phone : (0)15-135379 or (0)15-158300, 1200/2400 baud
if not a user of this host, log in using TeleFinder's DOS mode.
Username : Guest, password Guest.
Send mail to "Bas Schulte"
ThreadLister is a small program that takes a TeleFinder thread and creates a textfile with all the messages in the thread.
When launched, ThreadLister puts up a dialog to select the thread you want a list of. Next, you're asked where to save the list and how to call it. That's all, after some time the program stops, and you've got the list.
"Broken" threads.
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I suppose you all know the problem that when you move threads to other volumes, or move the message's textfiles to another folder, TeleFinder can't find those messages anymore, and you have to show manually where the files are.
ThreadLister has the same problem since it uses the same technique to locate the textfiles as TeleFinder. You'll see in the list if such a thing has occured during the creation of the list.
The fix to this is the same is you would do when you access a thread with TeleFinder, use TeleFinder/User to repair the thread, and re-launch ThreadLister.
"What's it gonna cost me?"
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If you like ThreadLister, and decide to use it to offer your BBS users this
extra service, I think it's only fair if you pay me something for all the work that I've done. Send 10$ (US dollars) in cash to the above address.
If you are a paying user of ThreadLister, I will do bug fixes, or modifications on request (maybe a batch version of ThreadLister, that can be used to automatically create textfiles of your threads every night?).
Have you got a nice idea?
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Maybe you have an idea about something extra for TeleFinder, such as automated mailing to all your users, or something I can't come up with. Send me your suggestion, as I've developed quite some handy code for TeleFinder utilities.
What else?
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Currently, I'm working on a link between TeleFinder and FidoNet. I'm going to test the system realtime this week. With this sytem, you can participate in all Fido messages exchanging. EchoMail messages can be read as a normal thread, messages posted to a thread are sent to FidoNet. NetMail is posted to your user's mailbox, and NetMail can be sent by your users to other people around the world. If you are interested, drop me a line.
Other TeleFinder utilities.
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Apart from the TeleFinder/FIDO link, I've developed two utilities that are being tested on the host mentioned above.
The first one is Freq. This is a program that makes it possible for TF users to put files they want to download automatically in their mailbox, so they can use the "Mail Outbox" function to receive those files unattended.
The other one is ThreadMail. This enables users to prepare offline messages for inclusion in a thread. They create their messages offline and send them to a mailbox with the same name as the thread. ThreadMail processes those mailboxes and appends the messages to the appropriate thread.
The tests look good, I don't expect any problems any more, so if anybody is interested, drop me a line.
TeleFinder™, TeleFinder™ Group Edition, TeleFinder™ Group Edition Host,
TeleFinder™/User are registred trademarks of :
Rusty Tucker
Spider Island Software
4790 Irvine Blvd., Suite 105-347
Irvine, CA 92720
Fido and FidoNet are registered trademarks of Tom Jennings.
