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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>I’m trying to understand the correlation between the N value in FBB and the JNOS mbox fbb value.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>From the F6FBB web page for forward.sys (http://www.f6fbb.org/fbbdoc/fmtforwa.htm):<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>N (number)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> Assigns the standard forward protocol (MBL/RLI) for the specified BBS.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> 1 = FBB forwarding allowed<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> 2 = FBB+BIN forwarding<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> 4 = FBB+BIN+Resume<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> 8 = XFWD<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> Ex: N 15 = Sum of all protocols (default)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>And from JNOS, the value of mbox fbb as defined in the help files and manual:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> 0 = standard WA7MBL-style forwarding<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> 1 = FBB batched-style forwarding<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> 2 = FBB compressed and batched forwarding<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>So, it seems to me that on both systems:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>-- a value of 0 means plain text forwarding<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>-- a value of 1 means FBB batched forwarding<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Is that correct?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>And then “mbox fbb 2” adds compression while FBB N=4 adds BIN+Resume. Are these the same or not?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Next, the “!” in forward.bbs is defined in the manual as “eschew FBB compression”. More like “eschew clarity”. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Is this equivalent to setting the NO-FBBCMP permission in ftpusers?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>And does this apply when mbox fbb is set to 2 and you want to use plain fbb (mbox fbb 1) on a particular BBS?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Lastly, now that “mbox fbb 1” is fixed in 2.0j.7q, is it recommended to set that in autoexec.nos?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>In other words, are there any situations where setting “mbox fbb 1” would NOT be a good idea?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks much,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Michael<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>N6MEF<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>