this is normally taken care of by the timers in PCBSetup |
      Fido Configuration | Fido Configuration.

  Process inbound mail
  --------------------
      Manually checks to see if there is any incoming mail to be processed.
      Normally, PCBoard will check at regular intervals for new mail.
      However, you may have a need to make a manual run and therefore must
      force the incoming mail to be processed.

  Compile Nodelist
  ----------------
      This option executes the PCBNLC (node list compiler) program.  Use
      this option to generate a new node list database.

  Send Mail to a node
  -------------------
      This option lists all nodes with outgoing mail (or requests).  Select
      the site to send all requests to and these requests will be processed
      immediately.  This option is identical to the S)end option when
      viewing the queue except it lists by node number instead of by packet.

The Fido Conference Configuration Screen
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

      As you are aware, there is more than one setup screen for a
      conference.  Pressing PgDn when editing the configuration of a
      conference will take you to a screen full of further options beginning
      with Auto-Rejoin into this Conf.  Also on this screen is an option
      titled Type of Netmail Conference.  When this field is set to 5,
      pressing d will bring you to what is known as the Fido Conference
      Configuration screen.

        PCBoard Conference   : 0
        Messages file        : C:\PCB\MAIN\MSGS

        Fido Area Name       :
        Default AKA          :
        Default Origin       :
        High Ascii (S/R/C/N) :

      The first two fields on the screen are just for reference purposes
      only and may not be edited.  The others, however, can be edited and
      relate to Fido issues only.  The following sections describe each of
      the available fields.

  Fido Area Name
  --------------

      This field holds the tag name for the conference. Every echo area in
      Fido has a tag name which identifies the topic of discussion.  Simply
      enter the tag for the echo area this conference will represent.

      When a large number of conferences needs to be added, look into using
      UUUTIL.  See FIDO.DOC in the same directory where PCBoard was
      installed for further information.

  Default AKA
  -----------
      When you are involved in multiple networks, you'll have more than one
      node address.  These additional addresses are called AKAs which stands
      for Also Known As.  When this field is blank, the address associated
      with it is the first entry in PCBSetup | Fido Configuration | System
      Address.  For conferences associated with other networks, enter the
      node address you use for the network in each conference used by this
      network.

  Default Origin
  --------------
      Origin lines are added to each message sent out. When dealing with
      multiple Fido based networks you may find it desirable to override the
      default origin line which displays the node number.  To override what
      is sent on the origin information, simply enter the information in the
      field provided.

  High Ascii
  ----------
      Most sites in Fido do not allow high ASCII characters in messages yet
      if you are involved with other networks they may allow such characters
      to be entered.  To accommodate this problem, PCBoard allows you to
      determine how high ASCII characters are handled on a conference by
      conference basis.  The following are valid selections:

        S       Removes all high ASCII characters and replaces
                with nothing.

        R       Replaces all high ASCII characters with periods (.)

        C       Converts high-ASCII characters to similar looking low ASCII
                equivalents.

        N       Do no translations or modifications to high ASCII
                characters.

      The safest choice is option C because it guarantees low ASCII
      characters will be used but yet it still attempts to portray the
      effect of any high ASCII characters.

Fido Batch Files
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

      There are a few hooks within PCBFido where it is desirable to use
      third-party utilities to facilitate the flow of messages in a Fido
      base network.  By hooks, we are referring to the use of batch files
      where these third-party programs can be run.  The purpose of this
      section is to explain detailed information about these batch files.

  POSTCALL.BAT
  ------------

      After a successful Fido transfer, this batch file is run to process
      the packets before PCBoard imports them.  This is of particular
      interest to those SysOps involved in a file echo (files are exchanged
      instead of messages).  In this type of scenario, a third-party TIC
      processor must be used to handle the packets after a mail transfer
      occurs.

  FIDOSEND.BAT & FIDORECV.BAT
  ---------------------------
      Most sites support type 2+ packets which also denote Zmodem
      capabilities.  By default, Fido executes ZMSEND.EXE and ZMRECV.EXE for
      its Zmodem needs.  If you need to use a third-party version of Zmodem,
      use these two batch files to load the program.  The parameters passed
      to the batch files are identical to those PCBoard passes to an
      external protocol in your normal configuration (refer to the PCBoard
      manual for additional information).  FIDOSEND.BAT is used when a
      packet is sent from your system, while FIDORECV.BAT is used to receive
      a file to your system.

New PCBoard Switches
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
      New PCBoard command line and environment switches have been added to
      help facilitate those who are running multiple nodes off of one
      PCBOARD.DAT or who may want to manually control mail transfers.

  "SET PCB=" Environment Switches
  -------------------------------

    /NOFIDO
    ~~~~~~~
      Disables Fido processing.  This is equivalent to answering N to the
      Enable Fido Processing in PCBSetup | Fido Configuration | Fido
      Configuration.  Example:

        SET PCB=/NOFIDO

  "SET PCBFIDO=" Environment Switches
  -----------------------------------
      This is actually a newly supported environment variable.  The
      existence of the variable will enable Fido Processing (just the
      opposite of the /NOFIDO switch).  This new variable supports the
      following switches:

    /MSG
    ~~~~

      Enable the mirroring support for netmail.  .MSG files can be imported
      if put in the .MSG subdirectory and copies of all netmail messages
      exported are keep in the same directory (in .MSG format.)

    /IMPORT:[min]
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
      Overrides all settings in PCBSetup and checks for mail every x minutes
      with x being the number of minutes entered after the colon.

    /EXPORT:[min]
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
      Overrides the settings in PCBSetup and checks for items needing export
      every x minutes with x being the number of minutes specified after the
      colon.

    /DIAL:[min]
    ~~~~~~~~~~~
      This option overrides any setting in PCBSetup and will change the
      dialing frequency to the number of minutes specified after the colon.

    Examples:
    ~~~~~~~~~

        SET PCBFIDO=/IMPORT:5 /EXPORT:3

      This particular environment setting will check for importing every
      five minutes and exporting every three minutes.

        SET PCBFIDO=/DIAL:10

      PCBoard checks every 10 minutes to see if any dialing attempts must be
      made.

  Command Line Parameters
  -----------------------
      To better facilitate manual processing of Fido mail, PCBoard accepts
      two new command line parameters.  When used, PCBoard will
      automatically import or export mail.

    /IMPORT
    ~~~~~~~
      Manually import all new mail.  A synonym for this
      parameter  is /TOSS.  Example:

        PCBOARD /IMPORT
        or
        PCBOARD /TOSS

    /EXPORT
    ~~~~~~~
      Manually export all outgoing mail.  A synonym for this  parameter is
      /SCAN.  Example:

        PCBOARD /EXPORT
        or
        PCBOARD /SCAN

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