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- MSGOUT
-
- MSGOUT is the reverse of the MSGADD utility -- it will extract
- messages from a Citadel installation and write them to a file in
- C86Net format, for later processing by a gateway program for insertion
- into a foreign network. The 'typical' system operator will have little
- to no use for this utility.
-
- Command line format for MSGOUT is
-
- C>MSGOUT <node name> <filename>
-
- 'node name' is the name of a node on your nodelist for which you
- wish to extract messages, while 'filename' is the file to place all
- such messages in, no matter what room they came from.
-
- So, the question becomes, "What messages are extracted?" The answer
- is conceptually simple: Think of 'node name', despite being a designation
- of a foreign (OtherNet) network, as just another C86Net system. MSGOUT
- is then just like a normal network session. All messages which would
- have been sent to this system during a normal network session, both
- shared rooms and netMail, will be written to 'filename' in C86Net format.
-
- The gateway program is then expected to digest 'filename' and pass
- on those messages to the foreign network in the appropriate format.
-
- MSGOUT will handle virtual rooms, but always make sure MSGOUT is
- run before MSGADD; otherwise, MSGOUT will not find and place in the
- file all outgoing messages meant for the foreign network.
-
- OtherNet systems are those you designate in the Sysop/Net Menu
- when you add them or later when you edit them. An OtherNet system is
- one that will not directly network with C86Net systems and must have
- the messages processed by a gateway program.
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