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SYSOP
TEST MESSAGE
Hi there [FIRST], this is the first program designed to import ASCII files into RBBS message bases. It works very well!
Notice how the first line went beyond the RBBS standard 72 characters?
MSGFORM will consider it a paragraph, and format it correctly. If you
want to get fancy, you can simply create the file like this where it
will always be LESS than 72 characters, and it will be imported exactly
as shown.
Create a paragraph like this one, where it slightly EXCEEDS 72 characters.
Then the paragraph will look kinda goofy.
[LAST] is your last name. Did it work?
The [FIRST] and [LAST] replacement parameters will work, but only if the
name has a first and last name. "SYSOP" will cause [FIRST] & [LAST] to
BOTH be equal to "SYSOP".
For users which have TWO spaces, such as "JOHN Q PUBLIC", then [FIRST]
will be equal to "JOHN" and [LAST] will be equal to "Q PUBLIC".
However, you will find MSGFORM to work very well for most cases. This
means that you can create "welcome" messages for your users when they
first log-on, assuming you have some sort of registration door. Its
pretty flexible, as it will get user info from the DORINFOx.DEF file,
an ASCII file containing a LIST of users (creates multiple messages)
and also from the command line. Applications are only limited by your
own creativity!
Other RBBS programs I have written:
MSGTOSS - Fast Fidonet message importer for RBBS (fast!)
MSGRENUM - Renumber RBBS message bases w/o CONFIG
FIXMSG - Repair RBBS message bases w/o CONFIG
MAILWAIT - Maintain RBBS "mailwaiting bits"
MSGECHO - Obsolete due to MSGTOSS
Thanks, Mike Zakharoff
INTERSTATE BBS NETWORK
(206)631-3231
FidoNet 1:343/36
RBBS-NET 8:918/1