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- - Program Information.
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- │ Program : Sys-Rec
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- │ Version : 1.10
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- │ Revision : 0
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- │ Release Date : 1990 - 12 - 26.
- │
- │ Copyright : 1990 Patrik Sjöberg and ShadowPlay Software
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- │ OS : PC- / MS- DOS 3.0 -
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- │ Hardware : IBM PC,XT,AT,PS/2 Compatible
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- │ Software : A Remote Access Bulletin Board System
- │
- │ Compiler : Borland Turbo Pascal 5.5
- │
- │ Description : Keeps visiting SysOps from getting Echo-Mail<Tm>
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- - Welocome to Sys-Rec
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-
- What is Sys-Rec ?
-
- Sys-Rec is a little program that Sets the recieved flag on all
- Echo-Mail for a user in your Remote Access Users.Bbs that has a certain
- flag set.
-
- ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
- - Reason ?
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-
- As a Remote Access sysop i got fed up watching my fellow SysOps
- having to go through tons of Echo Mail that they already replied
- to on their own systems just to get to the Local mail on my BBS.
- So i thought why not correct this "Bug" in Remote Access that
- doesn't let you read messages an area at a time instead of having
- to read them the way they are numbered.
-
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- - Solution !
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-
- The solution is simple. Just execute Sys-Rec with apropite
- parameters everytime you import mail ( or once every night ) and
- you will be able to let your SysOp friends just read their Local
- mail.
-
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- - Legal stuff and disclaimer
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-
- First let me point out these few points that i've got to say ...
-
- * This package is FreeWare. This means, this software is user
- supported but is free of any charge, there is a requirement
- to register the package by sending me a letter or a postcard
- or when you use the package;
-
- * The Sys-Rec package, all programs, the documentation and
- support files are copyrighted 1990 by Patrik Sjöberg.
- All rights are reserved. You may copy this package for backup
- purposes. Also you may copy and share unmodified copies of
- the whole package, providing that the copyright notice is
- reproduced and included on all copies;
-
- * You may not sell the product for a fee and/or distribute the
- product along with other products without express written
- permission, nor may you modify or remove the Copyright Notices
- from the programs or the documentation files. User clubs, if
- they are NOT commercial, are allowed to ask a small amount of
- money for distribution and storage when they want to share this
- package amongst their members;
-
- * It is not allowed to use the files (programs and documentation)
- in a commercial environment unless you contact the author and
- the author agrees;
-
- * The author make no warranties, expressed or implied, as to the
- quality or performance of this program. The author will not be
- held liable for any direct, indirect, incidental or consequential
- damages resulting from the use of this program. Your use of the
- program constitutes your agreement to this disclaimer and your
- realease of the author from any form of liability or litigation.
-
- ... and after that let's get on with it.
-
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- - How to use Sys-Rec
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-
- Usage : Sys-Rec X FLAG
-
- Where X is the MSG to start with in the MSGBASE and Flag is the flag
- that indicates a Sysop in the USERS.BBS file.
-
- Ex : Sys-Rec 1000 A4
-
- Would Start at message 1000 scanning for Echo mail to those Sysops
- that has the Flag A4 set in the user file.
-
- Their is a limitation in how many SysOps that Sys-Rec is able to
- handle and that is 150. If you need more let me know...
-
- In the nightly event i Run
-
- Sys-Rec 1 A4
-
- To scan the total msgbase and after every inport of mail i run
-
- Sys-Rec 6000 A4
-
- Since i know that i never will have less than 6000 letters in the
- message base and therefore it is unneccesary to rescan the whole
- msgbase.
-
- Well, could it be simpler than that or is there something that is
- unclear ? Let me know.
-
- Oh, Btw Sys-Rec reads 300 records at a time from the msghdr.bbs file
- to speed up things on slow disks.
-
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- - History
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-
- 1.00 * The first release.
-
- 1.10 * Fixed a bug that wouldn't let you have more than 200 Users
- in the User base if you wanted to run Sys-Rec. < Splat >
- Also speeded up things a lot.
- Reported by the Author.
-
- * Somehow i had forgotten that RA has the ability to put the
- Msgfiles and User file somewhere else than in the System
- directory. Sys-Rec now reads Config.Ra to locate thoose files.
- And Config.Ra must either be in the Current directory or the
- environment variable RA must point to it. ( See the Remote
- Access docs for info on the Environment variable ).
- Reported by Charlie Merryman.
-
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- - The Last request
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-
-
- If you find that Sys-Rec isn't doing the job it ought to please contact
- me so i can fix the problem.
-
- I am reachable at 2:205/208@FidoNet
- 27:5346/102@SIGNet
-
- Snailmail ShadowPlay
- Patrik Sjöberg
- Sörbygatan 69B
- 802 55 Gefle
-
- As stated before this is so called CardWare. Just send me a postcard
- of your hometown to become a registered user of Sys-Rec. The Adress
- is the one above.
-
- Happy BBSing ...
-
- Patrik.
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