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S/e/m/a/j Communications AutoMsg Page 1 ■════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║ █████▌ █▌█████▌ █▌█████▌ █▌▐█████ ▐█ ▐█ ║ ║ █▌ ▐█ █▌ █▌ ▐█ █▌█▌█▌ ▐█ ▐█ █▌ ▐█ ║ ║ █████▌ █▌ █████▌ █▌ █▌█▌█▌ █▌ ▐█████ ▐█ ▐█ ║ ║ █▌▐█ █▌ ▐█ █▌█▌█▌▐█ ▐█ ▐█ █▌ ▐█ ▐█ ║ ║ █████▌█▌ █████▌█▌ █▌█▌█▌█▌ ▐█████▐█ ▐█████ ║ ╚════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ [ S/e/m/a/j Communications ] * Presents * █▀▀▀▀▀▀█ █▀█ █▀█ █▀▀▀▀▀▀▀█ █▀▀▀▀▀▀█ █▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀█ █▀▀▀▀▀▀█ █▀▀▀▀▀▀█ █ ▄▄▄▄ █▒ █ █▒ █ █▒ █▄▄▄ ▄▄▄█▒ █ ▄▄▄▄ █▒ █ ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ █▒ █ ▄▄▄▄▄█▒ █ ▄▄▄▄▄█▒ █ █▒▒█ █▒ █ █▒ █ █▒ ▒▒█ █▒▒▒▒ █ █▒▒█ █▒ █ █▒█ █▒█ █▒ █ █▒▒▒▒▒▒ █ █▒▒▒▒▒▒ █ ▀▀▀▀ █▒ █ █▒ █ █▒ █ █▒ █ █▒ █ █▒ █ █▒█ █▒█ █▒ █ ▀▀▀▀▀█ █ █▒ ▄▄▄ █ ▄▄▄▄ █▒ █ █▒ █ █▒ █ █▒ █ █▒ █ █▒ █ █▒█ █▒█ █▒ █▄▄▄▄▄ █▒ █ █▒ █ █▒ █ █▒▒█ █▒ █ █▒ █ █▒ █ █▒ █ █▒ █ █▒ █ █▒█ █▒█ █▒ ▒▒▒▒█ █▒ █ █▒ █ █▒ █ █▒ █ █▒ █ ▀▀▀▀ █▒ █ █▒ █ ▀▀▀▀ █▒ █ █▒█ █▒█ █▒ █▀▀▀▀▀ █▒ █ ▀▀▀▀ █▒ █▄█▒ █▄█▒ █▄▄▄▄▄▄█▒ █▄█▒ █▄▄▄▄▄▄█▒ █▄█▒█▄█▒█▄█▒ █▄▄▄▄▄▄█▒ █▄▄▄▄▄▄█▒ ▒▒▒ ▒▒▒ ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ ▒▒▒ ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ ▒▒▒ ▒▒▒ ▒▒▒ ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ ·──── An Automatic Message Generator for RemoteAccess BBS ────· Program Revision 2.10 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ There was a minor bug that we discovered in version 2.00, and due to the confusion caused by one of the beta-testers accidentally releasing v2.01 we have called this release v2.10. The only change to the program is the fix to this bug. Program Revision 2.00 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Too many new features too list here - Check the main docs! They include: * Flashy Windows etc * Support for FrontDoor log format * Control file so easier to use and much, much more! S/e/m/a/j Communications AutoMsg Page 2 STANDARD DISCLAIMER (I'm sure you've seen it before somewhere) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This product is meant for educational purposes only. Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead is purely coincidental. Void where prohibited. Some assembly required. List each check separately by bank number. Batteries not included. Contents may settle during shipment. Use only as directed. No other warranty expressed or implied. Do not use while operating a motor vehicle or heavy equipment. Postage will be paid by addressee. Subject to CAB approval. This is not an offer to sell securities. Apply only to affected area. May be too intense for some viewers. Do not stamp. Use other side for additional listings. For recreational use only. Do not disturb. All models over 18 years of age. If condition persists, consult your physician. No user-serviceable parts inside. Freshest if eaten before date on carton. Subject to change without notice. Times approximate. Simulated picture. No postage necessary if mailed in the United States. Breaking seal constitutes acceptance of agreement. For off-road use only. As seen on TV. One size fits all. Many suitcases look alike. Contains a substaintial amount of non-tobacco ingredients. Colors may, in time, fade. We have sent the forms which seem to be right for you. Slippery when wet. For office use only. Not affiliated with the American Red Cross. Drop in any mailbox. Edited for television. Keep cool; process promptly. Post office will not deliver without postage. List was current at time of printing. Return to sender, no forwarding order on file, unable to forward. Not responsible for direct, indirect, incidental or consequential damages resulting from any defect, error or failure to perform. At participating locations only. Not the Beatles. Penalty for private use. See label for sequence. Substantial penalty for early withdrawal. Do not write below this line. Falling rock. Lost ticket pays maximum rate. Your cancelled check is your receipt. Add toner. Place stamp here. Avoid contact with skin. Sanitized for your protection. Be sure each item is properly endorsed. Sign here without admitting guilt. Slightly higher west of the Mississippi. Employees and their families are not eligible. Beware of owl. Contestants have been briefed on some questions before the show. Limited time offer, call now to insure prompt delivery. You must be present to win. No passes accepted for this engagement. No purchase necessary. Processed at location stamped in code at top of carton. Shading within a garment may occur. Use only in well-ventilated area. Keep away from fire or flame. Replace with same type. Approved for veterans. Booths for two or more. Check here if tax deductible. Some equipment shown is optional. Price does not include taxes. No Canadian coins. Not recommended for children. Prerecorded for this time zone. Reproduction strictly prohibited. No solicitors. No alcohol, dogs, or horses. No anchovies unless otherwise specified. Restaurant package, not for resale. List at least two alternate dates. First pull up, then pull down. Call toll free before digging. Driver does not carry cash. Some of the trademarks mentioned in this product appear for identification purposes only. Record additional transactions on back of previous stub. This supersedes all previous notices. S/e/m/a/j Communications AutoMsg Page 3 CREDITS! ~~~~~~~~ DOCUMENTATION: Stuart Henderson ■ dataMatrix! Design Standard Disclaimer: James found it hanging around somewhere Program Code: (C) S/e/m/a/j Communications, 1990 Design, Realisation: James Berry ■ S/e/m/a/j Communications Support BBS: S/e/m/a/j ■ 0303 862415 ■ 2:254/199 Compiler: TopSpeed C, Jensen & Partners, International RemoteAccess from: Continental Software PKZip (preferred distribution format) from: PKware, Inc Introduction to S/e/m/a/j Communications ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ S/e/m/a/j Communications basically writes really neat little programs generally intended to help sysops out. If you have a great idea for a program then please send a message on to one of the beta testers who will forward it via the SEMAJ.BETA echo to the author. If you are interested in becoming a beta tester, please send James Berry (the author) a netmail message to 2:254/199, or better still, ring up the board and YELL for him. If you are accepted, you must be able to pick up the SEMAJ.BETA echo from any existing beta-test site. Copyright ~~~~~~~~~ Although these programs are distributed freely, it does not mean they are in the public domain. You may use them for a trial period until you have decided whether or not to register them. For details on registration, please see the enclosed SEMAJ.REG file for more information. This program is part of the special discount registration scheme detailed in that file, as are most other S/e/m/a/j Communications products (£20, which is approximately $35, for all current and future £5 registration S/e/m/a/j Communications programs. Even now there are already more than 4 programs at the £5 fee so you can save money already!) Commercial users *must* pay after six days of testing AutoMsg. CONTENTS! ~~~~~~~~~ The distribution archive is in "PKZip" format. It should only be distributed in that format. The files in the archive should be the following, and ONLY the following. If there are any other files added to the archive, you should inform S/e/m/a/j Communications. Adding files to the archive constitutes altering the program. The following list just contains the filenames you should find here. ■──────────────┬───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ AMUTIL.EXE │ The AMUtil program to run after each call. │ │ AUTOMSG.CTL │ The sample control file for AutoMsg. │ │ AUTOMSG.DOC │ The documentation file; You're reading it. │ │ AUTOMSG.EXE │ The main program; This is what you run. │ │ SEMAJ.LST │ Registered user, betasite and support board list │ │ SEMAJ.REG │ Registration form │ │ THANKYOU.AUM │ The sample "Thank-You" file to send to uploaders. │ │ WELCOME.AUM │ The sample "Welcome" file to send to new-users. │ └──────────────┴───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ S/e/m/a/j Communications AutoMsg Page 4 What AutoMsg Does, And Why It Exists ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ AutoMsg does exactly the same as a lot of other utilities - namely, sending a message to your new users and uploaders. However, there are several things that the other utilities don't do. The other utilities are designed to work with a variety of BBS systems - but AutoMsg is the *FIRST* that will run properly with RemoteAccess BBS. Also, the other utilities will force you to use something like "Thanks for uploading the following file (or files)". No longer will you have to have a ridiculously long line, for AutoMsg will let you use "Thanks for uploading the following file" for single file uploads, or "Thanks for uploading the following files" if there is more than one. Neat, huh? You can also be made "Information Messages" telling you what's happened on the system, and you can post messages based on the number of times a user has called your system, and you can post messages to the message base from text files. Neat eh? AutoMsg will first read your RA.LOG file starting from the last date it checked for (note that if you have previously used an old version of AutoMsg, you must delete AUTOMSG.CTL, the file that the date is stored in), and will then send the messages to users. The messages are taken from the files "THANKYOU.AUM" for the uploaders message, and "WELCOME.AUM" for the new users message. Both files should be in plain ASCII, and should contain not much more than about 65 characters per line. You can use the following "keywords" to personalise your messages. %FNAME is replaced with the user's first name, %LNAME is replaced with the user's last name, %FILE is replaced with the list of uploaded files, %S is replaced with a "s" if more than one file is uploaded, or left blank if there is just one file. Naturally, the file-related commands (%FILE and %S) can't be used in the messages to new users. These can be used in any of the messages including the messages posted from text files, so if a text file you post includes "%FNAME" then it will be replaced with the recipient's first name. The .AUM files you supply must start with the subject line as the first line in the file, and the following part of the file is the message text to use. Keywords are accepted in the subject line as well. How do you run AutoMsg? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ By typing in one simple command (or putting it in a batch file) - AUTOMSG. Not too difficult eh? If you want to enable the special messages after certain numbers of calls, you must also run AMUTIL after each call. You can also post text files as messages - same format as AUM files is required. Macros are accepted. To do this, you type AUTOMSG and follow this on the command line by the filename then the user name in "" marks (ie AUTOMSG POST_ME.TXT "Stuart Henderson"). S/e/m/a/j Communications AutoMsg Page 5 An alternative way of listing user names is by using a "response file" - specify @FILENAME.EXT instead of the user name (ie: AUTOMSG POST_ME.TXT @SEC15.LST where "SEC15.LST" is a straight text file containing names of the users, who you want to send text to. If your favourite user utility can create a list of all users with a certain security level, you can send a note to all of them - If you want a utility made to do this, netmail James!). However, you will also need to create AUTOMSG.CFG which will be looked for in the current directory and if it can't be found there, the one pointed to by the SEMAJ environment variable will be checked. LogStyle [Opus/FrontDoor] Selects the style of log file you use. Log RA.LOG This is the file that will be used when the log is read: RA.LOG is the default for this parameter. MsgBase E:\RA\ NOTE THE TRAILING BACKSLASH! This is the path to your RA/QuickBBS-format Message Base. AumDir E:\RA\ NOTE THE TRAILING BACKSLASH! This is the directory where AutoMsg will look for your .AUM files (welcome.aum, etc) Thankyou: Enables THANKYOU messages. Welcome: Enables WELCOME messages. Info: Enables INFO messages. Scan DEFG This tells AutoMsg to scan drives D:, E:, F:, and G: for the InfoMessage free disk space report. Choose which drives you want. SysName Stuart Henderson This is used to define the name used for sending messages. The one above will send all messages from "Stuart Henderson". MsgBoard 200 This is where you say where you want the new messages to go. Message MEMBER! 10 10 100 Message 100CALLS 100 1 64000 This will send a message to all users with a security of between ten and one hundred after their tenth call (MEMBER!.AUM), and another one will be sent to all users after their hundredth call. To enable this, you must also run AMUTIL (don't worry, it's very quick) after each call. S/e/m/a/j Communications AutoMsg Page 7 AutoMsg will create a file, called AUTOMSG.CTL, so it knows where in the log file to start searching from. Delete this file if you want to scan from the start of the log-file. Do NOT delete this file if you don't. Guarantee (you must be joking...) ~~~~~~~~~ If AutoMsg doesn't work, you get to keep all the pieces it ends up in. It may take your message board with it as well - you can keep that too. Neither S/e/m/a/j Communications, nor anyone else even remotely connected with this project, can take any responsibility at all for the actions of the program. The maximum liability is the price S/e/m/a/j Communications received for the registration of the program (if registered). Other Bits ~~~~~~~~~~ The latest version of this, and other S/e/m/a/j Communications Products can be found on the following BBS, amongst others: dataMatrix BBS [14400 HST, v32] +44 392 434477 2:255/13 S/e/m/a/j [v21 v22 v22bis v23] +44 303 862415 2:254/6000 Julliet BBS [9600 HST] +31 3404 50342 2:286/315 Amongst others (some of which are in the betatest group) dataMatrix! and S/e/m/a/j are also RA R.25 Support Group Nodes and may be able to help with RA-related problems. dataMatrix! is also a FastChat Distribution point. S/e/m/a/j and dataMatrix! will have the latest RA for FREQ/Dnld. Other Major S/e/m/a/j Products ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ FSUMM 3.20 - The File Summary Utility: This does basically everything you need to your FILES.BBS files. It makes a list of all the files on the system, lists the most recent files by number of days, the most popular files, makes a statistics listing of how many files you have in each area and so on, creates headers at the top of your FILES.BBS that let your users know about that particular file area (including the number of downloads reported in the filescounters, size of the area, number of files and so on) and much much more. It has support for CD-Rom type devices (it can either ignore all areas on a certain drive or use RA's Path To Files List parameters) and even more. FSM320.ZIP. RA BitLoc 1.02 - This utility will unlock your COM-port if you use a Courier HST, etc, to run your doors. For example, a few doors will not support locked speeds of more than 9600bps (mainly the ones in BASIC) and many will not support 38400bps. However, for a good throughput you really need the COM-port at 38400bps. Before RA BitLoc, you could either chose the doors or the throughput. This utility will unlock the COM-port from whatever speed you like (38400, 19200, whatever) to the connect speed. This is read from DORINFO1.DEF so many systems can use it. All that is used from DORINFO1.DEF is the speed and port, so you can probably make one fairly easily from the files any system that supports doors can create. RAB102.ZIP. RA_Receive - Goes through the message base looking for unreceived messages to anyone with a certain flag set in USERS.BBS in the areas defined by you. It then marks them received. This is a great help if you have sysops calling your board who have loads of echomail to wade through before getting to local messages and so on.