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- !SparkMail 1.08 01-December-1991
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- (c) 1990/1991/1992 Hugo Fiennes
- This program is PUBLIC DOMAIN
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- Concept:
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- !SparkMail provides a simple ARCmail packer in conjunction with !Spark
- version 2.00 or greater. Outbound packet(s) are added to a PC format
- archive with PC-style names for sending the ARCmail to other PC systems.
- A file attach is automatically generated with the same hold status (ie
- xxxxyyyyHO will be generated if xxxxyyyyHT was the packet arc'ed).
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- Use:
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- !SparkMail MUST be used within the desktop environment. !Spark v2.16
- or later must be loaded. Normal use will be from obey files, which call
- it like this:
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- !SparkMail <our address> <outbound address> [<spark flags>]
-
- for example, to produce ARCmail for Noah (2:252/106) from Cryton
- (2:252/102) with PC format crunching, I use:
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- !SparkMail 2:252/102 2:252/106 "-G -H -i -v"
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- If no Spark flags are set then then the default -G -H (no encryption)
- -i -v (PC format crunch) is used.
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- Return codes are set accoring to what has been done:
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- SparkMail$Return = 0 Normal termination, data was added to arc
- SparkMail$Return = 1 Normal termination, no data to add to arc
- SparkMail$Return = 2 Error in command line
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- Note that Spark is run in multitasking mode (10cs max between polls)
- and so normal BBS operation can continue whilst ARCmail is being
- generated.
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- The file attach files have a '^' as the first character on the line,
- indicating that the file should be deleted when sent sucessfully
- by Binkleyterm.
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- Updates:
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- 1.00 1-Nov-1990 First version
- 1.01 1-Nov-1990 Resets Spark to archie style Archives after arcing mail,
- also checks DES and garble are off.
- Checks end of Archive for PC arc terminator (0 as
- opposed to 128) just in case - some versions of Spark
- did this sometimes.
- 1.02 1-Nov-1990 Outbound mail (xxxxyyyyOT) had a file attach of
- xxxxyyyyOO generated (oops!). It now generates
- xxxxyyyyFO.
- 1.03 5-Nov-1990 Spark barfs at something occasionally (maybe the -I on
- its own to reset to Archie archives, this has been
- changed to -v -I <arcname> to get it to do something,
- otherwise sometimes there is a problem with inbound
- mail getting trashed before import! Not sure if this
- fixes it, the problem has only occurred once here,
- and I wasn't there to see it!
- 1.04 6-Nov-1990 Oops! major problem with 1.03... it didn't generate
- packets at all <blush> ... well it did, and they
- were called '-i'...
- 1.05 30-Jan-1991 File attach file tweaked: instead of generating a new
- file, SparkMail appends the filename to the end of
- an existing file attach file, but only if the ARC
- didn't exist beforehand (ie if the ARC already existed,
- SparkMail assumes that it was in the file attach
- file).
- 1.06 21-Oct-1991 Now forces crunch format (with -v) to ensure PC
- compatiblity whatever Spark is currently set to.
- If file is already listed in the File-attach file
- it isn't added again.
- 1.07 30-Nov-1991 You can now pass flags to Spark. Will wait for Spark
- if it's busy.
- 1.08 09-Jan-1992 More tweaks to try to ensure spark is in correct
- archiving mode.
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- Other:
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- Send any comments or suggestions to:
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- Hugo Fiennes
- Burcott Manor
- Wells
- Somerset
- BA5 1NH
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- Fidonet: Hugo Fiennes @ 2:252/102
- Email : altman@cix.compulink.co.uk
- Data : (0749) 679794/670030
- Voice : (0749) 670058/672234 / (0831) 444192
- Fax : (0749) 670809
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