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AUTO-MSG
A Utility for QuickBBS
PROMISES, WARRANTIES, ETC
Aint none! If you got this directly from me, I can promise it's clean, and
works for me. I will try to work out any problems reported to me, and will
consider all criticisms and comments. Flames will be ignored.
LICENSE
You may use and distribute these programs as you see fit. No money may be
charged for the distribution of these programs with the exception of the a
small reimbursement for the cost of the floppy disk. The archive must contain
all original files and doc's.
AUTO-MSG was written to allow the SysOp to import any text file into the QBBS
message base. It may be possible to use in on other BBS systems, but I don't
have anyway of knowing.
SETUP
You will have to create a two line file called AUTO-MSG.CFG consisting of the
directory where your system stores the incoming messages (not packets). This
must be complete enough to get there from the sub-directory where AUTO-MSG is
run from. Line two is your net/node number. My .CFG is enclosed.
C:\Binkley\mail
151/807
RUNNING
You can run from your BBS batch, or an external batch file. A sample batch
file is included. Then use EchoGen (or equivalent) to "toss" the message. Oh
yeah, in order for the message to be tossed, the area name must be in your
AREAS.BBS file. AUTO-MSG requires 4 command line parameters in the form of:
auto-msg [to] [subject] [board_name] [filename.ext]
to: simple.... SYSOP or ALL or USER's NAME
subject: ..... what is the message about?
board_name ... The name of the board to toss to (LOCAL or COMMENT,...)
filename.ext . The text file to import.
Remember to use the underscore ( "_" ) if there are any spaces other than
between the 4 parameters. Example:
auto-msg ALL A_TEST_MESSAGE LOCAL TEST.TXT
Larry Kremmel
SysOp The Hole in the Wall
1-919-751-2678
9600 HST
151/807
03 JAN 89
HISTORY
11 Dec 88
Initial Beta not released.
27 Dec 88
Added AUTO-MSG.CFG for use on other systems. Wrote docs. Still Beta!
31 Dec 88
Fixed message format so they should toss on other systems.
02 Jan 89
Fixed net/node routine to properly handle hex to decimal to hex
conversion.