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- AUTOmail, Version 1.0, by Shawn Stoddard, FIDOnet 1:362/101.0
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- Automatic Mail Hold/Release Mailer Utility for Opus/BinkleyTERM/Maximus
-
- Remember the days when it was pure luck when ECHOmail messages were
- lucky to get from one side of town to the other side in under twelve
- hours? Those were the days.... With the advent of mailer-software
- like OPUS v1.0+, BinkleyTERM, and other mailers the phrase
- "continious mail" became common place. The problem was that with mail
- being packed right after entry a system with any traffic would be
- calling out dropping off little 300 byte ARCmail files often. There
- was a way to restrict calling by time, but not by size. With that
- idea at heart AUTOmail was born.
-
- As a HUB here in NET362 I deal with lots of mail. I was forever
- calling out madly trying to drop off very small amounts of mail. I
- never had time for my users. AUTOmail changes the scheduling problem
- from time to size. Instead of calling out on a fixed schedule, we'll
- drop off who has more mail waiting to be shipped than we like. It's
- real simple.
-
- oMMM, QMAIL, or any mail processer that supports an Opus-compatible
- outbound holding area is run like normal, but instead of packing with
- CRASH status you pack with HOLD status. Next you run AUTOmail. It
- will examine your HOLD area and if the selected node(s) have ARCmail
- or other files with sizes totalling more than the set limit the
- files is marked for CRASH shipment.
-
- The location of the HOLD area is definable, but defaults to OUTBOUND
- relative to your current directory.
-
- AUTOmail net/node -Hhold_path
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- net/node ........ YOUR address on FIDOnet
- hold_path ....... Holding area Path (NO backslash needed) (optional)
-
- The control file is ALWAYS called AUTOmail.Ctl and should be located
- in the current directory. It's format is simple net/node max_size.
-
- 362/106 20400
- 362/130 4096
- 362/302 70000
-
- Give it a whirl and let me know if you have problems, bugs, or see any
- needed additions or extras. I'm always glad to consider new ideas and
- continue to add new features to any of my utilitys. Simply
- put.....Enjoy!
-
- Shawn Stoddard
- STARFIRE COMMAND
- FIDOnet 1:362/101.0
- 5475 Hixson Pike, Suite I-201
- Hixson, TN 37343
- USA
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-
- History:
-
- Version 0.0:
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- Out forever and still going strong. Needed some touch-ups though on
- exactly what it did.
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- Version 1.0:
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- Better at what it does.
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