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Date: 05-07-93 (06:09) Number: 62245 of 63372 (Refer# NONE)
To: ALL
From: DAVID TERRY
Subj: PWRDWARN.ZIP
Read: (N/A) Status: PUBLIC MESSAGE
Conf: BETA (6) Read Type: MAIL FROM YOU (R/O) (+)
The message below was previously posted in the Developer Conference. It is
being moved out to the Beta Conference:
I have posted a file, in directory #2, called PWRDWARN.ZIP which can be used by
anyone (with or without the PPL Compiler, however, source code *is* included).
It is a rather simple program with only two actual lines of source code.
This program will warn a caller if his or her password is about to expire. It
does so first by issuing the message on the screen and second by writing a
message to the caller.
Since many callers dial into BBS's in an automated fashion to pick up their
mail, they may never see the password warning. The next thing they know,
PCBoard is no longer allowing them onto the system because their automated
scripts do not take into account the need to change the password.
To help avoid this problem, PCBoard displays PCBTEXT record #711 to the caller
to notify the caller of the impending need to change the password.
By replacing record #711 with a .PPE file, we can now do the same thing (notify
the caller online), plus we can write a message to the caller. That way, if
the caller is downloading new mail, it is hoped that the caller will pick up
the notification message in the mail packet.
Installation of the PPE file is simple and takes advantage of a change in
MKPCBTXT. All you do is execute MKPCBTXT like this:
MKPCBTXT C:\PCB\GEN\PCBTEXT /I:711 !C:\PPE\PWRDWARN.PPE
Then copy the PWRDWARN.MSG file into the same directory where the PWRDWARN.PPE
file is stored and you're all set!