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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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