Hello, All.

Does anyone know of a netmail bot that will attach files to messages that it processes? I've got NetMgr here but I can't seem to figure out how to attach files to messages. I'm trying to set up a netmail bot to send out infopacks for my mail network.

Later,
Sean

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Hi Sean,

Does anyone know of a netmail bot that will attach
files to messages that it processes? I've got NetMgr
here but I can't seem to figure out how to attach files
to messages. I'm trying to set up a netmail bot to
send out infopacks for my mail network.

There are a number of ways you can do this, it all depends on what S/W you are using and what you really wish to do -

1. Maximus does this natively at the user level. Within the Message Editor, enable the File ATTACH attribute and the Subject: line then changes to a File: line for the Drive:\Path\Filename entry. Note that the Drive and Path details are stripped from the Subject: field in the output message, they are only used for the input of the file into the message itself.

2. Squish can send files directly from the command line -
Squishp send Drive:\Path\Filename zone:net/Node hold
The file is then queued in the .FLO file for that node. Just watch out for any Routing changes on its path!!!

3. Or you can use a utility such as Mpost (Mpost121.Zip, I think its tied in with Husky somehow). I use Mpost to post externally generated plain text messages to Netmail or Echomail areas and as it can set flags (such as ATTACH) on a message I think it also allows files to be attached as well, but I have not used that specific function. IIRC Mpost uses an external control file, not everything can be done from the commandline.

I use both 2 & 3 on a regular basis here to automate Nodelist Updating.

In ALL cases, YOU must ensure the target system, is expecting the file so they can handle it appropriately when it arrives, AND also note that fiels sent as attachments to messages are rarely able to pass through systems without some specific setup, because inbound path info is stripped from the message at the source system and only the filename is passed between systems.

Cheers.........pk.


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Hi Sean,

In ALL cases, YOU must ensure the target system, is expecting the file
so they can handle it appropriately when it arrives, AND also note
that fiels sent as attachments to messages are rarely able to pass
through systems without some specific setup,
because inbound path info
is stripped from the message at the source system and only the
filename is passed between systems.

Maybe I should just UUencode the file I want to send
(like MICRONET.ZIP) and put it in the message as part
of the text? That would get around the routing
problems and I could use NetMgr to do it for me. Or is
sending UUencoded stuff a no-no via netmail?

UUencode is not likely to work either, because Fidonet messages are NOT plain text, they are a LIMITED subset with some specific control characters used. Also, the total length of the message needs to be considered, some systems limit messages to only 8KB.

What exactly is it you are trying to do, just shift a file between two Fidonet nodes?

Cheers........pk.


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Hello, Peter.

On 08 Aug 04 at 09:12, Peter Knapper wrote to Sean Dennis:

In ALL cases, YOU must ensure the target system, is expecting the file
so they can handle it appropriately when it arrives, AND also note
that fiels sent as attachments to messages are rarely able to pass
through systems without some specific setup, because inbound path info
is stripped from the message at the source system and only the
filename is passed between systems.

Maybe I should just UUencode the file I want to send (like MICRONET.ZIP) and put it in the message as part of the text? That would get around the routing problems and I could use NetMgr to do it for me. Or is sending UUencoded stuff
a no-no via netmail?

Later,
Sean

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Hello, Peter.

On 08 Aug 04 at 14:37, Peter Knapper wrote to Sean Dennis:

What exactly is it you are trying to do, just shift a file between two Fidonet nodes?

Basically, it's like a FREQ only via netmail. Just a small file sent between nodes.

Later,
Sean

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Hi Sean,

What exactly is it you are trying to do, just
shift a file between two Fidonet nodes?

Basically, it's like a FREQ only via netmail. Just a
small file sent between nodes.

Then I think Mpost can probably do what you need as long as thats a direct node-to-node setup with no intermediary links needed.

Cheers...........pk.


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Hello Sean!

07 Aug 04 19:51, Sean Dennis wrote to Peter Knapper:

Maybe I should just UUencode the file I want to send (like
MICRONET.ZIP) and put it in the message as part of the text?

SqTool can handle any of the approaches discussed for you, and I recall that you use(d) it. Check out "replywith" in the docs.

That would get around the routing problems and I could use NetMgr
to do it for me. Or is sending UUencoded stuff a no-no via
netmail?

What people will and won't route is up to them. You would probably get less static for routing encoded/encrypted msgs than file attaches (which a lot of folks just fail to properly enable, even if they aren't philosophically opposed). The argument against forwarding encrypted/encoded is that the forwarder can't tell if he's facilitating traffic that violates law and/or policy.

.\\ike

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Hello, Peter.

On 08 Aug 04 at 21:04, Peter Knapper wrote to Sean Dennis:

Then I think Mpost can probably do what you need as long as thats a
direct node-to-node setup with no intermediary links needed.

I got pooh-poohed about that idea (file attachments or uuencoding) by my uplink. I guess I'll just make it one big ol' text message then... :)

Later,
Sean

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Hallo Sean!

Samstag, den 07. August 2004 14:32, Sean Dennis schrieb an All:

Does anyone know of a netmail bot that will attach files to messages that it processes? I've got NetMgr here but I can't seem to figure out how to attach files to messages. I'm trying to set up a netmail bot to send out infopacks for my mail network.

Just try itrack. Itrack can do nearly anything you want to netmail.

By/2 Torsten

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