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The more logfiles of Internet sessions I can get, the more different Internet providers I can support. Thanks! AutoNet will grow tremendously in later versions. Soon, you can tag the files you want, then Autonet will write out an agenda file FOR YOU. I highly recommend using /SLOW at all times you won't be around... This ensures AutoNet the time to recover from any Internet hickups. ================= WHY REGISTER??? ============================================= Registration entitles you to: 1. Deleting files! The unregistered version does NOT delete the files at your home space on the Net. That means you will probably be charged for every megabyte you use. 2. Mass mailing. Registering entitles you to send mail, up to 1,000 letters. 3. Unlimited free upgrades. When the file manager gets written, you get a free copy! This will be the most popular COMM util, EVER, after the file manager is here. The Net is doubling after every two years.. don't be out of date! Register today! ================= ENCLOSED FILES ========================================== AGENDA 1 - Sample AGENDA files LOTFILES 1 SMALAGEN 1 NEWDOOM 1 MAINRUN 1 FREDAGEN 1 NEWFILES 1 - Sample newfiles list ARCHMAIL 1 - Sample archie/mailing agenda DSZ EXE - Zmodem AUTONET EXE - Auto-Net! SIM2AUTO EXE - Converts SIMINDEX.ZIP file to AGENDA files AUTOFILE EXE - File manager (primitive release) AUTONET DOC - General documentation PROBLEMS DOC WHATS NEW COMMANDS ANT - Commands for the terminal menu AUTONET PIF - Run Auto-Net under Windows FREDLOG SCR - Two sample scripts MYLOGIN SCR AUTONET CFG - Your personal configuration for Auto-Net ARCHIE CFG - Tells Auto-Net how to do archie searches MAIL CFG - Configuration for your mail-sending FILE_ID DIZ - Description AUTONT DAT - Data file for Auto-Net (MAKE SURE IT'S IN THE SAME DIRECTORY!) ================= FILE MANAGER ========================================== I finally added the file manager (primitive release) AUTOFILE.EXE does one thing currently: 1) Edit your config file, your signature file, or make a new config To edit your config files, choose CONFIG from the main menu. More features will be added later! (like a database system, etc...) ================= QUICK START ============================================= AutoNet does several types of tasks: 1. ftp - an ftp site. This command heads off to an FTP site, in order to get some files, or find new files. Example: ftp oak.oakland.edu ftp ftp.spies.com ftp ftp.ncs.com 2. cd - change a directory on the current site. Example: cd /pub/games cd /Library cd /pub/popular/DOOM 3. get - retrieve a file to your local work space. Hash marks are turned on, and the file is determined by AUTONET to be binary or ascii. Example: get SIMINDEX.ZIP get NEW.FILES get PARADOX.ZIP 4. new - find XX # of new files. The files will scroll by, and AutoNet will find the first XX files you want. Example: new 20 - gets 20 newest files new 300 - gets newest 300 files new 5 - gets newest 5 files 5. wait - waits for a specified period of time (in seconds) Example: wait 2 - pauses two seconds wait 14 - pauses fourteen seconds 6. delete - erases a file on your Internet workspace (same as the RM command) Example: delete *.zip - deletes all .ZIP files in your workspace. This command works ONLY from your workspace, since most sites won't allow deleting files... delete DOWNLOADED - a special command that will delete all files you have downloaded in this agenda from your Internet workspace. 7. send - sends a string or character to the Internet Some keywords are: ENTER : Sends a carriage return | : Also sends a carriage return ESC : Sends an escape character CONTROL-Z : Sends the Control-Z Example: send wais wais@server.net - does a database wais connection send ENTER send telnet archie@oak.oakland.edu - telnets to an archie server send ENTER send mypassword| - sends your password to the Internet, then presses [Enter] for you. send dir| - sends a directory command to the Internet, then presses [Enter] for you. send CONTROL-Z - sends a Control-Z to the Internet, then logs you off send logout your provider. send ENTER NOTE: ENTER, CONTROL-Z, SPACE, and ESC must be in upper case! 8. waitfor - waits for a specified word to appear before continuing. NOTE: Only accepts ONE WORD, not 400 words, or a whole line of stuff. Make sure to not include spaces, quotation marks, etc... Example: waitfor login: - waits for the login prompt send drnb send ENTER waitfor {netcom - waits for Netcom's main prompt send telnet archie@oak.oakland.edu - telnets to an archie server send ENTER waitfor Password: - sends your password to the Internet at send ENTER the correct time, then presses [ENTER] 9. download - downloads a file from the Internet using DSZ.EXE Zmodem. NOTE: Sends a "sz [file]" command to the Internet for downloading. Example: download *.zip - downloads all .ZIP files from your Internet work area 10. run - runs a script file. These are plain text files that contain script commands. Each line is run consecutively. Example: run myscrip.scr - runs a script file: MYSCRIP.SCR. Script files contain plain text with commands EXACTLY like these. This allows you to not manually type in a long series of commands into EACH agenda.. you can just spawn off a script file. 11. goto terminal - drops to Terminal mode, and pages you. This allows you to perform tasks while AutoNet is online. Example: goto terminal - drops into Terminal mode, and pages you. 12. login - uses an external script file to log you into the Internet. This is good for people that have weird login sequences, like menus, etc. before they can access the Unix Shell Example: login myscrip.scr - logs into the Internet using the script file: MYSCRIP.SCR 13. ARCHIE - Does an archie search (see ARCHIE SEARCHES section below) Example: archie archie.cfg NOTE: The word ARCHIE must be in all capital letters! 14. MAIL - Sends mail to anyone you choose, automatically (see MAILING PEOPLE below) Example: mail mail.cfg NOTE: The word MAIL must be in all capital letters! 15. UQWK - compresses your mail into a .QWK packet for download. Once compressed, you can read your mail offline using any of the OFFLINE MAIL READERS available (Blue Wave, Offline, RoboMail, etc) NOTE: UQWK does the following things: 1. Whatever is on your UQWK line (in your AGENDA file) is sent to the Internet directly 2. AutoNet waits 200 seconds to let the packet compress 3. Then it sends a "zip -m intnet.qwk *.ndx *.dat" to the Internet... This compresses your messages and indexes into INTNET.QWK 4. AutoNet then downloads your packet with "sz intnet.qwk" and Zmodem receive Example: UQWK +n -h -B9000 NOTE: The word UQWK must be in all capital letters! 16. finger fingers a site, and captures the output to a file you specify in your FINGER.CFG. See the TOO MANY CONFIG FILES section below for more details. A finger will wait your default TIMEOUT period before proceeding. This is to ensure the data gets through okay. Example: finger yanoff@info.com finger oak.oakland.edu 17. put - puts a file onto an Internet site. This does the opposite of 'get', and allows you to upload files to various sites. NOTE: Most sites have strict rules about uploading.. so read before you try this. The PUT feature is fantastic for shareware authors, because it allows you to mass distribute files without being home! Example: put myprog.zip put autont14.zip ============= Hard coded agenda items == (no parameters accepted) ========= 18. yanoff list - obtains Yanoff's famous Internet list by requesting it via E-MAIL. The list will then be sent to you usually within 48 hours. 19. today list - obtains a two-page document containing today's events in history sports schedules (COWBOY FOOTBALL SCHEDULE!!), weather, sun rise/moon schedule, plus tons more. I use this little document on my bulletin board.. it's great! NOTE: Output is written to a file named: TODAY.CAP 20. whois list - obtains a listing of all whois servers that are currently available on the Internet. NOTE: Output is written to a file named: WHO-IS.CAP 21. hammer sites - tells AutoNet to keep trying sites that are "not available" up to 30 times, until it gets through. This is good for sites like wuarchive.wustl.edu, that are ALWAYS busy. Example: hammer sites ftp wuarchive.wustl.edu cd /pub/MSDOS_UPLOADS ..... 22. kill area - tells AutoNet to completely wipe out your user area before it logs off. A person reported problems with DELETE DOWNLOADED so I decided to include this. This line can be included anywhere in your agenda file! And it sends a "rm *.*" to the Net before logging off. 23. leech all - leeches all files in a directory. If you know of a favorite site, and want to get all files in a directory, use this. It sends a "mget *.*" to the ftp site, and then answers 'Y' to all prompts. CAREFUL: Don't fill up your user area too much. Example: ftp wuarchive.wustl.edu cd /pub/MSDOS_UPLOADS/utils leech all ftp oak.oakland.edu ..... 24. STOP - Download workspace files, log off and hang up - Quit AutoNet NOTE: The word STOP must be in all capital letters! The usual order is: ftp a site change to a directory get new files / or get a particular file .. repeat above... STOP When AutoNet is finished, it downloads the files from your workspace AUTOMATICALLY (please don't download them twice by using DOWNLOAD [filename]) using DSZ.EXE (enclosed Texas Zmodem Protocol), logs off the Internet, hangs up and quits. AutoNet reads in a file called AGENDA.1 by default. You can change your agenda file by specifying it on the command line. NOTE: All agenda files must have an extension: .1 An agenda file is a plain text file detailing what you want AutoNet to do. Sample command line agenda change: autonet myagenda.1 autonet /COM2 bigagend.1 NOTE: Agenda files must have a ".1" in their name!! Sample AGENDA.1: ftp NCTUCCCA.edu.tw cd /PC/wuarchive/games new 30 get Doom2.zip STOP Another Sample AGENDA.1: ftp oak.oakland.edu cd /pub get SIMINDEX.ZIP get last100uploads ftp ftp.spies.com cd /Library new 100 STOP Merely create an AGENDA.1 with your needed tasks, make sure DSZ.EXE is in your PATH, then type: AUTONET.EXE [ read below for command line options ] When done, AutoNet closes up, and leaves behind a logfile: AUTONET.LOG and your new files list: NEWFILES.1 If a NEWFILES.1 already exists, it will be added to. Please ensure your newfiles lists do not get too large.. I recommend backing them up after each agenda has been completed. The new files list contains: 1. Which Internet site these files are from 2. The directory 3. A complete, detailed listing of the files it found. ============= AUTO-NET The first and foremost automated ================ Internet communication program Welcome to the most powerful communications package you'll ever find. AutoNet has been called "a batch file language for the Internet", but it's actually MUCH MORE. AutoNet is semi-intelligent. If he doesn't find a ftp site, then he doesn't try downloading files, changing directories, etc. at that site... If he cannot find ONE particular prompt, he looks for others. This super-advanced program is the only one of its type. Fast, efficient, and worthwhile to try out. I use AutoNet every single day to find new files on the Internet for my bulletin board. I get the LATEST Scan, F-PROT, Tbav, and all the games FOR FREE! No long distance charges. If you are an Internet "dummy", don't use this program! This is for the average user of the Net that loves to wander around and find new cool files, but HATE spending hours at a time sitting in front of the computer. Here is your answer. AutoNet allows you to: Gives you unlimited access to TERABYTES of Internet files without forcing you to sit in front of your computer for hours. Perform ARCHIE searches for files, at a variety of archie sites. And when one archie site is busy, AutoNet will keep trying others until it gets through. Allows using "custom" archie commands. You control it all... Mail your letters automatically, even to hundreds of recipients at one time. Great for announcements, personal letters or business purposes. Allows super-advanced Internet access using the basic service. NO SLIP/PPP accounts required. Does FINGER searches quick and easy, and captures them into a file of your choice. Uploads files to Internet sites. Leeches files from anywhere, take them all without hesitation. Full mouse support Hammers at Internet sites that are busy, and require hours of frustration to get on. AutoNet will get on, guaranteed. Even if it has to try for hours (optional - you can turn off if you want...) Obtain the latest sports, weather, and daily info. Uses personal "signature file" that password protects your Internet sessions, and ensures no unauthorized people snooping into your AutoNet information. Download Usenet BINARY files - AutoNet combines the necessary messages together, UUdecodes them and downloads the resulting binary file. All automatically! Post Usenet messages - up to 1,000 of them without touching your keyboard. Fax people from the Internet. No long distance charges. Has an "enhanced" terminal mode, complete with hotkeys and menus. Find the latest new files and games.. WHILE YOU'RE NOT HOME! Learn how to navigate the Internet with AutoNet's TEACH mode. Use an advanced scripting language to complete all your tasks. Stop at any time during your agenda to perform your OWN things. When AutoNet reaches your destination, he will page you! Pick out great files from the SIMINDEX.ZIP index file located on most sites, and download them automatically. Download more files than your hard disk can hold.... without any long distance charges. Get updates to your favorite programs automatically - direct from their support Internet site. Access the Internet with super-speed. You cannot type as fast as AutoNet can stuff the keys for you! If you're calling long distance to access the Internet, AutoNet cuts your phone bill in HALF by whizzing through your tasks faster than you could do them yourSELF. Drop to Terminal mode while AutoNet is working. == ATTENTION WINDOWS USER: =============================================== Do you have one of those cutsie Windows interfaces (like Mosaic, Hooked, Cameleon) ?? Those are fantastic for getting/sending mail, but for files... they just won't cut it. You STILL have to sit at your computer and click on the files you want, get them to your local computer, then hunt down any new files that might interest you at different sites on the Net. What a pain! Your time is valuable... use AutoNet to retrieve any new files and then download them while you do something YOU want to do. Go jog, workout, shop, sleep, go out with your wife/girlfriend, do the things you REALLY want to rather than getting new files for hours at a time. Also: Are you paying extra for a SLIP account, or a PPP account? You can use Auto-Net on your REGULAR account, and save you money! Coming (moderately :-) ) soon: AutoNet for Windows! == AUTO-NET USAGE: ======================================================= AUTONET [switch] AutoNet's defaults are: FAST mode, use COM 1, and use N81 for the connection. Whereas switch might be: /? A brief HELP screen, then AutoNet exits. /COM2 Use COM 2 for the modem. AutoNet defaults to COM1 /COM3 Use COM 3 for the modem. AutoNet defaults to COM1 /COM4 Use COM 4 for the modem. AutoNet defaults to COM1 /TEACH Learn how to navigate the Internet with AutoNet's TEACH mode. In this option, AutoNet pauses before performing every action, and shows a screen telling exactly what its about to do. This is fantastic for learning the basic Internet commands, and how to move around in 'CyberSpace'. /TERM Start off in Terminal mode. AutoNet's terminal is very nice, and includes a menu. Just press the UP ARROW to access it. The menu actually comes from the file COMMANDS.ANT, which you can edit with any text editor. Make sure the commands are shorter than 50 characters. If you know the Net is slow and sluggish at around 3:00pm, and you will be running AutoNet then, use one of the following 'slow down' commands: /MED Turns on MEDIUM SPEED mode. This basically waits for a response from the Internet a little longer, and gives the "long version" of all the Internet commands. Use this if you KNOW the Internet will be sluggish during the time you are running AutoNet. If the Net is REAL sluggish and takes forever to run, use /SLOW instead. /SLOW Turns on SLOW mode. This basically waits for a response from the Internet a little longer, and gives the "long version" of all the Internet commands. Don't sit around and watch this... because it gets REAL boring. /SNAIL Turns on VERY SLOW mode. Five minutes to be exact. This is for people with SERIOUS Internet problems, that get timeouts too often for the other speeds. Do not use this unless absolutely necessary. And don't sit around and watch this... because you'll fall asleep! /E71 This sets the modem to E71 parameters, instead of N81. If you do not know what that means, consult your modem's manual for additional help. /INCDIR Include directory names when searching for new files. This is great if you want to see any subdirectories that have new files also! /PULSE Use pulse dialing instead of tone. filename.1 Runs an alternate agenda file (instead of the default AGENDA.1) NOTE: Must have the ".1" extension! Examples: autonet mainrun.1 /COM2 Runs the agenda MAINRUN.1 using com 2 autonet /INCDIR /COM2 Runs the the default agenda (AGENDA.1) using com 2, and includes all directories when doing new file scans. autonet mainrun.1 /COM2 /SLOW Runs the agenda MAINRUN.1 using com 2 and goes in slow mode (for when the Internet is sluggish) ======= MOUSE SUPPORT ==================================================== Supported mouse keys are: Left Click on the ALT-X Exit statement on bottom to exit Left Click on the F1 Help statement on bottom for the help screen Left Click on the Fast/Med/Slow statement on bottom to change timeout value Right Click anywhere for help screen ========= WHILE AUTONET IS RUNNING... ==================================== Autonet is 100% stand-alone when operating. It has a thick bed of logic that usually works very well. The acceptable keystrokes while it's running are: LEFT ARROW Activates the menu while in Terminal mode. Just highlight an item, and press ENTER to send that string to the terminal. To include your own custom commands, just edit the file COMMANDS.ANT with any text editor. TAB Moves the bottom info screen down, and increases the size of the terminal screen. You can move it while the program is running, but it takes a second for the screens to use their new sizes. SHIFT-TAB Moves the bottom screen back up. NOTE: The bottom blue window will NOT go farther up than 13 rows. F1 Help screen. F2 Pause. This will completely stop AutoNet's processing until you press a key. F3 Screen blanker. The screen will go completely blank and wait for you to press F3 again. A little black box will appear on the upper left corner. This allows you to still see the cursor move, and to make sure that AUTONET is still receiving info from the modem. F4 Remain at the current site. When AutoNet is done at the current site (ie: ftp.mcs.com, oak.oakland.edu) It will sound a quick alarm that sounds like a phone ringing, to alert you that you're UP! Then it drops to terminal mode and allows you to edit/do things/ perform tasks that you need to at this particular site. F5 Remain online after all processing is done. Once AutoNet is completely through with the agenda, it will stop and alert you (a cute alarm sound) that you're UP! You can then visit a site, get SOUP packets, or whatever else you needed to perform before AutoNet logged you off. Press ALT-Q stops the terminal mode, then logs you out correctly. F6 Immediate Timeout. If something goes wrong, and you are tired of AutoNet just sitting there, waiting for a timeout, you can press F6 and immediately time him out. This is good for those FEW TIMES AutoNet may run into something weird, and not know what to do (The Internet IS unpredictable, ya know!) F7 Change your TIMEOUT value. This toggles timeout speed between Fast/Medium/Slow. Your info is updated on the bottom status line. ALT - X Exits AutoNet immediately, and shuts down the modem. This is a very quick, but rude method of shutting the system down. It is preferable to use ALT-Q ALT - T Terminal mode. The screen will burst into a full terminal screen, and a little status line will appear at the bottom. To exit Terminal mode, press ALT-Q ALT - H Hang up the modem. ALT - Q Exit Terminal mode. During TEACH mode, press the '=' key to stop all teaching prompts and windows. ================== USING THE AUTONET.CFG FILE =========================== AutoNet.Cfg file tells AutoNet your basic preferences for running it. These include: THE PHONE NUMBER/NAME/ADDRESS of your Internet provider YOUR NAME/PASSWORD THE MODEM'S INTIALIZATION STRING and more... Optionally, you can create your own "personal signature file" which contains all this information, and your password is encrypted. This locks your Internet information from prying eyes, and ensures no unauthorized access to your account. If the file: AUTONET.SIG exists, AutoNet reads in your info, then prompts for your AutoNet password. NOTE: This is NOT your Internet password, but rather one you will use to lock up AutoNet from other people. Example: My Internet account is: drnb@netcom.com and my password to log onto the Internet is: FRED When I first start up AutoNet, it will prompt me for a password. I enter: STARTUP, which is my AutoNet startup-password. AutoNet then says ok, and logs onto the site for me. You can create your AUTONET.SIG by running AUTOFILE.EXE. Just choose CONFIG and SIGNATURE from the main menu. NOTE: If AUTONET.SIG exists, AutoNet will use it, and ask you for a password before starting. Otherwise, AutoNet uses the regular AUTONET.CFG file. If you do NOT want a signature file, do not create one. The enclosed AUTONET.CFG should serve as an example. Please remember that EVERYTHING is case sensitive. If you type in your name in UPPERCASE, then it probably won't work. The Internet is very picky. The possible lines are: drnb = user name No big explanation here. This is your user name according to your Internet provider. This is used to both log in the Net, and log onto various ftp sites. netcom.com = internet location This is the second-half of your Internet address. It's your actual provider's location. This is used for logging into the Net, and onto various ftp sites. drnb@netcom.com = full address Your FULL ADDRESS goes here (that's your user name + @ + location) FRED = password This is your password you use to log onto the Internet provider. ATZMS0=0 = modem init Whatever your favorite modem initialization string is, place it here. These can include things like turning off Auto-Answer, turning down/up modem's volume, or retrieving a setting from the modem's memory. Consult your modem's manual for more information. 753-0015 = provider's phone number Whatever the number is to your local provider. 30 = timeout value This allows you to set up how long you want AutoNet to wait when waiting for a prompt to answer its last command. The default is 30 seconds, and /MED will increase it to 60, and /SLOW will increase it even more: to 90 seconds. If Autonet does not get the default answer from the Internet in the TIMEOUT time, it then looks for alternate answers. If not found, it processes the error. Be careful! REAL long timeout values will hang up AutoNet for long periods of time doing nothing! 20 = max retries The maximum number of retries you want AutoNet to perform before giving up. Many times, if your Internet carrier is busy, AutoNet will call hundreds of times without stopping until it gets through. This tells AutoNet how many times to try your Internet carrier before giving up. C:\RECEIVE = download directory Many people have requested I include a "download directory" so you can specify where you want downloaded files to go. This line directs AutoNet to put received files into C:\RECEIVE. NOTE: No trailing backslash! GSZ.EXE port 2 rz = custom zmodem Since some people have their own Zmodem program they like better, AutoNet supports a "custom zmodem" string. This is whatever you want typed on the command line when a Zmodem download is started. The above example uses Omen's Graphical Zmodem to download on COM2. ========= SIM2AUTO.EXE ==================================================== The enclosed program SIM2AUTO converts SIMDIR.EXE output into AutoNet readable, agenda format. SimDir.exe is a program that takes the popular file: SIMINDEX.ZIP and allows reading it, tagging files, and printing output to a file with your requests. In case you're not familiar with it, SIMINDEX.ZIP is available on most large Internet sites. It's basically an ALLFILES list, that shows what files the site has available for download. This is great, because instead of wandering around the site, looking for decent files, you can download this MONSTER file, and view it using SIMDIR Variations include: FILES.IDX, SIMIDX.IDX, SIMIBM.IDX GAMES.IDX and so forth. They are ALL comma-deliminated files that contain a pathname, another pathname, a file, size, date/time, and occasionally a description (if you're lucky :-) ) SIMDIR is a viewing utility for SIMINDEX files. It's available at most big sites currently as 'SIMDIR22.ZIP'. Just download that file when you find it, then wala... you're ready to view SIMINDEX files. If you're using Windows, you can import SIMINDEX into a spreadsheet, like MicroSoft excel or lotus. To use SIMAUTO.EXE, just crank out SIMDIR, and view the latest SIMINDEX from your favorite Internet site. Then write your favorite files to disk using the [F7] option of SIMDIR. SimDir will spit out a filename (that you chose) listing which files you want, and what directory they are in. Now use: SIM2AUTO [filename] [location] whereas filename is the file containing your [F7]'d written files from SIMDIR. And location is the actual Internet site these files will be located at. NOTE: ALL SIMINDEX files do NOT have the correct path names inside them! Most have something like: "/pub" for their first pathname, when actually, the files are located in: /msdos/simtel/ or something similar. Examples: Break out SIMDIR, and view the latest SIMINDEX from oak.oakland.edu Now when the highlite bar is over a cool file, press [F7] and specify MYFILE.1 as the file you want this listing written to. Now tag some more files, and they are added to MYFILE.1 ! Exit, then use: SIM2AUTO myfile.1 oak.oakland.edu Wala.. a new AGENDA.1 file is created that will: Go to the Internet site oak.oakland.edu and get the files you want. Doesn't get any easier than that! ======= SCRIPT COMMANDS ================================================== Most script commands are exactly like the regular commands used in an agenda file. The commands are: wait see above explanation send see above explanation download see above explanation delete see above explanation goto terminal see above explanation RETURN returns to the original agenda. (similar to STOP, but merely stops the script file) ======= ARCHIE SEARCHES ================================================== AutoNet allows doing archie searches via any archie site you want. To perform a search, use the following line in your AGENDA file: ARCHIE [filename] Whereas filename is the file containing your archie sites, and what you want to send to the archie server. All output is captured into the file: ARCHIE.CAP Here is the format of the archie file: 1. Archie sites you want searched 2. A line containing "COMMANDS:" 3. All the commands you want sent to the archie server 4. A line containing "RETURN", which instructs AutoNet to return to its regular agenda. Example: archie.funet.fi archie.sura.net archie.unl.edu archie.rutgers.edu archie.ans.net COMMANDS: type sub find clinton RETURN This tells AutoNet to telnet archie.funet.fi, and then send "type sub" and then "find clinton" to the archie server it can get onto. If AutoNet cannot log on archie.funet.fi, it goes to archie.sura.net, etc... until it gets through. Please see the enclosed ARCHIE.CFG file for a good example. Also, the enclosed agenda file ARCHMAIL.1 will show you how to integrate mailing and archie into your regular agendas. ======= MAILING PEOPLE ==================================================== If you have mail to send, do it automatically! AutoNet allows mailing letters without any user input. And you can mail letters to hundreds of people at a time.. ideal for announcements, software releases, etc. Use the following line in your AGENDA file: MAIL [filename] Whereas filename contains your recipients, the subject of the message, and the actual text you want sent. Here is the format of a mail file: 1. The word SUBJECT: following by a space, and the subject of your message 2. All your recipients Each one should have a "TO:", a space, and their mailing address. The SHAREWARE version of AutoNet only allows a maximum of three recipients, so that abuse does not occur. I can see some kid mailing the same hate letter 5,000 times to one person.. yuk! Only three people for now... 3. A line containing the word "TEXT:" 4. The actual text you want sent to each person. You can type up to 120 lines of text. 5. The word RETURN on the last line, which instructs AutoNet to return to the regular AGENDA file. Example: SUBJECT: Testing123 TO: drnb@netcom.com TO: thedude@autonet.com TEXT: Hey dude.. what's up? I'll be out of town for the weekend with Sarah. Give me a call Monday when I get back. AutoNet's new MAIL feature is great! RETURN This sends the lines under TEXT: to drnb@netcom.com and thedude@autonet.com. The subject of the message is Testing123. AutoNet uses the VI editor on most Unix systems by sending: mail [address] Then ending the message with a '.' This may not work on all systems (but should be compatible with most). Also, the enclosed agenda file ARCHMAIL.1 will show you how to integrate mailing and archie into your regular agendas. You can send files to any FAX machine by using the following format: remote.printer.FIRSTLINE/SECONDLINE@[phone number, backward].tpc.int The first and second line are the header that will appear on the fax, and the phone number backward looks like: 5.8.4.1.6.0.6.4.1.2.1 (that's my BBS number 1-214-606-1485) So to fax my bbs: remote.printer.DAVESMITH/HI_THERE_DAVE@5.8.4.1.6.0.6.4.1.2.1.tpc.int That huge address would go in the TO: section of your MAIL.CFG, and you can put anything you want in the SUBJECT section. Whatever is in your TEXT: section will appear in the fax. You can also post to USENET groups by sending the following format: groupname@cs.utexas.edu - use dashes instead of dots in groupname: alt-binaries-pictures groupname@pwd.bull.com So if I wanted to post a great message to the group: alt.bbs.ads, I would have a MAIL.CFG like this: SUBJECT: AutoNet TO: alt-bbs-ads@cs.utexas.edu TEXT: Autonet has a new support board: The AntiVirus ROCK: 214-606-1485 RETURN ======= TOO MANY CONFIG FILES! ============================================ FINGER allows you to obtain quick information from special fingering sites, like weather, sports updates, database info, help screens plus more. To FINGER in AutoNet, you must first create a FINGER.CFG file that contains: filename.ext = file name This is what file name you want your finger information captured to. To finger in a agenda file, it looks like: ftp oak.oakland.edu cd /pub new 10 finger yanoff@theother.com ftp wuarchive.wustl.edu cd /pub ...... Notice the finger line is exactly like you would normally type it in on the Internet. Now the output is captured to your file specified in FINGER.CFG Example: In finger.cfg, you have: fing12.cap = file name Then fing12.cap will contain your information. Be sure to save it later, so you don't lose the info. ======= USENET BINARY FILES ============================================ Usage: usenetdl [conference] [filename] The Usenet messages offer a wealth of binary files free for download. The BIG pain is combining the 10-15 messages into one main file, then UUDECODing the humongous thing, and downloading it to your computer. AutoNet simplifies this by doing all that for you! To begin with, let's go get some pornographic files (yea, yea.. I know. But there's some good looking women out there) A sample Usenet conference listing from alt.binaries.pictures.erotica would look like this: Philip M. Herman 6 Love them women! Artrocity! 34 - nikki01.jpg (1/2) {both} "NikkiDial" Artrocity! 43 - nikki01.jpg (2/2) {both} "NikkiDial" otariidae 4 Bingo067.jpg {male,black,average} Philip M. Herman 1 Somebody please post oz-idx02 Ok.. you heard that NikkiDial is a very nice looking woman, and of course, you gotta see if she looks that hot. Your AGENDA line should look like: usenetdl alt.binaries.pictures.erotica nikki01.jpg NOTE: The file name is case sensitive. If NIKKI01.JPG was capitalized, then you would use: usenetdl alt..... NIKKI01.JPG That tells AutoNet to get nikki01.jpg from that conference... To get the file, AutoNet uses the NN newsreader, and marks all files with the string "nikki01.jpg" in them. We then UUdecode the file, and mark it for later download. There are several problems with this. If another message contains that text, it could screw the filesave up (But usually doesn't... NN newsreader is moderately intelligent in its decoding process) And.. if the resulting file is NOT named nikki01.jpg then it won't be downloaded properly. I use the BINARY DOWNLOAD almost every day, and have had about a 90% success rate (which is pretty good!) Sample Usenet binary conferences are: alt.binaries.pictures alt.binaries.pictures.erotica alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.blondes ======= SOME FANTASTIC INTERNET SITES FOR MSDOS FILES ===================== My favorite are: wuarchive.wustl.edu - One of the absolute best. Good luck in getting on however, since its so popular This site has several "mirrors", which means that all the good files you'll find here are carried elsewhere, too ftp.funet.fi - My personal favorite. Plenty of things to see and directories to wander around inside! Lots of games: cd /pub/msdos/games/arcade cd /pub/msdos/games/misc cd /pub/msdos/games/solutions cd /pub/msdos/games/id cd /pub/msdos/games/apogee cd /pub/msdos/games/epic cd /pub/msdos/games/New complex.is - has the newest AntiVirus scanner, F-PROT cd /pub/antivirus ftp.uwp.edu - has great games and fun stuff.. but hard to get on ftp.eff.org - Good antivirus programs. Carries the virus-l digest also. ftp.uni-stuttgart.de - Great games and various msdos programs. oak.oakland.edu - Very large site, plenty of new files to choose from. You can spend a good hour here just writing down good directories! cd /simtel/msdos/filedocs get SIMLIST.ZIP NCTUCCCA.edu.tw - Mirrors a TON of other popular sites, including wuarchive.wustl.edu and garbo. cd /PC/wuarchive/games cd /PC/wuarchive/cheats cd /PC/wuarchive/utils cd /PC/wuarchive/win_multimedia cd /PC/wuarchive/windows cd /PC/wuarchive/graphics cd /PC/wuarchive/comm cd /PC/wuarchive/sounds cd /PC/wuarchive/shareware cd /PC/wuarchive/gif ftp.marcam.com - Lots of great Windows files cd /win3 get last100uploads ftp.uml.edu - Good games. Known as one of the best sites for games, other than wuarchive.wustl.edu cd /msdos/Games get games.idx (GAMES LISTING) infant2.sphs.indiana.edu - A billion DOOM files. If you like the game DOOM, hang out here. ============== THE INTERNET IS BUGGY! ===================================== If you use the Internet recently, you'll notice its buggy and highly unreliable. Unlike most bulletin boards, it WILL lock up, not respond, time itself out, sit there for no apparent reason, take forever to sometimes transfer a file, etc. Do NOT blame this program for things it obviously cannot account for, like unexpected prompts, weird error codes, and other maladies. ======== WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS ========================================== In the future, AutoNet will be able to: Allow tagging new files from a scrollable menu. Then it will write a AGENDA.1 file for you, and go get your new files! Search for specific files at specific sites. Process duplicate files, so you don't look through the same file list over and over and over. Plus MORE! Give me your suggestions: David Smith Internet: drnb@netcom.com CompuServe: 71441,2723 BBS: (214) 606-1485 1. Overview of AUTO-NET Internet Automation What is AUTO-NET? Welcome to the world of automation! For years, people have been calling the Internet with elaborate Windows interfaces, FTP'ing around, looking at files, and spending needless hours staring at the computer. People sit at the gopher sites, blind as a bat, not realizing that MILLIONS of files await them via the FTP. One problem however: IT TAKES TIME! In fact, it takes forever... let's face it, the Internet is by far not a fast and efficient interface. No pretty menus, no reliable data transfer, no immediate access to files, and by far not predictable. Here comes Auto-Net: reliable automated file transfers, new file searches, file retrieval, download, ftp and MORE. Don't sit in front of the computer for HOURS looking for new files, or that special file somewhere.. Let AUTO-NET do the work for you! 2. How it works Auto-Net calls your Internet host, logs in, then heads out and does your requested agendas. Agendas include: ftp [site] Go to a FTP site on the Internet. Once there, you can obtain new files, download a file, and change directories. The logic involved here is: SEND A 'FTP [site]' AND WAIT. If we timeout, send a CONTROL-Z and log out with the "ugly method". A simple 'BYE' will not work here, because most times, the site has completely lost track of what its doing. It just sits and does nothing, and will eventually timeout itself.. but we won't wait for that long process. If we get a 'NAME?' prompt, or a 'PASSWORD', we will answer of course. But another time out, and we will definately send a CONTROL-Z. cd /[directory] Change to a directory on the Internet site. If we cannot change to the directory, then obviously, we cannot process a 'new' or 'GET' command. Therefore, we skip those following commands, and go to the next directory or FTP. get [filename] Transfers a file to your local work area. Auto-Net later downloads the file to your computer via DSZ.COM We should immedately get some hash marks '#'. If we get one, then the timeout value is reset. THE TIMEOUT VALUE IS VERY LARGE HERE, since most files are moderately large, also. A timeout during the file transfer will usually botch up a session, since, if you send a CONTROL-C, most sites will log you out. And of course a CONTROL-Z will knock you off the site. Any suggestions will be appreciated about how to get around this problem. new [number of new files] Gets a list of the last # of files in a directory on a FTP site. This is fantastic for getting the latest game files, .GIFs, etc from good sites on the Internet. To obtain the list, Auto-Net uses the Internet command 'LS -LT' then reads in the first XXX number of files. =========== SOME SUGGESTIONS ============================================== Here are the ways I personally use AutoNet: Since I run a bulletin board, I want some great new files, every day. Right now, the game DOOM is very popular, so search for the newest DOOM files from infant2.... site (listed above) on Monday and Friday. I search for utility files on Tuesday and Thursday, and i check for new games every other day. My AGENDA.1 files look like: ftp NCTUCCCA.edu.tw cd /PC/wuarchive/gameutil new 10 cd /PC/wuarchive/sounds new 20 cd /PC/wuarchive/cdrom new 6 .. etc etc etc... STOP When I find a file that looks interesting, I stick it in my TO DOWNLOAD section the following day: ftp NCTUCCCA.edu.tw cd /PC/wuarchive/gameutil get cheat75.zip get bust11b.zip get game_demo.exe cd /PC/wuarchive/sounds get OUCH.wav get toobad.wav cd /PC/wuarchive/cdrom get SIMLIST.ZIP STOP If the file contains a FILE_ID.DIZ or DESC.SDI, I immediately virus scan it, then import it into my board. The other files, I trash. I can usually average 20-60 new files every day, but my AGENDA.1 file becomes HUMONGOUS sometimes :-) A great thing to do is have several files: MON.1 TUE.1 WED.1, etc... then use: COPY MON.1 AGENDA.1 or COPY TUE.1 AGENDA.1 depending on which day it is. That way, you can do a new file scan every day, and search for different stuff every single day of the week. If I KNOW the Internet will be slow and sluggish during the time I will run my agenda, I use: AUTONET /SLOW to ensure the damn thing doesn't time out every five seconds. But if it's early in the morning, and the Internet is running real good, I use: AUTONET.EXE with no arguments. That sticks it in FAST mode, and it really hauls butt! ============= KNOWN BUGS ================================================== REMEMBER: The Internet (and AutoNet) is CASE SENSITIVE. You cannot convert something to lower/upper case.. leave it the way you found it! Print out the examples, and follow them closely.