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TXTBCST 1.2beta
Copyright (C) 1993 WoodyWare Software Inc
All Rights Reserved
TXTBCST Author : John Woodstock
TXTBCST is supported by:
WoodyWare Software Inc.
P.O. Box 436
Coram , NY 11727-0436
Support BBS:
Your Software Resource
(516) 736-6662
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STANDARD DISCLAIMER:
This program is provided on an "AS IS" basis. No warranty of any kind
is expressed or implied.
****** USE THIS PROGRAM AT YOUR OWN RISK. *******
I take no responsibility for any damage caused directly or indirectly
from the use or the inability to use this program.
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TXTBCST is a utility to create .REP messages for .QWK mail doors from
text files from the DOS command line. Text files longer than standard
message length are automatically split into multiple messages. Text is
added to split messages to denote a split has taken place and the
"SUBJECT" is modified to denote the continuation as well. If replies
packet already exist on disk, new replies will be appended to it.
To use TXTBCST, execute the command:
TXTBCST Text_file BBS_ID From To Subject Conference [private]
**** ONE SPACE between fields ****
Text_file - The text file from which you want the message
created.
BBS_ID - The .REP packet name of the BBS.
From - This is where you'd put your name.
To - Who the message is for (the receiver).
Subject - What the message is about.
** For the names and subjects, be sure to put semicolons ";"
** between words instead of spaces. For example:
John Woodstock = John;Woodstock
J. T. Smith = J.;T.;Smith
Items for sale = Items;for;sale
Conference - Topic area number on the BBS for the message.
(ex. 30 or #Group)
[private] - Optional: Message status. This option lets you
control who can read your message. The default is PUBLIC which means
everyone can read your message. These options may not be available on
all BBSes and .QWK mail doors. I've found that these options worked
with Qmail4 and PCBoard.
P - Only the receiver of the message may read the message.
** The system operator (SysOp) can read all message doesn't
** matter what status the message is set at.
Customized tagline is available by setting the environment variable
'TAGLINE'. To do this issue the command:
SET TAGLINE=Daddy what happens when I type FORMAT C: ???
Execute TXTBCST without any parameters and you will get an abbreviated
help screen.
After successful execution of TXTBCST, the message(s) will be stored in
a file named BBS_ID.MSG. Just compress this with PKZIP or whatever
compression method that the BBS uses. Make sure the compressed file has
the BBS_ID as the name and .REP as the extension.
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Group Handling:
New with version 1.2 is the capability to copy a single message to
multiple BBSID's, Multiple People and Multiple Conferences. Here is how
it works..
TXTBCST test.doc any john;woodstock any Sample;Subject #sample p
^
The # sign in front of the group code is required. The .GRP is not
required or optional.
Using a standard text editor create a .GRP file with the following
fields:
BBS_ID
To
Conference
[P]
Below is an example - SAMPLE.GRP
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
;BBS_ID TO Conf# PRIV
WOODYBBS John;Woodstock 0 *
XOODYBBS First;Last 103 *
YOODYBBS Any;Name 20
;1st - Send a message to John Woodstock in conference 0 at WOODYBBS Priv
;2nd - Send a message to First Last in conference 103 at XOODYBBS Priv
;3rd - Send a message to Any Name in conference 20 at YOODYBBS
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
One space between fields is important in this file as well.
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Future Enhancements:
1) Rewrite the command line and group code parse routine to make it
handle variable spacing between fields.
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Registration:
This program is Shareware, No registration is asked at this time.
Comments, suggestions, critiques, donations are welcome.
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Copyrights:
QWK and Qmail
- Copyrights of Mark "Sparky" Herring of Sparkware, the original
creator of QWK.
PCBoard
- Copyrights of Clark Development Company.
PKZIP
- Copyrights of Phil Katz of P.K. Ware Inc.
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Release History:
Oct-13-93 - v1.2b - Added #Group capability..
Oct-12-93 - Cleaned up documentation - Still needs more..
Oct-11-93 - v1.1b - Changed the output file routine to prepare for
allowing a group code to be used instead of indiviual conferences
Oct-6-93 - Version 1 complete