COMPILING --------- Compiling FMS requires CMake, and pthreads. Other required libraries are bundled with FMS. To compile, run these commands from the source directory: cmake . make If you want to use the bundled SQLite3 library, add a -D USE_BUNDLED_SQLITE=ON to the cmake command. UPGRADING --------- It is always a good idea to make copies of your current FMS installation before continuing. First shut down FMS and then replace the binary and template.htm with those from the new version. You may keep the same database unless otherwise noted. INSTALLATION ------------ Place the binary and template.htm in a directory of your choice. On the first run, a database file will also be created in this directory. Make sure the user that runs FMS has read/write access to this directory. RUNNING ------- You may run FMS in console mode by running the binary directly. If you are running *nix and would like to run as a daemon, use the -d argument. On Windows, -i will install FMS as a service, and -u will uninstall the service. EXITING ------- To exit FMS running in console mode, press CTRL+C while at the console. You can also use the shutdown button on the web interface to close FMS. As a last resort, you may kill the process. WEB INTERFACE ------------- By default, a web interface for administration will be running at http:// localhost:8080. You can use the interface to configure and administer FMS. NNTP CONFIGURATION ------------------ By default, the NNTP server will listen on port 1119. Configure your newsreader to connect to the machine running FMS on this port. Use the web interface to create an identity and use the name of the identity as the username for the newsgroup account. The email address may be anything, as it is discarded when posting messages. POSTING MESSAGES ---------------- Use must set your newsreader to use UTF-8 when posting messages. Any non-text attachment to the message will be stripped. Text attachments will be inlined with the message body. Cross posting is fine, but remember that each identity can set a limit to the number of boards each message may be cross posted to. CONTROL BOARDS -------------- Control boards are special boards that will add/remove trust from an identity. Create control boards in the web interface, and then reply to an identity's message to a control board to change the trust of the identity as per the settings for the board. You may cross post to a regular board and a control board with the same message. The control boards will be stripped from the message before inserting into Freenet. FREESITES --------- Each identity has the option to publish a freesite. A generic HTML template called site-template.htm is used to insert the site. You can customize the template by placing an HTML file called identityname-template.htm in the same directory as the fms binary. In the template, the string [LINKS] will be replaced by a