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- MailRun
-
- v2.23beta
-
- Copyright (c) 1993, 1994 Mark Lewis
-
-
- Introduction:
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- MailRun was developed because I wanted (needed) a way to show my users
- exactly how much was being spent on bringing in Echomail. Since *ALL* calls
- I make are long distance, I also wanted to show them where I was having to
- call along with other pertinent data. Thus MailRun was born.
-
- MailRun only works with the FrontDoor and InterMail FTN Mailers. It relies on
- the binary data files INBOUND.HIS and OUTBOUND.HIS and expects to find these
- files in the directory pointed to via the FD environment variable.
-
-
- Files:
- ~~~~~~
-
- (Included)
-
- MAILRUN.EXE The main program
- MAILRUN.DOC You are reading it
-
-
- Installation:
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- Installation is =EXTREMELY= simple. Just place the MailRun command in your
- mail processing section of your .BAT file. The command line is as simple as
- the installation.
-
- MAILRUN [drive:\path\]<filename> [I] MAILRUN G:\RA\TXT\ONCEONLY
-
- MailRun only has two commandline parameters. They are the complete name of
- the text file you want it to create and the optional 'I' to designate that
- MailRun is to operate in InterMail mode.
-
- * NOTE that there is =no= extension used on the filename! *
-
- With the above commandline, MailRun will create the files ONCEONLY.ASC,
- ONCEONLY.ANS, and ONCEONLY.AVT in the G:\RA\TXT directory.
-
- The Future:
- ~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- I plan to add a configuration file to MailRun so that you can specify the
- colors to be used and the lines to be displayed. Not all systems may want
- where they call or how much the mailer records it as costing to be posted.
- Other than this, I'll gladly consider your suggestions.
-
- Disclaimer:
- ~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- (Yeah, yeah. I know.... that's why i saved it for last....)
-
- This utility does not use any special routines for accessing any files.
- It does no "fancy footwork" to create, read, or write to it's data file
- and/or the control file(s) affiliated with it. It will not and cannot
- delete any file on your system (because it has NO code in it that can
- delete files).
-
- By using this utility, you agree that you will not hold me responsible for
- any damage to your system. Damage includes but is not limited to, monies
- lost due to downtime, hardware failure, and system incompatibilities.
-
- This utility is only guarranteed to take up space. There is no other
- guarantee, warranty, or agreement associated with it. If MailRun breaks on
- your system, you own both halves.
-
-
- Contacts:
- ~~~~~~~~~
-
- I can be contacted about this utility through the FIDONet FDECHO,
- RA_SUPPORT and RA_UTILS echos.
-
- I would appreciate hearing any ideas, problems, and suggestions that you
- may have concerning MailRun's installation and operation.
-
- I can also be contacted via private message through one of the following
- routes...
-
- FIDO : Routed netmail to 1:3634/12
- UUCP : mlewis@wplace.cssnet.sanford.nc.us
-
- SnailMail :
- MailRun
- C/O Mark Lewis
- Rt. 1 Box 133
- Goldston, N.C. 27252
-
-
- Revision History:
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- v1.00 Initial release.
- v1.01 Added AVATAR color codes and file creation.
- v2.00 Added recognition of the TASK environment variable.
- Added recognition of *.HIS files named with TASK variable.
- Added use of the ANSI cursor positioning codes.
- Added use of the AVATAR cursor positioning codes.
- v2.01 Fixed use of TASK variable when running FD 2.02.
- Fixed None Recorded! not showing up when only dummy record
- was in the history files. (ie: after they were packed)
- v2.20 Added direct support for InterMail via the 'I' commandline
- parameter. MailRun defaults to FD mode.
- v2.21 Fixed a bug in the directory routine for locating the *.HIS
- files with InterMail
- v2.22 Fixed a bug in the output file lines routines.
- v2.23 killed another bugglet in the output lines routines.
-