TAG Utilities

Third-party utilities, doors, mail tools and sysop guides written for the TAG bulletin board system: TagMail add-ons, callback verifiers, file-area and message-base managers, log analysers, menu editors, offline mail doors, DESQview and modem configuration notes. The official TAG Team releases (TAGS/TAGM/TAGD/TAGR/TAGC/TAGU packages) are in the parent TAG category.

81 archives

Title Year Files Size Tags
Message Base Reward v1.0 (MBREWARD) 1992 2 11.2 KB TAG
MBReward version 1.0, August 1992: rewards TAG users with upload credit for each message they post.
MSGFIND v2.01 Beta Message Wait Utility (MSGFD21B) 1992 9 74.3 KB message bases Rick Cooper TAG
MSGFIND beta 2.01 by Rick Cooper of SiMpLe MiNdS SoFtWaRe, February 1992: tells TAG callers at logon which Fido-style or Hudson message areas hold mail for them.
NAMESFIX v1.0 Names List Rebuilder (NAMESFIX) 1992 2 7.2 KB TAG users
NAMESFIX version 1.0, June 1992: rebuilds the NAMES.LST user index of a TAG 2.6 or later board when it becomes corrupt.
NAMESFIX v2.0 Names List Rebuilder (NAMEFIX2) 1992 2 7.5 KB TAG users
NAMESFIX version 2.0, October 1992: rebuilds the NAMES.LST user index of a TAG 2.6 or later board when it becomes corrupt, now SHARE-aware with backups.
NEWMSG v1.01 Hudson New Message Scanner (NEWMSGC) 1992 7 44.1 KB Mark McKay message bases TAG
NEWMSG version 1.01 by Mark McKay, June 1992: a Fido and Hudson new-message scanner for TAG 2.6c1 that tells callers which areas hold unread mail.
NLISTX Names List Utilities for TAG 2.6 (NLISTX26) 1992 4 14.5 KB TAG users
NLISTX by Pumpkinsoft, May 1992: freeware utilities that rebuild a sorted NAMES.LST and a text name index from a TAG 2.6 user list, with no practical user-count limit.
Protocol Transfer v1.1 (PT11) 1992 2 14.4 KB Peter Yao protocols TAG
Protocol Transfer 1.1 by Peter Yao, May 1992: appends protocol definitions from another sysop's TAG 2.6c protocol files to your own, or extracts part of them.
PYHSL v1.0 HS/Link Protocol Interface (PYHSL10) 1992 9 37.8 KB HS/Link Peter Yao protocols TAG
PYHSL version 1.0 by Peter Yao, April 1992: interface between TAG and the HS/Link bidirectional protocol, handling upload credits, descriptions and incomplete transfers.
QWacK v0.96 Beta QWK Interface for Blue Wave (QWACK096) 1992 4 37.9 KB Blue Wave offline mail QWK TAG
QWacK beta 0.96 by Cutting Edge Computing, April 1992: lets The Blue Wave Offline Mail Reader open standard QWK mail packets. Free for non-commercial use.
RA2TAG Update RemoteAccess to TAG Converter (RA2TAGU) 1992 8 24.3 KB conversion Mark McKay RemoteAccess TAG
RA2TAG update by Mark McKay, May 1992: converts a RemoteAccess 1.11 user file, message areas and file areas to TAG 2.6 format.
STATS System Statistics Bulletin (STATS) 1992 5 11.5 KB TAG
STATS, July 1992 by Mike Normand: writes a bulletin of a TAG board's best days, average day and running totals from its usage log, with no configuration file.
TAG Menu Copy v1.1 (MC11A) 1992 3 6.2 KB TAG
Tag Menu Copy 1.1 from Starbase 30-A BBS, March 1992: duplicates an existing TAG menu so it can be edited into a new one.
TAG Shuttle v3.2 Shuttle Logon Door (TAG_SH32) 1992 8 69.7 KB doors logon security TAG
TAG Shuttle version 3.2, April 1992: a shuttle logon door that screens callers before they get an account on a TAG board, cutting one-time callers and hack attempts. Shareware.
User Recounter for TAG 2.6 (RECOUNT3) 1992 2 12.7 KB Jeff Dafoe TAG users
RECOUNT by Jeff Dafoe of The GraySoft Development Group, August 1992: recounts the users on a TAG 2.6 through 2.6c1 system and corrects the stored total.
Victor Capton's TAG System Setup Files (N120120) 1992 21 23.7 KB BinkleyTerm FidoNet sysop tips TAG Victor Capton
The complete configuration files from TAG co-author Victor Capton's own A*R*T*H*U*R BBS, February 1992, offered as a worked example of a TAG installation with BinkleyTerm and FidoNet mail.
DCQwk/TAG v1.5b QWK Offline Mail Door (DCQWK15B) 1993 12 134.8 KB Daniel Corbeau doors offline mail QWK TAG
DCQwk/TAG version 1.5b by Daniel Corbeau, January 1993, updated for TAG 2.6d: a QWK offline mail door that reads the TAG system files directly, so all message areas can be packed and tossed with normal security in force. Shareware.
FIXFILES for TAG 2.6d (FIXFILE1) 1993 2 9.3 KB Mark McKay TAG
FIXFILES by Mark McKay, March 1993: imports FILES.BBS entries into the matching TAG 2.6d file areas after a TICK run.
NewLog v2.6 Alternate Callers Log (NLOG26) 1993 6 35.5 KB last callers TAG TNT Software
NewLog version 2.6 by TNT Software, January 1993: an alternate last-callers log for TAG 2.6d with a configurable, coloured display.
NewLog v2.7 Alternate Callers Log (NLOG27) 1993 8 45.4 KB Joe McElmeel last callers TAG TNT Software
NewLog version 2.7 by Joe McElmeel of TNT Software, March 1993: an alternate last-callers log for TAG 2.6d with a configurable, coloured display.
System Usage Graph v1.3 (SYSUSG13) 1993 3 32.9 KB Alex McNeilly bulletins statistics TAG
SYSUSAGE version 1.3 by Alex McNeilly, January 1993: graphs a TAG board's usage over the past 60 days in TAG colours for display as a bulletin.
TAG Shuttle v4.1 Shuttle Logon Door (TAG_SH41) 1993 7 95.2 KB desqview doors logon security TAG
TAG Shuttle version 4.1, April 1993: a shuttle logon door that screens callers before they get an account on a TAG board, now with DESQview support. Shareware.
TAG2FD v1.0 (10TAG2FD) 1993 2 11.9 KB FidoNet frontdoor TAG
TAG2FD version 1.0 by C.W. Morrison, April 1993: adds TAG user logons and session times to FrontDoor 2.02's inbound history so the mailer screens show BBS callers too.
A La Carte v2.1 Menu Editor for TAG 2.7 (MCMENU21) 1994 5 45 KB Mark McKay menu editor TAG
A La Carte version 2.1 by Mark McKay, May 1994: a stand-alone full-screen menu editor for TAG 2.7, friendlier than the built-in one.
ADDNET v2.02 Beta for TAG (ADDNET20) 1994 4 7.7 KB FidoNet frontdoor Keith Geffert TAG
ADDNET version 2.02 beta by Keith Geffert of Satan's Den BBS (Maryland), January 1994: adds incoming FrontDoor netmail calls to the last-callers list of a TAG 2.6 or later board.
ADDnet v3.1 Standard for TAG (ADNET31R) 1994 4 21.6 KB FidoNet last callers TAG
ADDnet version 3.1, September 1994: adds inbound mailer calls to TAG's last-callers display and to a NewLog callers log, so FidoNet sessions show up alongside human callers.