AutoShare, a freeware EIMS companion application.
A list server and auto-responder for the Macintosh.
This document is copyright © 1997 Mikael Hansen.

Making the description public was inspired by a spur-of-the-moment desire to illustrate what happens in the specific event of a remote administration by e-mail message including a non-valid password: as no dedicated account is required for remote administration by e-mail, the message will then proceed to be processed as a more regular message, which is why the use of autoshare@ is recommended as list server requests are returned to the sender only.

• starting up
  • reads the preferences
  • initializes the scripting environment
  • updates the list-specific settings
  • re-sorts main list files, if necessary
• main processing loop
  • checks for out of memory and low on disk space
  • acts upon a high-level event, if any queued
  • checks keep applications up
  • checks processing mode
  • sends monthly help file, if time to do so
  • sends out logs, if time to do so
  • sends out digests and tip of the day posts, if time to do so
  • bounces, sends test messages and reads new message
  • mail-back confirmation, both old and new messages
  • validates Filed Mail folder
  • validates Incoming Mail folder
  • checks for mail sent to protected address
  • checks for pairs of UUCP files
  • web forms, creates standard message files
  • remote administration by e-mail
  • exits loop, if no files in Filed Mail folder
  • checks if incoming message is tip of the day post
  • opens the first file and analyzes it
  • body multi-command loop
    • launches process extenders at various entry points
    • list contribution, list server request or auto-response
    • checks for general and specific filters
    • updates digests, archives plus .m and .d files, if list contribution
    • checks for list server and poll addresses, if auto-response
    • creates file in the Incoming mail folder
• shutting down
  • cleans up the temporary destination folder