Can someone please Netmail me or post the complete specifications
for the contents of the Binkley FLO file format?
here's the info from the binkleyterm v2.60 documentation, pages 21 and 22, concerning BSO ?UT and ?LO files... ?UTs are RAW PKT files just a different name to tell binkley what to do with it... binkley will rename them to PKT when
sending them... ?LO files are "file attached" files like archived mail and such...
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The file names of the packets tell BinkleyTerm how to treat the
different packets. Here's a typical packet name:
00680024.OUT
That says that the packet is for 0068/0024 (in hexadecimal) or
104/36 in more familiar terms. The ".OUT" means it is a Normal
packet.
Other packet extensions include:
.HUT Hold this packet for pickup by the
remote system.
.CUT The other system can receive
Continuous Mail.
.DUT Direct, meaning the other system
can NOT receive Continuous Mail.
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One nice thing is that you can manually change the file extension
if you need to, or you can use fancy utilities such as AMAX or BONK
to do this sort of thing for you on your command.
For the remainder of this section, we'll assume that you'll be
using oMMM as your mail packer. As mentioned previously, you
probably will be using another program that has oMMM-like
functionality; it depends on your environment.
The oMMM program knows about these extensions and creates them
based on information you put into the oMMM control file. You'll
have statements like this:
NormHold 124/102
Any messages you enter to 124/102 would be turned into a .HUT
packet file, placed into the outbound area, and BinkleyTerm would
hold that packet for 124/102 to call and pick it up.
Files are also sent through FidoNet compatible networks. oMMM
builds and maintains a file that tells BinkleyTerm what files to
send (or hold) for whom. A typical 'file attach' file might be
named:
00680024.FLO
This would designate a that there is a file waiting to be sent to
0068/0024 (in hexadecimal) or 104/36 in more familiar terms. The
".FLO" says it is a Normal file attach. File attach files are also
called 'flow files' - named after the .FLO file extension.
Other flow file extensions are:
.HLO Hold these files for pickup by the
remote system.
.CLO The other system can receive
Continuous Mail.
.DLO Direct, meaning the other system
can NOT receive Continuous Mail.
A flow file is just a text file. It contains a list of files that
are to be sent to another system:
#c:\binkley\outbound\0000fc9c.mo1
^c:\myfiles\wizzle.doc
c:\pascal\notes.doc
The '#' prior to a flow file entry says to truncate the file to
zero-length after successfully sending the file to the remote
system. This is normally only employed when sending compressed mail
(archived mail) to the remote. The '^' prior to a flow file entry
says to delete the file after sending.
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you can FREQ the binkleyterm docs from my system if you like...
BDOC_260.ZIP 289200 23-Jul-1999
don't let that 1999 date fool you... the internal files are 1995 and 1996... i must have grabbed the file via FTP in 1999 and failed to redate it according to
the contents :/
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