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M a s t e r - W M a i l
v1.4
A 'WMail' replacement
Written in GFABasic V3.01D
(c) Phillip Eastham 1992, 1993
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What is it?
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Master-WMail is a replacement for the standard WMail utility used to
inform users if they have public mail waiting for them.
Master-WMail will offer the user 2 levels of information. If they
choose the Verbose option, they will see the area number and name, the message
number, who the message is from, and the subject. If they choose the Terse
option, they will see the area number, message number, and who it is from.
How do I use it?
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Simply place it in your 'login.dlgbatch' script file. You can also run
it as a DLG menu command. Run in OVERLAY mode with all other settings default.
Run Master-WMail thus:
DLG:Master-WMail %PORT %ANSI -c -s -d
(Order IS important!)
The -c option will cause Master-WMail to check for the existance of
each message. If the message is not there, the user is given the area
information, who it is from, and the subject (if in Verbose mode), but instead
of getting a message number, they are told it has been deleted.
The -s option will cause Master-WMail to be almost silent. I decided to
add this option after seeing another DLG BBS have a main menu command to read
tagged messages. It ran a WMail clone program to tag the messages first, and I
thought that would be very painful if you had lots of mail waiting. The user
will now only get the last 2 lines of the normal display, or nothing at all if
there is no mail waiting for them.
The -d option will ask the user if they wish to delete their
'WaitingMail.dat' file.
Error output:
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Should a fatal error occur with Master-WMail, the program will
terminate cleanly. A file in 'LOGS:' will be created which keeps track of
error messages which are produced
Program status:
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Master-WMail is freeware. Use it as you please. Any bug reports or
suggestions for improvements can be sent to me via Fido or UUCP:
Phillip Eastham@3:622/406
phillip_eastham@kumear.apana.org.au
Changes:
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Version 1.4 - First release to use dlg.library.
- Now uses true hotkey input.