mutil_post_text_files
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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. | + | 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 | + | **Note:** If you wish to use this function |
+ | To enable this function you modify the ' | ||
[general] | [general] | ||
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- | PostTextFiles | + | PostTextFiles = true |
- | There are a number of switches | + | You begin by defining the total number of text files to be posted when MUTIL is run. |
- | The name of the file you wish Mystic to post | + | totalfiles = 2 |
- | file1_name | + | 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 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' | + | The name of the file you wish Mystic to post. |
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+ | file1_name = myfirstfile.txt | ||
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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' | ||
file1_baseidx = 2 | file1_baseidx = 2 | ||
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Who the post is from. | Who the post is from. | ||
- | file1_from | + | file1_from = Sysop |
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Who the post is addressed to. | Who the post is addressed to. | ||
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- | file1_to | + | file1_to = All |
- | The subject of the post | + | The subject of the post. |
- | file1_subj | + | file1_subj = My subject |
- | The network address of the posting system | + | The network address of the posting system. |
- | file1_addr | + | file1_addr = 0:0/0 |
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Should Mystic auto delete the source text file after posting it's contents to the message base? | Should Mystic auto delete the source text file after posting it's contents to the message base? | ||
file1_delfile = false | file1_delfile = false | ||
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+ | You repeat this format within the stanza for each file you wish Mystic to post. For example: | ||
file2_name | file2_name | ||
file2_baseidx = 2 | file2_baseidx = 2 | ||
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file2_delfile = false | file2_delfile = false | ||
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