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  • Conference Mail System

    The Conference Mail System (CMS), introduced in 1986 by Bob Hartman as an evolution of earlier FastEcho utilities, was a high-performance Echomail processor designed to scale FidoNet’s rapidly growing distributed discussion network. Building on the original Echomail concept created in 1985 by Jeff Rush, CMS automated and optimized the scanning, packing, routing, duplicate detection, and tossing of shared message conferences across FidoNet-compatible systems. As Echomail expanded from small regional sysop groups to hundreds of interconnected nodes carrying dozens of conferences, the limitations of earlier tools became apparent; CMS addressed these scaling challenges with improved speed, reliability, and management features. By making large-scale conference distribution practical and efficient, Conference Mail played a significant role in FidoNet’s late-1980s growth, helping transform Echomail from a clever regional experiment into a robust, global store-and-forward discussion network comparable in structure to Usenet.

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  • FILEPACK.PAS in infusrc.zip

    {$I DIRECT.INC} Program FilePack; Uses Crt, GenTypes, ConfigRt, skaShit, GenSubs; Var confnum,currareas:string; totareas,counter...

  • GENTYPES.PAS in infusrc.zip

    {$I DIRECT.INC} { Infusion Bulletin Board Software, (c)Copyright Grant Passmore 1997-98 Record structures / development package ...

  • GETLOGIN.PAS in infusrc.zip

    {$I DIRECT.INC} unit GetLogin; {::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::} interface uses gentypes,dataproc; ...

  • INFUIRC.PAS in infusrc.zip

    { infusion bbs irc module, written by skaboy101. } {$I DIRECT.INC} Unit InfuIrc; Interface Procedure DoInfusionIrc; Implementation ...

  • INFUPACK.PAS in infusrc.zip

    {$I DIRECT.INC} {$M 30720,0,1024} Program Packer; Uses Dos, Crt, ConfigRt, GenTypes, StatRet, Gensubs, Fi...

  • INFUSION.PAS in infusrc.zip

    program infusion; {$I DIRECT.INC} {$M 65520,1024,30000} { ▄ ▌ ▐▌ ▐ ▌ ██ ▐█ █ ▐ ▐█ ▐ ...

  • INFUTOSS.PAS in infusrc.zip

    {$I DIRECT.INC} {$M $DDDD,1200,8000} Uses Dos, Crt, DosMem, FileLock, GenSubs, ConfigRt, GenTypes, skash...

  • INIT.PAS in infusrc.zip

    {$I DIRECT.INC} UNIT Init; INTERFACE PROCEDURE ValidConfiguration; Procedure Initinfusion (CheckFiles30 : BOOLEAN); IMPLEMENTATION USES ...

  • LOGIN2.PAS in infusrc.zip

    {$I DIRECT.INC} Unit Login2; Interface Procedure RandomWelcome; Procedure RandomStat; Procedure Check_Waiting_Mail; Procedure Check_Feedba...

  • MAILRET.PAS in infusrc.zip

    {$I DIRECT.INC} unit mailret; interface uses gentypes,gensubs,subs1,configrt,statret,textret, FileLock; function searchmail (startpt,usern...

  • MAINMENU.PAS in infusrc.zip

    {$I DIRECT.INC} unit mainmenu; interface Procedure ShowCredits; Procedure EditStatus; Procedure BlackList; procedure editusers; procedure...

  • MAINR2.PAS in infusrc.zip

    {$I DIRECT.INC} Unit Mainr2; Interface Uses GenTypes,skashit; Function ValidFname (Name:lstr) : Boolean; Function SearchBoard (Name:sstr) : I...

  • MENUSYS2.PAS in infusrc.zip

    {$I DIRECT.INC} unit menuSys2; interface procedure mDoMenuSystem; procedure mChangeMenu(newMenu : string); {:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::...

  • MESS0.PAS in infusrc.zip

    {$I DIRECT.INC} Unit Mess0; {/ low level message area routines /} Interface Uses GenTypes; Const FidoSig = '.:. i...

  • MESS4.PAS in infusrc.zip

    {$I DIRECT.INC} Unit Mess4; {/ QWK routines .. /} Interface Uses GenTypes; Procedure ProcessRep; Procedure MakeQ...

  • MESSSYS0.PAS in infusrc.zip

    {$I DIRECT.INC} Unit MessSys0; {/ message sysop routines /} Interface Uses GenTypes; procedure setnameaccess; pr...

  • misc/ART/CONFIG1.ANS in infusrc.zip

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  • misc/ART/MENUEDIT.ANS in infusrc.zip

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  • misc/ART/MENUEDIT.DAT in infusrc.zip

    Infusion Menu Commands - *VERY* similar to iniquity and renegade '^M' - Do Command when User Hits <CR> at prompt '##' - Do Command when user...

  • misc/ART/NAG.ANS in infusrc.zip

    ▄▌ ▄▀▐infusion bbs software (c) grant passmore / idt 1997-98 ▄▀░░█▌...