═══ 1. Outbound Manager ═══ You are currently in the SOB outbound directory manager. The outbound directory is where a mail tosser, such as Squish, places mail that is to be delivered to other systems by a FidoNet such as BinkleyTerm. The list that is displayed, are the contents of your outbound directory and contain the following columns: Address This is the address the mail is to be sent to. If a node has more than one item, only the first item has the address. An address of N/A indicates that SOB could not determine a correct address for the file. Type This column indicates the type of file. See the file descriptions below. Date The date the file was last written to. Time The time the file was last written to. File Name/Path The filename and or complete path for the file. The complete path is used in FLO files and in Update Request type request files. The file types are defined as follows: ArcMail This is an archived mail file, and is sent as a file attach. This file contains compressed mail packets, typically echo mail. An ArcMail file is supposed to be included in a file attach file. If an ArcMail file is orphaned SOB allows you to un-orphan the file by creating a new file attach file or add it to an existing file. After an ArcMail file is sent to the targeted system, it is truncated to a length of zero. This indicates to mail processor that the file has been sent and not to add any new mail packets. The file filtering in SOB allows you to eliminate truncated ArcMail files from the display. Fiat This file contains a list of files to be sent to another system. Each file attach file, has it's list of files displayed immediatly after it. If you do not wish to see these files, the file filtering in SOB will prevent these entries from being displayed. A file attach file has a flavor (priority) that is described below. FileReq This is a list of files, that your system is requesting from another. The files to be requested are listed immediatly following the file request entry. If you do not wish to see these files, the file filtering in SOB will prevent these entries from being displayed. NoConnect This file contains the number of times your system attempted to connect to the target system. This count is displayed after the file name in the file name column. If you do not wish to see these files, the file filtering in SOB will prevent these entries from being displayed. NodeBusy This indicate that either BinkleyTerm is connected to, or attempting a connection to the node, or that a mail processor such as Squish is packing mail for that node. If you do not wish to see these files, the file filtering in SOB will prevent these entries from being displayed. Poll This file is used to force a call to a remote node. This file may also contain netmail messages that have not been added to an ArcMail bundle. A Poll is also used to send a file request file. Tick This file is produced by a file distribution processor, such as Tick. Other These are files that do not fit any of the above descriptions. If you do not wish to see these files, the file filtering in SOB will prevent these entries from being displayed. The Flavor or Priority for FLO and packet files are as follows: If anyone has a better definition of these, I would appreciate very much if you would send them to me. Crash Typically high priority mail that is sent immedialty. Direct Same as Crash Hold Mail is to be held until the target system calls your system or until you call the other system. Leave Mail will never be sent. Normal Sent "Normally" based on the mailer event setup. Mail processors create most of the entries in your outbound area. SOB's outbound manager gives you the ability to easily maintain and manipulate your outbound area. You can generate Polls, request and send files, and delete old or undeliverable mail. To manipulate any of these entries, select an entry by pressing enter on the highlighted entry, or double click with the right mouse button and you will be presented with an Actions Menu ═══ 2. Options Menu ═══ This menu presents the options that are available to you in using SOB: Configuration SOB Configuration File Filtering Filtering on certain files types in the outbound display. Exit Terminating SOB About A Brag dialog that seems to be present in all OS/2 PM applications. ═══ 2.1. Configuration ═══ This option allow you to configure SOB with the information it needs to operate. ═══ 2.2. File Filtering ═══ This option provides file filtering, to allow some flexability in controlling what files are displayed in SOB's outbound window. ═══ 2.3. Exit ═══ This option will terminate SOB. Prior to exiting, the position and size of SOB's window will be saved. The next time SOB is started it will be at the same location and will be the same size as the last time you used it. ═══ 2.4. About ═══ This is nothing more than a Brag item. The About selection typically tells who the author is and displays copyright information. Every OS/2 PM application seems to have one, so I have included it. ═══ 3. Misc. Outbound Menu ═══ *** Help not ready *** ═══ 3.1. Cleanup Outbound ═══ *** Help not ready *** ═══ 3.1.1. Clean Up Noconnects ═══ This clean up option will delete files with an extension of *.$$* ═══ 3.1.2. Clean up Truncated ArcMail ═══ This cleanup option deletes all ArcMail bundles that have been sent. After an ArcMail bundle is sent, it is truncated to a length of zero. The zero length indicates to a mail tosser, such as Squish, the bundle has been sent and not to add any additional mail packets to the bundle. ═══ 3.1.3. Clean up Other ═══ This clean up option, deletes files that are listed with a type of Other Other files, are files that are in the outbound and are not recognized by a mailer such as BinkleyTerm. ═══ 3.1.4. Clean up Missing ═══ This clean up option will delete from *.?LO files, any entries that can't be found. *.?LO are labeled as FiAtt ═══ 3.1.5. Clean up Empty FiAT ═══ The cleanup option deletes any *.?LO that do not have any entries. ═══ 3.1.6. Clean up ALL ═══ This cleanup option will delete all of the files eligible for cleanup, which are: o No Connects o Sent (truncated to zero length) ArcMail bundles. o Files labeled as Other. o Files listed as missing in *.?LO files. o *.?LO files that have no entries. ═══ 3.2. Outbound Rescan ═══ This Misc menu causes a rescan of the current outbound area, and a refresh of the outbound display. ═══ 3.3. Generate a POLL ═══ This Misc menu option will generate a POLL packet, which causes Binkley to call another system. You should not generater a POLL unless you do not have mail destined for the targeted system, or unless you wish to create a POLL with a higher priority than current waiting mail targeted for the system to be polled. ═══ 4. Selected Item Actions Menu ═══ You have selected an item in the you outbound area. This menu offers several actions that can be performed on the selected item: Re-Address This option allows you to re-address a Flow or Packet file. Change Flavor Change the Flavor of a Flow or Packet file. Erase Erase any file on the outbound display. Un-Orphan Un-Orphan an ArcMail bundle. ═══ 4.1. Selected Item Actions Menu ═══ Change the destination address of the selected Flo or Packet file. ═══ 4.2. Change Flavor to Crash ═══ Change the Flavor (priority) of the selected item to Crash ═══ 4.3. Change Flavor to Direct ═══ Change the Flavor (priority) of the selected item to Direct ═══ 4.4. Change Flavor to Hold ═══ Change the Flavor (priority) of the selected item to Hold ═══ 4.5. Change Flavor to Leave ═══ Change the Flavor (priority) of the selected item to Leave ═══ 4.6. Change Flavor to Normal ═══ Change the Flavor (priority) of the selected item to Normal ═══ 4.7. Erase Item ═══ Erase/delete the selected entry ═══ 4.8. UnOrphan ArcMail ═══ ArcMail requires that a Flow file has the bundle name in it, in order for the bundle to be sent. This option will create the Flow file for the selected ArcMail bundle if it does not exist. ═══ 5. SOB Configuration ═══ ***Help not ready*** ═══ 6. Net Address ═══ Help is currently not available ═══ 7. Zone Change ═══ Help is currently not available ═══ 8. Send, Request, Update Request files ═══ Help is currently not available ═══ 9. Generate a poll ═══ Help is currently not available ═══ 10. File Filtering ═══ Help is currently not available ═══ 11. Packet / Bundle Flavor ═══ Help is currently not available ═══ ═══ Squish is a mail tosser and packer written and Copyrighted by Scott Dudley. ═══ ═══ Binkley is a FidoNet(tm) mailer front end written and copyrighted by Bit Bucket Software. ═══ ═══ FidoNet is a Trademark of Tom Jennings. ═══ ═══ Tick if anyone know the author of this software please send me a netmail so I could include it here. ═══ ═══ If anyone has a better definition of these, I would appreciate very much if you would send them to me. Crash Typically high priority mail that is sent immedialty. Direct Same as Crash Hold Mail is to be held until the target system calls your system or until you call the other system. Leave Mail will never be sent. Normal Sent "Normally" based on the mailer event setup.