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AddTech Consultancy Limited
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Or on The Internet as "astevens@cheshire.demon.co.uk"
Disclaimer
AddTech Consultancy makes no warranty of any kind, either
express or implied, including but not limited to implied
warranties of merchantability and fitness for a
particular purpose, with respect to this software and
accompanying documentation.
IN NO EVENT SHALL ADDTECH CONSULTANCY BE LIABLE FOR ANY
DAMAGES (INCLUDING DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF BUSINESS PROFITS,
BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, LOSS OF BUSINESS INFORMATION, OR
OTHER PECUNIARY LOSS) ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF OR
INABILITY TO USE THIS PROGRAM, EVEN IF ADDTECH
CONSULTANCY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH
DAMAGES.
Message Time Documentation for WildCat! BBS systems
version 3.xx
Message Time is copyright 1994 by AddTech
Consultancy Limited.
"Message Time" is a "fun" (i.e. useless! :-) utility for
WildCat! 3.xx Sysops.
It will scan a specified message conference for the time
at which mail in that area was written. It will then
create a nice bar chart (WCPro style) which shows the
percentage of messages written per hour. Note that this
is not the percentage of messages *sent* per hour. But
the messages *written* per hour.
I wrote this utility because I was interested to see what
times people usually sat in front of the screen sending
messages to the cybernet. I always seem to do this in the
early hours of the morning, and was interested to see how
many other people did the same.
As it turned out, on my system most people write mail
just after 18:00 (not surprising as that it when cheap
rate phone calls come into effect in the UK), and after
midnight (ever watched British late night TV? If so,
you'll understand why people spend the time writing mail
instead :-).
Anyway, to run Message Time all you need to do is the
following:
1) As per all AddTech WildCat! utilities, set you DOS
variable WCHOME to your WildCat! home directory. You
can do this from DOS by typing:
SET WCHOME=C:\WC30 (or whatever your dir. is)
2) Run Message Time!
The Command Line for Message Time is:
MSG-TIME /C:<conf> /O:<output file>
And that's it!
The reason the conference can be specified is so that you
can see when contributors of different conferences enter
mail. For example, you may well find that your
"Communications" or "Programming" conferences contain a
higher percentage of "late night mail" than your "General
Chit-Chat" areas (Just because programmers, and the like,
have a horrible habit of staying up until ridiculous
times in the morning!).
Message Time is completely, 100% Public Domain. I
wouldn't pay for it, and I therefore don't expect anyone
else to!
However... Look at these other WildCat! Shareware
utilities available from AddTech Consultancy Limited:
AutoRequest:
AutoRequest is a WildCat! 3.xx SysOp utility which
enables users to download requested files automatically
within their TomCat QWK packets. All the user needs to do
is send a message to a user called "FILE REQUEST", with
the name of the file he wants to receive in the subject
line. If a password is required to download the file,
then the subject line should contain first the file name,
then the password, separated by a space. For example:
From: ADAM STEVENS
To: FILE REQUEST
Subj: ANYFILE.ZIP THEPASSWD
The user needs to have an understanding of the "attached
files" option within TomCat to be able to utilise this
utility. If the user requests a file, yet has not set his
"attach" option in TomCat, then he will be sent a message
explaining how to configure TomCat to receive attached
files (This message is configurable with the registered
version of AutoRequest).
AutoRequest fully supports the WildCat! databases, and
will update the user and file download count accordingly
(unless the file is marked as "Free", in which case a
download will not be added to the users account).
If a user requests a file which isn't available, then a
message will be sent to him explaining exactly why it was
unable to attach the file. This includes request which
will take the user above his or her upload:download
ratio, above the daily file count or kilobyte limit, or
files which reside in a file area which he does not
usually have access to.
But the registered version of AutoRequest is more than
just a system for distributing files. It is also offers a
full "Automated Information Services". For more
information on this, read on!
Automated Information Services (What on Earth is it!?)
With the registered version of AutoRequest 1.1 or above
you can specify a number of text files which the user can
ask to be sent to him on request. If you are a registered
owner of AutoRequest 1.0, then don't worry, your KEY file
will work perfectly well with this new version.
You, the Sysop can configure AutoRequest so that the user
just has to send a message to FILE REQUEST with a subject
line beginning with a forward slash to automatically
receive, as a message, any text file you want to make
available.
For example, you could configure AutoRequest to send your
WildCat bulletins on request, or you could create a price
list or product list which the user can read whenever he
wants to.
AutoMessage:
AutoMessage is a system which will enable you, as a Sysop
for a WildCat! 3.xx BBS to automatically send messages to
your users. You can for example, automatically send a
welcome message to all new users, or a message warning
users that their subscription to your BBS is about to
expire. The registered version of AutoMessage can also be
used to automatically change the security level of any
user it sends a message to, as well as keep a log file of
all messages sent, and security levels changed.
AutoMessage supports most of the WildCat @ codes.
You can pick up both AutoRequest and AutoMessage from
Transworld BBS in the UK (phone numbers at the top of
this documentation), or, in the US From C.C.S. OnLine BBS
on 205-281-9114 or 1331. Filenames are AMSG?-?.ZIP and
AREQ?-?.ZIP where ?-? is the version number.
Versions numbers as of 9th January 1994:
AutoMessage 1.4 (AMSG1-4.ZIP)
AutoRequest 1.1 (AREQ1-1.ZIP)
Adam Stevens - January 1994