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MSGOUT
MSGOUT is the reverse of the MSGADD utility -- it will extract
messages from a Citadel installation and write them to a file in
C86Net format, for later processing by a gateway program for insertion
into a foreign network. The 'typical' system operator will have little
to no use for this utility.
Command line format for MSGOUT is
C>MSGOUT <node name> <filename>
'node name' is the name of a node on your nodelist for which you
wish to extract messages, while 'filename' is the file to place all
such messages in, no matter what room they came from.
So, the question becomes, "What messages are extracted?" The answer
is conceptually simple: Think of 'node name', despite being a designation
of a foreign (OtherNet) network, as just another C86Net system. MSGOUT
is then just like a normal network session. All messages which would
have been sent to this system during a normal network session, both
shared rooms and netMail, will be written to 'filename' in C86Net format.
The gateway program is then expected to digest 'filename' and pass
on those messages to the foreign network in the appropriate format.
MSGOUT will handle virtual rooms, but always make sure MSGOUT is
run before MSGADD; otherwise, MSGOUT will not find and place in the
file all outgoing messages meant for the foreign network.
OtherNet systems are those you designate in the Sysop/Net Menu
when you add them or later when you edit them. An OtherNet system is
one that will not directly network with C86Net systems and must have
the messages processed by a gateway program.