RIME FTP PROCEDURES ------------------- FTP accounts are FREE! Please contact the Nethub for login's and passwords. Do not ask Sue Moore, as she will refer you here. The login/password administration for this service will be provided by the Nethub. This is available to every RIME sysop in good standing. The following procedures must be followed exactly: For Postlink: Packets are named in the following manner: Ussss.NNN - Packet going *to* the Nethub placed in /ftpout by you. Dssss.NNN - Packet from the Nethub placed in /ftpin by me. They *MUST* be zipped and the Ussss.NNN packet *MUST* contain your PostLink PREAMBLE from your export run. QWK: Packets are named in the following manner: QUssss.NNN - Packet going *to* the Nethub placed in /ftpout by you. QDssss.NNN - Packet from the Nethub found in /ftpin by me. Packets are compressed with PKZIP, and renamed from MOONDOG.REP for the site, or MOONDOG.QWK from the NetHub. FTSC: Packets are named in the following manner: FUssss.NNN - Packet going *to* the Nethub placed in /ftpout by you. FDssss.NNN - Packet from the Nethub found in /ftpin by me. Packets are compressed with PKZIP only. FDssss.NNN packets are returned from those sysops using AREAFIX on the NetHub and not taking the ALTERNATE packet (RIMEFTSC.NNN). **DO NOT** Areafix if you are taking RIMEFTSC.NNN from our ftp sites, or from Planet Connect! It duplicates the Nethub's effort, and wastes our resources. Your SESSION and AREAFIX passwords must be in UPPER CASE. All Formats: 1) ssss - is your RIME site number. NNNN - is a number, starting at 000, and incrementing by 1 for each packet, resetting to 000 when 999 is reached. 2) IMPROTANT - Each sysop is on the honor system during this initial phase. Please insure your script is set to mget YOUR PACKET ONLY! 3) In the coming days I will have the RIME encryption method in place. A very simple, one-step process to use when you rename your packets. In a nut-shell, I will have a set of 'keys' at the nethub, and will hand out an individual key to each sysop. The sysop will then use this key to encrypt his ZIPped packet. I will use the corresponding key on the Nethub to decrypt your packet. No two sysops will have the same key. I am told that the combinations of keys number in the billions. (Please store a copy of your KEY on a floppy) (or some other safe place in case I loose it.) 4) You may delete your packets after 48 hours. Although The Nethub Agent will travel around the sites every 90 min collecting packets, no packet will be imported more than once at the Nethub. 5) If the packets are not deleted, the Nethub Garbage Agent will make one pass every 48 hours, cleaning up each site. Please make sure you save your packets for a minimum of 14 days, especially hubs. 6) FTP login names and passwords will change every 30 days. Current ftp sysops in good standing will receive the new passwords in their encrypted packets starting on the 25th of each month, and for the following 5 days. 7) New ftp sysops will need to call the Nethub voice, or use Internet email to receive their initial login name, password and RIME encryption key. NetHub voice number is : (718) 338-1932 Nethub email address is: don.barba@moondog.com 8) RIME encryption keys may be changed at various times during the year. If a mass change is planned, sufficient notice will be given. -Don-