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SF Make Message (SFMKMSG) v1.0
Copyright (C) John Kaye
HAWK EYE BBS - (416) 481-7816
Updated: December 31, 1994
Introduction:
I have always encouraged and tried to improve my message
bases on my BBS. To increase messages on my BBS, I wrote a
PCR program. Now, I am finding little free time and have
started to automated more things on my BBS. One feature
which I knew other BBS Softwares had was the ability for
sysops to automatically insert messages from a command line
(as an event). I searched for such a utility, and came upon
two files, SFHELLO & SFSECSEN3, both written by Chris Tyson,
however, these didn't allow messages to be added in specific
conferences, with a specific To field. I was not able to get
in touch with him, so I was determined to write SFMKMSG.
SFMKMSG is a utility which allows sysops to automatically
enter messages into a specific Spitfire conference. This can
remove the hassle of going through your message areas and
entering messages which you'd like to post regularly.
Examples would be BBS Advertisements of your BBS in BBS Ads
conferences in various mail networks.
SFMKMSG is written by John Kaye (me!), in Turbo Pascal 6.0.
SFMKMSG is my first real project completed in Turbo Pascal,
and maybe if I get good response from this program I might
actually buy myself a newer version <G>. Currently, I am the
sysop of Hawk Eye BBS in Toronto, Canada, and am the
conference hosts for the HawkNet Spitfire conference...
Disclaimer:
This program and other files associated with it are not
guaranteed to be bug free or virus free. We are not
responsible for any damages of any kind, including profit
loses and data loss, that relate directly or indirectly to
these programs and files. You may distribute this program,
as long as it is in unmodified form with all the files
originally included.
Program Use:
SFMKMSG is fairly easy to use. The command line format is as
follows:
SFMKMSG C:\SF\MESSAGE.TXT C:\SF\MESSAGE\
The first command line option is the name and path to the message
file, and the second one is the full path to your message
directory. It is extremely important that you include the
trailing backslash.
The layout of MESSAGE.TXT is as follows
LINE 1: Conference Number
LINE 2: Name Message Is From
LINE 3: Name Message Is To
LINE 4: Subject Of Message
LINE 5: Private Or Public (Put Y for Private or N For Public)
LINE 6: First Line Of Message
.... And on until the end of the message.
If the conference number you wish the message to be entered in is
less than 10, you must include a zero before it. For example, if
you wanted to enter the message in conference 5, the conference
number you'd enter would be 05. This should only be done for
message conferences less than 10.
There is one option you can use in the actual Message Body. If
SFMKMSG recognizes the ascii character 2 (^B) it'll put todays
date in the message. This might be wanted so that dupe checkers
do not recognize the message as being a duplicate message.
Any messages entered in a netmail conference will be marked as
being Netmail.
Things SFMKMSG Does Not Do:
There are a few things which SFMKMSG does not do as I
thought that it'd take too long to implement it, and didn't
see a need for it to be required. SFMKMSG does not include
the CRC value's in SFMSG[x].PTR, the FromWhoCrc, and
ToWhoCRC in SFMSG[x].Idx. SFMKMSG also does not put the
correct time for the date of the message. It will put todays
date, however, in the time field, it'll put 12:00:00. This
shouldn't cause any problems.
Another thing you may notice, is that if SFMKMSG comes into
any problems, it will not inform you of them, it'll just exit
with a runtime error. This would usually be caused by an
invalid message directory, invalid message file to import, or
an invalid setup of the message file.
Additional Information:
If you encounter any bugs, problems or have comments or
suggestions, you can reach me through the internet:
John.Kaye@Canrem.Com or on my BBS. If you leave a message to me
in the FidoNet Spitfire conference, the NaNet Spitfire
Conference, or the HawkNet Spitfire conference I will also most
likely see the message and be able to reply to it.
SFMKMSG is Freeware. If you can't figure out from the name, it's
free! (that may sound strange these days) I would, however, like
to know if you use the program, so I can get an idea of who is
using it.
Any updates to SFMKMSG will be available on my BBS and will also
be uploaded to Buffalo Creek BBS. (if I can still afford it <G>)
H A V E F U N ! !