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Created by Maarten Bekers, author of EleBBS, and James Coyle, author of Mystic BBS, this dropfile is able to handle TELNET connections created by newer BBS software (EleBBS, Mystic BBS, Synchronet) and by certain older BBS applications (mostly OS/2-native: Maximus, Telegard, AdeptXBBS).
 * DOOR32.SYS

This format originated in the GAP BBS application and quickly became a de facto standard. The original DOOR.SYS contained 31 lines. At some point later the format was extended to 52 lines of information. Nearly all modern BBS applications support this format.
 * DOOR.SYS

Created by Mark Goodwin, original author of the TriBBS Bulletin Board System.
 * TRIBBS.SYS

RBBS-PC, QuickBBS and RemoteAccess used this format. This file is 12 lines long. The name of the dropfile never changed, even if it was used in multi-node environments.
 * DORINFO1.DEF

This allowed slightly more flexibility for up to 36 nodes. The dropfiles for nodes 1 - 9 are named DORINFO1.DEF to DORINFO9.DEF. Node 10 uses DOFINFO0.def. Nodes 11 - 36 use alphabetical order, from DORINFOA.DEF to DORINFOZ.DEF. This is exactly the same format as DORINFO1.DEF.
 * DORINFO#.DEF

This was used by WWIV BBS and contains 32 lines.
 * CHAIN.TXT


 * <tt>CALLINFO.BBS</tt>

Solar Realms Elite (door game) defined this format and it could created by many BBS programs or created from other drop files by the Solar Realms <tt>SFDOOR</tt> utility.
 * <tt>SFDOORS.DAT</tt>

This binary dropfile was created and used by PCBoard, FeatherNet PRO, and others.
 * <tt>PCBOARD.SYS</tt>

An uncommon dropfile created by 2AM-BBS.
 * <tt>JUMPER.DAT</tt>

Wildcat! BBS 3.0 and above create this file for additional information not supported by other dropfiles.
 * <tt>USERINFO.DAT</tt>