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David Blanchard, the SysOp of MySTery BBS is pleased to present
ST-QWK: offline mail door by: A+ Software
Programmed by: David Blanchard & James Armstrong, III Copyright (c) 1992,
A+ Software
When entering the door you will be presented with a menu.
The four options are:
[D] 'D'ownload QWK packet
Are you ready to 'D'ownload your QWK packet? First, ST-QWK will
create your CONTROL.DAT and DOOR.ID files needed by your reader. It
will then ask you for the compression method, which for now includes
Zip, Arc, & Lzh. (Note: most of these options are hot-keyed). Then
it will ask you for the maximum number of message per base to scan.
Type in a number or hit [Enter] for all. It will then ask if you wish
to scan only messages to you. Typing 'Y' will only send messages to
you, and your High Message Reads WILL NOT be updated. That way, you
may go back and scan the other messages in the base manually via
FidoDoor, or download a complete QWK later. Hitting 'N' will send all
messages that you have not read, up to the maximum number that you
specified. After answering this prompt, ST-QWK will proceed to
analyze the messages and store them in the MESSAGES.DAT file.
Everytime it finds a message base that you have marked for scan, (and
provided you have read access to it) it will print a status report on
that conference after scanning it. If there no new messages, it will
not print anything. After it scans all the bases, the archiver you
selected will be called up, and will pack everything into the .QWK
file. You will be asked for your preferred transfer protocol, and XYZ
will be called with the proper parameters. After the transfer, the
program will end and return to the BBS.
[U] 'U'pload REP packet
Ready to upload a REPly? Select the 'U'pload REP option. ST-QWK
will ask you for the transfer protocol and execute XYZ to receive the
REP packet. The program is capable of detecting the type of archive,
and calling the appropriate extraction routine. If it can't deter-
mine the archive type, the process will be halted, and an error logged
to the screen and logfile. It will recognize the following archive
methods: ARC, LZH, ZIP & ARJ. The messages will be imported, and a
report returned. When completed, you will be returned to the BBS.
[C] 'C'onfigure scan settings
ST-QWK uses the scan settings that are in FidoDoor, and can be
configured from either program. FidoDoor, by default, turns all the
scan settings on; you NEED to set your scan settings before attempting
a download. The Configure section goes through each message base one
by one, displaying the Conference name and status of the scan setting
(on or off). You have four options to use, Yes, No, Quit and [Enter].
Hitting 'Y' will turn the base on, 'N' will turn it off, 'Q'uit will
exit the routine, saving your progress to that point, and hitting the
[Enter] key, will skip to the next conference without modifying the
settings of that base.
[Q] 'Q'uit. The Quit option should be pretty self explanatory.
Future features:
Some features I will be adding in the immediate future include:
o Netmail Support.
o ANSI and VT52 support.
o BlueWave Option (may or may not be separate program)
o Improved interface. It works for me, but I am sure many
of you will have suggestions! :-)
o Any features that the SysOps or users have to offer...
This program is Copyright (c) 1992, A+ Software. No portion of the program
may be altered, dissassembled, changed, or modified in any way.