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==== Post text files to message bases ==== | ==== Post text files to message bases ==== | ||
- | The ' | + | The ' |
- | xx | + | This can be a useful tool if you wanted to automate an announcement to an Echomail area. Fir 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 ' | To enable this function you modify the ' | ||
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[general] | [general] | ||
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PostTextFiles | PostTextFiles | ||
+ | You begin by defining the total number of text files to be posted when MUTIL is run. | ||
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+ | totalfiles = 2 | ||
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+ | 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: | ||
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+ | The name of the file you wish Mystic to post. | ||
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+ | file1_name | ||
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+ | The permanent index of message base to post to. | ||
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+ | 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' | ||
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+ | file1_baseidx = 2 | ||
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+ | Who the post is from. | ||
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+ | file1_from | ||
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- | file1_name | + | Who the post is addressed |
- | file1_baseidx = 2 ; permanent index of message base to post to | + | |
- | | + | file1_to |
- | file1_to | + | |
- | file1_subj | + | The subject of the post. |
- | file1_addr | + | |
- | file1_delfile = false ; mystic to auto delete file after posting? | + | file1_subj |
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+ | The network address | ||
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+ | file1_addr | ||
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- | | + | Should Mystic auto delete the source text file after posting it's contents to the message base? |
- | file2_baseidx = 2 | + | |
- | file2_from | + | file1_delfile = false |
- | file2_to | + | |
- | file2_subj | + | You repeat this format within the stanza for each file you wish Mystic to post. For example: |
- | file2_addr | + | |
- | file2_delfile = false | + | |
+ | file2_baseidx = 2 | ||
+ | file2_from | ||
+ | file2_to | ||
+ | file2_subj | ||
+ | file2_addr | ||
+ | file2_delfile = false | ||
- | xx |
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