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- MKQwk Help Information
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- Bulletin 42 - The answers to Options, Config Messages, and
- Everything.... <grin>
-
- This set of instructions will only be included in this packet.
- The option to receive it will automatically be set back to No
- for your next use of the door. If you wish to receive it again
- sometime, you may choose (I)nclude Help from the main menu.
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- Configuration Messages
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- MKQwk supports both old and new style configuration messages
- which may be addressed to MKQwk, Qmail, or most of the other
- popular Qwk door names.
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- Old style config messages have the following options for subjects:
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- ADD Adds the current message area
- DROP Drops the current message area
- RESET nn Resets message pointer to message number "nn"
- BLTS On/Off Turns bulletins on or off
- FILES On/Off Turns new files list on or off
- WELCOME On/Off Turns screens on or off
- GOODBYE On/Off Also turns screens on or off
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- Example:
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- TO: MKQWK
- SUBJECT: ADD
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- New Style Configuration Messages
-
- New style config messages have a subject of CONFIG and have
- one command on each text line of the message. The following
- commands are available.
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- ADD nn Adds message area "nn"
- DROP nn Drops message area "nn"
- RESET nn xx Resets lastread pointer in area "nn" to number "xx"
- PROTOCOL x Sets protocol choice to "x"
- PACKER x Sets archive packer choice to "x"
- MAXNUMBER nn Sets maximum number of messages per area to "nn"
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- Example:
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- To: MKQwk
- Subject: Config
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- Add 21
- Drop 54
- Protocol Z
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-
- The Qwk readers can create some of these messages on their
- own when certain options are chosen from their menus. Thus
- users need not be aware that messages are used to pass the
- config information. The commands listed here are the only
- ones supported currently by MKQwk.
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- Autoscript Option
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- Autoscript is just an alternative way of uploading and
- downloading your messages. Because it avoids full screen
- menus (and will change the wording less often) it will be
- easier to use for those using Scripts to get their mail
- packets.
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- Receive Your Mail in All Areas
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- Receive your mail in all areas: Looks for *unreceived* mail
- to you in areas you do not have selected. This allows you to
- get all your mail, even when you only wish to follow a few
- message areas. Note that it only finds mail to your real
- name and does not find mail addressed to any handle or alias.
- If you read all your mail at log-on time, it will have been
- marked as received and you won't get it in your QWK packets.
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- Flag Messages as Read
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- Flag messages as read: Will cause messages to you that are
- successfully downloaded to be flagged as having been received.
- This will keep them from showing up as mail to you at log-on
- time.
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- Receive Own Messages
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- Setting the (O)wn messages option to NO will keep you from
- getting messages that you upload to the MKQWK door in your
- QWK packet. Note that this is based on mail uploaded and
- user name. If you enter a message online under an alias
- it will still be included in your packet.
-
- Note that by not basing this on name alone, uploaded QWK
- echomail packets are also not resent to the caller.
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- Reset LastRead Message Pointers
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- Reset LastRead pointers in all selected areas: This option
- will allow you to enter a LastRead message number and will
- set your lastread pointers in all areas that you have
- selected for exporting to that number. This allows you to
- re-receive mail, should you ever want to do that. (Failed
- transfers do NOT update the lastread pointers, so generally
- you will not need to use this option). If the transfer
- protocol incorrectly says the transfer was unsuccessful, you
- will want to use this option to reset your lastread pointers
- to avoid getting the messages again.
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- Maximum Messages Limits
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- Maximum messages per QWK packet: This allows you to limit
- the number of messages you receive in one packet to help
- you avoid the dreaded "not enough time to DL" message.
-
- Maximum messages per message area: This allows you to limit
- the maximum number of messages in a packet that you receive
- from one message area. When used with the maximum msgs per
- packet option, this keeps you from using it all up in one
- message area.
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- Fido style Netmail
-
- MKQwk does support Fido-style Netmail even though
- the QWK readers were not designed to handle it normally.
- The one thing missing from a normal message that is
- required for netmail is the destination address and
- flags.
-
- MKQwk interprets the subject of the message as containing
- a destination address if it starts with an "@" sign. It
- understands both full addresses as well as a variety of
- short-form addresses (where the remaining part of the
- address is based on the main address or AKA for the netmail
- message area. After the address you may optionally
- include the words CRASH IMM and/or DIR. These will give
- the message the attributes of crash, immediate and/or
- direct netmail respectively. Some examples (assuming an
- address of 1:110/290 would be:
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- @151/223 IMM send to 1:151/223 and flag as immediate
- @1:274/40 send to 1:274/40
- @270 CRASH send to 1:110/270 as crash mail
- @.1 send to 1:110/290.1
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- On messages exported from the Bbs, the subject line will
- contain the originating address for netmail areas. This
- was done to allow you to reply without entering an address,
- since it will already be in the subject line.
-
- If you want the subject to look normal on the netmail messages
- you write, you need to use the first message text line as the
- subject and start it with "Subj:". Example:
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- Subj: Qwk message readers
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- For more info on MK software contact
-
- Mark May Mythical Kingdom Tech Bbs
- Mythical Kingdom Software (513) 237-7737 HST/V32
- P.O. Box 24808 FidoNet 1:110/290
- Huber Heights, OH 45424 RIME ->MYTHKING
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