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Squish Automatic Echo Manager (C) 1992 Copyright Rui Pereira
SQAEM v1.00 All rights reserved
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SQAEM v1.00
- Feb. 22, 1992 -
I had a dream. There were mountains and mountains of documentation...Actually
it was more like a nightmare. With that in mind, I'll make this documentation
brief and to the point.
SQAEM (pronounced "scream" without the R) is a utility used with Squish Echo
Processor. It allows the nodes you distribute echoes to to make changes in the
echoes that they receive. It allows them to add or delete echoes all
automatically without your manual intervention.
SQAEM uses the Squish config file to store all of its data, so you will not
need another configuration file. It also EXPECTS to find information on echoes
inside this file and no where else. Thus you can not run SQAEM with Squish if
you are using an AREAS.BBS file. SQAEM eliminates the need for a separate
AREAS.BBS file.
SQAEM will look for any message in the netmail area that is addressed to your
node or aka's, and has a name of AREAFIX (this can be changed, keep reading).
SQAEM expects to see the node's password in the subject line and a list of
echoes to add and/or delete in the body of the text. There can also be a list
and or query command after the password in the subject line. This follows the
AREAFIX standard started by George Peace and his original version of AREAFIX.
The following is the syntax for SQAEM:
SQAEM [options] <Squish CFG file>
Options:
-n<name> Look for <name> instead of AREAFIX. You can have multiple
-n parameters. The first one overwrites the AREAFIX default.
-m<number> Maximum number of characters to allocate for the
area's long description (default is 4096)
-a<zone:net/node.point> AKA node number(s)
-c Check for Zone and Point info in message text
(^aINTL, ^aTOPT, ^aFMPT)
-z Don't compare Zone and Point values
-h This help page
The following are the keywords that SQAEM looks for in the Squish configuration
file and their meaning:
NetArea The directory where NetMail is kept
Address Your node address (4D) and akas
LogFile The location and name of the Squish Log file
EchoArea The name, options, and nodes that subscribe to an echo
;EchoSDesc A one line description of the echo. This keyword is
used for the Query command and should be more than 60
characters.
;EchoLDesc Multi line (more than one ;EchoLDesc statement)
description of the echo. This keyword is used for the
List command. Each line should not be more than 60
characters.
;EchoGrp The group letter of the echo (A-F, 0-9)
;EchoLevel The Level (0-2^16) of the echo
;Node The node number (4D) of a node that subscribes to some
of your echoes
;NodeGrps The groups that this node has access to (A-F, 0-9)
;NodeLevel The level of this node
;NodePass The case-sensitive password for this node
;NodeFlag The Fido attributes for this node
(Crash, Hold, Kill, Local, RRQ (Return Request),
Direct, IMM (Immedeate))
A node record has to start with the ;Node keyword. All other node related
keywords after it and before the next ;Node keyword are part of it.
An echo record has to start with the EchoArea keyword. All other echo related
keywords after it and before the next EchoArea keyword are part of it.
Here is an example of an incomplete Squish configuration file:
;Node 1:163/508
;NodeGrps B
;NodePass passWord
;NodeFlag Crash Local Kill
;NodeLevel 10
EchoArea ASIA L:\PCB\CONF88\ -s 278/607 163/520
;EchoSDesc News on China,Tibet,Indonesia,Cambodia(Source 1:278/607)
;EchoLDesc News on events in China, Tibet, Indonesia, Cambodia.
;EchoLDesc Moderator: William Bowles (1:278/607)
;EchoLDesc
;EchoGrp N
;EchoLevel 10
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Future enhancements include:
- Automatically areafixing your distributors to add echoes that you do not
carry, but your feeds have requested
- Screen output
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This piece of software is being distributed as ShareWare. If you use it
regularly please register it by sending $25.00 to the author.
As with any ShareWare program, I do not take any responsibility for this
program's behaviour.
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Squish, Fido, and AreaFix are all trademarks of their respective manufacturers.
SQAEM is copyrighten by Rui Pereira and Merlin Systems.
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Author: Rui Pereira
Postal: Merlin Systems
P.O. Box 3043, Station "C"
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
KiY 4J3
InterNet: Roy.Pereira%mersys@devcan.ca
UUCP: mersys!Roy.Pereira
FidoNet: Roy Pereira at 1:163/508.1