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- ! Sample SPORT Routing Control File
- !
- ! In order to have SPORT route your mail intelligently, you will need to
- ! use the Intelligent Router (SPORTRTE.EXE) and this control file. Both
- ! files must be located in your SPORT default directory.
- !
- ! This sample control file provides a basic explanation of the commands
- ! you can use to route mail. Notice that comment lines begin with an
- ! exclamation mark and will be ignored by SPORT. All valid command lines
- ! must begin in column one.
- !
- !
- ! Different parts of this control file can be activated at different times
- ! of the day. Normally the Intelligent Router will try to act on each valid
- ! command in this file if the keyword TIMESLOT is not found. However, if
- ! the keyword TIMESLOT is located, the Router will only act on lines following
- ! the TIMESLOT command if the system time is within the START and END hour
- ! arguments. For example, if you used this statement:
- !
- !TIMESLOT 06 12
- !
- ! the Router would only process commands following this command if the system
- ! clock was between the hours of 06:00 and 12:00. It is very important to
- ! note that this time restriction REMAINS IN EFFECT until a new restriction
- ! is encountered (a new TIMESLOT command). Should you wish all commands
- ! to ALWAYS be processed use this:
- !
- !TIMESLOT 00 24
- !
- ! If you do not use a TIMESLOT command it is possible that your commands
- ! will not be processed or possibly not processed in the proper sequence.
- ! To avoid this, we suggest you always use the example TIMESLOT command
- ! above as the first line in your control file.
- !
- !TIMESLOT 00 05
- !Hold 521010
- !TIMESLOT 06 12
- !Route 521010
- !TIMESLOT 13 24
- !Hold 521010
- !
- !
- ! The most basic command for the Intelligent Router is the ROUTE command.
- ! It has several variations:
- !
- !ROUTE 521010
- !ROUTE 521010 TO JOEBLOW
- !ROUTE 521010 HOLD
- !HOLD 521010 (same meaning as the command above)
- !ROUTE 521010 TO JOEBLOW HOLD
- !
- ! First a word of explanation about routing. To ROUTE a Flash Message means
- ! to move it from your inbound area (where it was received) to your outbound
- ! area (the SPORT default area) AND do something to it. That "something"
- ! can be as simple as move it along (ROUTE 521010), put it on hold for
- ! the calling node to pick up (ROUTE 521010 HOLD), route it through to a
- ! different node altogether (ROUTE 521010 TO JOEBLOW) or route it through
- ! to another node but put it on hold to be picked up when that node calls
- ! (ROUTE 521010 TO JOEBLOW HOLD). The key to how to route the Flash Message
- ! is contained in how this command line is constructed. Study the examples
- ! above for the correct line contstruction.
- !
- ! Now that you have routed mail, suppose you want to keep a copy of the
- ! mail you are passing along. This can be accomplised using the IMPORT
- ! keyword. Let's assume that we want to route a Flash Message from
- ! 5210/10 to JOEBLOW but we also want to keep a copy of it in our own
- ! SFlash Libary. Here is the command sequence:
- !
- !IMPORT 521010.*
- !ROUTE 521010 TO JOEBLOW
- !
- ! Notice that the IMPORT command takes standard DOS arguments. In this
- ! way you can specify a range of Flash Messages to import (keep copies of)
- ! as they are routed through your system.
- !
- ! So far, these commands have all operated on inbound mail by putting that
- ! mail in your outbound area and modifying it as you direct. The Router
- ! also allows you to manipulate mail waiting to be sent. This gives you
- ! added flexibility in scheduling mail, especially when used with the
- ! TIMESLOT keyword. There are two important commands to allow you to
- ! manage mail waiting to be sent:
- !
- !MARKHOLD [filename]
- !MARKSEND [filename]
- !
- ! Like the IMPORT command above, these two commands take DOS filename
- ! commands and wildcards. For example, to mark all mail to nodes
- ! beginning with the character string "MIKE" as hold, do the following:
- !
- !MARKHOLD MIKE*.*
- !
- !To mark all mail ready to send, use:
- !
- !MARKSEND *.*
- !
- ! As you can see, using these two commands in conjunction with the keyword
- ! TIMESLOT, you can manage which mail is sent during specific times.
- !
- ! Finally, you also have the capability to issue a DOS command directly
- ! from this control file. To do so, use this keyword:
- !
- !DOS=[doscommand]
- !
- ! Please notice that there are no spaces between the "DOS" and the commmand
- ! you wish to execute. The ONLY valid seperator is an equal sign. The
- ! format of this command must be exact and the DOS command must be a valid
- ! one for the Intelligent Router to process it.
- !
- !
- ! Now... it's time to construct your own control file...
- !
- !MarkHold *
- !MarkSend *
-