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--- mutil_post_text_files [2016/04/03 04:13] – avon
+++ mutil_post_text_files [2019/03/24 04:56] (current) – g00r00
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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. For example a weekly posting of an advertisement about your Mystic BBS to a message base(s) of your choosing.
+**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]
-  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
+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
-  file2_name    = myfile.txt   ; name of the file to post
+Should Mystic auto delete the source text file after posting it's contents to the message base?
-  file2_baseidx = 2            ; permanent index of message base to post to
-  file2_from    = Sysop        ; who this post is 'from'
+  file1_delfile = false
-  file2_to      = All          ; who this post it 'to'
-  file2_subj    = My subject   ; the subject of the post
+You repeat this format within the stanza for each file you wish Mystic to post. For example:
-  file2_addr    = 0:0/0        ; network address of the sender
-  file2_delfile = false        ; mystic to auto delete file after posting?
+  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
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