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BOUNCER
~~~~~~~
Format: BOUNCER <name> <password> [SERVER <server>] [TIMEOUT <timeout>]
~~~~~~~ [SHOWBOUNCED] [HIDEBOUNCE] [NODEMODE] [TEST]
Template: NAME/A,PASSWORD/A,SERVER/K,TIMEOUT/K/N,SHOWBOUNCED/S,
~~~~~~~~~ HIDEBOUNCE/S,NODEMODE/S,TEST/S
Purpose: Take care of not exportable messages.
~~~~~~~~
Specification:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
In some cases it might be possible that a UMS-system is not able to
route a message to it's intended destination. E.g. a mail is written
to a local user that does not exist. Or an exporter tells UMS that an
error occured while exporting a message (see also: ums.library/
CannotExport()).
In these cases BOUNCER informs the author of such a message about the
problem that had occured. This is done by writing a so-called
"bounce-mail". In NODEMODE or if the receiver is a local user, this is
addressed to the author of the bounced message. Otherwise the local
user "Sysop" is used.
If you use UMS in FULLNODE-mode you should run BOUNCER regularly, e.g.
once every day. Otherwise you'd have to care about each erraneous
message yourself.
If you use UMS in leave-mode (i.e. not FULLNODE-mode), you should also
run BOUNCER, e.g. after every import. This makes sure that you're
always informed when an exporter was unable to export one of your
messages (this is currently most important for users of the German
MausNet).
Invocation:
~~~~~~~~~~~
you must specify a valid username/password combination. You may
specify a UMS-server if you don't want to use the default-server.
BOUNCER must only be used by users with SYSOP privilege. It won't work
when used with a UMS account that has no SYSOP privilege.
You may specify the TEST option. This allows you to see what
bounce-mails BOUNCER would write, whithout actually doing so.
Other options:
NODEMODE --
this should be used when running the UMS system in FULLNODE-mode. It
enables writing bounce-mails to remote users.
TIMEOUT --
if this is specified, BOUNCER will also act an messages that are at
least <timeout> days waiting to be exported. Otherwise they might wait
forever if the exporters don't tell UMS they cannot export it.
SHOWBOUNCED --
leave the bounced messages new for the invoking user. Normally they
are be marked as old so the sysop does not nedd to mess around with
already bounced messages.
HIDEBOUNCE --
don't make the written bounce-mails new for the invoking user.
Normally they are made new, so that the sysop sees what is going on on
his system.