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│▒▒│ │▒▒▒▒▒▒▒│ │▒▒▒▒▒▒▒│ Written by Florian Stupperich
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THE ONLINE-MAILREADER/DOOR FOR RA/SBBS/QBBS/PROBOARD AND OTHERS
SUPPORTING HUDSON, JAM AND SQUISH MSGBASE-STYLE
COMPILED UNDER TURBO PASCAL V6.0 COPYRIGHT BY BORLAND INTERNATIONAL
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LICENSE
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THE READER is distributed as a ShareWare program. After a period of 21
days you must register the software or you must remove it from your
computer. THE READER can only be passed on gratuitously. It is
forbidden to change the program or the archive in any way.
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WARRANTY
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The author can not be held responsible for any damages, directly or
indirectly, which may result from the use of THE READER. Use it at
your own risk.
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FUNCTION
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THE READER is an Online-Mailreader, which will make it easier for
a user to read mail while online. THE READER uses ANSI-Graphic, so
only ANSI users can use THE READER who take on ANSI. THE READER
displays a summary of messages to the user, which can be selected
by functionkeys, so it is very easy for the user to read messages.
Also the User can write or reply to a message via an external Online
-Editor, search thru the Msgbase for keywords, change message areas
or tagging messages.
In addition to that you can make your own language files with the
Full-Screen-Setup program containing in the archive (EDITREAD.EXE)
and THE READER handles two Help-Pages.
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PROGRAM-PACKAGE
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Following files are in the archive :
■ READER.EXE Online-Mailreader/door (149328 Bytes)
■ READER.CFG Sample Config - Use EDITREAD.EXE to edit !
■ READER.ARE Sample message areas definition - Only for BBS-Typ 'OTHER' !
■ READER.GRP Sample message groups definition - Only for BBS-Typ 'OTHER' !
■ READER.DOK German documentation
■ READER.DOC English documentation
■ READER.REG Registration form
■ READLNG.ARJ Sample Language-Files (english & german & swedish)
■ READHLP.ARJ Sample Help-Files (english & german & swedish)
■ HISTORY.TXT History File
■ REGSITES.TXT RegSites for THE READER
■ EDITREAD.EXE Full-Screen-Setup (86384 Bytes)
Date : 01.05.96
Time : 04:30
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INSTALLATION & USAGE
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THE READER is started with the function Type 7 - 'Shell to DOS and
run a program' like a door or an online program. To get more memory
you should swap the BBS to memory. THE READER could be placed in every
directory but be sure that READER.CFG, READER??.LNG and READ_???.HLP
(also READER.ARE & READER.GRP for BBS-Typ 'OTHER') are in the same
directory as READER.EXE.
THE READER is reading EXITINFO.BBS searching in the Line-Path and
MESSAGES.RA (RA) or BOARDS.BBS (SBBS) or MSGCFG.DAT (QBBS) or
MSGAREAS.PB (PB2.0x) or MESSAGES.PB (PB2.1x) searching in the
System-Path.
Using BBS-Typ 'OTHER' THE READER is reading DORINFOx.DEF searching in
the Line-Path and READER.ARE & READER.GRP from the READER-Path.
■ General Program-Usage
READER.EXE <NodeNo> <Comport> [ Extra Parameters ]
Extra Parameters: -L:<LngNo>
-B:<MsgBoardNo>
-G:<MsgGroupNo>
-P:<Line-Path>
NodeNo = 1..250 / Comport = 0..4 / LngNo = 0..99
The command-line parameters <NodeNo> and <Comport> are needed while
the Extra Parameters are optinal and can be used in any combination.
*) If there ISN'T a Language-No. or a wrong one THE READER will use
the built-in english language.
*) If there ISN'T a MsgBoard-No. THE READER will start with changing
the message area.
*) If there is a MsgGroup-No. THE READER will start in the present
message group.
*) If there ISN'T a Line-Path (which is needed for Multi-Line
Systems) THE READER will take the current Path.
Example: READER.EXE 1 2 -B:20 -P:C:\BBS\ -L:2 -G:10
========
NodeNo = 1 / Comport = 2 / MsgBoardNo = 20 / Line-Path = C:\BBS\
LngNo = 2 -> READER2.LNG / MsgGroupNo = 10
■ THE READER under RemoteAccess (RA) Version 1.xx, 2.0x or 2.5x
USAGE:
READER.EXE *N *P -B:*1 -P:\RA\ -L:0 (Stand-alone)
READER.EXE *N *P -B:*1 -P:\RA\LINE*N -L:0 (Multi-Line)
*P stands for the ComPort being used
*1 stands for the currently selected message area
*N stands for the node number
*M tells RA to swap itself out of memory
LngNo = 0 forces THE READER to read the current selected language
number from the RA User-Information.
■ THE READER under SuperBBS (SBBS) Version 1.17
USAGE:
READER.EXE *N *P -B:@M -P:\SBBS\ -L:<LngNo(0..99)> *E (Stand-alone)
READER.EXE *N *P -B:@M -P:\SBBS\LINE@N -L:<LngNo(0..99)> *E (Multi-Line)
*P stands for the ComPort being used
@M stands for the currently selected message area
*N stands for the node number
*E forces SBBS to read EXITINFO.BBS after returning
*S tells SBBS to swap itself out of memory
■ THE READER under QuickBBS (QBBS) Version 2.76
USAGE:
READER.EXE *N *P -B:*1 -P:\QBBS\ -L:<LngNo(0..99)> (Stand-alone)
READER.EXE *N *P -B:*1 -P:\QBBS\LINE*N -L:<LngNo(0..99)> (Multi-Line)
*P stands for the ComPort being used
*1 stands for the currently selected message area
*N stands for the node number
*M tells QBBS to swap itself out of memory
■ THE READER under ProBoard (PB) Version 2.xx
USAGE:
READER.EXE *# *P -B:@<CurMsgArea#>@ -P:\PB\ -L:<LngNo(0..99)>
READER.EXE *# *P -B@<CurMsgArea#>@ -P:\PB\LINE*# -L:<LngNo(0..99)>
*P stands for the ComPort being used
*# stands for the node number
*X tells ProBoard to swap itself out of memory
@<CurMsgArea#>@ stands for the currently selected message area
■ THE READER under Concord BBS Version 0.01g (OTHER)
Use BBS-Typ 'OTHER' !!!
USAGE:
READER.EXE *N *P -B:@MAREA_NUM@ -P:\CONCORD\ -L:<LngNo(0..99)>
READER.EXE *N *P -B:@MAREA_NUM@ -P:\CONCORD\LINE*N -L:<LngNo(0..99)>
*P stands for the ComPort being used
*N stands for the node number
*S tells Concord to swap its