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- OUTBOUND v1.03
-
- FrontDoor FDC packet reporter.
- Copyright (C) 1994 by Chief Israeli Communication Systems (1993) Ltd.
- All Rights Reserved.
-
- ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
- │ OVERVIEW │
- └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
-
- OutBound is a small utility which generate report about outbound mail in
- FrontDoor systems.
- OutBound reads the FrontDoor FDC files from the PKT directory and generate a
- table of outbound by nodes.
-
-
- ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
- │ REQUIREMENTS │
- └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
-
- OutBound requires the following for proper operation:
-
- ■ An installed FrontDoor 2.11+ systsm, either single or multiline.
- ■ DOS version 3.1 or higher.
- ■ About 50 KB of free RAM.
- ■ The FD= environment variable set correctly to point FrontDoor system
- directory.
- ■ Network configurations requires 'Read' access in the FrontDoor and PKT
- directories.
-
-
- ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
- │ RUNNING │
- └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
-
- OutBound runs from the command line with optional command line parameter.
- By default, OutBound will check the FDC files that were generated by the
- FrontDoor that runs on TASK=1. If you run a multiline FrontDoor system, you
- may specify the number of task which you want OutBound to check.
-
- OutBound's output my be redirected to a file by using DOS pipes (>).
-
- By default, OutBound will display a brief table of statistics. By adding the
- /F command line parameter, OutBound will display full information about each
- node. The report will contain all the message numbers, filenames etc.
-
-
- ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
- │ SYSOP NAMES │
- └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
-
- OutBound is able to use an external sysop names file and replace the node
- address in its output with a user defined string.
- The name file must be named OUTBOUND.NAM and must be located in the current
- directory, if the program's directory or in the DOS path.
-
- The names file contain one entry per line in the following format:
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- FidoAddr Sysop_Name
-
- The FidoAddr is the Fido address of the node, including the point number
- (use .0 for nodes) and the Sysop_Name is the user defined string with blanks
- replaced with underscore (_).
-
- The user defined string may be up to 24 characters long. Longer strings will
- be truncated to 24 characters.
-
- A sample names file may look like this:
-
- ---------------------------------
- 2:403/138.0 Nemrod_Kedem
- 2:512/1.0 Peter_Janssens
- 2:270/17.1 Joaquim_Homrighausen
- ---------------------------------
-
- If OutBound can not find a match for a node address, the node address itself
- will be used.
-
-
- ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
- │ RESULTS │
- └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
-
- The output table of OutBound contain the following data:
-
- ■ Node Address - The node address which all the mail/files are routed to.
- ■ Msgs - The number of messages (o/w files) for this node.
- ■ Files - The number of files (o/w messages) for this node.
- ■ Bytes - The total syze of files for this node.
- ■ Age - The age of oldest netmail message for this node.
- ■ Time - Time to send mail/files at 14400 baud (1600 CPS).
-
- Note that if the /F command line parameter is specified, the output is not
- in a table but in a report style with LOTS of information.
- Remember that the default output is in a summary table and the /F is a Full
- output report.
-
-
- ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
- │ NOTES │
- └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
-
- OutBound will exit with errorlevel according to the total number of
- Megabytes that are on old for other systems. In case of more then 254
- megabytes of files are on hold, OutBound will set the erroelevel to 254.
- This allows OutBound to be used in batch files.
-
- In any case of error during the FDC files process, OutBound will exit with
- errorlevel of 255.
-
- If OutBound detects that FrontDoor is rescanning the mail directory during
- its execution, it will abort with an error (Errorlevel 255).
-
-
- ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
- │ WARRANTY │
- └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
-
- None, Whatsoever.
- Uses OutBound at your own risk.
-
-
- ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
- │ HISTORY │
- └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
-
- Version 1.00 - Initial program.
- Version 1.01 - Added OUTBOUND.NAM support.
- Version 1.02 - Cosmetic fix.
- Added /F command line parameter.
- Increased speed up to 6 times faster operation.
- Version 1.03 - First public release.
-
-
- -=≡ EOF ≡=-
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