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- Son Of Sysop Version 1.2
- ------------------------
- If at all possible, use the documentation that is in WORD
- format rather than the text version. It's much easer to read.
-
- Decided to change the version number format. The 1st digit
- after the . will be incremented when new modules are added,
- the second (1.2.1) will be for minor changes.
-
- Added module to allow you to automatically send a message
- to new users. You create the message and all new users
- will receive it in email. This is currently a 'netmail'
- type message. This may be changed to local in the future.
- You must do some special things with your Visitor script
- to use this module. Read the manual!
-
- Added ability to schedule which days of the week the
- FILES module is to be activated.
-
- The 'TBTLOs' option may not be activated in this version
- due to some irregularities found in the 'date2secs' call
- in the programming language. I hope to have a fix to this
- soon.
-
- All changeable resources are now marked as purgable by
- the program to reduce any low memory conditions.
-
- Fixed a bug that Zeff found. SOS was checking for exact
- upper/lower case of the words Section.Dir. It will now
- handle any case.
-
- Added steps for non-Tabby Sysops in the documentation.
-
- There is a LOT more error handling built into SOS now.
- This means that it will keep on running if it can't find
- a file, it won't crash in most cases. Because of this
- it's important to check the log and watch the program
- run a couple of times to make sure you haven't made any
- errors in your pathway names, mansion scan, or other data.
-
-
- Some other changes that I can't remember right now.
-
- Son Of Sysop Version 1.04/5 - 1.1
- ---------------------------
- 1.04 contains some internal changes that were found needed
- after the 'validate uploads' module was added.
- When uploads are validated, the section.dir header date and
- the file date are updated to the date that they were validated on.
- This allows these files to be displayed to callers when they
- do the new upload scan in Mansion. These files will then be
- included in the 'New Uploads' posting that is created the next
- time that module is configured to run. This was an oversight
- that noone picked up and it's addition should insure complete
- compatibility with the new modules introduced in 1.02 and 1.03.
-
- When SOS validats uploads, it now will update the 'FILES' data
- in Mansions status bar. This will occur if you have the 'update
- Mansion status bar' configured to Y.
-
- Fixed a double version number showing up in some internal messages/
- reports.
-
-
- Son Of Sysop Version 1.03
- -------------------------
- All the taglines and node numbers are consistent in email.
- Weekly report on connections created every Friday.
- EXTRAFILESMOVER: This module can now accept files of ANY
- size! If the file to be moved to the sysops email is larger
- than 195 lines, it will be split up as part 1, part 2, etc...
- Use this module for any large files! (like the Tabby Log)
-
- Error checking added for file areas without section.dir files
- created yet. (New BBSs w/o any files uploaded yet)
-
- I'm through playing with this program for awhile. Have to
- look for a 'real' job.
-
-
- Son Of Sysop Version 1.02
- -------------------------
- (V1.01 included part of these features but was not distributed widely)
-
- •ExtraFilesMover module added.
- This module will read the pathways that are in the ExtraFilesMover
- file, process each file for delivery to your Email, then DELETE
- each of the files. You may have any number of files processed by
- including them in the ExtraFilesMover file. When activated, this
- module will process every time SOS is ran.
-
- The ExtraFilesMover file MUST be located in the SOSNewMan folder.
-
- Configure with Cmd. 7 from the SOS menu.
- Requires:
- A text file located in the SOSNewMan folder named ExtraFilesMover.
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- This file must contain the pathnames of the files you wish to have
- forwarded to your Email and then deleted.
- Place each filepath on a line by itself.
- The last filepath in the list must be followed by a carriage return.
- See the example file I have included. You MUST edit this file to
- match your requirements before activating the option in SOS.
-
- ** WARNING ** I don't know what the max size of email that can be
- imported into Mansion is (probably 32k). Make sure you don't try to
- process gigantic files. This won't be a problem after the 1st time
- this module has ran because you will only be processing one days
- worth of information. The first time you run this module, open the
- files to be processed with a text editor and trim them down and re-
- save them. In other words... DON'T TRY TO MOVE A 200+K TABBY LOG
- FILE INTO YOUR EMAIL WITH THIS MODULE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-
- •Update Connections Module added.
- Configure with Cmd. 7 from the SOS menu.
- If this option has a Y flag in it, it will reset your # of connections
- in Mansion to 0 every night.
- The SOSUserlog option now automatically includes the number of connections
- for that period in the report.
-
- •VALIDATE UPLOADS!
- Finally!
- TH> When you add the ability to approve new files after X
- TH> number of days it will be great! From what I understand.
- TH> I will be able to set it up to approve new files after 7
- TH> days. When the new files come in though, it will send me
- TH> a message letting me know. If I do not do anything they
- TH> will be approved.
-
- Exactly! And man, that was tough to finally get working!
- Lots of code. The only thing I'm not sure that I've got
- fixed yet is... A feature?? At the beginning of each month
- (the 1st) SOS will automatically approve all unvalidated files.
- This only happens on the first of the month. (Another interesting
- thing happens in the year 2000 but surely I'll have that fixed
- by then <grin>)
-
- Some things that still can be made better (and will be) are:
- I don't have it resetting the FILE info in Mansion.
- Email is sent when files are actually approved.
- Will change it so it reports files 'not validated AND not yet
- approved' soon.
-
- All the new modules report activity to email and to the Mansion Log.
- Remember you can change the path of the mansion log file to any other
- file by editing the resource #2000. (You will also have to edit this
- if your Mansion Data folder is named something else as Tom pointed out)
-
-
- Son Of Sysop Version 1.00
- -------------------------
- FIXED a bug that happened with the email and generic import/export.
- A separator char was missing when there were no users in the UserLog.
- (We never want to see that happen anyway!)
- SORRY!
-
- Added option to record new users info to your email. This must be
- done by using a modified VISITOR script in conjunction with SOS.
- You may use my visitor script (included) or if you have a special
- visitor script, you can easily include the recording functions
- that are in mine into yours.
- Added a cheap splash screen.
- See Docs for more.
-
- Son Of Sysop Version 1.00b6
- ---------------------------
- Ok, SOS is a new ball game! It contains a completely re-written module
- that does the work that NewManFiles used to do, only doing it about
- 1000% faster -- module that does the work of Library 'Files' Auto --
- and a module that sends your daily UserLog to your email and then
- deletes the Mansion UserLog (this file will slow down the logon process
- the larger it gets and I hate to have to remember to delete it manually
- all the time!). All the items you normally will need to configure are
- easily configured by launching the program from the Finder while holding
- down the OPTION key until you see the 'Configure Son of Sysop' menubar
- option. (make sure your caps lock key is OFF when launching to configure).
- Everything is now combined into ONE program so you will only need
- Son Of Sysop and AutoSysop in your AutoEvent chain.
-
- You should be able to configure everything from within the program.
- All the required extra files are now kept in the SOSNewMan folder.
- If you have been running NewManFiles you can just move the files
- currently in your NewMan folder into the SOSNewMan folder. You
- should place your FilesHeader file in that folder as well to keep
- everything in one place if you plan to use the Files Module of SOS.
-
- (All of the config data is kept in STR resources of SOS. EVERYTHING
- that is dependent on a path or flag is there if you find the need
- to edit more than the standard options allow you to. (You shouldn't
- need to do this though))
-
- I've got the code included to approve new uploads after x number
- of days but you can't get too it yet (great eh?) as I am working
- on this module to make it smooooother. It will be available soon
- as well as some other maintenance options and goodies.
-
- This is still Shareware. If you have registered for NewManFiles,
- you are automatically registered for SOS and all future versions.
- Enjoy and keep in touch.
- Mark
-
- Thanks to Pod and Tom for their ideas!
-
- •New Things in 1.3
- NMFA now records its activity to a log. Its default setup logfile is
- your Mansion Log. If you want you can change the file it logs to to
- any file you wish. You could use Tabbys log, or a completely different
- log. To configure this, you would use ResEdit to set the pathway you want.
- The string to edit is #2000.
-
- NMFA no longer sends the Sysop email if no files were found.
-
- Thanks to Tom Heffernan for these suggestions.
-
- •New things in 1.2
- Message to 2nd area is not treated as a DUPE by point systems utilizing Tabby.
- Message to 2nd area does not have the extra "----------" line in the message.
-
- Everything except the 'days of the week' is configurable from within the program.
- (Hold down the OPTION key when launching from the Finder.)(make sure your CAPS key
- is not on)
-
- With ResEdit, you may edit the STRs for Sun-Sat with a Y or N to tell NMFA what
- days of the week you want it to run.
-
- See the Docs for other info.
-
-
-
-
-
-
- NMFA (NewManFilesAuto) is designed to run during Mansions auto event.
- It is compatible with Auto Sysop, New 'Files' Auto, and should have
- no problems with any other auto event utilities.
-
- NMFA will check all your file areas during your Auto Sysop event
- searching for any new files that have been uploaded since the
- last event date.
-
- Features:
- Runs automatically during Mansion's Auto Event.
- NewManFilesAuto Features / Options:
- Easy Configuration from the program itself.
- You may select any combination of days of the week
- for NMFA to run.
- Report is always sent to the Sysops mailbox in Mansion.
- Optionally...
- Report can be sent to any 'Echoed' message area.
- A 2nd report can be sent to a 2nd echoed message area.
- Report are added to Tabby Generic Export to be sent on to other
- BBS systems and/or Points.
- Maintains a daily copy of the report on your disk that can
- be viewed in any number of ways using Mansion
- (i.e. logon script, text read menu cmd. etc...).
- Reports include unvalidated files.
- Sysop mail report IDs number of unvalidated files.
-
- (60% of NMFA v1.02 is a complete re-write from 1.00)
-
- File Request name is:SonOfSysop.Sit
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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