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--- mutil_post_text_files [2016/04/03 04:07] – avon
+++ mutil_post_text_files [2019/03/24 04:55] – g00r00
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 ==== Post text files to message bases ====
-The '[PostTextFiles]' stanza tasks MUTIL
+The '[PostTextFiles]' stanza tasks MUTIL with posting a text file(s) to a message base(s).
-xx
+This can be a useful tool if you wanted to automate an announcement to an Echomail area. For example a weekly posting of an advertisement about your Mystic BBS to a message base(s) of your choosing.
-To enable this function you modify the '[general]' stanza as follows:
+**Note:** If you wish to use this function to post ANSI files to a message base, the ANSI file ,must be saved with a column length of 79 characters or less.  Not all ANSI editors have this capability, but Mystic BBS has a built in ANSI editor that can.  Load the ANSI into the Mystic ANSI editor and then save it, setting the "Line Length" to 79 characters on the save dialog.
+To enable this function you modify the '[general]' stanza as follows:
   [general]
-  PostTextFiles           = true
+  PostTextFiles = true
-  ; name of the file to post
+You begin by defining the total number of text files to be posted when MUTIL is run.
-    file1_name    = myfile.txt
-  ; permanent index of message base to post to
-  ; shown as index at the top of the message base editor
-    file1_baseidx = 2
-  ; who this post is 'from'
-    file1_from    = Sysop
+  totalfiles = 2
-  ; who this post it 'to'
-    file1_to      = All
+There are a number of switches to define when setting this function up. This needs to be done for each file you have defined in the line above. Let's have a look at the switches in detail:
+The name of the file you wish Mystic to post.
+  file1_name = myfirstfile.txt
+The permanent index of message base to post to.
+The baseidx is the permanent index of the message base to post the message into (shown as Index at the top of the message base editor in Mystic's configuration.
+  file1_baseidx = 2
+Who the post is from.
+  file1_from = Sysop
-  ; the subject of the post
+Who the post is addressed to.
+  file1_to = All
+The subject of the post.
-    file1_subj    = My subject
+  file1_subj = My subject
+The network address of the posting system.
+  file1_addr = 0:0/0
-  ; network address of the sender
+Should Mystic auto delete the source text file after posting it's contents to the message base?
+  file1_delfile = false
-    file1_addr    = 0:0/0
+You repeat this format within the stanza for each file you wish Mystic to post. For example:
-  ; mystic to auto delete file after posting?
-    file1_delfile = false
+  file2_name    = mysecondfile.txt
+  file2_baseidx = 2
+  file2_from    = Sysop
+  file2_to      = All
+  file2_subj    = My subject
+  file2_addr    = 0:0/0
+  file2_delfile = false