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- This simple utility was written by Robin Seaborn, the 15 year old
- son of the sysop at 1:140/12 (Bob Seaborn), after being challenged to see
- if he really could do it. (he was able to)
-
- KILLMSG.EXE, it's documentation and sample files are copyright (c)
- 1995 by Robin Seaborn and Bob Seaborn.
-
- KILLMSG.EXE requires a configuration file, which can be any
- filename in any directory. (a sample configuration file is included in the
- distribution archive)
-
- The configuration file layout is as follows:
-
- C:\Netmail\ (line 1) the netmail directory, trailing backslash is req'd
- C:\Storage\ (line 2) the directory to which the echomail is to be copied
- ARCmail (line 3) the sender of the netmail, ARCmail in the case of
- echomail attache's
- 140 (line 4) the net address of the recipient
- 1 (line 5) the node address of the recipent
- C:\LOGS\KM.LOG (line 6) drive, path and filename of optional logfile
- %DEBUG% (line 7) optional debug mode requires user intervention
-
- The command structure is: KILLMSG @KILLMSG.INI
-
- What this program does is to search all the *.MSG netmail messages
- in the system netmail directory, first searching for the parameter listed
- on line 3 of the configuration file, then doing a secondary search on the
- net/node number. Once the proper message is found, the file that is being
- carried by the message is copied to a holding directory, where it can be
- forwarded to an Internet ftp site (for example). Once the message is
- deleted, yet the file remains in the original directory, the next pass of
- the echo tosser (Gecho, for example) should truncate the attached echomail
- archive, this incrementing the archive extension the next time echomail is
- exported.
-
- If logging is required, fill in the log path and filename on line
- 6, otherwise you must leave line 6 blank so logging is disabled. For
- debugging purposes enter the "%DEBUG%" parameter on line 7. During debug
- mode, the log file will *not* be written to.
-
- You need to have a separate configuration file for each node that
- you want to process mail for. For example, 140-1.INI could be one, 351-1
- could be another and so on. Each different *.INI file would contain
- specific information for the node it's designed to work with.
-
- As with all software, care should be taken, and any testing be done
- with backups being in place before being used unattended.
-
- There is no fee or charge required to use this program, however a
- netmail or email of appreciation would be appreciated, and if someone
- really wants to send some $$, it would be appreciated.
-
- Comments, suggestions, bug reports are gratefully appreciated.
- Flames should be directed to NUL.
-
-
- The author:
-
- Robin Seaborn
- PO Box 1741
- Saskatoon, Sask
- Canada, S7K 3S1
-
- Fidonet: Care of 1:140/12
- Internet: Care of bseaborn@eagle.wbm.ca
-
-
- Revision history
- ================
-
- 11/29/95 ver 1.00 Initial release
- 12/04/95 ver 1.01 installed new filecopy routine to work
- under DOS version 3.3 and higher, plus
- 4DOS ver 5.x and higher
- 12/05/95 ver 1.10 minor bug fixes, added logging and debug mode
-
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