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- MAILRUN -- v1.1
- Time and Date Stamping Utility
- Copyright (c) 1991-1992 by Brian Showalter
- All Rights Reserved
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-
- MAILRUN is a time and date stamping utility that provides BBS sysops with a
- quick and easy way to notify their users when the last mail run was made.
-
- MAILRUN can be used to update any text file that is less than 32,767 bytes in
- size. This limitation exists because MAILRUN reads the entire text file into
- memory to gain more speed in operation.
-
- MAILRUN can be used to update any number of text files. First the system time
- and date are retrieved and the update message is composed, and then the
- message is inserted into each of the specified text files. If a prior update
- message exists in a text file, it is replaced with the new message.
-
- Why MAILRUN? I've looked at several similar programs, and none of them had
- the one thing I was looking for - the ability to update multiple text files. I
- place the "last mail run" message in several text files which are named
- according to PCBoard's security levels as follows:
-
- Level 20 = D:\PCB\GEN\20.
- Level 30 = D:\PCB\GEN\30.
- Level 40 = D:\PCB\GEN\40.
- etc.
-
- Doing this lets me restrict the "last mail run" message to only those users
- which have access to the echoed conferences. The programs I looked at had to
- be run once for each file, which took a bit longer and made the BBS event
- batch file larger. So, I decided to "roll my own" and the result is MAILRUN.
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- OPERATING MAILRUN
-
- The first thing you need to do before running MAILRUN for the first time is
- create a .RUN file, which tells MAILRUN what message is to be created or
- updated, and which text files are to contain that message. The .RUN file
- should usually have the same name as the network for which mail runs are made
- (e.g. INTELEC.RUN = Intelec network, ILINK.RUN = ILink network, etc.) For
- more details on what goes into the .RUN file, refer to the sample INTELEC.RUN
- file included in this package.
-
- MAILRUN.EXE can be placed into the same subdirectory as your event batch
- file, or it can be placed in any subdirectory. The only stipulation is that
- the .RUN files MUST be in the same subdirectory as MAILRUN.EXE. To add
- MAILRUN to your event, insert the following line:
-
- MAILRUN <filename>
-
- where <filename> contains the name of the .RUN file. Do NOT include the
- ".RUN" extension in this name. MAILRUN will append this extension
- automatically. The above line should be inserted in your event batch file at
- exactly the point where you want the date and time to be recorded. I normally
- place it right after the command which inserts echoed messages into the BBS.
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- MAILRUN is copyrighted by Brian Showalter. You may use it as much as you want
- and the author does not expect any compensation for its use. If you feel that
- you absolutely, positively have to compensate me, you can call my BBS at (703)
- 433-6903 and upload some good files. You may also copy MAILRUN and give it to
- your friends, and you may upload it to any bulletin board system, as long as
- no modifications have been made to the original files.
-
- If you find any nasty bugs in MAILRUN or wish to suggest enhancements, you can
- leave me a message on my BBS, or you can send a message to me in the Sysops
- conference on the Intelec or ILink echo networks.
-