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**** ******* **** ** ** *** ** ** ** * ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** * ** ** ** ** ** ** ** **** ** ****** ** ** ** *** ** * ** ** ** ** ** **** ** * ** ** ** ** ** ** *** ******* **** ** ** *** Version 1.00 - (C) Copyright 1988 by Adam C. Hudson A QuickBBS EchoMail Processor TABLE OF CONTENTS ----------------- Section 1: Introduction Section 2: Configuration File Section 3: Command Line Parameters Section 4: Defining EchoMail Areas Section 1 - QECHO Introduction ------------------------------ QECHO is the heart of EchoMail processing for QuickBBS. It is used to import, export, or forward any EchoMail messages in up to 200 conferences at one time. This manual assumes you have current knowledge on how EchoMail works and it's purpose. This manual also assume you have a current copy of QuickBBS (2.03 or higher) up and running on your system. Section 2: QECHO Configuration File ----------------------------------- QECHO can reside in almost any directory of your drive (or drives), but the configuration file must be located in the current directory you run QECHO from. The configuration file is called QECHO.CTL, it is a text file that can be edited/created by using most any popular editor (even DOS's EDLIN!). Here is a sample configuration file: ; ; QECHO Control file for Adam Hudson (1:104/24.0) ; Node 104/24 Aka 1/114 ArcCommand PKARC /OCT A UnArcCommand PKXARC -R PointNet 2400 ; DupPath C:\BINKLEY\DUPMSGS MailPath C:\BINKLEY\MESSAGES FilesPath C:\BINKLEY\FILES ArchivePath C:\BINKLEY\OUTARC OutboundPath C:\BINKLEY\OUTBOUND QuickBBSPath C:\QUICKBBS Explanations of control file statements are as follows: NODE [Net]/[Node] This statement specifies what your network address is, this is your main network address and NOT your alias addresses. AKA [Net]/[Node] [Net]/[Node] ... This statement specifies all of your additional network addresses, you may specify up to ten alias addresses. ARCCOMMAND [Command Line] This statement defines the DOS command line to archive a file. This is used when you specify the -A command line switch (explained later). To use the popular PKARC utility you would enter: PKARC /OCT A UNARCCOMMAND [Command Line] This statement defines the DOS command line to extract an archive. This is used when you specify the -U command line switch (explained later). To use the popular PKXARC utility, you would enter: PKXARC -R POINTNET [Net Number] This control file line defines your private point network number. If you do not send to point systems then please omit this line. DUPPATH [d:][path][\] This line specifies the DOS path where duplicate messages will be placed. If this statement is omitted, then duplicate messages will NOT be saved. MAILPATH [d:][path][\] This line specifies the DOS path where your network mail is stored in the .MSG file form. This is required! FILESPATH [d:][path][\] This line specifies the DOS path where your mailer places inbound files. This is required! ARCHIVEPATH [d:][path][\] This statement specifies the DOS path where QECHO will place outbound archive files. This should never be the same as the FILESPATH! This is required if using the -A command line switch (explained later). OUTBOUNDPATH [d:][path][\] This statement specifies the DOS path where your oMMM outbound bundle area is. This statement is only used if your system runs oMMM to archive mail (ie. BinkleyTerm). This is required if using the -Z command line switch (explained later). QUICKBBSPATH [d:][path][\] This statement specifies the DOS path where your QuickBBS system files are stored (message base files, configuration file, etc.). This is required if using the -T command line switch (explained later). Section 3: QECHO Command Line Parameters ---------------------------------------- QECHO has many command line parameters, they are as follows: -A Archive all mail generated, this is the ARCmail style of packaging mail. This was originally introduced by SEA's ARCMAIL utility. -C Mark all mail generated (or ARCmail) as (CRASH) priority. -E Export QuickBBS outbound EchoMail messages, this is only to be used to export messages. This option disables QECHO from processing inbound mail. -F[name] Use alternate areas file, QECHO defaults to using a areas file called AREAS.BBS. -G This tells QECHO to process only inbound messages from a node listed for the specific conference in the areas file. -H This tells QECHO to hide SEEN-BY lines by placing a control-a character before the SEEN-BY string. -K This disables QECHO from checking for duplicate EchoMail messages. -L[name] This tells QECHO to generate the text file [name] with a list of area names which QECHO tossed into. This option is used in conjunction with the -T option. -N This disables QECHO from processing any stray EchoMail located in the network mail directory. -P This tells QECHO to process and parse ^aPATH: statements in EchoMail messages. -R This tells QECHO to strip SEEN-BY: lines down to your own network and any addresses in which you forward to. -S[x] This tells QECHO to check free drive space before processing mail. [x] specifies the minimum number of kilobytes required to process. -T This tells QECHO to import all EchoMail processed into the QuickBBS message base. -U This tells QECHO to process any mail archives or stray packets. -V This disables QECHO from forwarding any EchoMail to new nodes. -X Mark all mail generated (or ARCmail) as (HOLD FOR PICKUP). -Z This tells QECHO that you are running in an oMMM environment (ie. BinkleyTerm). Section 4: Defining EchoMail Areas ---------------------------------- QECHO needs to be able to know what EchoMail areas you are carrying and who to forward to. To tell QECHO this information you create a file called AREAS.BBS (see also -F command line parameter). QECHO parses the areas file line by line. All text to the right of a semi-colon is considered to be a comment and is ignored. Here is a sample AREAS.BBS file: ; ; Sample AREAS.BBS file for 1:104/24.0 ; ; ; Public Areas: ; 4 FORSALE 104/20 5 COMM 104/20 6 TELIX 104/20 7 TECH 104/20 8 ECPROG 104/20 9 C_ECHO 104/20 10 PASCAL 104/20 11 TRADE_WARS 104/20 ; ; Sysop Areas: ; 13 FIDOSYSP 104/20 14 SYSOP 104/20 15 SEADOG 104/20 16 NET_DEV 104/20 17 SIRIUS 104/20 19 QUICKBETA 104/610 46 54 51 63 105/55 114/25 132/114 25 DOGGIES 104/20 30 QUICKBBS 104/20 610 105/55 70/0 31 BINKLEY 104/20 32 HST 104/20 33 MTASK 104/20 34 DPCBW 104/20 35 DESQVIEW 104/20 36 CONFMAIL 104/20 P PLEASE 104/51 381/1 The first argument on each line is the QuickBBS board number defined in QCONFIG. This argument is used by the -T toss command line option. If the letter P is specified then the area is considered a pass-thru area, all messages in such an area just get forwarded and killed. The second argument is the EchoMail area name. Area names can be up to 20 characters long. All other arguments are considered network mail addresses in which you forward that specific conference to. Up to 50 network addresses may be specified. QECHO can handle up to 200 EchoMail areas at a time, if you wish to use more than this you must use the -F command line parameter to manipulate multiple areas files.