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CALLERS AUTOMATIC NOTIFICATIONS OF MAIL WAITING 18-1
18. CALLERS AUTOMATIC NOTIFICATIONS OF MAIL WAITING
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RBBS-PC has the ability to notify callers about mail waiting for them when
they log on. Callers can be notified for any pair of user/message files
(a) how many new messages were left, and
(b) whether any new messages are to them personally.
RBBS-PC can be configured such that the messages individually reported by
number to the caller when the caller logs on are all messages (i.e. both
old and new, or just new messages since the caller last logged on, or
no messages at all via CONFIG parameter 19. Of course, RBBS-PC allows the
SysOp to determine if callers are reminded of the mail they have left.
In a file specified in CONFIG parameter 93 (the default is CONFMAIL.DEF),
the SysOp can list the message/user file combinations to check for mail
waiting in the format
<user file>,<message file>
where these are related conference file names. If it is assumed that RBBS-
PC is running in a DOS subdirectory off of the main root directory of the
"C:" drive and that there are two conferences, RBBS-PC and BETA, then an
example of the contents of the CONFMAIL.DEF file is:
C:\RBBS\BETAU.DEF,C:\RBBS\BETAM.DEF
C:\RBBS\RBBS-PCU.DEF,C:\RBBS\RBBS-PCM.DEF
The names are processed exactly as typed, so inclusion of the drive/path is
necessary. The SysOp controls what conferences get checked for mail by
listing these file pairs. Conferences not listed will not be checked.
Callers will get a report only for conferences that they are a member of.
Two items of information are reported:
number of new messages since last in the conference, and
whether any new messages are address to the caller.
The name used in RBBS-PC for the main message base is taken from the file
name for the message base. As with conferences - if the prefix of the user
file ends with "M", the name will be the composed of all but the last
character. If the name is "MESSAGES", it will be called "MAIN". Otherwise
the main message base will be called the full prefix.
The main message base and users file can be included in the list to scan.
You may want to coordinate the USERS and MESSAGES file names in the same
fashion that conference user files and message file names are coordinated.
If the main message base is to be known as TOP then call it TOPM.DEF and
call the users TOPU.DEF. RBBS-PC will just as well with the default names
USERS and MESSAGES and call the main message base MAIN.
There are 3 philosophies that can be implemented on message reporting using
the CONFIG parameter 19:
1) Report everything.
2) Make a fast minimal report.
3) Make an optimum intermediate report.
Reporting everything means reminding callers of messages they left, and
give the messages numbers of old and new mail. To do this it is necessary
RBBS-PC 17.3A TECHNICAL REFERENCE MANUAL 18-2
to set configuration parameters to remind callers of old mail and to report
ALL messages to caller. Also place "sub-boards" and private conferences in
the mail scan list of CONFMAIL.DEF.
Making a fast minimal report means that callers will not be reminded of old
messages, specific message numbers will not be list, only the number of new
messages and whether any are personal will be reported. This option is for
when you want people to get the caller to the command level as fast as
possible. For example, the main message base is not even used. To do this
set configuration parameters to NOT remind callers of old mail and to
report NO messages to caller. Put the main message base as well as "sub-
boards" and private conferences in the mail scan list of CONFMAIL.DEF.
Providing an optimum intermediate report means reporting individual message
numbers only for the new mail as well as # of new messages (and whether any
personal). The best way to implement this is to set the level of reporting
messages to the caller to New Only and to put all "sub-boards" and private
conferences in the mail scan list of CONFMAIL.DEF. Set CONFIG parameter 21
to NOT remind callers of old mail.