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- FIX_MESS.EXE
- Version 1.0
- The Easy Way to Modify Message Area Settings
- for REMOTE ACCESS v2.0
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- Mark L. Sarnov for Fozzy INC.
- June 1993
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- INTRODUCTION:
-
- As a Remote Access Sysop, I found RACONFIG cumbersome to change such
- settings as group numbers, ages, etc, for a large number of messages
- areas. Having to repeatedly enter the area, move the cursor down to the
- field, hit <RETURN>, enter the new setting, hit <RETURN>, hit <ESC>,
- hit Y to save, and then do the same for the next area became maddening!
- I decided there must be a better way.. Well I couldn't find one,
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- SO i created one!
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- What this program does:
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- This program allows you to modify a bunch of settings in MESSAGES.RA
- from the DOS Prompt for a sequence of message areas. Say for example you
- would like all your ADULT message areas to have their group field set to
- 3. If those areas were listed in RACONFIG as Message Areas 30 through 52
- you can now enter the following command to execute the changes in one shot!
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- (This assumes your MESSAGES.RA is in the 'C:\RA' directory)
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- FIX_MESS GROUP c:\ra 30 52 3
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- And VOILA! Message areas 30 through 52 are now set to group number 3!
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- NOTE!! The old MESSAGES.RA file is renamed to MESSAGES.OLD just in case you
- want to recover the old setup!
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- This program can modify the following fields!
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- The following is displayed by typing : FIX_MESS ?
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- FIX_MESS -OPTION- <path to MESSAGES.RA> [Parameter1] [Parameter2] etc');
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- Available -OPTION-s
- GROUP <path> [First Area] [Last Area] [Group Number]
- AGE <path> [First Area] [Last Area] [What Age]
- READSEC <path> [First Area] [Last Area] [Read Security]
- WRITESEC <path> [First Area] [Last Area] [Write Security]
- SYSOPSEC <path> [First Area] [Last Area] [Sysop Security]
- DAYSKILL <path> [First Area] [Last Area] [# Days to Kill Msgs]
- RECVKILL <path> [First Area] [Last Area] [# Days to Kill Rcvd Msgs]
- COUNTKILL <path> [First Area] [Last Area] [# Message Limit per base]
- READFLAGS <path> [First Area] [Last Area] [Which Flag] [ON/OFF/NULL]
- WRITEFLAGS <path> [First Area] [Last Area] [Which Flag] [ON/OFF/NULL]
- SYSOPFLAGS <path> [First Area] [Last Area] [Which Flag] [ON/OFF/NULL]
- ALLFLAGS <path> [First Area] [Last Area] [Which Flag] [ON/OFF/NULL]
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- <>,[] must be separated by a space!
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- you will be prompted for each field if absent on the command line!
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- Detailed Explanation of each command:
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- GROUP <path> [First Area] [Last Area] [Group Number]
- -- This option will change the message areas bound by First Area and Last
- area to the specified Group number.. The example for this command is listed
- above!
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- AGE <path> [First Area] [Last Area] [What Age]
- -- This option will change the message areas bound by First Area and Last
- area to the utilize the specified AGE.
-
- Example : FIX_MESS AGE c:\ra 20 80 16
-
- - will change the age settings in messages areas 20 through 80 to 16!
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- READSEC <path> [First Area] [Last Area] [Read Security]
- -- This option will change the Read Securites for Message Areas bound by
- First Area and Last area to the specified level.
-
- Example : FIX_MESS READSEC c:\ra 20 80 16
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- - will change the age settings in messages areas 20 through 80 to 16!
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- WRITESEC <path> [First Area] [Last Area] [Write Security]
- -- This option will change the Write Securites for Message Areas bound by
- First Area and Last area to the specified level.
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- Example : FIX_MESS WRITESEC c:\ra 20 80 16
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- - will change the age settings in messages areas 20 through 80 to 16!
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- SYSOPSEC <path> [First Area] [Last Area] [Sysop Security]
- -- This option will change the Sysop Securites for Message Areas bound by
- First Area and Last area to the specified level.
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- Example : FIX_MESS SYSOPSEC c:\ra 20 80 16
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- - will change the age settings in messages areas 20 through 80 to 16!
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- DAYSKILL <path> [First Area] [Last Area] [# Days to Kill Msgs]
- -- This option will set the maximum number of days a message can remain
- in the message area before being eliminated by RAMSG for Message Areas
- bound by First Area and Last Area.
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- Example : FIX_MESS DAYSKILL c:\ra 20 50 60
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- - will set # days to kill messages in areas 20 through 50 to 60 days
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- RECVKILL <path> [First Area] [Last Area] [# Days to Kill Rcvd Msgs]
- -- This option will set the maximum number of days a received message can
- remain in the message area before being eliminated by RAMSG for
- Message Areas bound by First Area and Last Area.
-
- Example : FIX_MESS RECVKILL c:\ra 20 50 60
-
- - will set # days to kill received messsages in areas 20 through 50
- to 60 days.
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- COUNTKILL <path> [First Area] [Last Area] [# Message Limit per base]
- -- This option will set the maximum number of messages that can
- remain in the message area for Message Areas bound by First Area and
- Last Area.
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- Example : FIX_MESS COUNTKILL c:\ra 20 50 60
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- - will set the maximum number of messages in areas 20 through 50.
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- READFLAGS <path> [First Area] [Last Area] [Which Flag] [ON/OFF/NULL]
- -- This option will set the Read Flag specified ON or OFF for the Message
- areas bound by First Area and Last Area.
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- Example : FIX_MESS READFLAGS c:\ra 20 50 C2 ON
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- - will set Read Flag C2 for areas 20 through 50 on ON ("X").
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- WRITEFLAGS <path> [First Area] [Last Area] [Which Flag] [ON/OFF/NULL]
- -- This option will set the Write Flag specified ON or OFF for the Message
- areas bound by First Area and Last Area.
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- Example : FIX_MESS WRITEFLAGS c:\ra 20 50 A5 OFF
-
- - will set Write Flag A5 for areas 20 through 50 to OFF ("-").
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- SYSOPFLAGS <path> [First Area] [Last Area] [Which Flag] [ON/OFF/NULL]
- -- This option will set the Sysop Flag specified ON or OFF for the Message
- areas bound by First Area and Last Area.
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- Example : FIX_MESS SYSOPFLAGS c:\ra 20 50 D3 Null
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- - will set Sysop Flag D3 for areas 20 through 50 to NULL ("O").
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- ALLFLAGS <path> [First Area] [Last Area] [Which Flag] [ON/OFF/NULL]
- -- This option will set the Read, Write, and Sysop Flags specified ON or
- OFF for the Message areas bound by First Area and Last Area.
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- Example : FIX_MESS ALLFLAGS c:\ra 10 30 B3 ON
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- - will set the Read Flag D3, the Write Flag D3, and the Sysop
- Flag D3 for areas 20 through 50 to ON ("X").
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- NOTE 2!! If you want to abort the program when entering fields via the
- internal prompts, hit CTRL-BREAK and ENTER to exit out of the program
- and avoid changing MESSAGES.RA.
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- That's about it! I hope this program saves you many hours of changing
- fields in your Message Base, just after you think you have everything
- set up PERFECTLY!! :)
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- DISCLAIMER!!
- This program is not guaranteed to do anything but take up space on your
- hard drive. Do not try to "crack" this program, it presently does all
- it is going to do in it's original form!
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- If you find this program useful and would like to see improvements
- future versions, please register!
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- Send $10.00 to : Mark L. Sarnov
- P.O. Box 277
- Avon, CT 06001
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- and call.. Fozzy's Place
- (203) 678-0751
- Fido 1:142/751
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- Enjoy the program!!
- Mark L. Sarnov
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