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- MAMOVE v1.00
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- RemoteAccess v2.0x message area positioning utility
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- Copyright John Kristoff 1994. All rights reserved.
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- INTRODUCTION
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- As a SysOp who recently switched to RemoteAccess, I found it
- strange that I could not change the order of my message areas
- like I could with my previous BBS program. Occasionally I
- add and remove message areas from my system. I also like to
- keep common areas listed together.
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- I looked for a utility that would allow me to quickly and
- easily move one area to another position in the area list,
- but I could not find one that worked properly.
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- MAMOVE will allow you to quickly, easily and most
- importantly, safely move a message area to anywhere in your
- area list.
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- BEFORE YOU BEGIN
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- * * * * * * * * * C A U T I O N * * * * * * * * * *
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- Moving message areas can cause other third party
- utilities not to work properly. For example,
- FastEcho v1.40, requires the area number of your
- Netmail area and some QWK readers may toss messages
- into the wrong area if index files are not being
- used by the their accompanying offline readers.
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- * * * * * * * * * C A U T I O N * * * * * * * * * *
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- MAMOVE recreates the MESSAGES.RA file which RemoteAccess uses
- to maintain information about each message area on your
- system. Before MAMOVE makes any changes to your existing
- data file, it will make a backup copy named MESSAGES.BAK in
- the directory where MESSAGES.RA is found.
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- In order for MAMOVE to run properly, it has to know where
- MESSAGES.RA is. It will first look for the environment
- variable RA which should be set to your main BBS directory.
- This variable is usually set in the AUTOEXEC.BAT or startup
- batch file of your BBS as in the following example:
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- SET RA=C:\RA
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- If the environment variable RA is not set, MAMOVE will try
- to open MESSAGES.RA in the current directory.
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- GETTING STARTED
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- You must specify two command line arguments when running
- MAMOVE. The syntax is shown below:
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- MAMOVE <source> <dest>
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- <source> is the number of the message area you wish to move.
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- <dest> is the number of the message area that <source> should
- precede.
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- Below is a list of a few message areas I have on my system:
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- 1: E-Mail (Local)
- 2: Netmail (Fido)
- 3: Dr. Debug's Lab (Fido)
- 4: C Programming (Fido)
- 5: alt.folklore.computers (Usenet)
- 6: RA_UTIL (Fido)
- 7: Chatter (Local)
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- The 7th area, "Chatter" is a local message area that would be
- better listed closer to the top. I would run MAMOVE like
- this:
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- MAMOVE 7 2
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- This command would move "Chatter" before the "Netmail" area
- causing the new area list to look like this:
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- 1: E-Mail (Local)
- 2: Chatter (Local)
- 3: Netmail (Fido)
- 4: Dr. Debug's Lab (Fido)
- 5: C Programming (Fido)
- 6: alt.folklore.computers (Usenet)
- 7: RA_UTIL (Fido)
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- To determine the number of an area, you should check your
- setup in RACONFIG.
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- EXAMPLES
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- The following message area list will be used for all the
- following examples:
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- 1: E-Mail (Local)
- 2: Netmail (Fido)
- 3: Dr. Debug's Lab (Fido)
- 4: C Programming (Fido)
- 5: alt.folklore.computers (Usenet)
- 6: RA_UTIL (Fido)
- 7: Chatter (Local)
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- 1). To move "Chatter" to area #1:
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- MAMOVE 7 1
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- 2). To move "Netmail" to the last area in the list:
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- MAMOVE 2 8
- or MAMOVE 2 3293838
- or MAMOVE 2 32
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- Note: If <dest> is greater than the last area,
- <source> will become the last area.
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- 3). To move "Chatter" to area #7:
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- MAMOVE 7 7
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- Note: This is legal, but the area list does not
- change.
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- 4). To move "Chatter" to area #0:
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- Help screen is diplayed. Area numbers must be a minimum
- of 1 and a maximum of, well..., over 2 billion! (You
- show me someone who has over 2 billion message areas and
- I'll show you someone whose nightly events take 3 years
- to run).
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- NOTES
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- MAMOVE is free for use, abuse or misuse. You may use MAMOVE
- as much as you want and as often as you want without having
- to send any registration fee, send a postcard, drink a beer
- for me, donate to your favorite charity, or send me a netmail
- message telling me that you're using it.
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- Now for the bad news, support for MAMOVE is guaranteed to be
- worth as much as you paid for it.
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- C source code is included with the MAMOVE package in hopes
- that others may take from it to further the development of
- similar programs.
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- John Kristoff
- Chicago, IL
- 05/22/94
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- You should be able to track me down through any of the
- following channels, but they are subject to change. Please
- use the channels listed first and work your way down if
- necessary.
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- FidoNet echo: RA_UTIL
- FidoNet echo: DR_DEBUG
- FidoNet Netmail: John Kristoff, 1:115/743
- BBS: (312) 587-8756, v.32bis/16.8K HST, Chicago, IL
- Internet: John.Kristoff@xroads.chigate.com
- Internet: jkristof@mica.meddean.luc.edu
- CompuServe: 74111,3652
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