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 1. Extract MANNIRC.RAR to a directory/folder. (In this example we will use C:\PB\MANNIRC) 1. Extract MANNIRC.RAR to a directory/folder. (In this example we will use C:\PB\MANNIRC)
  
-2. Open MannIRC.ini in your favourite text editor, and edit the options as described in +2. Open MannIRC.ini in your favorite text editor, and edit the options as described in   MANNIRC.HTML
-   MANNIRC.HTML+
  
 3. In your BBS software, configure your door to run a Command Line such as this example, which will run NFU.EXE and pass the path-only of your BBS Nodes dropfile directory, as well as the MANNIRC.EXE that NFU will execute along with its needed node parameter. Say for example, that your BBS software is ProBoard and your BBS directory structure is: 3. In your BBS software, configure your door to run a Command Line such as this example, which will run NFU.EXE and pass the path-only of your BBS Nodes dropfile directory, as well as the MANNIRC.EXE that NFU will execute along with its needed node parameter. Say for example, that your BBS software is ProBoard and your BBS directory structure is:
-   C:\PB  (main BBS directory)+   C:\PB         (main BBS directory)
    C:\PB\NODE1   (Node 1 dropfile directory)    C:\PB\NODE1   (Node 1 dropfile directory)
    C:\PB\NODE2   (Node 2 dropfile directory)    C:\PB\NODE2   (Node 2 dropfile directory)
  
 ProBoard BBS uses the following Door Command Line macros: ProBoard BBS uses the following Door Command Line macros:
-       *# is replaced by the Node number +   *# is replaced by the Node number 
-       *D tells ProBoard to create a DOOR.SYS drop file, and is filtered out. +   *D tells ProBoard to create a DOOR.SYS drop file, and is filtered out. 
 So the following type-7 Command Line could be configured for this door in ProCfg: So the following type-7 Command Line could be configured for this door in ProCfg:
    c:\netfoss\nfu.exe c:\pb\node*# "c:\pb\mannirc\mannirc.exe c:\pb\node*#\door32.sys" *D    c:\netfoss\nfu.exe c:\pb\node*# "c:\pb\mannirc\mannirc.exe c:\pb\node*#\door32.sys" *D
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 To make the second parameter shorter, you can use the "^" shortcut character to replace the path and filename of the DOOR32.SYS like so: To make the second parameter shorter, you can use the "^" shortcut character to replace the path and filename of the DOOR32.SYS like so:
    c:\netfoss\nfu.exe . "c:\pb\mannirc\mannirc.exe ^" *D    c:\netfoss\nfu.exe . "c:\pb\mannirc\mannirc.exe ^" *D
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 +Thank you to Mike Ehlert for his instructions in the NetFoss User Guide!!
 +[[https://pcmicro.com/netfoss/]]
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