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MHS Librarian! Admin Help.
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The MHS Librarian! is used to allow users to request information from
one MHS site to be forwarded to them at another. The MHS Librarian! is an
MHS gateway that is run on the MHS Server. When mail is received by the
gateway, MHS Librarian! will generate a reply message to the originator
with the requested file attached.
ADDRESSING THE MESSAGE
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The MHS username for the MHS Librarian! Gateway will vary, based upon the
installation, but for this discussion, we will assume LIBRARY @ HOST.
MHS Librarian! assumes that it is to send the information requested to the
return address of the sender of the request, unless specified otherwise
in the TO: field using MHS's extended address scheme.
Addressing Examples:
LIBRARY @ HOST
will generate a message with the requested file attached and
address it to the sender of the request.
LIBRARY @ HOST {USERNAME@REMOTE}
will generate a message with the requested file attached and
send it to USERNAME @ REMOTE.
LIBRARY @ HOST {USER2@HOST2 | more address junk}
Creates a message addressed to USER2 @ HOST2 {more address junk}.
REQUESTING A FILE
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FOR FILES IN THE INDEX
A library index can be created for access by users, identifying
the files that you would like to make available for requests. The
source file for the index is a simple ASCII file that contains the
keyword, optional password, description, and the path and filename
for each item. Each keyword in your list can have a separate
password.
You can also specify that the file (or files) be compressed before
they are sent.
You make your requests on the subject line of your e-mail system,
using the form:
KEYWORD
KEYWORD=PASSWORD
FOR FILES *NOT* IN THE INDEX
System administrators can also configure MHS Librarian! so that
select users can request files or directory listings other than
those in the index. This is useful for accessing files you
accidentally left at work or other location.
Security for this level of access is provided by the included
PASSWORD.EXE program, your own password program, or a password
data file that you create. The PASSWORD.EXE program that ships
with MHS Librarian! can accept a variable you chose that gets
merged with it's password to insure a unique password, and will
generate a new password every day of operation.
To request a file that is not in the index, use the form
PASSWORD=DRIVE:\PATH\FILENAME.EXT as the subject line of your
message. The filename *must* include the complete path to the file.
Example:
PASSWORD=F:\PUBLIC\INIT.BAT
If you want MHS Librarian! to compress the file, and have a copy of
PKZIP in the search path, you can add the option /ZIP in the subject.
Example:
PASSWORD=F:\PUBLIC\INIT.BAT /ZIP
NOTE: Optionally, with the /ZIP option, you can request multiple
files. This is the only means to get more than one file with
one request.
SPECIAL REQUESTS
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DIRECTORY LISTINGS
MHS Librarian! will allow you to request a directory of files for a
given directory by specifying the password, path and file mask on
the subject line.
Example:
PASSWORD=F:\PUBLIC\*.* /DIR
REQUESTING THE LOG
To request that the Activity Log be sent to you and the Admin User,
specify /LOG in the subject.
Example:
PASSWORD=/LOG