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6.2.53 UserList

Syntax:

UserList filename

Example:

UserList e:\nodelist\fidouser.lst

The fido user list file is a text file that contains all fidonet sysop names and the corresponding node numbers. It is used for looking up node numbers by sysop name. A fido user list file is typically named fidouser.lst. You can specify up to two fido user list files by repeating the UserList keyword.

Note that even when you are using a version 7 lookup, it is still preferable to also have a fidouser.lst file and to use the UserList keyword, because only the fidouser list file lookup routines of MsgEd TE can deal with multiple matching node numbers for one sysop name (they will present you a list to select from), while the V7 lookup routines currently cannot do this.

The exact format of a fido user list file is as follows: Each line in this file must have eactly the same length. Sysop names are left justified and node numbers are right justified. Node Numbers must come after column 40. The file must be sorted alphabetically in a way like the C strcmp() function would do it.