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UserList filename
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.