Message Base Support
ALLFIX supports 10 message base formats for scanning, writing, packing, renumbering, and reindexing echomail and netmail.
✔ Supported
● Planned
✘ Not available
— Not applicable
✔ WildCat build only
| Message Base | Read / Scan | Write | Pack | Renumber | ReIndex |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hudson / QuickBBS | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| FTS-0001 *.PKT | ✔ | ✔ | — | — | — |
| FTS-0001 *.MSG | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| EzyCom | ✔ | ✔ | ● | ✘ | ● |
| Squish | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✘ | ✔ |
| JAM | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| PCBoard 14.x / 15.x | ✔ | ✔ | ● | ● | ● |
| GoldBase | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| WildCat! 4 | ✔ | ✔ | ● | ✘ | ● |
| WildCat! 5 (WINS) | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● |
| Internet / SMTP | ✔ | ✔ | — | — | — |
| Internet / POP3/IMAP | ● | ● | — | — | — |
BBS File Area Support
ALLFIX supports 34 BBS types for file area management. This includes reading the BBS configuration to discover file areas, updating file listings when new files arrive, and automatically creating new file areas (auto-add) when needed.
| BBS Software | Config Scan | File List Format | Update File List | Auto-Add Areas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RemoteAccess Family | ||||
| RemoteAccess 1.11 | ✔ | FILES.BBS (text) | ✔ | ✘ |
| RemoteAccess 2.0x | ✔ | FDB (binary HDR/IDX/TXT) | ✔ | ✔ |
| RemoteAccess 2.5x | ✔ | FDB (binary HDR/IDX/TXT) | ● | ✔ |
| RemoteAccess 2.6x | ✔ | FDB (binary HDR/IDX/TXT) | ● | ✔ |
| QuickBBS Family | ||||
| QuickBBS (older) | ✔ | FILES.BBS (text) | ✔ | ✘ |
| QuickBBS 2.8x | ✔ | FILES.BBS (text) | ✔ | ✔ |
| SuperBBS | ✔ | FILES.BBS (text) | ✔ | ✘ |
| Telegard Family | ||||
| Telegard 2.7 | ✔ | Binary (DIR + VERBOSE.DAT) | ✔ | ✘ |
| Telegard 3.0x | ✔ | Binary (FB / FBE / FILES.IDX) | ✔ | ✘ |
| Telegard 3.1x | ✔ | Binary (FA / FAD / QFILES.IDX) | ✔ | ✘ |
| Renegade Family | ||||
| Renegade 4.16 | ✔ | Binary (DIR + EXTENDED.DAT) | ✔ | ✔ |
| Renegade v04-11 | ✔ | Binary (DIR + EXTENDED.DAT) | ✔ | ✔ |
| Renegade v1.xx | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| EzyCom Family | ||||
| EzyCom 1.02 | ✔ | Binary (EZY + FFIDX) | ✔ | ✘ |
| EzyCom 1.10 / 1.20 | ✔ | Binary (FLH / FLT + FFIDX) | ✔ | ✘ |
| TriBBS Family | ||||
| TriBBS 5.x | ✔ | FILES.BBS (text) | ✔ | ✘ |
| TriBBS 10.x | ✔ | FILES.LST (text) | ✔ | ✔ |
| Maximus Family | ||||
| Maximus 2.0x | ✔ | FILES.BBS (text) | ✔ | ✘ |
| Maximus 3.0x | ✔ | FILES.BBS (text) | ✔ | ✔ |
| Other BBS Software | ||||
| PCBoard 14.x / 15.x | ✔ | Text (with column headers) | ✔ | ✔ |
| ProBoard | ✔ | FILES.BBS + FILESIDX.PB | ✔ | ✔ |
| SpitFire | ✔ | SFFILES.BBS (text) | ✔ | ✔ |
| TAG BBS | ✔ | Binary (DIR) | ✔ | ✔ |
| SearchLight | ✔ | Binary (SL2 B-tree) | ✔ | ✔ |
| Concord 1.06 | ✔ | Binary (HDR / TXT) | ✔ | ✔ |
| ShotGun Pro 1.38 | ✔ | Binary (FIL / TXT + FA) | ✔ | ✔ |
| Synchronet BBS 2.x | ✔ | Binary (DAT / IXB / EXB) | ✔ | ✘ |
| TBBS | ✔ | Text (path-prefixed) | ✔ | ✘ |
| LoraBBS 2.40 | ✔ | FILES.BBS (text) | ✔ | ✘ |
| PowerBBS | ✔ | Text (formatted) | ✔ | ✘ |
| AdeptXBBS 1.11+ | ✔ | Binary + text (OS/2 only) | ✔ | ✘ |
| BBBS | ✔ | Text (macro format) | ✔ | ✘ |
| Terminate BBS | ✔ | FILES.BBS (text) | ✔ | ✘ |
| Tornado BBS | ✔ | FILES.BBS (text) | ✔ | ✘ |
| Magic BBS | ✔ | FILES.BBS (text) | ✔ | ✘ |
| WildCat! 4.x | ✔ | WC SDK (B-tree) | ✔ | ✘ |
Summary
- 34 BBS types supported for file area configuration scanning
- 34 BBS types supported for file listing read and update
- 16 BBS types with automatic file area creation (auto-add)
- 10 message base formats with read and write support
- 6 message bases with full pack support (Hudson, MSG, Squish, JAM, GoldBase, PCBoard)
- 5 message bases with renumber support (Hudson, MSG, JAM, GoldBase, PCBoard)
- WildCat! 4.x support requires the dedicated WildCat build variant