- Program Information.
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│ Program : Sys-Rec
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│ Version : 1.10
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│ Revision : 0
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│ Release Date : 1990 - 12 - 26.
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│ Copyright : 1990 Patrik Sjöberg and ShadowPlay Software
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│ OS : PC- / MS- DOS 3.0 -
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│ Hardware : IBM PC,XT,AT,PS/2 Compatible
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│ Software : A Remote Access Bulletin Board System
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│ Compiler : Borland Turbo Pascal 5.5
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│ Description : Keeps visiting SysOps from getting Echo-Mail<Tm>
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- Welocome to Sys-Rec
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What is Sys-Rec ?
Sys-Rec is a little program that Sets the recieved flag on all
Echo-Mail for a user in your Remote Access Users.Bbs that has a certain
flag set.
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- Reason ?
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As a Remote Access sysop i got fed up watching my fellow SysOps
having to go through tons of Echo Mail that they already replied
to on their own systems just to get to the Local mail on my BBS.
So i thought why not correct this "Bug" in Remote Access that
doesn't let you read messages an area at a time instead of having
to read them the way they are numbered.
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- Solution !
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The solution is simple. Just execute Sys-Rec with apropite
parameters everytime you import mail ( or once every night ) and
you will be able to let your SysOp friends just read their Local
mail.
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- Legal stuff and disclaimer
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First let me point out these few points that i've got to say ...
* This package is FreeWare. This means, this software is user
supported but is free of any charge, there is a requirement
to register the package by sending me a letter or a postcard
or when you use the package;
* The Sys-Rec package, all programs, the documentation and
support files are copyrighted 1990 by Patrik Sjöberg.
All rights are reserved. You may copy this package for backup
purposes. Also you may copy and share unmodified copies of
the whole package, providing that the copyright notice is
reproduced and included on all copies;
* You may not sell the product for a fee and/or distribute the
product along with other products without express written
permission, nor may you modify or remove the Copyright Notices
from the programs or the documentation files. User clubs, if
they are NOT commercial, are allowed to ask a small amount of
money for distribution and storage when they want to share this
package amongst their members;
* It is not allowed to use the files (programs and documentation)
in a commercial environment unless you contact the author and
the author agrees;
* The author make no warranties, expressed or implied, as to the
quality or performance of this program. The author will not be
held liable for any direct, indirect, incidental or consequential
damages resulting from the use of this program. Your use of the
program constitutes your agreement to this disclaimer and your
realease of the author from any form of liability or litigation.
... and after that let's get on with it.
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- How to use Sys-Rec
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Usage : Sys-Rec X FLAG
Where X is the MSG to start with in the MSGBASE and Flag is the flag
that indicates a Sysop in the USERS.BBS file.
Ex : Sys-Rec 1000 A4
Would Start at message 1000 scanning for Echo mail to those Sysops
that has the Flag A4 set in the user file.
Their is a limitation in how many SysOps that Sys-Rec is able to
handle and that is 150. If you need more let me know...
In the nightly event i Run
Sys-Rec 1 A4
To scan the total msgbase and after every inport of mail i run
Sys-Rec 6000 A4
Since i know that i never will have less than 6000 letters in the
message base and therefore it is unneccesary to rescan the whole
msgbase.
Well, could it be simpler than that or is there something that is
unclear ? Let me know.
Oh, Btw Sys-Rec reads 300 records at a time from the msghdr.bbs file
to speed up things on slow disks.
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- History
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1.00 * The first release.
1.10 * Fixed a bug that wouldn't let you have more than 200 Users
in the User base if you wanted to run Sys-Rec. < Splat >
Also speeded up things a lot.
Reported by the Author.
* Somehow i had forgotten that RA has the ability to put the
Msgfiles and User file somewhere else than in the System
directory. Sys-Rec now reads Config.Ra to locate thoose files.
And Config.Ra must either be in the Current directory or the
environment variable RA must point to it. ( See the Remote
Access docs for info on the Environment variable ).
Reported by Charlie Merryman.
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- The Last request
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If you find that Sys-Rec isn't doing the job it ought to please contact
me so i can fix the problem.
I am reachable at 2:205/208@FidoNet
27:5346/102@SIGNet
Snailmail ShadowPlay
Patrik Sjöberg
Sörbygatan 69B
802 55 Gefle
As stated before this is so called CardWare. Just send me a postcard
of your hometown to become a registered user of Sys-Rec. The Adress
is the one above.
Happy BBSing ...
Patrik.
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