This is my personal Synchronet contents outline, kept in line with Digital Man's original manual. It is the **source of truth** for section order and numbering.

Expanded public write-up (multi-page, wiki-sourced): [[https://stevenphilley.com/bbs/sysopmanual/|stevenphilley.com/bbs/sysopmanual]]. Edit this talk page first when the outline changes; refresh the site mirror from here.

Old synchro.net/docs links stay retired — each outline line points at the current wiki page.

===== Manuals =====

==== User Manual ====

Caller-facing docs. What a user sees depends on the command shell and which modules the sysop has installed.

  * [[user:index|User Manual]]
  * [[user:shell:classic|Synchronet Classic Shell]]
  * [[user:login:default|Default Login]]
  * [[user:settings|User Settings]]
  * [[user:mail|Electronic Mail]]
  * [[user:msgbase|Message Base]]
  * [[user:files|File Transfer Section]]
  * [[user:chat|Chat]]
  * [[user:textfiles|Text File Section]]
  * [[user:doors|External Programs / Doors]]
  * [[user:qwk|QWK Mail Packet Menu]]
  * [[user:ctrl_keys|Control-key Commands]]

==== Sysop Manual ====

  * 1.0 [[install:win|Installation Instructions (Windows)]]
  * 2.0 [[config:index|Configuration]]
  * 2.5 [[dir:index|Directories]]
  * 3.0 [[config:nodes|Adding Nodes]]
    * 3.1 [[util:node|Node Display Control Utility]]
    * 3.2 Last node is set in [[config:sbbs.ini|sbbs.ini]] after SCFG
  * 4.0 [[config:cfg_files|Configuration Files]]
  * 5.0 Sysop Commands (Remote / Local)
    * 5.1 [[access:index|Sysop Definition]] (security level 90 and above)
    * 5.2 [[access:index|Multiple Sysops]]
    * 5.3 [[util:SCFG|Local configuration (SCFG)]]
    * 5.4 [[module:str_cmds|Online Sysop Commands]]
  * 6.0 User Management
    * 6.1 [[access:user_editor|In-BBS User Editor]] ('';UEDIT'')
    * 6.2 [[util:uedit|uedit]] (standalone)
    * 6.3 [[util:allusers|Bulk User Editor (allusers)]]
  * 7.0 [[access:index|Access Control]]
    * 7.1 [[access:requirements|Access Requirements]]
    * 7.2 Keywords and symbols, on [[access:requirements|Access Requirements]]
    * 7.3 General usage examples, on [[access:requirements|Access Requirements]]
    * 7.4 Nesting expressions, on [[access:requirements|Access Requirements]]
    * 7.5 Nested logic examples, on [[access:requirements|Access Requirements]]

  * 8.0 [[config:message_areas|Message Bases]]
  * 9.0 Networking (Messages)
    * 9.1 QWK Packet Networking
      * 9.1.1 [[config:networks|QWK Network Hubs]]
      * 9.1.2 [[howto:dove-net|Connect to DOVE-Net]]
      * 9.1.3 [[ref:qwk|QWK Packet Format]]
      * 9.1.4 [[ref:qwknet|QWK Network Extensions]]
      * 9.1.5 [[util:qwknodes|qwknodes]]
    * 9.4 [[howto:fidonet|FidoNet]]
      * 9.4.1 [[util:sbbsecho|SBBSecho]]
      * 9.4.2 [[util:echocfg|EchoCfg]]
      * 9.4.3 [[config:sbbsecho.ini|sbbsecho.ini]]
  * 10.0 [[config:file_areas|File Section]]
    * 10.10 [[util:addfiles|Adding files to the BBS database (addfiles)]]
    * 10.11 [[util:delfiles|DelFiles]]
    * 10.12 [[util:filelist|FileList]]
  * 11.0 [[config:chat_features|Chat Features]]
  * 12.0 [[module:xtrn_sec|External Programs]]
    * 12.5 [[howto:editor:index|External Editors]]
    * 12.6 [[howto:door:index|Doors (Online Programs)]]

  * 13.0 [[dir:text|Text File Section]]
    * 13.1 [[config:text_files|Text Files]]
  * 14.0 [[server:terminal|Telnet / RLogin / SSH (Terminal Server)]]
  * 15.0 [[service:index|Services]]
  * 16.0 [[util:index|Utility Reference]]
  * 17.0 [[custom:index|Customization]]
    * 17.1 [[config:text_files|Text Files]]
    * 17.2 [[custom:atcodes|Message Variables (@-codes)]]
    * 17.3 [[custom:ctrl-a_codes|Message Color Codes (Ctrl-A codes)]]
    * 17.4 [[custom:sif|SIF Questionnaire File]]
    * 17.5 [[custom:guru|GURU.DAT]]
  * 18.0 Internet [[server:index|Servers]]
    * 18.1 [[server:ftp|FTP Server]]
    * 18.2 [[server:web|Web Server]]
      * 18.2.1 [[howto:php|PHP with Synchronet]]
      * 18.2.2 [[custom:xjs_template|xjs templates]]
      * 18.2.3 [[custom:ssjs_template|SSJS templates]]
    * 18.3 [[server:mail|Mail Server (SMTP)]]
      * 18.3.1 [[howto:spamd|SpamAssassin]]
      * 18.3.2 [[howto:dnsbl|DNS Blacklist]]
      * 18.4 [[howto:block-hackers|Internet Security]]

  * 19.0 Unix/Linux
    * 19.1 [[install:nix|Installation Instructions]]
    * 19.2 Security
      * 19.2.1 [[howto:linux_non-root|Linux non-root]]
      * 19.2.2 [[howto:freebsd_non-root|FreeBSD non-root]]
      * 19.2.3 [[howto:fail2ban|Block botnets with Fail2Ban]]
  * 20.0 Appendix
    * A [[config:cmdline|Command Line Specifiers]]

==== Sysop Bible (Proper Care and Feeding of a Board) ====

  * Sysop definition and multiple sysops: [[access:index|Access Control]] sections 5.1 and 5.2 above
  * [[howto:moderation|Message Base Moderation]]
  * [[module:str_cmds|Online sysop commands]]

==== Technical Manual ====

  * [[ref:index|Reference Library]]
  * [[ref:qwk|QWK Format]]
  * [[ref:qwknet|QWK Network Extensions]]

===== Development =====

  * [[install:dev|Development Update]]
  * [[dev:index|Development]]
  * [[howto:gdb|Linux Debugging]]

===== Extras (Terminal, QWK and ANSI Programs) =====

  * [[resource:index|Resources]]
  * [[bbs:index|BBS Lists]]