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The GetTCP Internet module

GetTCP is the shell program spawned by ConnectTHOR when collecting mail and news. Usually, this is the method prefered for doing this, but GetTCP can also be started from shell. The following arguments is understood and will override any setting configured in CfgTCP:

BBSNAME
Name of the system configured in THOR to collect news and mail into.
PUBSCREEN
If this argument is provided with the name of a valid public screen, GetTCP will open a progressbar on that screen.
PASSWORD
This is the password to use then collecting mail from the POP3 server. Usually, this is the same password you use when you login to your account. If no password is provided here, GetTCP will ask for a password before collecting mail.
MAXMSGS
This is the maximum number of articles that you want to receive in each newsgroup.
MAXDAYS
Not used anymore, only kept for backwards compatibility.
NOMAIL
Do not collect mail.
NONEWS
Do not collect news.
MAILSERVER
This is the name or IP address of the POP3 mail server to use when collecting mail.
NEWSSERVER
This is the name or IP address of the newsserver (NNTP server) to use when collecting news.
PERIODIC
This is the number of minutes between each time you want GetTCP to collect mail for you.
SOCKETS
This is the number of sockets (connections) to use when collecting news.
USERNAME
This is the login username to use when collecting mail.
POPPORT
If your pop server is on some other port than the default 110, set this to the correct port.
NNTPPORT
If the newsserver you are using are running on some other port than the default 119, enter the port here. This should normally be kept at the default 119.
NNTPUSERID
This is the user id you have been given to have access to the newsserver, if it requires authentication.
NNTPPASSWORD
This is the password you have been given to have access to the newsserver, if it requires authentication.
LOGFILE
Full path and name of optional logfile to use for logging sending of mail and news.
GETONLY
Only collect news and/or mail, do not add it to the database.
PARSEONLY
Only parse already collected news and/or mail into the database, do not get any mail and news.
DELETE
By setting this option, the collected mail will be deleted from your mail (pop) host after it's been successfully received by your Amiga.


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