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 ==== Post text files to message bases ====  ==== 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 line length of 79 characters or less.  Not all ANSI editors have this capability, but Mystic BBS has a built in ANSI editor that does.  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]   [general]
      
-  PostTextFiles           = true +  PostTextFiles = true 
-  + 
 +You begin by defining the total number of text files to be posted when MUTIL is run.   
 + 
 +  totalfiles = 2 
 + 
 +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
  
-  ; name of the file to post+Who the post is from. 
 +              
 +  file1_from = Sysop
      
-    file1_name    = myfile.txt  +Who the post is addressed to. 
-   +         
-  ; permanent index of message base to post to +  file1_to All         
-  ; shown as index at the top of the message base editor   +  
-   +The subject of the post.
-    file1_baseidx 2 +
-   +
-  ; who this post is 'from'            +
  
-    file1_from    Sysop +  file1_subj My subject 
-   + 
-  ; who this post it 'to' +The network address of the posting system. 
-   + 
-    file1_to      All+  file1_addr 0:0/0 
      
-  ; the subject of the post          +Should Mystic auto delete the source text file after posting it's contents to the message base? 
-   + 
-    file1_subj    My subject +  file1_delfile = false 
-   + 
-  ; network address of the sender  +You repeat this format within the stanza for each file you wish Mystic to post. For example: 
-   + 
-    file1_addr    = 0:0/0 +  file2_name    mysecondfile.txt    
-     +  file2_baseidx = 2             
-  ; mystic to auto delete file after posting?       +  file2_from    = Sysop         
-   +  file2_to      = All           
-    file1_delfile = false +  file2_subj    = My subject    
-    +  file2_addr    = 0:0/0         
 +  file2_delfile = false        
  
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