Postie Config

NOTE: Besides postie.toml, postie also uses archivers.toml and talisman.ini, it must be run from the bbs root directory.

postie.toml contains information for the scanner / tosser postie.

example:

[postie]
inbound = "ftn/in"
protinbound = "ftn/in_sec"
outbound = "ftn/out"
packetdir = "ftn/packets"
dupebase = "dupes"
 
[[address]]
aka = "21:1/126.2"
 
[[link]]
aka = "21:1/126"
ouraka = "21:1/126.2"
archiver = "zip"
flavour = "hold"
 
[[route]]
aka = "21:1/126"
pattern = "21:*"
 
[[area]]
aka = "21:1/126.2"
file = "fsx/tst"
tag = "FSX_TST"
links = "21:1/126"
 
[[netarea]]
aka = "21:1/126.2"
file = "fsx/netmail"

[[filearea]]
aka = "21:1/126.2"
directory = "dloads/fsx/node"
database = "fb_fsxnode"
tag = "FSX_NODE"
links = "21:1/126"
hook = "/home/pi/bbs/fsx_node_hook.sh"

The [postie] Section

inbound this is your unprotected inbound, postie looks for netmails in here.
protinbound this is your secure inbound, postie looks for bundles and packets in here.
outbound your outbound directory, where FLO files etc are put.
packetdir a directory where outbound bundles are stored.
dupebase a message base for storing duplicate messages.
bundlename the type of name given to a bundle can be “timestamp” or “nodediff” (Optional)

The [[address]] Array

This array is a list of your addresses.

aka Your address

NOTE: A common misconception is that more than one aka can follow an [[address]] tag,

The correct way to define multiple addresses is:

[[address]]
aka = "21:1/999"

[[address]]
aka = "637:1/999"

The [[link]] Array

This array is a list of your uplinks / downlinks.

aka The address for the link
ouraka Your address for the link, should be in [[address]] array.
archiver The NAME of the archiver as defined in archivers.toml
flavour Whether this link should be CRASH, HOLD or NORMAL
filebox A filebox for this node (Used to send TIC files to downlinks)
packetpwd Packet password (Optional)
areafixpwd Password for areafix. (Optional)
ticpwd Password for tic files. (Optional)
allowedgroups String of group characters a link is allowed to join / remove. (Optional)

The [[route]] Array

This array stores routing information for netmail. Postie requires all netmail to be routed through one of your links.

aka The address for the link to route through
pattern The pattern to match, * is a wildcard.

The [[area]] Array

This array is where you store information about your echomail message bases.

aka Your address for this base.
file The file name (without extension) of the squish base relative to the message base directory.
tag The echomail AREA tag / name.
links A comma seperated list of links attached to this area.
group A character representing the group this area belongs to (Don’t use ‘0’) (Optional)
scan_hook A script to execute when a message is scanned out of this area, the hook is passed AREA tag, Subject, Author (Optional)
toss_hook A script to execute when a message is tossed in to this area, the hook is passed AREA tag, Subject, Author (Optional)

The [[netarea]] Array

This array is where you define your netmail areas. Talisman / Postie uses 1 netmail area per network.

aka Your address for this base.
file The file name (without extension) of the squish base relative to the message base directory.

The [[filearea]] Array

This array is where you define file areas.

aka Your address for this base.
directory The directory which to put the files in.
database The name of the filebase’s database.
tag The file area tag.
links A comma seperated list of links attached to this area, links can be prefixed with a special character to indicate link type.
- & Indicates processing is allowed, and forwarding is allowed
- = Indicates that processing is not allowed, forwarding is allowed (ie, pass through)
- ! No processing and No forwarding. (ie downlink only)
- No prefix Indicates that processing is allowed, forwarding is not allowed.
hook A script to execute when a file is received in this area (Optional)