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  • ALLFIX 5.XX announce to a text file?

    From Kurt Weiske@1:218/700 to All on Fri Oct 16 09:10:05 2015
    Is there some way to get ALLFIX to generate a text file for the file announcement instead of trying to post to an echo?

    I've got a Synchronet system, have tried various combinations of formats, and would just like a text file that I could put into my message bases with the SMBUTIL command.
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  • From mark lewis@1:3634/12.73 to Kurt Weiske on Fri Oct 16 15:50:56 2015

    16 Oct 15 09:10, you wrote to All:

    Is there some way to get ALLFIX to generate a text file for the file announcement instead of trying to post to an echo?

    I've got a Synchronet system, have tried various combinations of formats, and would just like a text file that I could put into my message bases
    with
    the SMBUTIL command.

    why not have allfix post the announcements to a PKT and then import that like any other echomail? generally this is done via a local inbound directory where tools that post like this can put their PKTs... before the age of secure and insecure inbounds, it was called a "secure" directory because you knew which programs were allowed to write to them... i don't know what they might be called today... i'm also not aware of sbbsecho having such a directory... it might work just fine to point allfix to your normal secure inbound unless sbbsecho will gripe about a PKT from your address to your address... if it does, rob might be willing to add an additional directory entry with slightly relaxes rules to sbbsecho and echocfg...

    )\/(ark

    ... Those who get too big for their britches will be exposed in the end.
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  • From Kurt Weiske@1:218/700 to mark lewis on Fri Oct 16 15:51:37 2015
    Re: ALLFIX 5.XX announce to a text file?
    By: mark lewis to Kurt Weiske on Fri Oct 16 2015 03:50 pm

    why not have allfix post the announcements to a PKT and then import that like any other echomail?

    I tried that and SBBSecho complained about a packet from my system to my system, as you mentioned below. I'll try again and see what happens.
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  • From Tommi Koivula@2:221/360 to Kurt Weiske on Sat Oct 17 09:57:01 2015
    Friday October 16 2015 15:51, Kurt Weiske wrote to mark lewis:

    Re: ALLFIX 5.XX announce to a text file?
    By: mark lewis to Kurt Weiske on Fri Oct 16 2015 03:50 pm

    why not have allfix post the announcements to a PKT and then
    import that like any other echomail?

    I tried that and SBBSecho complained about a packet from my system to
    my system, as you mentioned below. I'll try again and see what
    happens.

    If there is no 'local' safe inbound in your sbbsecho, try using a fake point feature of allfix:

    +============================================================================
    | ALLF+====================================================== Addresses +360
    | Copy| Main 2:221/360 Aka 20 |elp +======| Fake pnt 0 Aka 21 |===


    'Tommi

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  • From mark lewis@1:3634/12.73 to Kurt Weiske on Sat Oct 17 14:34:28 2015

    16 Oct 15 15:51, you wrote to me:

    Re: ALLFIX 5.XX announce to a text file?
    By: mark lewis to Kurt Weiske on Fri Oct 16 2015 03:50 pm

    why not have allfix post the announcements to a PKT and then import
    that like any other echomail?

    I tried that and SBBSecho complained about a packet from my system to my system, as you mentioned below. I'll try again and see what happens.

    that's why i also mentioned the local secure inbound directory... PKTs and bundles and possibly even TICs are not checked for all security aspects... they
    are just tossed...

    )\/(ark

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