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Subject: Re: NOS+SM0RGV mbox comments/questions
From: klemets
Date: Wed, 24 Jan 90 01:34:34 +0100
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> (3) I'm confused about the way mbox handles incoming mail. Where are the
> AREAS kept on the disk? Is there some way they are supposed to point to
> the normal \spool\mail\***.txt files used by BM?
The AREAS are ordinary mail files that can be read by BM.
Normally, you can only switch to those areas that are listed by the Area
command. However, a user that has "sysop" privileges, i.e. one that can
use the @-command, can also change area to somebody elses private mail
file.
The Areas file should reside in the \spool directory of your drive.
The file should have the name of the area as the first word on a line.
A line that looks something like this:
packet Blah blah blah
will cause the file \spool\mail\packet.txt to be used.
One minor detail about the areas: If somebody who does not have the Sysop
privilege bit set reads messages from a public message area, the messages
will be marked as read only for the duration of the session. The BBS
does not keep track of which messages a user have read, not yet anyway.
However, if a user with Sysop privileges reads a public message area,
or somebody elses mail, the messages will be marked as read. This is
supposed to be a feature, not a bug. I assume that the principal user of
the BBS will be the local Sysop, i.e. the owner of the machine. He may
want to get his mailing lists sent to different mail areas (= usernames)
and move his normal mail into different folders (= usernames).
This is why messages are marked as read when the Sysop reads them in any
area. There is no way, at least yet, for the BBS to determine if a username
belongs to a real user or if it is a mail folder used by the Sysop.
Anders