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- PCBoard 14.5 Net Scan Conference Mail Waiting Flags Program
-
- Description: This program will update Mail Waiting flags for specific
- users who have mail waiting in any conference. This program
- should be used for EchoMail type conferences (Although you
- can use it whenever you want).
-
- WHY Use It: If you are like me and carry Echo Mail Conferences (ILink,
- MetroLink, PCRelay, FidoNet, etc.) most of the software
- out there will not update the Mail Waiting Flags for your
- Users when they have mail. This program *WILL* do it and
- it is VERY FAST.
-
- WHAT Happens: After you run PCBNet, and it finds a user in your NDX files,
- it will update the Mail Waiting Flags both in the USERS and
- USERS.INF file for each specific conference.
-
- When the user logs onto your BBS they will be notified that
- they have MAIL WAITING in that specific conference. Is nice
- to know if you finally got that message to a reply.
-
- VERY IMPORTANT: Please Read
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------
- When you have been using PCBNet for a while and you ADD or DELETE
- conferences, you will need to DELETE your PCBNET.NET file and recreate it
- using the /H option BEFORE running your EVENT for Echo Mail. The
- PCBNET.NET file is created in your directory where you run PCBNET.EXE.
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- In order to properly use this program you *MUST* pass one or two or three
- command line switches to it:
-
- The first one is the Conference numbers (Low and High Range)
- that you want your users to have their Mail Waiting Flags updated.
-
- The second one is for FIRST TIME Installation:
-
- The third one is the Path/Name of the PCBNET.NET file. This file holds
- the Last Updated Message [LUM] pointers. If you don't use this switch
- the default is the current DIR with the file Name as PCBNET.NET.
-
- The command line switches look like this:
-
- 1st: /C:l-h l means LOW conference number, h means HIGH conference
- number.
-
- The 2nd command line switch should only be used when first using this program
- on a conference. If your PCBNET.NET already exists and you use one of the
- switches below, your PCBNET.NET file will be affect.
-
- * 2nd: /H Set Your PCBNET.NET file to the HIGH message number in
- each conference.
- or
-
- * 2nd: /L Set Your PCBNET.NET file to the LOW message number in
- each conference.
-
- The 3rd command line switch looks like this:
-
- /NET:path/name example would be: /NET:C:\UTILS\PCBNET\PCBNET.NET
-
- * Note: If you do not use one of these switches, the default is the LOW
- command line switch if I can't find your PCBNET.NET file.
-
- Note2: The PCBNET.NET file is 4 byte times the number of conferences
- (Including the main board) in file length. If you wish to start
- over, delete this file and use the appropriate switch.
-
-
- Valid Examples:
-
- PCBNet /C:1-2000 - Would Scan Conferences 1 - 2000 Updating Mail Flags
- PCBNet /C:1-1 /L - Would Initialize Low Number *IF* PCBNET.NET does NOT
- exist. Will Also Scan Conference 1.
- PCBNet /C:15-39 /H - Would Initialize High Number *IF* PCBNET.NET does not
- OR exists. Will Also Scan Conferences 15 - 39
-
- INVALID EXAMPLES:
-
- PCBNet /C:1 (Needs a High Number Also)
- PCBNet /C:50-4 (Must start with Low and then High Numbers)
- PCBNet /C:1-20;50-100 (You can only pass ONE Low and ONE High Number)
-
-
- What directory do you run it from?
-
- PCBNet *MUST* be run from a directory that contains your PCBOARD.DAT file
- and in most cases, you use this program in an EVENT (Except for first time
- inialization).
-
- First Time Initialization:
-
- For first time initialization, you should be running it from the DOS Prompt
- (In other words, you should monitor it). You have two options at the DOS
- Prompt:
-
- 1) PCBNet /c:l-h /L (l & h specify the conferences to use on, while /L
- means to start with the Low Conference MESSAGE
- Number). When using the /L switch, it is possible
- that your users mail waiting flags will be updated
- *IF* a message is addressed to them. I suggest you
- use the /H switch upon initialization.
-
- 2) PCBNet /c:l-h /H (l & h specify the conferences to use on, while /H
- means to start with the High Conference MESSAGE
- NUMBER). When using the /H switch, none of your users
- will be flag for mail upon initialization.
-
- Event Running:
-
- Once you have used the first time initialization, you should append this
- example to your EVENT.SYS file:
-
- C:
- CD \PCB
- PCBNet /c:l-h
- rem note l-h are the conferences you want to check for mail for your users.
-
- Hopefully these documents are a little better. If you are having problems,
- please leave a comment on Salt Air to Cam DeBuck (Salt Air Support Staff).
-
- p.s. If you would like to enhance the documentation for further explaining,
- please do so and upload the new one to me for posting <grin>.