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┌────────────────────────────┐
│ Kill Protect 1.2 │
└────────────────────────────┘
!!!! WARNING !!!!
!! This Program Is Designed for GT 16.00 or 17.00 Specifically !!
!! Use on any other version could prove hazardous to your system !!
01-11-92
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History
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01-11-92 Ver 1.0 Initial Release
01-12-92 Ver 1.1 Introduction of /F: Parameter (see below)
02-08-92 Ver 1.2 Fixed a small bug in reading of GTMDIR.BBS
Multiple message variables were not under-
stood in ver 1.0 and 1.1. For example....
if you had #^E:\GTMAIL\SYSOP, KPROTECT would
error out when opening MESSAGE.CTL.
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What is It?
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A simple little program that will go to each message area
listed in your GTMDIR.BBS file and "Kill Protect" each message
that is not currently either "Private" or "Kill Protect".
At the end of each execution you will be given a report on,
1. The total number of messages available on your system, 2.
The total number of "Kill Protected" messages on your system,
3. Total number of "Private" messages on your system, 4. Total
number of message areas found in your GTMDIR.BBS file, 5. Total
number of message areas that were successfully processed, 6.
The total number of unsuccessfully processed message areas, 7.
Total number of messages that were converted to "Kill Protect"
status on this execution of KPROTECT.
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Why Is It?
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You may be asking about now, Why would you want to do this?
It's simple. On my system, all "Public" messages default
to "Kill Protect" when they are entered. Unfortunately not
all systems in the GT Network are not this way. Therefore
messages arriving in echos that are not marked "Kill Protect"
are often deleted by users as they read the echos. By marking
all NON-Private messages as "Kill Protect" the messages will
remain in the echo areas for others to read. Besides, my
nightly maintenance is very efficient at removing out of date
messages for me automatically.
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Execution..
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Running the program is very easy. The only things that are
required are 1. A valid GTPATH statement, and a valid GTMDIR.BBS
file in the directory pointed to by GTPATH. KPROTECT takes care
of the rest of it. It reads each line of the GTMDIR.BBS file
and takes appropriate action on each message area. The program
is intended to run daily either during your nightly maintenance
or after any mail run. I personally run the utility after each
run of MDIST, just to pick up any stray "Un Kill Protected"
messages that should arrive. If you would rather specify a
| filename other than GTMDIR.BBS you may use a /F: parameter on
| the command line of KPROTECT. For example....
|
| KPROTECT /F:C:\TESTING\ALTERNATE.BBS
|
| This would read information from a file named ALTERNATE.BBS
| located in C:\TESTING. This file MUST be in the same format
| as the GTMDIR.BBS file.
|
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Errorlevels
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Here are the possible errorlevel exits the program will give.
ERRORLEVEL 0 No Problems, Good Run.....
ERRORLEVEL 1 GTPATH Environment not Set.
ERRORLEVEL 2 Cannot Find GTMDIR.BBS in GTPATH.
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Who Is Responsible for This?
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Rob Roesch
The HOTware BBS
GT Power Net-Node 064/003
Rt 7 Box 566
Mocksville, NC
704-492-2081 (USR 14.4 DS)
If you start using this utility, and get a chance, let me know
what you think of it. If you don't have any use for it, delete
it for your total refund of all the disk space that it was
occupying. This program comes with no warranty, no guarantee,
and no promises. If it works GREAT, if not let me know and I
will gladly take a look at it in my spare time. If you really
really really like the program and want to make any donations,
feel free, but it is not a requirement.....
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