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- UUCP conversion tools 17.11.1993
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- SYNOPSIS: ConvAUUCPNews Node/A
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- ConvAUUCPNews imports a news database from the AmigaUUCP package into
- UMS. This database normally resides in UUNEWS:. The script needs one
- parameter, the name of your primary polling host. It will import all news
- articles under this user name. Set "uucp.keepdupes" to "N", because the
- script doesn't look out for crossposted messages.
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- Be sure that T: points to a directory with enough space for the temporary
- script file. This file will contain roughly 150-250 Bytes for each news
- article in your UUNEWS: news database.
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- SYNOPSIS: rx ConvAUUCPMail <Node> <User>
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- The ARexx script ConvAUUCPNews imports an AmigaUUCP mail folder into UMS.
- These folders normally reside in UUMAIL:, e.g. UUMAIL:jduser for user
- "jduser". The script needs two parameters, the name of your primary
- polling host and the user name. It will import the mail folder of the
- user under the user name of your primary polling host.
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- NOTE: The scripts don't read the AmigaUUCP configuration! They use the
- assigns UUSPOOL:, UUNEWS: and UUMAIL:.
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