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Mystic Documentation

Mystic Documentation

Welcome to the community-maintained Mystic BBS documentation project.

Mystic BBS was created by James Coyle. This documentation project is an independent community effort and is not an official Mystic BBS publication.

This documentation is intended for SysOps, FTN network operators, developers, and users who want a practical reference for installing, configuring, operating, troubleshooting, and extending Mystic BBS.

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FTN Networking

Planned FTN pages include BinkP, EchoMail Nodes, MUTIL, FIDOPOLL, AreaFix, FileFix, TIC files, file echoes, and FTN troubleshooting.

Planned Documentation Areas

Getting Started

Installation, directory structure, initial configuration, startup, and basic administration.

Configuration

System settings, users, security, servers, menus, themes, prompts, and common SysOp configuration.

Message System

Local message bases, echomail, netmail, message-base configuration, and message processing.

FTN Networking

FTN concepts, addresses and domains, AKAs, nodes, BinkP, mail flow, routing, MUTIL, FIDOPOLL, AreaFix, FileFix, and file echoes.

File System

File bases, uploads, downloads, file areas, TIC processing, and file echoes.

Utilities

Mystic utilities and supporting tools used for maintenance, networking, and automation.

Administration

Events, semaphores, logging, backups, upgrades, maintenance, and operational practices.

Troubleshooting

Structured troubleshooting for startup, networking, FTN mail, message bases, file bases, and configuration problems.

Development

Mystic integration topics and links to the dedicated Mystic MPL Documentation project.

Project Status

This documentation is under active development. Pages may be incomplete or may require verification against specific Mystic releases.

See Documentation Status for current coverage.


Mystic BBS was created by James Coyle. Mystic Documentation is an independent community documentation project.

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