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Distribution lists is how you send a message to more than one mailbox.
These are files of the type xxxx.DIS and reside in the messages
subdirectory pointed to by PARMS.BB
As a message arrives, the ACTION.BB file is checked. If needed, the
distribution list name is changed from the default name of the @BBS.
The a search is made of the message subdirectory for a file of format
xxx.DIS unless the name from the action file contains a period.. If one
is found then a distribution list will be used.
Format of xxxx.DIS file
call1a call1b
call2a call2b
etc
call1a is the routing code to use for sending a message. This will show
up in the "L" command list and will be matched against ROUTE.BB.
call1b is matched against the call of the station sending the message
and the call of each BBS header in the incoming message. If they match,
then this distribution list item is marked as having already been
forwarded to. If call1b is missing, then call1a is used instead. call1b
can actually be a list of calls.
The .DIS file can also contain authorization lines.
OK call1 call2 call3 ...
If the originating station is in this list then the distribution proceeds.
NOT_OK call1 call2 call3...
If the originating station is NOT in this list then the distribution proceeds.
Multiple NOT_OK are permitted. The actual call1 call2 etc are patterns (see
WILDCARD.DOC)
Example:
NOT_OK N7XXX
GILROY AA4RE
FRESNO K6RAU N6OA
In the last example, a message that arrives from either K6RAU or N6OA
will be marked as having been forwarded to FRESNO. It will also be
marked as forwarded to FRESNO if a message arrives from X7XXX but there
is a K6RAU or N6OA header in the message.
More Examples:
ALLUS.DIS
---------
AA4RE
WB9TPG
ROUTE.BB
--------
AA4RE KB7TV
WB9TPG WB9TPG
Now SB ALL @ ALLUS. Two copies will be sent. One goes to AA4RE and one
to WB9TPG. These calls are looked up in the ROUTE.BB file. It says
AA4RE goes to KB7TV while WB9TPG goes to WB9TPG. KB7TV and WB9TPG will
be the calls used when looking in the PATH.BB.
So.. The @ BBS field points to the .DIS file. The entries in .DIS point
to the ROUTE.BB file and ROUTE.BB points to PATH.BB....
Sending BULLETINS to a single station
-------------------------------------
If you are going to send bulletins to a single station, you should
create a .DIS file anyway. The benefits are that you will keep all
messages after forwarding (even private) and that you will not send the
station a bulletin if he sent it to you.
Sending Private mail First
--------------------------
What I have set up looks like
USA.DIS
-------
GILROY WB6ZVW
FRESNO KE6BX
This sends a copy of anything @USA to GILROY and FRESNO. If I receive the
message from WB6ZVW then GILROY has already received a copy so I don't
send one back.
ROUTE.BB
--------
WB6ZVW WB6ZVW
KE6BX KE6BX
GILROY WB6ZVW
FRESNO KE6BX
This says to send WB6ZVW and GILROY to WB6ZVW. Things will forward in that
order. This way private messages (@ WB6ZVW) will go first before things
addressed to @ USA