Reccoon BBS
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A new and great BBS system, altough a low version number, its far
better than you would think. Here is a small list of its features:
* A nice GUI configuration-program using gadtools.
* Alternative text-based configuration-program that can
be used from remote.
* All textstrings in the BBS can be replaced with whatever
you want.
* Multi-language, up to 65536 different languages supported!
* Different textfiles for different users, accesslevels
and graphicsmodes.
* Different task-priorities for each node when uploading,
downloading etc.
* Up to 65536 telephonelines (nodes) supported.
* Support for multiple serial port board.
* Speeds up to 4Gbaud supported (if your hardware and
devicedriver does)
* Highspeed modems supported.
* RTS/CTS handshaking.
* Configurable serial device driver and unit for each node.
* More than 4 billion messageareas!
* More than 4 billion fileareas!
* Up to 65536 different accesslevels!
* Lots of displaycodes that can be used almost everywhere.
* Displaycodes uses sprintf(), making it possible to
to make strings adjusted to the right, left, integers written
in decimal, hexadecimal, octal, padded with zeros etc etc!
* Conditional displaycodes, such as "Send <string> if the
private flag is set", or "display textfile"
* Action displaycodes, such as hangup and pause.
* IEMSI support!
* All nodes are opened as resizeable and movable windows
on the shared ReccControl screen.
* ReccControl supervises the system, avoiding conflicts
of files, users etc.
* VERY low CPU-usage!
* ANSI support.
* Textoutput optimizing. Replaces five or more spaces in a
row with an ANSI-sequence.
* Remote-DOS, using FIFO - Makes it just as your normal
shell window!
* Almost every Rcn-program are PURE, making it possible to
make them resident!
* Reccoon.library, making utilities small and uses less
memory! They're real easy to code too, using that library!
* Statistic such as total byte UL, DL, calls etc are stored
on disk and displayed on the ReccControl screen.
* All Reccoon-lines and ReccControl can be iconified as
APP-Icons on the workbench-screen.
* Pulldown menus.
* OS 2.0 look.
* AGA screenresolutions supported.
* Macro-keys that can be used everywhere.
* String-edit - the user can use arrowkeys in any string-
prompt.
* Very powerful custimized doorinterface making the door
possible to almost everything. It has access to almost all
internal data, and lots of internal functions, such
as DisplayMessage(), ListFiles() etc etc.
* Possible to run multiple doors at the same time!
* Run-back doors that works in the background.
* Doors may add its own fields to the userstructure!
* Action-doors such as Snake.
* ARexx interface.
* Paragon-Door interface.
* Doorlink interface.
* FPL interface! (FPL is a script-language that looks
and feels like C )
* The entire logon-sequence can be replaced with an fpl-script.
* Possible to run CLI-doors.
* A GUI usereditor, with ARexx interface!
* Possible to edit multiple users at the same time (each
user in one window)
* Alternative textbased user-editor which can be used from
remote.
* Possible to edit users being online, and they wont even
notice.
* Different keymaps supported.
* Different fonts supported.
* Character-translation - the user can chose between
sysop-configurable tables.
* Up to 65536 different translation-tables supported.
* 8-bit ASCII supported.
* All programs are written in C, and smaller parts in
fast 68000+ assembler.
* Requires OS 2.0 (v37) or higher.
* Users get congratulated on their birthday.
* Smooth hotkeys.
* Ctrl-C breaking
* Multicolor-chat, which can be started any time, even when
running doors.
* NO backdoors.
* VERY stable!
* NO Enforcer and Mungwall hits!
* Crash-protection.
* Swedish quality :)
* Less expensive than Xenolink, MEBBS/StarNet, DLG and Zeus.
Network:
* FidoNet support.
* 10 different AKAs supported.
* Very Fast and good mailprocessor!
* SEEN-BY processing, making it possible to add/remove
nodes from the Seen-By lines. (For both files and msgs)
* 4D network addressing.
* Pointsupport.
* Areafix for both msgareas and fileareas!
* Access-restrictions in areafix.
* Passthru areas.
* Fileechos!
* Filerequest handler.
* Possible to disable filerequest for certain nodes.
* Magic filenames.
* Wildcards supported in filerequests.
* Possible to password protect files and whole areas
for filerequest.
* Filerequest report sent to the Sysop on the remote
system, and to the local sysop. (configurable)
* Checks the nodelist for unlisted systems.
* Byte and file-limit for freqs.
* Multiple Netmailareas supported.
* Crashmail.
* Direct Netmails.
* Very powerful routing capabilities.
* Different archivers for different nodes.
* Uses Trapdoor!
* MSGID dupechecking.
* MSGID/REPLY message linking.
* Works fine in a HUB/HOST environment.
* Accesses the nodelist using Traplist.library, so
you wont need to have serveral nodelist-formats when
you use Trapdoor as mailer.
Messages:
* As said, more than four billions different messageareas!
* Messages are stored in two files per messagearea, making
it possible to scan messages EXTREMELY faaaast!
* Possible to send messages to ALL users, so they receive
it when then logon.
* Fileattaches. The attached files are stored in a special
filearea, so you as a sysop get a good overview of all
attached files.
* Handles.
* Each user can have diffrent accessrestrictions for each
message area.
* Private messages.
* Access-level restrictions on certain messages.
* Possible to reply-protect areas.
* Netmail reply.
* Sysop menu that allows the message-writer and the Sysops
to edit message-flags.
* Each user have an own set of access-flags for each message-
area, so you got 100% access-control!
* Possible to age-protect areas, so very young users wont
have access to adult message-areas.
* Messages displayed in different colors (configurable)
when quoted text, Seen-by lines, cludges etc. making
it very easy to find the important parts in messages.
* Possible to hide message-cludges (users option)
* Message-display is hotkeyed, so you can proceed to the next
message without to wait for the end.
* The message header looks just as you want it to look.
* Full-screen editor.
Files:
* As said, more than four billions different fileareas!
* Uses XPR = External protocols.
* The filelist format looks just like you want it to.
* Opens a nice little window when transfering files.
* Files can be marked by entering a number, a wildcard or
the whole filename.
* Both * wildcards and Amiga #? wildcards supported.
* Very fast global-search function.
* Each user has an own set of access-flags for each file-
area, so you got 100% access-control!
* View-archive function.
* Test-archive function.
* The uploader may edit his files, such as changing the
description etc. The sysops for that area can also do other
things such as remove credits, change area etc.
* Auto-logoff after download.
* Hotkeyed file-listing.
* Files can be marked and downloaded at a later time.
* Files can be a free download.
* Some users can have free download in some areas.
* Bps-restrictions for DL and UL (different for each filearea)
* Local Upload or Download allowed, using ASL filerequesters.
Menus:
* All menucommands can be used in any menu.
* Supports both FPL menus and less advanced menus.
* Lots of menucommands.
* Possible to do serveral things on one single keyhit.
* Access-restrictions on every menucommand.
* A password menu-command, making it possible to password-
protect certain things.
* Possible to do certain things for certain access-levels.
* Menucommands takes arguments and return results, example:
/* this is a short FPL-script */
prevarea=msgarea;
if(MsgArea(2)){
WriteMsg("Niclas Emdelius");
MsgArea(prevarea);
}else Send("Area not found");
* You can trap almost every key, even the return key.
* ANSI-C io-commands, such as fopen(), fgets() available
from fpl!
* Fpl-hooks. You can trap and/or replace internal functions
with fpl-scripts if you want to.
* All menucommands are available from ARexx!
... AND MORE!!!
This is just a demo version, meaing that the serial port cannot be
used. But its very cheap to register, 700 SEK (about 65 UK pounds).
To contact me (the author) just email me at edc@klippan.se or fidonet,
at 2:200/236.0.
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