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- FILE2MSG v1.10
- (C)1991 by David M. Sweet of 1:267/203
- A product of the minds of Backwoods Programmming.
- All Rights Reserved.
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- Version of 11/1/91
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- FILE2MSG is designed to be used as a robot program (used in a
- fully automated environment, i.e. batch file) to convert text files
- into a message appropriate for *.MSG-type mail systems. It includes
- the ability to send to a particular address in netmail.
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- USING FILE2MSG
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- FILE2MSG is executed from the DOS command line and accepts
- the following parameters:
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- FILE2MSG outbound_dir input_file [/Fname] [/Tname] [/Jsubj]
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- Parameter description:
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- outbound_dir Where to place the resulting *.MSG file.
- input_file The text file you want in the body of the message
- /Fname The name to place in the From: field of the
- message. Defaults to the program's name and version
- number.
- /Tname The name to place in the To: field of the message.
- Defaults to "All".
- /Jsubj The subject for the message. Defaults to the name
- given for the input_file.
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- The names and the subject must not have any spaces in them.
- Where you need a space, use the _ character instead; i.e.
- David_M._Sweet.
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- To specify an address for netmail, suffix the name with @ and
- the address. For example, /TDavid_Sweet@1:267/203. You will only
- need to do this if you are placing the message in your netmail area;
- otherwise the address will be stripped and ignored.
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- An important thing to keep in mind is that all lines in the
- message will be terminated with a "hard" return, and no soft returns
- will be used. So it's imperative that your right margin in the text
- file is within reason, no more than about 75.
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- PAYING FOR FILE2MSG
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- You don't! A nice netmailed thanks would be nice, though.
- In fact, as practice, write it in a text file (with Flex-EDIT, of
- course) and use FILE2MSG to send it to me from your system.
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- All rights reserved. The program code is copyrighted 1991 by
- David M. Sweet and Backwoods Programming. I may be contacted at the
- listed address via Fidonet, or David.Sweet@f203.n267.z1.fidonet.org
- through Internet. I attempted the Internet method a week ago and
- still haven't received it, so that's obviously a slow way to go.
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