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FM_SORT.EXE; The FMAIL Message Area Sorter and Hudson Message
Base Area Changing Utility
Version 1.0
by Mark L. Sarnov, Fozzy INC!
October 1994
Hello there Sysop!
If you are like me, you are constantly updating your message bases
and can't leave well enough alone.. RemoteAccess has the nice feature
of GROUPing message Areass so the caller does not have to choose from
a monster list, and that is OK.. But for the perfectionist in me, I
wanted to have those message bases SORTED..
I.E..
Group 1 (or Letter Designated Group in FMAIL) should have message
areas from 1 THROUGH 24.. not, 1,2,3-6,10-20,56, etc.. This usually
occurs because we NEVER leave enough space between message area
groups to ADD message areas BETWEEN Groups.. Or if you have MULTIPLE
groupings, who can keep track of where they are when FMAIL asks you
to add new message areas encountered when tossing new mail??
So I decided, "Darn it, I'm Good enough, smart enough, and doggone it
I can make a program to sort my FMAIL areas and then move the messages
in the Hudson Message Base to meet the new sorted message area order."
And here it is.. FM_SORT.EXE version 1.0!
Here is how you use it.
FIRST: BACKUP THE FILES LISTED BELOW! (Just in case of a blackout
or something..;) )
FMAIL.AR (In your FMAIL system dir)
MSGHDR.BBS (In your HMB files dir)
MSGIDX.BBS (In your HMB files dir)
MSGINFO.BBS (In your HMB files dir)
LASTREAD.BBS(In your HMB system files dir)
Next.. Place FM_SORT.EXE in your FMAIL directory.. the dir with FMAIL.EXE,
FMAIL.CFG, FMAIL.AR, FMAIL.NOD, etc..
Then run FM_SORT.EXE from the Dos Prompt.
1. The program will sort your message areas that are stored in your
FMAIL.AR file in ascending order based on GROUPs and ascending
alphabetical order within each group.
2. Once FM_SORT.EXE is finished with FMAIL.AR, the program will ask
if you would like to update the HUDSON MESSAGE BASE.
If you answer <Y>es you will then be prompted for the the path to
your HUDSON MESSAGE BASE FILES.
FM_SORT.EXE will then change the individual messages to correspond to
the new Message Area Numbering.
3. When the program is DONE, enter FSETUP-->Area Manager to examine the
new sorted order. Then hit <F10> to save the configuration and
AUTOEXPORT a MESSAGES.RA.
IMPT!> you have to do the FSETUP-->Area Manager, <F10> to have FSETUP autosave a
MESSAGES.RA for RemoteAccess, or MESSAGES.BBS for SBBS, etc...
The old copies of the following files are not deleted, they are renamed:
FMAIL.AR --------------> FMAIL.OLD
MSGHDR.BBS --------------> MSGHDR.OLD
MSGIDX.BBS --------------> MSGIDX.OLD
MSGINFO.BBS--------------> MSGINFO.OLD
LASTREAD.BBS ------------> LASTREAD.OLD
So if you are unhappy with the results, you may restore your message
base to it's original form by renaming the arrows above! :)
That's about it! In future releases, I will have FM_SORT.EXE create a
new MESSAGES.RA for you!
Notes:
This program ONLY sorts message areas that are between 1 and 200.
(Hudson Message Base Convention) If you have more than 200 Message Bases,
this program may not be for you!
DISCLAIMER!!
This program is not guaranteed to do anything but take up space on your
hard drive. It has been tested fairly extensively and should not corrupt
any of your RA/FMAIL files, however.. Backup your files consistently and
often, a rule that applies to any computer user!!
If you find this program useful and would like to see improvements
future versions, please register!
Send $10.00 to : Mark L. Sarnov
P.O. Box 6835
Harrisburg, PA 17112-0835
and call.. Fozzy's Place
(717)671-1271
Fido 1:271/116
Enjoy the program!!
Mark L. Sarnov