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--- mutil_post_text_files [2016/04/03 04:13] – avon
+++ mutil_post_text_files [2016/04/03 04:20] – avon
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 ==== Post text files to message bases ====
-The '[PostTextFiles]' stanza tasks MUTIL with posting
+The '[PostTextFiles]' stanza tasks MUTIL with posting a text file(s) to a message base(s).
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+This can be a useful tool if you wanted to automate an announcement to an Echomail area such as weekly posting of an advertisement about your Mystic BBS to an message base of your choosing.
 To enable this function you modify the '[general]' stanza as follows:
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   PostTextFiles           = true
+There are a number of switches to define:
+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
-  file1_name    = myfile.txt   ; name of the file to post
+Who the post is addressed to.
-  file1_baseidx = 2            ; permanent index of message base to post to
-  file1_from    = Sysop        ; who this post is 'from'
+  file1_to      = All
-  file1_to      = All          ; who this post it 'to'
-  file1_subj    = My subject   ; the subject of the post
+The subject of the post
-  file1_addr    = 0:0/0        ; network address of the sender
-  file1_delfile = false        ; mystic to auto delete file after posting?
+  file1_subj    = My subject
+The network address of the posting system
+  file1_addr    = 0:0/0
+Should Mystic auto delete the source text file after posting it's contents to the message base?
+  file1_delfile = false
-  file2_name    = myfile.txt   ; name of the file to post
+  file2_name    = mysecondfile.txt
-  file2_baseidx = 2            ; permanent index of message base to post to
+  file2_baseidx = 2
-  file2_from    = Sysop        ; who this post is 'from'
+  file2_from    = Sysop
-  file2_to      = All          ; who this post it 'to'
+  file2_to      = All
-  file2_subj    = My subject   ; the subject of the post
+  file2_subj    = My subject
-  file2_addr    = 0:0/0        ; network address of the sender
+  file2_addr    = 0:0/0
-  file2_delfile = false        ; mystic to auto delete file after posting?
+  file2_delfile = false
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