home
***
CD-ROM
|
disk
|
FTP
|
other
***
search
/
Monster Media 1994 #2
/
Monster Media No. 2 (Monster Media)(1994).ISO
/
pcboard
/
sat114.zip
/
ANSWERS2.FAQ
< prev
next >
Wrap
Text File
|
1994-05-31
|
3KB
|
59 lines
╓─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╖
║ ░░░░░ SAT - Answers to Frequently Asked Questions ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ ║
╙─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╜
Q. I'm using SAT PORP to cull Usenet newsgroups and was wondering if
SAT handles messages with multiple newsgroups like:
Newsgroups: alt.test,alt.binary,alt.sax
A. Yes, SAT scans all the newsgroups for a message, looking for any
match in the newsgroups you want to retain.
Q. I'm watching SAT PORP work on all the Usenet BAG files and I want to
stop it. What do I do?
A. Press Escape once. SAT will, at a good breaking point, ask you if you
want to terminate the process. You answer "Y" or "N". If you answer
Yes, SAT will attempt to move the unprocessed BAG files to the parent
directory of the PORPWORK.DIR that SAT created (basically back to
where the .ZIP files are) and delete the PORPWORK.DIR. The .ZIP file
will -not- be deleted. Decide which you would rather keep, the .ZIP
file that was being processed, or the .BAG files that are partially
completed and delete accordingly.
Q. What the heck does PORP mean anyways?
A. It's a joke. At least it makes sense around these parts...
Q. I don't have or use this NCOPY.EXE, what do I put there?
A. You can put just COPY, and let DOS do the copy, or, in version 1.13+,
put INTERNAL, and let SAT do the copy internally. This option was
put in place purely for those networks (NOVELL for example) that have
a network compatible copy that accomplishes it's work by instructing the
server to do the copy without having the file actually travel up the
network wire to the workstation and back down. In a future version of
SAT it is hoped to make the NOVELL copy internal using proper NOVELL
API calls.
Q. I don't use all those MOVE= statements in the configuration files, so
can I comment them out?
A. Yes. You can delete the unused ones entirely, or comment them out by
putting a ";" semi-colon in column one. You might comment them out
instead of deleting them simply to keep them as reference.
Q. Why would I ever use the DELETE option on the MOVE= configuration line
instead of using NUL\ in the ACONFIG.SKY that PTCCMAIN uses?
A. Two reasons. First, you may want to process different types of files
in the same directory differently; FIDO mail bundles for instance
are mixed in with FILEBONE files and CDN/FamilyNet files. Secondly,
SAT will still mark files as "received" versus UPLD.LST if you let SAT
delete them. You can then have the file produced by SAT FREQ be just
those files you want to actually freq.