Text 695, 55 rader
Skriven 2005-01-18 10:47:56 av Bo Simonsen (2:236/100)
    Kommentar till text 693 av Darryl Perry (1:106/324)
Ärende: Linux QWK Mail door
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Hello Darryl!

S›ndag 16. Januar 2005 21:12, you wrote to me:

 BS>  BS>  BS>  DP>>>> I'm not having any problems stripping them out of
 BS>  BS>  BS>  DP>>>> the messages.  If I wanted to actually USE then,
 BS>  BS>  BS>  DP>>>> then that would be another matter.
 BS>  BS>  BS>>>>
 BS>  BS>  BS>>>> Yes, but why won't you? :)
 BS>  BS>>>
 BS>  BS>  DP>>> Most notabley is because ..... I don't know how....
 BS>  BS>>>
 BS>  BS>>> In the first version it doesn't guess it would be needed
 BS>  BS>>> either. =)
 BS>>
 BS>  DP>> Ok, I'm basically finished.
 BS>>
 BS>  DP>> It now will allow for multiple hosts, it will unpack the qwk
 BS>  DP>> file import the messages,  export new messages and pack the
 BS>  DP>> reps.
 BS>>
 BS>> That's cool. :) Damn I'm happy I did spend a few hours on "kick
 BS>> starting" program. :-)
 BS>>
 BS>  DP>> It will
 BS>  DP>> also add new conferences into the config file automatically
 BS>  DP>> so that you won't have to do them by hand.
 BS>>
 BS>> Cool by use of CONTROL.DAT?

 DP> Nope.  It uses only the MESSAGES.DAT file, and the qwk.cfg file.  When
 DP> you add a host to the config file, you also define the message base
 DP> path to use. When new confs come in that are not in the list already,
 DP> it will add create the new areas entry with <defmsgpath><confnum>.

Aha, but not using the Areaname? You could do that too, but using CONTROL.DAT
=)

 BS>  DP>> I need to do some testing.  any volunteers?  I've already got
 BS>  DP>> it working with synchronet qwk-nets like DOVEnet and StarNet.
 BS>>
 BS>> I would like to help. :-)

 DP> Ok, how should I get it to you?  I'm reluctant to make a sourceforge
 DP> project out of it, mostly because I figure I'll just make the one
 DP> upload and then forget about it.

I know Andrew Clarke has a CVS server, maybe he could host?

Bo


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