• Connect Mystic to DOVE-Net

    From volker@21:1/999 to All on Mon Mar 30 22:21:55 2020
    Hi,

    Does anyone have a walk-through guide or some pointers how to connect Mystic BBS to DOVE-Net?

    The instructions for Syncronet are straightforward and really easy to folloy, but I have not found anything like that for Mystic.

    Thanks and best regards,

    Volker

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  • From Mickey@21:1/156.1 to Volker on Mon Mar 30 20:59:52 2020
    On Mon 30-Mar-2020 10:21p, Volker@21:1/999.0 wrote:

    Hi,

    Does anyone have a walk-through guide or some pointers how to connect
    Mystic
    BBS to DOVE-Net?

    The instructions for Syncronet are straightforward and really easy to folloy,
    but I have not found anything like that for Mystic.

    Thanks and best regards,

    Volker

    If memory serves me, Paul aka Mystic Guy did a video on YouTube covering this. Check them out.

    Mick

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  • From Netsurge@21:4/154 to Mickey on Tue Mar 31 00:18:50 2020
    If memory serves me, Paul aka Mystic Guy did a video on YouTube covering this. Check them out.

    I think ryan currently has it working as well.

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  • From ryan@21:1/168 to Netsurge on Mon Mar 30 22:33:44 2020
    If memory serves me, Paul aka Mystic Guy did a video on YouTube cover this. Check them out.

    I think ryan currently has it working as well.

    Yeah, sorry, I'm a bit delirious at the moment from (probably) covid lol. If nobody responds by tomorrow afternoon, I'll write something up for you.

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  • From Ratz@21:2/114 to volker on Tue Mar 31 07:38:49 2020
    Does anyone have a walk-through guide or some pointers how to connect Mystic BBS to DOVE-Net?

    Hi Volker, Try this if the formatting is screwed up on your end let me know
    and I will post it on the "internet" for you. =]

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    In order to set up a QWK network within Mystic is not very difficult, and it does work. Trust me.

    This information is using the most current version of Mystic BBS at the time
    of this writing, which is 1.12 A 31.

    Keep in mind, Mystic 1.12 A 31 does have a known issue which affects QWK networking. If multiple messages are entered at the same time, Mystic will
    give them the same MSGID. This can be a problem when Mystic is gathering messages to put into a REP packet to send to your uplink or hub. When these messages get to your hub, if they have the same MSGID, could be considered duplicate messages, and not get imported.

    My work-around for this, is to have Mystic export the messages as soon as
    they are saved. Mystic will then pick up on the semaphore file and send them out soon after. As I am pretty much the only one on my board who is active in the message bases, I can keep an eye on the status of the outgoing progress
    of one message, before I enter another.

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    First, make sure you have a QWK account set up on the hub BBS. If this is Synchronet, make sure you log in and set the areas you would like, along with the message pointers. Make sure you obtain a list of the conferences and the QWK Base ID numbers, as you will need that information to set up the message bases.

    1 - Open Mystic with "mystic -cfg" (or ./mystic -cfg in Linux).

    2 - Under Configuration, select "QWK Networking"

    3 - If nothing is listed in this menu, select "/" on your keyboard, and chose "Insert"

    4 - Hit enter on the newly created network connection

    5 - Active Poll will default to "No". Leave it alone for now. We'll get back
    to that.

    6 - Select "Network Name" and type in the name of the network (eg. Dovenet)
    and hit "Enter"

    7 - Select "Member Type" and change it to node.

    8 - Select "FTP Host" and type in the full hostname you will be connecting
    to, including port, if other than standard. For example, "dove.synchro.net"
    and hit "Enter"

    9 - Select "Login" and enter the login you chose when you set up your QWK account, and hit "Enter"

    10 - Select "Password" and enter the password you chose when you set up your QWK account, and hit "Enter"

    11 - Select "Use Passive" and change it to "Yes"

    12 - Select "Packet ID" and enter the packet name you will be receiving from your hub. If you had used Synchronet previously, this will be the Hub System ID, such as "Vert" or "Mojo". Your hub will tell you what this name will be
    if you don't know.

    13 - "Archive Type" should already be set for ZIP, so we can leave that alone

    14 - "Use QWKE" should be set for "No", and we'll leave that one alone as
    well.

    15 - Hit ESC twice to get back to the main menu, and move over and select "Editors".

    16 - Move down to "Message Group Editor" and hit "Enter"

    17 - Hit the "/" key on your keyboard and insert a new group. If your board doesn't use message groups, you can skip to step 20

    18 - Hit "Enter" on the "Name" field, and type in the name of the network
    (eg. Dovenet) and hit "Enter". Make a note of the ID number of the group, as you will need this information later.

    19 - The other fields are optional, so you can now hit ESC twice

    20 - Move up to the "Message Base Editor" and hit "Enter"

    21 - Move down to where you would like to insert the new message bases, or
    you can hit the "End" key to move to the bottom.

    22 - Hit the "/" key and insert a new message bases

    23 - Hit "Enter" on the new message base you created.

    24 - Hit "Enter" on the "Name" field, and type in the full description of the message base. I would suggest starting with something to indicate the network in this field as well. For example, instead of just "General", I would put in "Dove General". This makes it easier to tell what message base, from what network you're in while reading messages. Once finished typing, hit "Enter"

    25 - Move down to "QWK Name" and enter the QWK ID, which is provided in the network information. For example, "DOVE-Net" is the ID for the General
    message base within Dovenet. Hit "Enter" when finished

    26 - Move down to "File Name" and type in a unique file name for this message base. I like to use the QWK ID for this field, as it will typically be
    unique. Hit "Enter" when finished.

    27 - Move down to the "QWK Network" field and hit "Enter". This will bring up
    a list of the QWK networks currently set up within Mystic. Scroll down to the corrent network, and hit "Enter"

    28 - Move down one, to the "QWK Base ID" field. This is where you type in the conference ID number supplied by the network information. In our example of "Dove General", it is "2001". Hit "Enter" when finished

    29 - Hit ESC, and repeat steps 21 - 28, until you have all of the message
    bases created and filled in.

    30 - Move up to the first base you created. Press the "TAB" key on your keyboard, and select all of the bases you just created.

    31 - Press the "/" key and this time chose "Global"

    32 - On the screen that comes up, move down to "List ACS". This field defines the users access needed to see this message base. Change the "No" in front of it, to "Yes". Then move over to the right, and hit "Enter". Enter the access you would like, and hit "Enter" to save. I have mine set to "s10g13", which
    is security level 10 and message group 13. The group number is the ID from
    when you set up the group in step 18 (For more information on this, check out YouTube's "Mystic Guy" videos. He shows in great detail how this works.
    Thanks Avon)

    33 - Move down to "Read ACS", and enter in the access you would like to read the messages in this base. Mine is set for "s10g13". Make sure you set the "Yes" in front of it

    34 - Move down to "Post ACS", and enter in the access you would like for
    users to post messages in this bases. Mine is "s20g13". Set the "Yes"

    35 - Move down to "Sysop ACS", and enter in the access you have for Sysop access. Mine is "s255g13". Set the "Yes"

    36 - Move over to the "Max Msgs" and change that to how many messages you
    would like in each base. Set the "Yes" if you change the field.

    37 - Move down to the "Max Msg Age" and change that if needed. Set the "Yes"
    if you do.

    38 - Change the rest of the options, as needed. Setting the "Yes" for each
    one you change.

    39 - Once all the options are set correctly, hit "CTRL-U" to save the information to all of the bases. Mystic will ask you if you would like to "Update XX settings per base?". Chose "Yes"

    40 - Hit ESC, and go back to "Configuration" and chose QWK Networking".

    41 - Hit "Enter" on the network you just set up. and change the "Active Poll" to "Yes"

    42 - ESC out of Mystic, and back to a command prompt

    43 - Type in "qwkpoll all", or you can type in "qwkpoll 1", if this is your first QWK network.

    44 - If everything was set up properly, Mystic will connect with your hub,
    and download new messages for your bases.

    45 - Set up an event to poll your hub at specific intervals. There is an example event in Mystic which can be used as a reference.

    I hope these instructions help you get connected to QWK networks. Of the
    three that I an involved with, two of them worked, and one had an issue on
    the hubs end. All three of them are working smoothly now.

    If anybody finds any errors in these instructions, please let me know. As I'm typing this, it's almost 3AM, and I have to work at 9AM. :/

    Dan Richter
    aka Black Panther
    Castle Rock BBS
    castlero.synchro.net
    castlero.duckdns.net

    (c)2017 Castle Rock BBS


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  • From volker@21:1/999 to Ratz on Tue Mar 31 16:29:20 2020
    Hi Volker, Try this if the formatting is screwed up on your end let me know and I will post it on the "internet" for you. =]

    Hello,

    Worked like a charm!

    Thanks a lot,
    Volker

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  • From ryan@21:1/168 to Ratz on Tue Mar 31 10:08:54 2020
    If anybody finds any errors in these instructions, please let me know.
    As I'm typing this, it's almost 3AM, and I have to work at 9AM. :/

    Yikes, hope you got some sleep! And thanks for writing this up, you really saved me here hehe.

    This jives basically with the way I configured everything.

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  • From Ratz@21:2/114 to volker on Tue Mar 31 16:16:58 2020
    Worked like a charm!

    Thanks a lot,
    Volker

    You are welcome, I can't take any credit tho, the man himself Dan Richter aka Black Panther over at Castle Rock BBS wrote it up I just reposted it. =]


    Dan Richter
    aka Black Panther
    Castle Rock BBS


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  • From Ratz@21:2/114 to ryan on Tue Mar 31 16:18:50 2020
    Yikes, hope you got some sleep! And thanks for writing this up, you
    really saved me here hehe.


    I didn't write it, just posted it. I'm glad it helped you as much as it did
    me.


    So Thanks Black Panther!


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