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- **** IMFIX - MAKING TOSSCAN WORK WITH IMAIL ****
- **** Version 0.10 Rev 1 - March 1991 ****
- **** (c)1991 Benjamin A. Tober ****
- **** All Rights Reserved ****
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- TABLE OF CONTENTS
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- i. Introduction
- ii. Legal Stuff
- iii. Registration Form
- 1. Configuring IMFIX and IMAIL
- 2. Using IMFIX
- 3. Bug Reports
- 4. Credits
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- i. Introduction:
- When Imail 1.1 was released, I was extremely excited by the prospect
- of this complete and comprehensive QuickBBS/RA message scanner/tosser. My
- enthusiasm was dampened somewhat when I discovered that points using Imail
- cannot successfully send arcmail to bosses running TosScan, Joaquim
- Homrighausen's legendary scanner/tosser. Being the interested, methodical
- programmer type, I began to research what TosScan does not like about Imail-
- generated arcmail. It turns out that Imail fully implements FSC (Fidonet
- Standards Committee document) 0039, whereas TosScan does not. FSC-0039
- provides a convenient mechanism for scanner/tossers to exchange true
- 4-dimensional arcmail. 4-dimensional arcmail is arcmail using true point and
- zone notation, not using fakenets. TosScan also has internal provisions for
- handling 4-dimensional arcmail, but it does not comply fully with FSC-0039.
- Instead, it has an internal list of product codes of tosser/scanners that it
- knows it can do 4-dimensional mail with. The problem with this technique is
- that any tosser/scanners released after TosScan, whether they can do 4-d
- arcmail or not, won't work properly with TosScan because TosScan will not
- recognize their product i.d.. ImFix is a product that is set up with Imail
- in place of an archiver. It modifies packets being generated by imail by
- removing the Capability Word and CW-verification copy (FSC-0039 features not
- supported by TosScan) and changing the product I.D. byte from that for Imail,
- which TosScan does not recognize, to the product I.D. for D'Bridge, a product
- by Chris Irwin, which TosScan does recognize. ImFix then calls the archiver
- specified in its configuration to generate the arcmail bundle. In this way,
- once ImFix has been set up, it is totally transparent, as Imail calls it
- automatically and arcmail is generated and placed in its usual location. In
- this way, using ImFix requires only modifying your Imail setup (using IMSETUP)
- and writing a two-line configuration file for ImFix. No other files or
- configurations will need modification.
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- ii. Legal Stuff:
- There are no guarantees or warranties expressed or implied on ImFix.
- ImFix is guaranteed only to occupy disk space, and not much disk space at that.
- ImFix is not public domain software, nor is it ShareWare, nor is it FreeWare.
- ImFix may be used in a noncommercial setting without fees or registration of
- any kind. For use in a commercial environment, you must obtain a site license.
- For information on site licenses, see the registration form. No one may modify
- , redistribute, or sell ImFix. No one may distribute ImFix with their product
- without my express written permission.
-
- How To Reach Me:
-
- SnailMail: Benjamin Tober
- 219 Holt Rd.
- Andover, Ma.
- 01810
-
- NetMail: Benjamin Tober, 1:324/121.6 or 1:324/121.0
-
- If you send Netmail and want a NetMail reply, the reply will be held for you
- at 1:324/121.0 where you must poll for it.
-
- Voice Telephone: (508) 475-7695
- PLEASE call only from 10am-10pm EST
- Certain product names used in this document are copyrighted names and
- reserved by their respective authors:
- TosScan is by Joaquim Homrighausen
- D'Bridge is by Chris Irwin
- PkZip is by Phil Katz/ PKWare
- Imail is by Fabiano Fabris
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- iii. Registration Form:
-
- If you are a commercial site, you MUST obtain a site license.
- Noncommercial registrations are welcome but not manditory and will entitle
- you to update announcements and technical support.
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- Name: ______________________________________
-
- Company Name: _____________________________________________
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- SnailMail Address: ________________________________________
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- ________________________________________
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- ________________________________________
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- ________________________________________
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- Voice Tel#: (______) ______-________
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- This is a __ Commercial Registration
-
- __ Noncommercial Registration
-
- Please remit $30.00 U.S. for a commercial registration or
- $5.00 U.S. for a noncommercial registration.
-
- If you need any help with your registration, please call (508)475-3113
-
- Please remit this registration with payment (Check or Money Order Only) to:
- Benjamin Tober
- 219 Holt Rd.
- Andover, Ma. 01810
-
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- 1. Configuring ImFix and Imail:
- Setting up ImFix is designed to be relatively painless. It is done in
- three steps:
- a. Place ImFix.Exe in the DOS path
- b. Write a configuration file for ImFix. This is a two line text file.
- It may have any name, but I suggest ImFix.Cfg. You may place this file
- anywhere you find it convenient. I suggest placing it in the same directory
- as ImFix. You can create the file with your favorite text editor, even DOS
- edlin or COPY CON if that's all you've got. The first line is a full path to
- your archiver, including the name of the archiver and the extension. For
- instance, my first line is:
- C:\UTIL\PKZIP.EXE
- The second line of the file contains any command line options for the archiver.
- These will be sent on the command line when spawning the archiver before the
- file name and the archive name. My second line is:
- -m -ex -o
- That's all there is to the configuration file. Make absolutely sure that the
- first line is a full path and includes the extension. ImFix will not work
- otherwise!
- c. Run ImSetup and make an archiver entry for ImFix. The entry should
- look like:
- IMFIX pathtoconfig
- Where pathtoconfig is the full path to the configuration file including the
- name of the configuration file. My ImFix entry in the archiver configuration
- in ImSetup is:
- IMFIX C:\UTIL\IMFIX.CFG
- After adding the archiver entry, use the node export manager in ImSetup to set
- the (archiver) program for systems to which you export that use TosScan to
- IMFIX (the entry you added to the archiver configuration). When this is done,
- save your changes in ImSetup and exit and that's it! ImFix is ready to go to
- work.
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- 2. Using ImFix:
- There is nothing special about using ImFix. It is called automatically by
- Imail and will not cause any changes in your normal arcmail generation routine.
- If you have any problems with ImFix make sure that your configuration file is
- correct and that the archiver resides at the path you designated and that you
- specified the correct path and configuration file on the ImFix command line in
- ImSetup. If you're still having problems, I encourage you to call me for help.
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- 3. Bug Reports:
- As this is a beta version, and the first release at that, I expect that
- there may be some bugs in ImFix. If you find any bugs, please contact me by
- any of the methods outlined earlier and tell me about them. If you've really
- found a bug, I'll fix it and send you an update.
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- 4. Credits:
- I'd like to thank the following people who helped me either directly or
- indirectly with ImFix:
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- Bob Hartman
- Thom Jennings
- Vince Periello
- Joaquim Homrighausen
- Fabiano Fabris
- Brian Murphy
- Matt Fredette
- Harriet, Robert, and Adam Tober
- All of the 1:324/121.x points
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- Comments, Complaints, Compliments about ImFix? Let me know about them!
-
- -> ImFix Documentation, Rev 1, Benjamin A. Tober, March 1991 <-
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- -> Packing list for ImFix:
- The archive you get ImFix in should be in PkZip format and contain the
- following files:
- IMFIX.EXE
- IMFIX.DOC
-
- -> End of Document <-
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