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- NEWLST
-
- A RELAYNET Statistical Bulletin Generator
- For The Newlife Christian Network
-
- by
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- Kevin Cummins
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- NEWLST is a simple utility that creates Bulletin or Welcome Screens for
- your BBS. It includes the current time of the mail transfer as well as the
- number of messages imported and exported, by reading the info in the
- RELAY.LOG file created by PcRelay software.
-
-
- NEWLST was written with the Spitfire BBS Sysop in mind (since that it what
- I run.....convenient, huh?) It will allow you to add a Spitfire <MORE>
- prompt to the end of the display if you desire. Since this is a command
- line option, NEWLST can be used on any other BBS, too.
-
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- NEWLST OPERATION:
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- NEWLST operation is very simple with four paramaters on the command line.
- If you run NEWLST with no or incorrect parameters, you will get the
- following message:
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- Usage: NEWLST <Log path> <Bulletin path> <color> <SF Pause>
- Example:NEWLST C:\RELAY\RELAY.LOG C:\SF\DISPLAY\ALL.CLR /Y /N
-
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- 1. <Log path> is the full path and filename for your relay.log file
- created by the PcRelay Software.
-
- 2. <Bulletin path> is the full path and filename for the bulletin,
- welcome, or goodbye screen you wish generated.
-
- 3. <Color> is whether you are creating ansi color screen with a clear
- screen or not. Choice is either /N or /Y.
-
- 4. <SF Pause> is whether of not you want a Spitfire <MORE> prompt
- added to the end of the display file. Choice is either /N or /Y.
- If you are not using this with Spitfire BBS Software, you would
- obviously want to use /N here
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- NEWLST reads the RELAY.LOG file for it's info, and uses the system clock
- for the time in the display. Therefore, you would want to add this to the
- batch file you use for your mail runs. To keep NEWLST from reading from
- relay.log in the case of an unsuccessful mail run and writing incorrect
- info to the display. I recommend the following procedure:
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- This is my mail run batch file. Yours may, of course, vary somewhat.
-
- CD\PCRELAY ->Changes to Dir for PcRelay
- EXPORT ->Run The Export Routine
- CD\PRO20 ->Change to Communications Dir
- PCPLUS /FRELAY ->Runs Procomm from Script
- IF EXIST IN.RLY GOTO YES ->Indicates Successful run
- CD\PCRELAY ->Change back to PcRelay Dir
- IMPORT without running NEWLST &
- GOTO END run Import routine.
- :YES ->Run this branch if successful
- CD\PCRELAY & runs import routine & NEWLST.
- IMPORT
- NEWLST C:\PCRELAY\RELAY.LOG C:\SF\DISPLAY\ALL.CLR /Y /Y
- NEWLST C:\PCRELAY\RELAY.LOG C:\SF\DISPLAY\ALL.BBS /N /N
- GOTO END
- :END
- REBOOT ->I use a utility to reboot system
- after mail run. Not necessary.
-
-
- There are other ways this utility could be implemented, but this works
- just fine for me.
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- REGISTRATION:
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- Registration for NEWLST is a modest $5. If you wish to register, send $5
- to the address below. Your registered version can include your BBS Name
- at the top of the display if you so desire. Simply include a note as to
- how you want the BBS name to appear.
-
- If you register and run something other than Spitfire and need the display
- to include a <MORE> prompt, supply me with the ascii codes your BBS needs
- to include it, and I will replace Spitfire's codes with yours.
-
- I can be reached thru the Newlife Net at ->CCBBS.
-
- Thank you for looking at NEWLST.
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-
- C & C Bulletin Board System (618)-253-3608
- C/O Kevin Cummins USR DS
- 100 Humphrey Road
- Harrisburg, IL 62946
-