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- || A Document Server for Fidonet Systems ||
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- InfoMail/386 1.20 Contents
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- 0. CONTENTS
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- USER GUIDE (USER.DOC)
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- 1. INTRODUCTION . . . . . U-2
- 1.1. What is InfoMail? . . . . U-2
- 1.2. System Requirements . . . . U-3
- 1.3. Disclaimer . . . . . U-3
- 1.4. Acknowledgements . . . . U-4
- 1.5. Version History . . . . . U-4
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- 2. SETTING UP INFOMAIL . . . . U-6
- 2.1. The Configuration Editor . . . U-6
- 2.1.1. Netmail Directory . . . . U-7
- 2.1.2. Log File . . . . . U-7
- 2.1.3. AKA List . . . . . U-8
- 2.1.4. Other Fields to Edit . . . . U-8
- 2.1.5. Exiting the Configuration Editor . . U-9
- 2.2. Setting Up Documents . . . . U-9
- 2.2.1. Adding a Document . . . . U-10
- 2.2.2. Subject Line . . . . . U-10
- 2.2.3. Document Filename . . . . U-11
- 2.2.4. Saving the Document Record . . . U-11
- 2.2.5. Editing and Deleting Documents . . . U-11
- 2.2.6. Exiting the Document List Editor . . U-11
- 2.3. Creating Document Text Files . . . U-12
- 2.4. Testing out Your Installation . . . U-13
- 2.5. Running InfoMail Regularly . . . U-14
- 2.6. Upgrading InfoMail . . . . U-15
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- 3. MORE CONTROL OVER YOUR DOCUMENTS . . U-18
- 3.1. Creating Secret Documents . . . U-18
- 3.1.1. Hidden Documents . . . . U-18
- 3.1.2. Password Protection . . . . U-18
- 3.2. Using Expandable Macros . . . . U-19
- 3.2.1. Program Information . . . . U-20
- 3.2.2. User Details . . . . . U-21
- 3.2.3. Document Record Information . . . U-22
- 3.2.4. Document List . . . . . U-23
- 3.2.5. Other Macro Considerations . . . U-24
- 3.3. File Attaches and Direct Messages . . U-24
- 3.3.1. Setting the Status Field for File Attaches . U-24
- 3.3.2. Considerations for File Attaches on Hold . U-25
- 3.3.3. Using the Status Field for Other Purposes . U-25
- 3.4. Remotely Updating Documents . . . U-26
- 3.5. Making a Document Temporarily Inactive . . U-27
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- 4. MORE CONTROL OF YOUR OVERALL SETUP . . U-28
- 4.1. Different Log Files . . . . U-28
- 4.2. What to Do with Inbound and Outbound Messages . U-28
- 4.3. Message Headers and Footers . . . U-29
- 4.4. Splitting Large Messages . . . U-29
- 4.5. Customising the Standard Responses . . U-30
- 4.5.1. Customising the Document List . . . U-30
- 4.5.2. Customising the Document Search Results . . U-31
- 4.5.3. Customising the Other Responses . . . U-32
- 4.6. Inactivating the Setup . . . . U-32
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- 5. CONCLUSION . . . . . U-33
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- REFERENCE GUIDE (REF.DOC)
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- 1. INTRODUCTION . . . . . R-2
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- 2. THE COMMAND LINE . . . . R-3
- 2.1. The CONFIG command . . . . R-3
- 2.2. The LIST command . . . . R-3
- 2.3. The -MONO switch . . . . R-3
- 2.4. The -PATH switch . . . . R-4
- 2.5. The SCAN command . . . . R-4
- 2.6. The UPGRADE command . . . . R-4
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- 3. THE KEYBOARD . . . . . R-5
- 3.1. Editing Text Fields . . . . R-5
- 3.2. The Configuration Editor . . . R-5
- 3.2.1. Editing the Configuration Record . . R-5
- 3.2.2. Editing the AKA List . . . . R-5
- 3.3. The Document List Editor . . . R-6
- 3.3.1. Browsing the Document List . . . R-6
- 3.3.2. Editing a Document Record . . . R-6
- 3.3.3. Editing the Message Status . . . R-7
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- 4. CONFIGURATION FIELDS . . . . R-8
- 4.1. Netmail . . . . . . R-8
- 4.2. Log File . . . . . R-8
- 4.3. Active . . . . . . R-8
- 4.4. Max Message Size . . . . R-8
- 4.5. Kill Outbound Errors . . . . R-8
- 4.6. Requests . . . . . R-9
- 4.7. Updates . . . . . . R-9
- 4.8. Searches . . . . . R-9
- 4.9. Kill Inbound Requests/Updates/Searches . . R-9
- 4.10. Header and Footer . . . . R-9
- 4.11. Doc List . . . . . R-9
- 4.12. File Err . . . . . R-10
- 4.13. Inactive . . . . . R-10
- 4.14. Accept . . . . . . R-10
- 4.15. Reject . . . . . . R-10
- 4.16. Results . . . . . . R-10
- 4.17. AKA List . . . . . R-10
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- 5. DOCUMENT RECORD FIELDS . . . . R-11
- 5.1. Document . . . . . R-11
- 5.2. Active . . . . . . R-11
- 5.3. Listed . . . . . . R-11
- 5.4. Macros . . . . . . R-11
- 5.5. Routing . . . . . . R-12
- 5.6. Subject . . . . . . R-12
- 5.7. Status . . . . . . R-12
- 5.8. Request . . . . . . R-12
- 5.9. Update . . . . . . R-12
- 5.10. File . . . . . . R-13
- 5.11. 2nd File . . . . . R-13
- 5.12. Accesses . . . . . R-13
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- 6. DOCUMENT MACROS . . . . . R-14
- 6.1. {A} - InfoMail's Address . . . R-14
- 6.2. {C} - Access Counter . . . . R-14
- 6.3. {D} - Document Name . . . . R-14
- 6.4. {F} - User's First Name . . . . R-15
- 6.5. {I} - InfoMail Request Name . . . R-15
- 6.6. {L} - User's Last Name . . . . R-15
- 6.7. {N} - User's Full Name . . . . R-15
- 6.8. {O} - Operating System Filename of Document . R-15
- 6.9. {P} - Program Name and Version . . . R-15
- 6.10. {S} - Document Subject Line . . . R-16
- 6.11. {U} - User's Address . . . . R-16
- 6.12. {W} - Document List . . . . R-16
- 6.13. {X} - Extended Document List . . . R-16
- 6.14. {{} - Literal Left Brace . . . R-16
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- 7. SCREEN MESSAGES . . . . . R-18
- 7.1. ! Cannot create configuration file . . R-18
- 7.2. ! Cannot create document list file . . R-18
- 7.3. ! Cannot open configuration file . . R-18
- 7.4. ! Cannot open document list file . . R-19
- 7.5. ! Cannot open log file . . . . R-19
- 7.6. ! Cannot read netmail directory . . . R-19
- 7.7. ? Cannot read netmail message . . . R-19
- 7.8. * Conversion finished . . . . R-20
- 7.9. * Converting configuration file . . . R-20
- 7.10. * Converting document list file . . . R-20
- 7.11. Error: InfoMail is already running . . R-20
- 7.12. Error: cannot create semaphore . . . R-20
- 7.13. Error: cannot remove semaphore . . . R-21
- 7.14. Error: type INFOMAIL alone for help . . R-21
- 7.15. * Finished! . . . . . R-21
- 7.16. ! Invalid configuration file . . . R-21
- 7.17. ! Invalid document list file . . . R-22
- 7.18. ! Missing or invalid configuration file . . R-22
- 7.19. ! Missing or invalid document list file . . R-22
- 7.20. ! No netmails to read . . . . R-22
- 7.21. * Processing request from... . . . R-22
- 7.22. * Processing search from... . . . R-23
- 7.23. * Processing update from... . . . R-23
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- 8. LOG FILE ENTRIES . . . . R-24
- 8.1. ? Cannot open document file... . . . R-24
- 8.2. ! Cannot read netmail directory . . . R-25
- 8.3. ? Cannot read netmail message . . . R-25
- 8.4. ? Cannot write netmail message . . . R-25
- 8.5. - Document list closed . . . . R-25
- 8.6. - Document list opened . . . . R-25
- 8.7. ! Missing or invalid document list . . R-25
- 8.8. ! No netmails to read . . . . R-26
- 8.9. * Processing request from... . . . R-26
- 8.10. * Processing search from... . . . R-26
- 8.11. * Processing update from... . . . R-26
- 8.12. + Sending document list to... . . . R-26
- 8.13. + Sending document... . . . . R-26
- 8.14. + Sending file error to... . . . R-26
- 8.15. + Sending inactive document error to... . . R-27
- 8.16. + Sending reject message to... . . . R-27
- 8.17. + Sending search results to... . . . R-27
- 8.18. + Sending update confirmation to... . . R-27
- 8.19. + Updated document... . . . . R-27
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- 9. MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION . . . R-28
- 9.1. InfoMail Directory Contents . . . R-28
- 9.1.1. INFOMAIL.EXE - The InfoMail Executable . . R-28
- 9.1.2. CWSDPMI.EXE - The DPMI Server . . . R-28
- 9.1.3. *.DOC - The Main Documentation . . . R-28
- 9.1.4. FILE_ID.DIZ/*.TXT - Minor Documentation Files . R-29
- 9.1.5. *.SAM - The Sample Files . . . R-29
- 9.1.6. INFOMAIL.CFG - The Configuration File . . R-30
- 9.1.7. INFOMAIL.DAT/INFOMAIL.NDX - The Document List . R-30
- 9.1.8. INFOMAIL.CF$/INFOMAIL.DA$ - Upgrade Backups . R-30
- 9.2. The INFOMAIL Environment Variable . . R-30
- 9.3. Defaults . . . . . R-30
- 9.4. Limits . . . . . . R-31
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- DEVELOPER'S GUIDE (DEV.DOC)
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- 1. INTRODUCTION . . . . . D-2
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- 2. THE CONFIGURATION FILE . . . . D-3
- 2.1. The NETMAIL field . . . . D-4
- 2.2. The LOGFILE field . . . . D-5
- 2.3. The FLAGS field . . . . . D-5
- 2.4. The REQUEST field . . . . D-6
- 2.5. The UDPATE field . . . . D-6
- 2.6. The SEARCH field . . . . D-6
- 2.7. The HEADER field . . . . D-6
- 2.8. The FOOTER field . . . . D-7
- 2.9. The DOCLIST field . . . . D-7
- 2.10. The NOFILE field . . . . D-7
- 2.11. The INACTIV field . . . . D-7
- 2.12. The ACCEPT field . . . . D-7
- 2.13. The REJECT field . . . . D-7
- 2.14. The RESULTS field . . . . D-7
- 2.15. The SPLIT field . . . . . D-7
- 2.16. The AKA LIST records . . . . D-8
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- 3. THE DOCUMENT LIST FILES . . . . D-9
- 3.1. The DELETED field . . . . D-10
- 3.2. The DOCNAME field . . . . D-11
- 3.3. The FLAGS field . . . . . D-11
- 3.4. The SUBJECT field . . . . D-11
- 3.5. The ATTR field . . . . . D-11
- 3.6. The REQUEST field . . . . D-12
- 3.7. The UPDATE field . . . . D-12
- 3.8. The FILE field . . . . . D-12
- 3.9. The SECFILE field . . . . D-12
- 3.10. The COUNTER field . . . . D-12
- 3.11. Details of the Index File . . . D-12
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