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- FastToss - Revision 1.12
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- Copyright (C) 1986,87 by Spark Software; ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
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- To anyone that is interested:
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- This is my own version of TOSSMAIL. It is faster than regular TOSSMAIL, or
- NEWTOSS, but does have some subtle (and useful) differences. This program
- is one third of my echomail package which will soon be commercially available
- and priced somewhere between $25 and $35. The other two parts are FastKDup
- (a fast version of KILLDUPS), and FastScan (a fast version of SCANMAIL).
- FastKDup is also available to the general FidoNet community, FastScan however
- must be purchased when it becomes available.
-
- ******************************************************************************
- *
- * NOTE: I am basically being quite silly and giving the FidoNet community in
- * general, one more chance at proving to me that the Shareware method for
- * distribution of software will work. FastToss and FastKDup are available
- * with scanty documentation, but they are VAST improvements over what is
- * currently state of the art for Fido/Opus/SEAdog SysOps. Based on your use
- * of these two programs, if you feel that the final package - including
- * MUCH better documentation, and the final version of FastScan will be worth
- * the $25-$35 asking price, prove it to me and send $25 to reserve your copy
- * to the following address:
- *
- * Spark Software
- * 427-3 Amherst St.
- * C.S. 2032, Suite 232
- * Nashua, NH 03061
- *
- * Anyone sending their $25 will receive a copy of FastScan as well as the
- * rest of the package as soon as it is completed. The current target date is
- * on or about March 31, 1987 for final distribution.
- *
- ******************************************************************************
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-
- The changes from regular TOSSMAIL:
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- 1. It looks for CONFIG.DOG and if it doesn't find it then it will look for
- MAIL.SYS. If you run a SEAdog/Fido system, then it will use your SEAdog
- information and ignore the Fido information.
-
- 2. It takes an optional first argument which is the name of the AREAS.BBS
- file to use. The default file used is AREAS.BBS.
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- 3. In the AREAS.BBS file it is restricted to 100 areas.
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- 4. In the AREAS.BBS file the first argument of each line is either a Fido
- area number, or a path name for the area (in case you don't run Fido, but
- run only a SEAdog or other type of system). FastToss will take either
- format, and in fact both can be mixed in the same file.
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- 5. FastToss will remember up to 20 of your net/node aliases from various
- NET, NODE, or AKA statements in your CONFIG.DOG file. If you run a Fido
- or other system that uses MAIL.SYS and you do not have a SEAdog CONFIG.DOG
- file, then it will take your net/node and your alternate net/node and use
- both of the addresses. This way it will toss messages that were delivered
- to you by whatever means. This is really handy if you are on more than
- one network!
-
- 6. FastToss will use the area name in the AREAS.BBS file in whatever case
- it is found. For example, IFNA is different from ifna which is different
- from Ifna. To be compatible with Jeff Rush's TOSSMAIL, use all capital
- letters in the area name.
-
- 7. Messages have to be less than 15K bytes in length (including the SEEN-BY
- lines).
-
- 8. There is a limit of 3500 messages that can be present in any one area.
-
- 9. FastToss does not generate the TOSSFLOW.BBS file that TOSSMAIL creates.
- This is just a waste of time for most installations. The cost of transferring
- the mail is what matters, not the amount of traffic in each area to each node.
-
- 10. There is a limit of 20 nodes per AREAS.BBS line.
-
- 11. There are additional arguments which follow a literal -A on the command
- line. These arguments represent the command which should be executed to
- unARC ARCmail packets. The command is taken as everything which follows
- the -A, and has an arcmail filename added to it before it is executed. If
- the -A argument is not present, then FastToss will not toss mail directly
- from ARCmail packets (which is one of its most useful and speed improving
- features). For example, to use regular ARC the command could be:
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- FastToss -A ARC X
-
- or:
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- FastToss MYAREAS.BBS -A ARC X
-
- If you are currently using ARCmail and TOSSMAIL, then you probably have
- something like the following in your batch file:
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- ARCMAIL from xxx/yyy xxx/yyy
- TOSSMAIL -RUN
-
- That can now be replaced by:
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- FastToss -A ARC X
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- This basically does an 'ARCmail FROM ALL' followed by a 'TOSSMAIL'.
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- Use FastToss in good health and send mail to me if you notice any problems.
-
- - Bob Hartman -
-
- Sysop of FidoNet node 132/101