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MARVIN: v2.00 by Stephen de Plater
October 23, 1990 GTPN Net Address: 302/1
MARVIN
by Stephen de Plater
GTPN Net Address: 302/1
Voice Phone: +61 2 977-3075
Data Phone: +61 2 977-2013
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0. REVISION LIST
======================================================================
VERSION: Release Date: Comments:
------- ------------ --------------------------------------
1.00 April 20, 1990 Initial Release.
2.00 October 23, 1990 GT16 Version *ONLY*. This version will
NOT work with versions of GT prior to
GT16. There are no other changes in
this release.
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1. COPYRIGHT
======================================================================
MARVIN is not placed in the Public Domain. The copyright is retained
and the software is provided on licence:
You are free to use and make as many copies of this program as you
wish. You may also give it away to anyone who wants it, provided:
1. No fee is charged.
2. This archive is distributed intact.
3. You register the package with an OZNET registration centre.
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2. REGISTRATION
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A new registration scheme now applies to all OZNET software.
Regardless of any previous registration, this program now requires
individual installation for each BBS using it.
There is still NO fee involved at all. DO NOT send any money!
Registration simply involves obtaining from me a CRC code which
matches your BBS name. You may do this at any of the seven OZNET
registration centres:
Kangaroo Korner 302/001 Stephen de Plater
The Black Hole 302/003 Ken Thompson
TSUNAMI! Catch the Wave *TEMPDN Chet Wilkinson
Control Systems 071/001 Ed Cavender
Gidget's Domain 081/005 Jack Hazel
Fuzzy Logic 050/018 Phill Piddell
The Gathering Place 093/000 Joe Tellup
If you are in the GTPN nodelist then you will be able to register
direct online at any of those centres or via mail in the correct form
to OZRobot at any of those centres. See the included OZRobot document
for details. If you are not in the GTPN net you will need to apply
via private netmail or message to Sysop at any of the centres.
Whatever way you do it you will need to supply the full (case
sensitive) name to which you want the program registered.
You will also need to obtain the OZINSTAL program which performs the
actual installation. OZINSTAL is not included in this archive. You
should look for OZINST11.ZIP.
PLEASE NOTE: This program will run only in test mode (see below) until
your registration key is installed.
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MARVIN: v2.00 by Stephen de Plater
October 23, 1990 GTPN Net Address: 302/1
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3. PURPOSE
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(Or what does this thing do anyway?)
MARVIN is a companion program for GT Power BBS Systems.
We all get mail delivered to the wrong address at times. Sometimes
snailmail hit us when it should have gone across the road, just
because it was addressed wrongly. And the same thing also happens
sometimes with netmail.
That's were MARVIN comes in. Marvin is a kind of mail robot (hence
the name). After MDIST runs here, I turn MARVIN loose. It he finds
anything which should have gone to someone else, he simply makes sure
that it goes out again in the next netmail run to where it should have
gone in the first place. He will add his own comment (one of a list,
randomly) to make sure you know that he has been at it <grin>! That
much is in character -- if you've read the books you'll know.
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4. USAGE
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To use MARVIN:
1. Install MARVIN.EXE in your DOS path.
2. You should then create a file MARVIN.DAT in your GTPATH. This
file contains, one entry per line, the names of people whose mail
should be redirected, and the net/node to which it should go.
Mine looks much like this:
----------------------------------------------------
Ken Thompson|302/3
John Della-Torre|302/0
----------------------------------------------------
And so on. You may have up to 100 entries in this file. If you
need more let me know and I will open the space up somewhat.
Notice that the name must be separated from the net/node ID with
a single vertical bar character. There should be no extra
spaces.
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3. Add "Marvin" as a user to your BBS. Make sure that he has access
to the netmail area. He needs to be able to see the netmail and
to have somewhere to remember where he was up to last time he
worked.
4. Run MARVIN after your incoming netmail has been distributed.
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5. REPORTING
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MARVIN writes a log to a file called MARVIN.LOG in the LOGPATH
directory (or in the GTPATH directory if a specific LOGPATH directory
is not defined). All redirections are listed there.
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6. COMMAND LINE PARAMETERS
======================================================================
NURDMAIL takes only one optional command line parameter as follows:
1. /N Test mode. In this mode, NO mail will be redirected at all,
but the program will run and show what would have happened.
NOTE: Until registration is completed, the program will ONLY
run in test mode, whether or not this parameter has been
selected.
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7. DISCLAIMER
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Q: What kind of guarantee comes with this software?
A: *** ABSOLUTELY NONE!!! ***
If you break it you get to keep both pieces.
I take no responsibility at all for what this software may do on any
computer other than my own. If you use it you do so at your own risk.
All that I am prepared to say about it is that it works fine here (and
I can see no good reason why it should not also work fine everywhere
else also -- but ....)
By using this program you accept these conditions.
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8. ENJOY!
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At least, I hope you do!
Stephen
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