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MailEd v2.4
Written by Ray Akey for CNet Amiga v3.05+
For more MetalSoft P-Files and utilities call:
>> The Metal Shoppe BBS <<
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Version Changes
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V2.4
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1. Now capable of killing messages FROM a user. Network addresses are valid
"user patterns" also. Entering "Heavy" as the user pattner would kill
messages from "Heavy Metal" and "HeavyDuty". Entering "1:246/" as the
FROM pattern would kill mail from "Electropig@1:246/90.0" and
"Heavy Metal@1:246/74.0" as well.
2. Network addresses are now expanded when you SCAN/LIST mail in a user's
mailbox.
3. CTRL-C and / are now recognized even while mailboxes are being scanned.
V2.3:
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1. Now capable of killing ALL items OR single items from the "MailEd:" prompt
when listing/viewing users' mail.
2. VERBOSITY settings added to the mail "Scan" function.
3. Fixed a VERY BIG BUG that occured when saving mail that had
"RETURN ORIGINAL set on it.
V2.2:
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1. Added a few more functions for killing mail.
i. KO: Kills mail older than x days (prompted).
ii. KD: Kills mail written before the specified date (prompted).
iii. KE: Kills mail based on its CNet Expiry date.
2. Bug fixed that caused only the FIRST mail to be killed when the "ALL"
choice was made.
3. Now shows stray directories - when scanning - which are not <supposed> to
be in users' mail directories.
V2.0:
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1. Bug fixed with UUCP addresses and the Mail directory.
2. "KILL SUBJECT PATTERN" function added which kills mail matching the pattern
that is input for all users. Great fix for those users who are Multi-Mail
freaks sending mail to every user without your approval! A clearer
explanation of this is outlined below..
3. Menu added (copy to SYSTEXT:) Enter "?" at the main Mail-Ed prompt to view.
V1.0:
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MailEd created!
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What is it?
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A very useful mail utility for sysops which..
Allows you to kill mail (Urgent AND regular) for ANY user.
Is a very efficient Mail Verify utility for SysOps.
Is a mail scanner to let you know exactly WHO has mail on your system.
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Installation:
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Copy "MailEd" to Pfiles:Maintenance or any other directory.
Copy "sys.menu,mailed" to SYSTEXT:
Add the following line to BBSMENU as the line line in the MAINTENANCE
commands section:
MED, MailEdit |#2pfiles:maintenance/MailEd}
^
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CTRL-Q
Enter "MED" at any prompt to Verify/kill/scan mail.
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Commands/Features
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Note: For all commands below, CTRL-C and "/" will abort the current operation.
S: SCAN Mail
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This command simply tells Mail-Ed to list all users who currently have mail,
KS: KILL Subject
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This is a very powerful feature of MailEd!
Entering "KS" at the first MailEd prompt will bring you into the
"KILL SUBJECT" section of MailEd. From here, you enter a SUBJECT pattern
common to all mail items that you wish to delete. MailEd will proceed
to scan all users' mailboxes searching for this pattern in the SUBJECT
field of each mail item.
When MailEd finds a matching pattern, you will see the following prompt:
Kill this mail? [N/y/ALL/X=ABORT]
At this point, the default (if you hit RETURN) is NO. Pressing "Y"
will cause the currently displayed mail item to be marked for deletion.
Pressing "A" will cause all items IN EVERY MAILBOX that match the current
pattern, to be deleted. ALL does not mean all of the CURRENT user's
mail!!
And finally the "X" key will cause the operation to be aborted.
NOTE: When you press "X", it aborts ONLY the current user's mail.
So, for instance, if an E-Mail titled "TEST" addressed to
"Heavy Metal" was the current item, ALL mail that was Marked for
deletion for Heavy Metal in the current session will not be deleted.
This was done purposely as a safeguard incase a very generic pattern
was entered. So if you enter "a" and for some reason, you get
prompted to delete more messages for Heavy Metal than you wished,
hitting "X" will ABORT the pattern as well as ABORTING deletion of
the current user's mail. I hope I made that clear enough... But I
imagine there will be uncertainties.
SF: SCAN FILES
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Entering "SF" will cause Mail-Ed to list all the files in each user's
mail directory. This command will also list any stray directories existent
in users' mail directories. That is, directories that aren't supposed to
be there, normally.
KF: KILL FILES
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Entering "KF" at the main MailEd prompt will bring you into the
"KILL FILE PATTERN" section of MailEd. From here, you enter a file
pattern that you wish to delete. MailEd will proceed to scan all users'
mailboxes searching for this pattern in the filenames of the files in each.
user's mail directory. When MailEd finds a matching pattern, you will see
the following prompt included with the name of the file matching the pattern:
Kill this file? [N/y/ALL/R=Read/X=ABORT]
At this point, the default (if you hit RETURN) is NO. Pressing "Y"
will cause the currently displayed mail item to be marked for deletion.
Pressing "A" will cause all items IN EVERY MAILBOX that match the current
pattern, to be deleted. ALL does not mean all of the CURRENT user's
mail!!
The "R" key will cause the current file to be displayed to you in ASCII
form.
And finally the "X" key will cause the operation to be aborted.
NOTE: Like "KS", When you press "X" here, it aborts ONLY the current user's
mailbox.
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Future Plans:
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1. Editing of HEADERS and actual mail messages.
2. External text.