TeleFinder News - 5-19-2000 The TFBBS.com Secure Online Store is always OPEN! I want to thank everyone for their participation in the TFBBS.com system! We opened our secure online store back on February 20th and have enabled dozens of you to purchase new, updates, and upgrades of the best Web Server/BBS software. Get info on your server and make sure you are running v5.7.3! Upgrades are only $99. You can order using VISA, MasterCard, American Express or Discover on our secure online store. Orders for server software in by 2 p.m. will be shipped out same day! Node upgrades take a little longer. Click the store button to browse in the top menu bar. We now ship parcel post to International addresses. Order PowerKey Products from TFBBS Secure Online Store! Operator Headgap Systems is a dealer for PowerKey Pro, Rebound and very soon Kickoff (a new USB item). All are restart options for your server. Read more about Powerkey. http://tfbbs.com/powerkey.html iLog Now Available iLog is a powerful and flexible logging tool that gives you a central point of control for monitoring system activity. You can use iLog to track activities, notify you of problems, and even take action when necessary, based on specific conditions you define. iLog centralizes vital information by receiving, filtering, storing, and relaying messages from applications, systems, hardware, and even other iLogs, in a variety of ways. iLog sorts the messages based on your criteria, unifying the information into a single location of your choice, in the form most convenient to you. Read more about iLog. http://tfbbs.com/ilog.html TeleFinder Web Conferences Broke in 5.7? Anthony Helm, a sysop in Japan pointed out that the web conferences were not functioning properly after a post. A quick fix is to install the topic.spml from the 5.6.1 version into the templates folder. You can download a copy at the following URL: http://headgap.com/Mac/Telefinder%20Tools/TF%20Sysop%20Utils/TF-SPML%20Templates/FixedTopics.sea Type in Guest and tfsysop as a password if you aren't a system member. Daniel O'Leary writes: I just got around to working this problem in my own Topic.spml template. To see my version in action check it out at the following URL: http://kz.eaze.net/conf/ I still have some minor adjustments to do before I give it to the world, but you'll get the idea. REMINDER: Faster TF Server Demo Download Got a friend who wants to try out TF Server/BBS? You can download the TeleFinder Server 5.7.3 DEMO at a new mirror site that is much faster: http://208.246.253.68/TeleFinderv5.7Demo.sea STRONG RECOMMENDATION: PC Client Version 4.11 Many small bugs were fixed between v4.0 and 4.11. Make sure your Windows 95-2000 users have the latest version. http://208.246.253.68/tfu411.exe REMINDER: Lollipop FREE Version Available Lollipop - Usenet News Sucker that works with TF. Special Keyless Version now available. Thanks Jim! Lollipop allows you to connect to an Internet news server (NNTP) to download and upload messages to selected news groups. You can host the newsgroups you select right on your TeleFinder system. This allows both client users and web users to participate in the conversations without having to learn to use news server software. Jim Smith, the program's author released a special keyless version 1.05. http://headgap.com/Mac/Telefinder%20Tools/TF%20Sysop%20Utils/Lollipop%20News%20Sucker/Lollipop1.0.5.sea Type in Guest and tfsysop as a password if you aren't a system member. TFNet 2000 - Alive and Kicking! Daniel O'Leary, the sysop of Klone Zone BBS (http://kz.eaze.net), has taken on the task of gathering the TeleFinder systems together to keep TFNet (a group of TeleFinder related conferences). This means that any supporting system has all the conferences linked, so you can post questions or comments and get responses from all over the world. Martijn_Dekker ( martijn_dekker@kz.eaze.net ) is also updating the list of available TF Systems. New Programs and Utilities! In the Sysops Utilities Area I have added the following updates and new programs: Just visit the Sysop Utils area by using the TeleFinder client or via any modern web browser to: http://headgap.com/Mac/Telefinder%20Tools/TF%20Sysop%20Utils/?dir_sort=date CrushFTP v1.0 - is now available. This is the first full version, and editions earlier were in beta. He has fixed some Mac specific problems. You will want this update. If you have already installed the swingall.zip you don't need to redownload it. Crush FTP Program and TeleFinder Server Compatible! TeleFinder Server works alongside the CrushFTP program just fine. I use it to administer to my system and to give web access to folks who want to use an FTP program to administer their web sites. I simply add a path direct to their web server folder under their access. Well worth the $20 Shareware Fee. Check back with this guy and his site frequently, as it is a work in progress and he is frequently making changes http://www.crushftp.bizland.com/ Web documentation is included just load the homepage.html file in the Crush folder. DNSTran1.3b2.sit - a great utility for you Analog users - DNSTran is a free utility to speed up the process of DNS lookups and to translate IP addresses into domain names in log files. In one step you can lookup IP addresses in your server log file, replace them with the correct domain names, and compress the log file for long term archiving. DNSTran will work with any log file format. VNCBeta3PPC.sit - VNC is a remote display system that allows viewing a computing 'desktop' environment, not only on the machine where it is running, but from anywhere on the Internet and from a wide variety of architectures Tri-BACKUP 2.04 US.sit - Is your data precious? Tri-BACKUP performs backups for you: mirror-backup, incremental-backup, synchronization, multiple programs, etc. Macjordomo1.5fc18.sit - Macjordomo is a Macintosh-based list server. It can be used in combination with any POP3/SMTP server and works well with TeleFinder's mail services. Download TF User NOW! April 12, 2000 - I don't know for sure who developed the little download TF User Now logo but I built a couple of updated versions and have them located throughout the TFBBS site. These little icons can help encourage your users to download the latest versions of the client software. You can of course download the icons and link them locally or if you like you can cut and paste this code into your pages. This will enable your users to download the latest versions of TeleFinder Mac or PC Client from one of my mirror servers. Download the TeleFinder Client Software Now!

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Low Prices! Since continued advancing development is not on the immediate agenda, Rusty agreed that a reduction in price was in order. The system works with OS9 (some folks have trouble, some don't) but personally I find that OS versions up through 8.6 offer stability and speed while using less resources for using the server. Rusty tells me that the software should even work all the way through OSX, although it will have to operate in classic mode. That means lots of folks can continue to use the client software for a few more years, and of course the web side will be available even longer. http://tfbbs.com or log on the bbs at: bbs.headgap.com Make sure and leave an email with your handle if you are an existing sysop for increased access. Contact Us Operator Headgap Systems 7181 Autumn Forrest Dr. Memphis, TN 38125 Bob or Cheryn Nunn (901) 759-1541 (voice and fax) (901) 230-3462 (cell) headgap@headgap.com cheryn@headgap.com or any links from tfbbs.com Hours of Operation: 9 AM to 9 PM CST M-F Emergency support only in off hours