Software of the Month Club 1999 November/SOTMC_Nov1999-Ultimate.iso/mac/REALbasic ƒ/Examples/Applications/Nathan's Examples/PowerBot/Feature List

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PowerBot specs, updated 11/30/98


Compiler bugs, I can do nothing but wait on
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(none for now, that I have not worked around...)


BUGS to be fixed
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Ñ╩restrict nick only working when user logs in, not
  when they change nick/icon

Ñ╩LOCATE is getting out of sync somehow... analyze and
  find out why!
Ñ╩Monitor the "gulp" debugger line and see if it matches
  up at all with the number of servers the trackers fall
  short on during tracking.
Ñ╩link still not working correctly when bot has two-
  byte characters in its own nick (Japanese LK)... seems
  to be related to specific servers or clients?
Ñ╩what happens if we run out of disk space?   :-o
Ñ╩should old log files be getting placed into a folder?
Ñ kb limit on log size should probably check filesize
  at each flush, and create a new file on-the-fly if
  needed
Ñ╩aliases to offline or unshared volumes in search
  directory or subfolders causes problems with pathing


Highest demand
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Ñ╩when message expires and is not from guest, queue
  message to originator to notify that it expired
Ñ╩get bot memorizing window positions and default
  directories
Ñ╩finish new kit
Ñ╩expansion of the UserBase into bot commands
Ñ╩finish replacing all the imbedded applescripts with
  AE calls
Ñ add more of the suggested ¿ commands
Ñ╩try to reload the server to reload the news (via AE)


OPERATIONAL features
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Ñ╩bot does not have to run on the same computer as the
  server application.
Ñ selectable greeting
Ñ selectable help message
Ñ notify of waiting messages on login
Ñ notify of new messages if logged in
Ñ five levels of security for every command
Ñ master password for bot
Ñ selectable areas of protection using master password
Ñ configurable nick, icon, and port (plus the usuals)
Ñ internal userlist includes Login and Privledges
Ñ message limits
  - queued messages
  - msgs to login
  - msgs from login
  - msgs from guest
  - bot accepts messages y/n
Ñ monitor, kill, and butt-in on all command windows
Ñ statistics
  - users online
  - command windows open
  - command windows opened since load
  - messages queued
Ñ admin-defined userlist, as an additional layer of
  security / restrictions on commands
Ñ control window times-out and closes automatically
  after two minutes
Ñ bot has a few defenses to prevent flooding
  through the command window
Ñ╩ghost kicking at login and at defined intervals
Ñ╩bot events logged to file (basic and verbose modes)
  with date/time stamping in file and on filename
Ñ periodic mailbox save (in case of crash)
Ñ╩public personality file :-)
Ñ╩can change nick and icon while connected
Ñ╩bot can auto-reconnect if disconencted or kicked
  (specify delay before reconnect)
Ñ╩chat log to file
Ñ╩empty mailbox
Ñ╩internal userlist tracks IP addresses of users
Ñ╩bot protects itself from people trying to flood its
  control window
Ñ╩automatically scan for leeches at user-defined intervals
Ñ╩options to PM, PM and public chat, kick, or ban leeches
Ñ╩option to announce kicks/bans (and the reason) in chat
Ñ╩users with default or blank names can be messaged to
  change their name
Ñ╩can kick or ban users that are hostile to the bot or
  server. (attempting to flood)
Ñ╩includes mini-client
  Ñ╩basic userlist (no icons, plain black text)
  Ñ╩read and send public chat
  Ñ╩get info on a user (includes icon number)
  Ñ╩kick or ban a user
  Ñ╩send a Private Message
Ñ╩establish a "perma-ban" list, to permonantly ban IPs
  (wildcards allowed) AND nicks
Ñ╩built-in "mini-news", for admins and such to keep
  eachother informed of admin-ish issues, without posting
  them to public news
Ñ╩linked chat indicates who has arrived/left on other side
Ñ╩public personality can do dynamic substitutions, to say
  things like time and date in a response
Ñ╩a user-defined "personality file" which allows the bot to
  reply to words or phrases with set responses
Ñ╩special personality key-words, which the bot dynamically
  "plugs in" to the replies, to make it seem more "real"
  - TIME
  - DATE
  - USERLIST  (linked users)
  - TRACKERS  (trackers that are currently up)
  - RANDOMNICK
  - TRIGGERNICK (nick of the user who chatted the bot)
  - RANDOM  (selects from a list of user-defined responses)
  - UPTIME
Ñ╩random chat, with user-defined intervals
Ñ auto-greet at login
Ñ╩tracker tracker, keeps track of which trackers are
  currently running
Ñ╩can restrict server access to a specific IP mask
Ñ╩can deliver messages to the bot, to be read by the bot
  operator, with up to eight user-defined accounts that
  the bot can see.
Ñ╩auto-launch files before and after bot runs, in addition
  to when bot is stopped/disconnected
Ñ╩maintain a database of all users' nicks, accounts, real
  names, email addresses, and a notes field.
Ñ╩email users directly from the bot, or mass-mail all users
Ñ╩periodically reboot the server, or reboot on command
Ñ╩select users who are exempt from certain monitoring and
  defense features


OPERATIONAL commands
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Ñ kick {user}
Ñ ban {user}
Ñ deliver message to {login}
Ñ read messages
Ñ delete messages to {login}
Ñ help
Ñ╩help {command}
Ñ add user {login}
Ñ╩remove user {login}
Ñ╩command list
Ñ╩(command)              (remote file launch!  oh yeah!)
Ñ╩stop bot
Ñ╩refresh userlist     (on-demand ghostbusters/leech scan)
Ñ╩link {server}
Ñ╩stop link
Ñ╩permaban add {ip/nick}
Ñ╩permaban remove {ip/nick}
Ñ╩permaban list
Ñ╩find {pattern}
Ñ╩global {pattern}
Ñ╩stop search
Ñ╩chat {message}
Ñ╩send pm to {user}
Ñ╩trackers
Ñ╩empty trash
Ñ reload ppcp    (reload personality file)
Ñ╩guest on/off/password
Ñ╩run  (or view text, with directrory prompts)
Ñ╩reboot
Ñ╩invite
Ñ╩change nick to
Ñ╩change icon to


requested functionality (set up but unimplemented)
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Ñ reload server {in hh:mm}
Ñ╩editable help on plug-in commands
Ñ╩make the bot respond via personality file instead of
  with the "how to use" msg if PM'd with something that
  gets a hit in the personality file


requested commands (not included at this time)
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Ñ╩SEND EMAIL TO {address}
Ñ view log (last 10 entries)
Ñ reload news (looking for HOW to do this??!)
Ñ╩archive news (only if local to server)
Ñ╩deliver message to nickname {message}
Ñ╩commands to change all prefs remotely from client
Ñ╩"kick my ghost" to kick previous occurances of same
  login in userlist. (if not "guest" login!)
Ñ╩directory list (reply with PM of directory list of
  directory specified)
Ñ╩DELIVER MESSAGE TO ALL
Ñ╩SPEAK {langauge} to load alternate language kits
Ñ╩QUIT APPLICATION


requests for special dynamically responding personalities
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Ñ╩KICKxx
Ñ╩BANxx
Ñ╩¿CR¿ to insert a CR into a response
Ñ╩¿FILE {path}¿
Ñ ¿HTTP//{web path})¿ - checked every so often


requested features for use if the bot is LOCAL to server
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Ñ╩disk space check
Ñ PM users about non-commented uploads {message}


requested functionality (not included at this time)
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Ñ can tell bot in pub chat to shut up
Ñ two help commands, HELP and HELP ALL, HELP shows only
  available commands
Ñ notify user (with access) that message target not exist
Ñ╩check msg target for existance before queuing
Ñ Cmd-A should select all in CW operator chat field
Ñ╩public chat spam defender
Ñ╩notify list for bot operator, notify to console when
  user in list logs in
Ñ╩socket patch: 10 socket errors in 10 seconds makes
  it force disconnect
Ñ╩archive old (expired) mini news to file
Ñ╩option to email certain users any new mini-news posts
Ñ╩user-editable detailed help
Ñ╩remove search folder from trash queue if re-searching
Ñ╩remove "Ñ" from nicks in userlist, to avoid confusion?
Ñ╩port scan blocker
Ñ╩auto-comment feature, watch a folder & set comments
  if blank
Ñ╩auto-comment during search
Ñ user-defined message if pager is off
Ñ╩some way to remotely install a new powerbot version
Ñ╩scan incomming PM's, and if they match a valid command,
  execute them. (this may be tough to do)
Ñ╩[x] MiniClient chat triggers personality chats  Option
Ñ╩design in a kick/ban debit system, where a user that is
  online can build up both permonant and temporary
  "demerits" toward getting kicked or banned, and when
  a user gets some demerits, can be messaged a warning.
  This will work well for implementing a non-allowed
  nickname list, as well as the kickxx and banxx chat
  keys.
Ñ╩"help menu" system, for use as a tech support system!
Ñ╩guard post default to previously scanned folders
Ñ╩get "send pm to" to work across a link
Ñ╩convert all imbedded applets into direct AE calls
Ñ╩built-in personality file editor
Ñ╩place a comment into the prefs file to indicate the
  prefs are in the resource fork.
Ñ╩feature to sort a folder's contents by filetype and
  move the files to kind-specific folders (runs
  continuously?)
Ñ╩have bot arrange search results of last 30 or maybe
  50 uploads, per upload log... or perhaps have a
  designated "recent arrivals" folder that is autmatically
  stocked with the last 50 uploads per the upload log,
  each time MORE is executed.
Ñ╩flag to attempt link reconnects every xx minutes when
  link dies or fails
Ñ╩option to kick users who have a new login from same IP
  (to kick user's ghost or stop them from getting by the
  leech watcher)
Ñ╩add "[x] email me with new IP address" check to userbase
Ñ╩add "identifying passphrase [           ]" to userbase
Ñ╩add an input area for "Account:" and "Address:" so that
  admins can customize their Get Info windows without
  confusing the bot
Ñ╩option to kick users after they complete their download
  (to circulate users on busy servers with few d/l slots)
Ñ╩log leeches with accounts
Ñ╩ability to save edited bookmark and UserData files
Ñ╩ability to watch upload, download, and connect log files
  and build ratios or reports
Ñ╩auto-launch 4th pane, for "repeating periodic launches"
Ñ╩TEMPLATE {template login}:{new login}:{new password}


Version Info:
v1.5.2 (under development)
Ñ╩fixed a punctuation parsing bug in the personality
  system. (thanks nautil!)
Ñ╩patched around a RB bug that was stopping the auto-
  reconnect from working if you were not autolaunching
  files before connect.
Ñ╩nudged the formatting of the monitor windows to match
  widths with the default pchat window

v1.5.1 ()
Ñ╩found and stomped a nil bug.  this alone was enough
  for a new release.

v1.5.0 ()
Ñ╩patched around a RB bug that was causing each CW's
  Close event to trigger twice, double-decrementing the
  Active Controls count in PowerBot's main window
Ñ╩minor change to the HotSocket, to support object IDs
  greater than 300. (for comaptibility w/REALity's EHP)


v1.4.4 (internal beta)
Ñ╩fixed a bug which could cause a crash if the user
  double-clicked a user in the Mini Window and then
  attempted a Get Info
Ñ╩fixed a blindingly obvious problem with multiple
  pointers to the same objects in HotSocket (all custom
  class objects are now handed out in the new events
  using COPIES instead of as references to the private
  objects within the socket, which could be zapped later)
Ñ╩adjusted trashing timer to go to sleep when not in use
Ñ╩warning added to MiniClient when trying to kick
  protected users
Ñ╩bug in messaging kicker fixed
Ñ╩NEW FEATURE: periodic server reboot
Ñ╩Restrict Nick is now Restrict Nick/Icon  :-)
Ñ╩well-hidden internal userlist bug exterminated, should
  take care of NilObjectExceptions that were popping up
  in the Mini-Client
Ñ╩anyone whose mailbox the bot can read, can now read
  the bot's mail
Ñ╩NEW COMMAND: "REBOOT"
Ñ Bot now allows users to REPLY when reading a message
Ñ╩HotSocket bug fixed - AddToPchat is an Info, not a
  Request
Ñ HotSocket bug fixed - Change Subject in a private chat
  window's ID is 120, not 119.  :P
Ñ Admin Chat window now has a subject, to help identify
  it.  The bot will make sure it stays there, too. ;-)
Ñ╩Admins can be auto-invited to Admin Chat at login
Ñ╩NEW COMMAND: "INVITE"
Ñ╩Fixed a glitch created in the Guard Post's User Report
  scanner when the GetFolderItem bug was worked around
  in v1.4.3
Ñ╩fixed "new version announcement" when new version of
  the bot first runs - it will now show only the latest
  new features. (was showing all EXCEPT the latest!)

v1.4.3 (11/25/98)
Ñ╩UserBase emailer will now try several variations on the
  user's IP when mailing direct is selected
Ñ╩"locate" command now indicates how many hits were found
  when less than the limit of 30
Ñ╩the new and improved Info window in the mini client no
  longer "grows back" if you close it by clicking the
  window's little close box thingie in the upper left
  corner
Ñ╩NEW FEATURE - "restrict nicks" in the Options window,
  Watcher tab panel.  Allows the bot to message, kick,
  or ban a user for using offensive or slanderous
  nicknames
Ñ╩Guard windows now centering on screen when opened
Ñ╩LOCATE now tells how many servers were searched when
  reporting back to the user.
Ñ╩oops, missed AutoGreet when expanding text limits!
  AutoGreet now allows 1024 characters
Ñ╩UserBase now remembers which user you last edited
Ñ╩UserBase's email message, From, To, and SMTP fields
  do not automatically save, you may click (Store Msg)
  button to store them for next time.
Ñ╩gearing up to make the bot capable of emailing the
  server's current IP to selected members of the UserBase
Ñ╩UserData and bookmark files may now be dragged onto the
  bot's main window to be viewed.
Ñ╩gearing up to allow bot to be able to RestrictNick msg
  a user ONLY at login, in replacement of the greeting.
Ñ╩minor re-write of the timed event system, to enhance
  reliability and kill a DynIP/proxy bug
Ñ╩userbase now defaults to mass-mailing
Ñ╩Message lengths (DELIVER MESSAGE TO ...) limits are
  REMOVED!   yay!  Type as much as 4k, the limit of the
  Hotline Client's Pchat window.
Ñ╩adjusted autogreet coding to greet AFTER the user's
  account info has been read in.  This will later allow
  security-level-dependent autogreeting.
Ñ╩MASSIVE reconstruction of internal structures.
  Converted mail, mailbox, userlist, users, and several
  other things to linked lists, should vastly increase
  speed, reliability, memory efficiency, and remove
  hardcoded size limits.
Ñ╩fixed leap-year bug in mail expiration (mail was
  going to expire a day early across leap year)
Ñ╩rebuilt the mailbox system, adding commands to read
  each message separately, and option not to delete
  a message after reading it.  NOTE: NEW MAILBOX FILE
  IS NOT COMPATIBLE WITH OLD ONE.  ALL QUEUED MESSAGES
  WILL BE LOST.
Ñ╩all windows now have Balloon Help!  yay!
Ñ╩new language kit in its infancy.  Hit Cmd-E with the
  mouse above most any control.  Changes are not saved
  (yet)
Ñ╩Nice new Get User Info window, with privs display
  (soon to be editable)
Ñ╩Debug window left in this build... let me know if you
  like any of the features in there, I will add them as
  standard if so.

v1.4.2 (11-5-98)
Ñ╩coded around another compiler error causing crashes
  in the IDE on RUN.
Ñ╩expanded limits on Greeting, Hello, and How To
  messages to 1024 characters.
Ñ NEW FEATURE!  Tego contributes a major new module
  to the bot, "TextBase".  Thanks Tego!
Ñ╩fixed crashing bug when user being watched with Info
  window logged off
Ñ╩add confirmation windows to kicking and banning in
  the MiniClient.
Ñ╩added checkbox to MiniClient to suppress PPCP on
  chat while MiniClient is open
Ñ╩added checkbox to MiniClient to allow operator to
  receive PMs while MiniClient window is open
Ñ╩NEW COMMAND!  Tracker search!  Type "locate {pattern}"
  to find something in the trackers.  It will look at
  all trackers the bot is currently watching, and return
  up to 20 hits.  IPs are also searchable. :-)

v1.4.1 (internal release, for debugging)
Ñ╩irritating RealBasic bug causes SelectFolder function
  (built in feature in RealBasic) to crash with type-3
  error.  I have coded my OWN version of SelectFolder
  to get around the error.
Ñ╩fixed some windows to make sure they display, even if
  the bot is very busy and isn't updating the screen well
Ñ╩fixed some bugs in UserBase that were not retaining all
  information in the Send window.

(older version info is in a separate text file now)


Some of the more active feaure/command idea contributors
and 'pre-release' testers:
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Ñ╩Pizza
Ñ╩TripWire
Ñ╩Jupiter
Ñ╩eXo
Ñ╩Roji
Ñ╩members of cdn
Ñ╩members of 8-bits
Ñ╩Notorious Net Nerd
Ñ╩Qtip
Ñ╩Tego

And to the makers of mBot:
  This bot could not have been made without your assistance!
It was your unwillingness to release source and give out
mBot that inspired me to make a bot anyone could have and
customize to their liking, and for that, we thank you!
  In an effort to avoid directly duplicating your work, I
have refrained from installing or running mBot at my server.
Any similarities in commands or functionality is not an
attempt to copy your work, but is based entirely on my own
original ideas or the ideas/suggestions of others. (whom
may be suggesting some ideas based on your bot, but hey,
I can't help that, I'm just making what they want)  Please
grant me the same courtesy in not copying what I have done.


- Virtual1


VirtualFTP server can be found at:

virtualftp.neotek.net
virtualftp.dyn.ml.org


If you feel this bot is helping you and is worth something,
feel free to make a donation to the cause.  I can always use
new hardware for the server, additional memory, and of
course cash is nice too.  If you can't afford any of the
above, stopping into my server and saying "cool bot!" is
thanks enough. :-)       Enjoy.    -V1




Formatting Standards
Ñ╩control to border = 13 pixels vertical and horizontal
Ñ╩static text height = 16 pixels high
Ñ╩button = 20 pixels high
Ñ╩editfield = 9 + 7*(limit text) pixels wide
Ñ╩static text to editfield = 3 pixels horizontal
Ñ╩single line editfield = 22 pixels high